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Featured Upcoming Exhibition

Oct 08, 2020 to Jan 18, 2021
Ranging in size from minutely detailed, small-scale works to large, sculptural installations, the sixth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series explores artists’ ability to transform paper into a surprising array of shapes and structures.
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Rachel Farbiarz, Memorial Hill, 2013; Graphite and collage on paper, 31 ½ x 71 ¾ in.; Collection of Tobie Whitman and Daniel Yates; Photo by Greg Staley
Oct 08, 2020 to Jan 18, 2021

All Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Mary Ellen Mark: Girlhood

    Jan 16 to Apr 18, 2021

    This exhibition presents approximately 30 images photographer Mary Ellen Mark made throughout her career depicting girls and young women. The images are drawn from an exceptional recent donation of more than 160 photographs by the artist, given by members of the Photography Buyers Syndicate.

    A black and white photograph of a young girl wearing a dress and coat jumping over a brick wall. Three other figures lean over the wall in the upper right corner of the composition. The jumping girl is the only figure who is in focus.
    Jan 16 to Apr 18, 2021

    Mary Ellen Mark, Girl Jumping over a Wall, Central Park, New York City, 1967 (printed later); Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in.; NMWA, Gift of Jill and Jeffrey Stern; © Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

  • Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend

    Mar 03 to May 31, 2021

    This exhibition—the first survey of textile artist Sonya Clark’s 25-year career—includes the artist’s well-known mixed-media sculptures that address race and visibility, explore blackness, and reimagine history.

    U.S. five-dollar bill has an embroidered afro and sideburns stitched onto the portrait of Lincoln’s head. One-third of the afro protrudes beyond the top of the bill.
    Mar 03 to May 31, 2021

    Sonya Clark, Afro Abe II, 2012; Five-dollar bill and hand-embroidered thread, 4 x 6 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Sonya Y.S. Clark; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

  • Julie Chen: True to Life

    Oct 12, 2020 to Feb 12, 2021

    Renowned book artist Julie Chen combines highly complex structures and poetic reflections to create ambitious artists’ books that raise questions about time, memory, and human survival. This exhibition will include a selection of the California-based artist’s captivating works from throughout her 33-year career.

    An open artist’s book resembling two open books connected end to end. The four inner cover panels feature small sculpted brown shapes, small indented shapes, and a rocky-looking panel. The two groups of pages feature different patterns that resemble rock climbing walls.
    Oct 12, 2020 to Feb 12, 2021

    Julie Chen, Wayfinding, 2019; Courtesy of the artist; © Julie Chen

  • RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals

    Nov 15, 2020 to Jan 03, 2021

    This innovative exhibition examines food as a creative medium for visual art and a connective tool for exploring intergenerational and intercultural experiences.

    A table set with bowls and containers of fresh and dried herbs and grains. A large black bowl filled with dried corn sits to the right of the image, with a smaller black bowl of dried rice below.
    Nov 15, 2020 to Jan 03, 2021

    Photo credit: Melani N. Douglass