Free Community Day

Event Details

Event Date and Time

Sun, Jun 20, 2021
12:00 to 5:00 pm ET

Tickets and Reservations

This event is sold out.

Location

NMWA

A sculpted portrait of a woman in partial profile with short hair, depicted from the chest up. The portrait is sculpted from black plastic pocket combs, whose teeth have been removed in varying quantities to create the image of the woman.
Sold Out. Visit us on Community Day for free admission to the museum.

Event Description

Visit us on Community Day for FREE admission to the museum—take this opportunity to explore our current exhibitions, the collection, and events.

What’s On View:

  • Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend is the first survey of textile artist Sonya Clark’s 25-year career and includes the artist’s well-known mixed-media sculptures that address race and visibility, explore Blackness, and reimagine history.
  • Mary Ellen Mark: Girlhood presents images photographer Mary Ellen Mark made throughout her career depicting girls and young women.
  • Selections from the Collection highlights works from the museum’s collection, which is regularly rotated to spark new thematic connections.
  • Her Flag is a nationwide art and travel project created by artist Marilyn Artus to mark the 100th-anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which enshrined women’s right to vote within the text of the U.S. Constitution.