Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) has fascinated the public for generations. The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents Frida Kahlo: Public Image, Private Life. A Selection of Photographs and Letters in collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center and the Mexican Cultural Institute. The exhibition runs through Oct. 14, to coincide with Frida Kahlo’s 100th birthday.
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On August 29, 2005, a monstrous storm came ashore leaving behind enormous destruction beyond belief. The National Museum of Women in the Arts pays tribute to this tragic event to May 28, 2007, through the photographic exhibit, Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember: Photographs by Melody Golding. The 53 photographs offer personal insights into life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents the private side of artists' creative lives in Artists' Sketchbooks and Illustrated Diaries: Exploring the In/Visible through Jul. 15, 2007. Curated by Krystyna Wasserman, NMWA's curator of book arts, the exhibition includes 21 works by 14 artists from the United States, France, Spain and Argentina.
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Women filmmakers and media artists will have five days to shine in D.C. when the National Museum of Women in the Arts presents its first-ever film and media arts festival. From Sept. 25, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2007 the NMWA 20th Anniversary Festival of Film and Media Arts will highlight the talents of outstanding contemporary women filmmakers who are creating works that are both artistically innovative and socially relevant.
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Ask someone to name a painter from the Italian Renaissance or Baroque periods and you will probably hear answers like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo or Caravaggio-all of whom are men. Thanks to a groundbreaking exhibition, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) intends to broaden the list of "known"Â artists who were professionally and commercially successful during these same periods-they just happen to be women.
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Ask someone to name a painter from the Italian Renaissance or Baroque periods and you will probably hear answers like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo or Caravaggio-all of whom are men. Thanks to a groundbreaking exhibition, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) intends to broaden the list of "known"Â artists who were professionally and commercially successful during these same periods-they just happen to be women.
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Women filmmakers and media artists will have five days to shine in D.C. when the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) presents its first-ever film and media arts festival. From Sept. 25, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2007 the NMWA 20th Anniversary Festival of Film and Media Arts will highlight the talents of outstanding contemporary women filmmakers who are creating works that are both artistically innovative and socially relevant.
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Is it a book, is it art, or is it both? From Oct. 27, 2006, to Feb. 4, 2007, The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts explores this question and celebrates the sometimes controversial art form that is artists' books.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The four-year grant will fund Teachers Connect: Distance Learning in the Arts; an arts education program that will research the use of distance technologies in professional development programs for teachers.
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