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Expanding Mary’s narrative: Apocryphal influences in Picturing Mary
For being the mother of Christ, Mary is a surprisingly scarce figure in the Bible. The primary canonical source for information about Mary is the New Testament, yet the basic biographical sketches...
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As Teachers Know, There’s Something about Mary—The “Picturing Mary” Teacher...
Staff at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) not only provide space to research, present, and discuss the lives and work of women artists, but also hold educational programs and events. At...
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The Magic of Daisy Makeig-Jones
The upcoming exhibition Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones brings the magic of the 20th-century ceramic designer to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, May 1–August 16. One of the...
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Uncommon Ground: Summer Exhibitions at NMWA
What is natural? Porcelain grass lawns and anthropomorphic scooters may not be the first objects to come to mind, although they are likely to make a lasting impression. Visitors can explore sensational...
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Not Losing their Luster—Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones
NMWA exhibition Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones features work that the artist (1881–1945) created for the Wedgwood pottery company. She is best known for Fairyland Lusterware, a...
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5 Fast Facts: Rachel Ruysch
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), whose work will be on view at NMWA in Super Natural, June 5–September 13, 2015. Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) 1. Affinities...
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Frightful & Delightful: Summer Exhibitions
We are excited to announce that NMWA’s summer exhibitions, Super Natural and Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015, open tomorrow! Museum staff have been busy transforming the 2nd-floor galleries to...
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5 Questions with Jennifer Celio
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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Women with Wanderlust
During the press preview for Super Natural, NMWA Chief Curator Kathryn Wat stressed one fact above all others about featured artist Maria Sibylla Merian: this woman was radical. Not only did she...
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5 Questions with Goldschmied & Chiari
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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Flowers, Fruit, and Fatality
“What is natural?” is the intriguing question surrounding Super Natural. Two of the exhibition’s artists, Rachel Ruysch and Sam Taylor-Johnson, answer this query through their respective works of art....
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Food, Drink, and Fun: After Hours at NMWA!
Last Thursday, the museum held NMWA Nights: Earthly Delights, an after-hours event featuring two new exhibitions, Super Natural and Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015. Hosted together with members of...
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5 Questions with Dawn Holder
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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5 Questions with Rebecca Hutchinson
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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5 Questions with Mimi Kato
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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5 Fast Facts: Elisabetta Gut
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Elisabetta Gut, whose work is currently on view in NMWA’s galleries. Elisabetta Gut (b.1934) 1. Who Knew? Gut began her artistic career as a painter, but...
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5 Questions with Ysabel LeMay
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015 is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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Painting with Confidence: Early Female Self-Portraiture
Self-portraits convey more than just appearances—they affirm an artist’s identity. In the 16th and 17th centuries, women artists made portraits of themselves in their studios. Self-portraiture helped...
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5 Questions with Andrea Lira
The fourth installment of NMWA’s biennial exhibition series, Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The...
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Victorian Decadence & Visual Decay
Polly Morgan’s Systemic Inflammation is a striking artwork in Organic Matters—Women to Watch 2015. Featuring small yellow and orange birds rising from a tethered position atop a charred metal cage,...
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