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Art Lover No. 9: Chakaia Booker
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: March 28, 2012
Art Lover No. 9 of NMWA’s “25 Art Lovers” campaign, sculptor Chakaia Booker, is both a patron of the museum and featured artist in the collection. Her abstract tire creations have recently been installed in conjunction with the New York Avenue Sculpture Project, the only public art space featuring changing installations of contemporary works by [...]
Calling All Art Lovers
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: March 21, 2012
If you ask art lovers, they will tell you that their relationship with a work of art reaches beyond the frame: “The painting makes me stand tall, which in turn makes me feel strong. For me, this painting is about power and grace.” That is how art lover and DC chef, Carla Hall described Snake [...]
Women’s History Month—and NMWA—after 25 Years
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: March 1, 2012
Every month is spent celebrating women’s history at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, but this year’s annual celebration takes on special importance. This March marks the 25th anniversary of Women’s History Month and coincides with NMWA’s own 25th anniversary celebration. It is no coincidence that these two landmark occasions were conceived in [...]
Artist-in-Residence: Royal Dressmakers & Haute Couture
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: February 22, 2012
In NMWA’s galleries during Royalists to Romantics, visitors will be treated to a novel program that will bring to life the fashions in the portraiture on view. Womenswear designer and artist-in-residence Celia Reyer will be on site on selected dates throughout the exhibition, at work on a garment inspired by, and created through, historically accurate [...]
Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: February 13, 2012
Opening next Friday, February 24, Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections features 77 paintings, prints, and sculptural works from 1750 to 1850—many of which have never been seen outside of France. In keeping with NMWA’s mission to rediscover and celebrate women artists of the past and demonstrate [...]
Come one, come all: Student Tours at NMWA!
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: October 19, 2011
Ever wondered what the gritty tires might feel like in Chakaia Booker’s Acid Rain? What about the instrumental sounds echoing in The Concert by Judith Leyster? Is the espresso smell continually lurking in the air around Céline Marie Tabary’s Terrase de café? Wonder no longer! NMWA’s engaging and interactive tours offer students the chance to [...]
Elizabeth Turk Named 2010 MacArthur Fellow
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: September 28, 2010
In 2008, Washington D.C.-based collectors Heather and Tony Podesta donated a group of contemporary sculptures and photographs to NMWA. The works focus on gender and identity issues and challenge assumptions about the range of materials and techniques traditionally associated with women artists. A highlight from among the Podesta gifts is Wing 5, 1998, a sculpture [...]
The Ribbon Has Been Cut!
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: April 28, 2010
Today at 1:30, NMWA friends and guests attended the Dedication Ceremony for the New York Avenue Sculpture Project. Speakers and honorable guests included Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Dirstrict of Columbia Councilmember Jack Evans, US Congresswoman for the District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Niki de Saint Phalle’s grand-daughter Bloum Cardenas. Stay tuned for [...]
#23 Basketball Player is HERE!!!
Posted by: Broad Strokes on: April 19, 2010
