Exhibitions
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Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections
February 24, 2012–July 29, 2012

Featuring 77 paintings, prints, and sculptures from 1750 to 1850—a tumultuous revolutionary era—Royalists to Romantics celebrates these rare works, many of which have never been seen outside of France.    » read more
New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia Booker
March 8, 2012–March 9, 2014

Internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker has been selected as the second artist for the New York Avenue Sculpture Project, the only public art space featuring changing installations of contemporary works by women artists.    » read more
R(ad)ical Love: Sister Mary Corita
March 9, 2012–July 15, 2012

Featuring 62 eye-popping prints created between 1963 and 1967, the exhibition showcases the bold graphic language that Sister Mary Corita developed to communicate her vision of peace and love in the 1960s.    » read more
25 x 25: Artists' Books from the NMWA Collection
March 16, 2012 - June 24, 2012

The exhibition celebrates the generosity of donors who helped NMWA to build a foremost collection of artists' books.    » read more
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Events
Theater: SWAN Day Staged-Reading Marathon
NMWA celebrates SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now) with staged readings of sixteen fresh, though-provoking, short plays by women playwrights from across the United States.    » read more
Film: A Tale of Two Cities
Immerse yourself in the film adaption of Charles Dickens's classic novel A Tale of Two Cities (1935, 128 min.).     » read more
Shenson Chamber Music Concert: Caroline Goulding
Only eighteen, violinist Caroline Goulding has been praised as a "precociously gifted virtuoso" with "impressive technical polish and musical maturity" (Gramophone). Despite her youth, Goulding has already performed as a soloist with some of North America's premier orchestras.    » read more
Role Model Workshop: The Power of Multiples
In the spirit of Corita Kent's own art and activism, join Amelia Hankin, printmaking instructor at American University and Montgomery College, for a workshop exploring the fundamentals of monoprinting.    » read more
25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA: Les Jardins de Bagatelle
The museum's signature philanthropic event, inspired by the exhibition Royalists to Romantics, will honor women artists and celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary.    » read more
In the Galleries: Royal Dressmakers and Haute Couture
In NMWA's galleries during Royalists to Romantics, womenswear designer and artist-in-residence Celia Reyer will bring to life the fashions in the portraiture on view.     » read more
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New York Avenue Sculpture Project

Sculpture Project

Artist Chakaia Booker Selected for Second Installation of the New York Avenue Sculpture Project!

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