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| October 24, 2008 |
ACTOR, SINGER LYNDA CARTER TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM NMWA |
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Honor to be Presented at November 7 Fall Benefit |
| October 10, 2008 |
POWER OF ROLE PLAY EXAMINED IN NMWA'S ORIGINAL EXHIBITION
ROLE MODELS: FEMININE IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHOTOTGRAPHY ON VIEW OCTOBER 17, 2008–JANUARY 25, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography explores how role playing has been central to the art, meaning and social function of contemporary photography. On view October 17, 2008, through January 25, 2009, the exhibition breaks new ground by bringing two generations together to show how this practice has evolved. Role Models features 70 works by 18 artists whose portraiture, self-portraiture, and narrative photographs have influenced our understanding of gender and identity. |
| July 18, 2008 |
NMWA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF A MIXED MEDIA WORK
BY ILONA KESERÜ |
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Washington, D.C. -- The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) recently received the donation of Black Line (1968) from Hungarian artist Ilona Keserü. Black Line expresses (in the artist’s words) “the feeling of womanhood and joie de vivre” and is filled with “all the possibilities of a woman in her 30s”—the age of Keserü at the time she created it. The work is among the first by Keserü in which she cut pieces of canvas, molded them with glue, and stitched them to the canvas to create three-dimensional shapes. |
| May 1, 2008 |
“Something Pertaining to God”:
The Patchwork Art of Rosie Lee Tompkins at NMWA |
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WASHINGTON—The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents the Washington showing of “Something Pertaining to God”: The Patchwork Art of Rosie Lee Tompkins, June 27–September 21, 2008, an exhibition showcasing the work of the widely-acclaimed African-American quilt-maker Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936–2006). |
| March 17, 2008 |
WOMEN TO WATCH 2008
NEW PROGRAM SHOWCASES EMERGING AND
UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN ARTISTS |
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WASHINGTON— NMWA presents a new and innovative program, Women to Watch 2008, in cooperation with its national and international committees to increase the visibility of emerging and underrepresented women artists. Women to Watch 2008 is on view March 14, 2008 through June 15, 2008 at 1250 New York Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. |
| September 20, 2007 |
NMWA Presents WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
September 21-December 16, 2007
Landmark Exhibition Surveys Foundations and Legacy of Feminist Art From 1965 to 1980 |
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Washington, D.C. – The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) will present the first East Coast showing of WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, a landmark survey of the remarkable body of work that emerged from the relationship between art and feminism in and around the 1970s. WACK! will be on view from September 21 through December 16, 2007.
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| November 29, 2006 |
National Museum of Women in the Arts Founder to Receive Legion of Honor from French Government
French Ambassador to Present Wilhelmina Cole Holladay with France’s Highest Award November 30 |
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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder and chair of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) will receive the Legion of Honor, the French government’s highest award, Thursday, November 30. |
| November 9, 2006 |
National Museum of Women in the Arts Founder Receives National Medal of Arts: President Presents Wilhelmina Cole Holladay Honor for Her Service to the Arts |
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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder and chair of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) today received the National Medal of Honor from President Bush in an Oval Office ceremony. |
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