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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 6,000 works by more than 1,000 artists ...
1994 to present. Title. Director of the National Gallery of Art. Term. 2008 to 2019. Kaywin Feldman is an American museum administrator and director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Named on December 11, 2018, Feldman took over from Earl A. Powell III in March 2019. She is the National Gallery of Art's first woman director.
Nationality. American. Education. Washington University in St. Louis. Princeton University ( MA) ( PhD) Occupation. Curator. Susan Fisher Sterling is an American art curator, currently the Director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. [1] She has been an activist in the Feminist art movement in the United States since ...
reopening and a $67.5m makeover, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, DC, officially reopens on 21 October, showcasing reconfigured galleries and event spaces, as well as ...
National Museum of Women in the Arts American Folk Art Museum: United States: 1983–1989 2012–2022 Katharine Lee Reid: Cleveland Museum of Art: United States: 2000–2005 Joan Rosenbaum: Jewish Museum (Manhattan) United States: 1980s Amy Sadao: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [14] United States: 2000s Cornelia Bentley Sage: 1876 ...
Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award (2001) National Medal of Arts (2006) Honours. Legion of Honour. Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. Wilhelmina Cole Holladay (née Cole; October 10, 1922 – March 6, 2021) [1] was an American art collector and patron. She was the co-founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, [2] and was ...
Irene Natividad (born 14 September 1948 in Manila, Philippines) is an American feminist, women's rights activist, corporate director, international advocate for women in leadership positions, President of the GlobeWomen Research and Education Institute, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC whose lead programs include the annual Global Summit of Women and Corporate Women Directors ...
The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is a United States organization, founded in 1889 to gain recognition for professional women fine artists in an era when that field was strongly male-oriented. It sponsors exhibitions, awards and prizes, and organizes lectures and special events.