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Women to Watch 2020: Georgia Russell
Posted: March 1, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about artist Georgia Russell's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A rectangular paper work in a plexiglass box that shows thousands of slashes through the work to create waves and shadows throughout the surface. The color shifts from purple at the top to blue to red at the bottom.

Women to Watch 2020: Natasha Bowdoin
Posted: February 24, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about artist Natasha Bowdoin's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A detail of contemporary paper art with a colorful painted base underneath thousands of cut alphabet letters in concentric designs.

Women to Watch 2020: Elisabetta Di Maggio
Posted: February 23, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about Italian artist Elisabetta Di Maggio's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Detail view of delicate, white tissue paper that has been cut with intricate floral patterns which create shadows on the wall behind it.

Women to Watch 2020: Natalia Revilla
Posted: January 21, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about Peruvian artist Natalia Revilla's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.

Reclamation: Q&A with Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
Posted: January 19, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Interdisciplinary artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz talks with us about her process and work, part of NMWA's new online exhibition RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals.
A olive-skinned woman smiles brightly, seemingly mid-laugh, as she sits at an office desk, her right hand placed beneath her chin. Her brown curly hair is worn in a cropped pixie cut and she wears cat-eye glasses. In front of her is a closed Apple laptop; the wall behind her holds two framed certificates or degrees, a framed newspaper, a wooden cross, and other pasted photos.

Women to Watch 2020: Paola Podestá Martí
Posted: January 12, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about Chilean artist Paola Podestá Martí's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.

Women to Watch 2020: Echiko Ohira
Posted: January 5, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about Japanese artist Echiko Ohira's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
In a white brick artist's studio, a small light-skinned Japanese woman stands amongst various supplies, including work paper, paper sculptures, scissors, glue sticks, and paint cans. She wears a black shirt and stares directly at the camera, unsmiling. Her black hair is pulled back and she has streaks of white hair at her hairline's part.

Women to Watch 2020: Dalila Gonçalves
Posted: December 21, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Dalila Gonçalves talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A floor to ceiling contemporary installation of blue square sheets patched together into a long panel that hangs down from two wires and partly rests flat on the floor. A dark blue object lays nearby.

Women to Watch 2020: Lucha Rodríguez
Posted: December 16, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Lucha Rodríguez talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Vibrantly colored strokes of watercolor in shades of magenta, orange, and yellow, flow across white paper, giving the impression of waves.

Women to Watch 2020: Elizabeth Alexander
Posted: December 14, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Elizabeth Alexander talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A light-skinned woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiles at the camera. She wears octagonal earrings and a sleeveless black shirt that reveals one arm full of flower tattoos. Sitting next to her is a brown and white dog, looking off into the distance. They are both positioned in front of floral patterned wallpaper and an antique chair, also covered in a floral pattern.