Curator’s Introduction

NMWA associate curator Ginny Treanor introduces the exhibition.

Hear from the Artists

Candida Alvarez

Born 1955 in Brooklyn, New York; lives in Chicago

The artist discusses her artistic process.

The artist discusses her work best friends forever, 2009.

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Born in Washington, D.C.; lives in Highland, Maryland

The artist discusses her work Winged Autumn, 2007.

Nanette Carter

Born in Columbus, Ohio; lives in New York, New York

The artists discusses her work Cantilevered #14, from the series “Cantilevered,” 2014.

The artists discusses her work Illumination #1, from the series “Illumination,” 1985.

Deborah Dancy

Born in Bessemer, Alabama; lives in Storrs, Connecticut

The artist discusses her works Winter Into Spring 4, and Winter into Spring 2, 2015.

Maren Hassinger

Born in Los Angeles; lives in New York, New York

The artist discusses her work Wrenching News, 2008.

Evangeline “EJ” Montgomery

Born in New York, New York; lives in Washington, D.C.

The artist discusses her works Sunset, 1997, and Sea Grass, 1998.

Mary Lovelace O’Neal

Born in Jackson, Mississippi; lives in Oakland, California

The artist discusses her work Racism is Like Rain, Either it’s Raining or it’s Gathering Somewhere, 1993.

The artist discusses her works “Little Brown Girl with your Hair in a Curl”/Daddy #5, 1973, and “…And a Twinkle in Your Eye”/Daddy #6, 1973.

Howardena Pindell

Born in Philadelphia; lives in New York, New York

The artist discusses her work Autobiography: Japan (Shisen-dō, Kyoto), 1982.

The artist discusses her work Untitled, 1972–73.

Shinique Smith

Born in Baltimore; lives in New York

The artist discusses her works Bale Variant No. 0017, 2009 and Whirlwind Dancer, 2014–17.

Sylvia Snowden

Born in Raleigh, NC; lives in Washington, D.C.

The artist discusses her work June 12, 1992.