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Our Growth In the 21 years since its opening, the National Museum of Women in the Arts has presented exhibitions aimed at the comprehensive study of women artists - past and present. Exhibitions have featured the work of Camille Claudel, Margaret Bourke-White, Carrie Mae Weems, Judith Leyster, Sofonisba Anguissola, Dame Elisabeth Frink, and many others. The museum has also acquired important works by Frida Kahlo, Käthe Kollwitz, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Lotte Laserstein, Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun, Dorothy Dehner, Joan Snyder, and others, along with special collections, such as silver by English and Irish silversmiths, miniatures by Eulabee Dix, and woodblock prints by Grace Albee. The museum's holdings have grown to include works by more than 800 artists. Each year NMWA offers approximately 80 diverse education and outreach programs for children, adults, and teachers and produces educational materials that families and teachers can use. The Library and Research Center has extensive files on more than 18,000 women artists of all periods and nationalities and approximately 18,500 volumes of books and exhibition catalogues. Among many other initiatives, NMWA signed a formal affiliation agreement with Girl Scouts of the USA in 1994, and in 1997 it opened the Elisabeth A. Kasser Wing - adding two new galleries, a larger Museum Shop, and a reception room. Noteworthy is NMWA's far-reaching support. Since 1984 more than 200,000 people have joined as members in support of the museum and its mission, and nearly 1.2 million people have visited to date. NMWA created a network of state committees in 1984 to enhance its effectiveness and responsiveness nationwide. The museum's goal is to have a committee in each state and to encourage their formation internationally; NMWA now has 28 state committees and three international affiliates. |
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