Talk:National Museum of Women in the Arts

Opening heading
merge masonic temple article. same building. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 19:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Suggestions to Improve
Things that need updating: Location of museum is 1250 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 (incorrect in box on the right under "location"). Now National Museum of Women in the Arts has over 4,500 artworks (listed both as 4,000 in first paragraph and under "Collection" section. New York Avenue Sculpture Project needs updating since the selected artist changes every few years. Artist Niki de Saint Phalle was the first artist chosen and now the current artist is Chakaia Booker. Here is the current information: http://www.nmwa.org/exhibitions/new-york-ave-sculpture-project. Library and Research Center: Since the library was recently endowed, it should be referred to as the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center. For more updated information on the library, check out http://www.nmwa.org/learn/library-archives/about-lrc. Also within the library section: Please take out references to CLARA since the project has been decommissioned and is in the process of being removed (also listed in External links). Exhibitions: Instead of the laundry list of past exhibitions, perhaps just summarize key exhibitions. Here are some highlights (for a complete list: http://www.nmwa.org/sites/default/files/shared/nmwa_exhibition_history_2013_2.pdf): Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color (Oct. 9, 2010–Jan. 9, 2011) Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections (Feb. 24–Jul. 29 2012) An Imperial Collection: Women Artists from the State Hermitage Museum (Feb. 14, 2003–June 18, 2003) Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power (Sep. 7, 2012–Jan. 6, 2013) Places of Their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Frida Kahlo (Feb. 8, 2002–May 12, 2002) The Magic of Remedios Varo (Feb. 10, 2000-May 29, 2000) Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire (Nov. 16, 2000–Feb. 4, 2001) WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (Sep. 21, 2007–Dec. 16, 2007) Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women (Jun. 30, 2006–Sep. 24, 2006) Public Programs: Change "Family Days" to "Community Days."

--Lrhof15 (talk) 17:34, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Public Programs: Change "Family Days" to "Community Days."
 * Great! I think I've addressed all of these issues. :-) Dominic·t 18:38, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

I probably shouldn't edit our own page, but here's a recent letter from our director to our members that might have some useful information to make changes to the article:

"It is my pleasure to report to you that NMWA’s current exhibitions of Faith Ringgold’s American People, Black Light and the art of Audrey Niffenegger are receiving glowing reviews from NPR, the Washington Post, and Elle magazine, among many others. Nothing could be more gratifying than knowing that these wonderful artists and our museum are capturing the attention of millions of listeners and readers.

This is what we are all about—advancing and advocating for the work of women artists—whether contemporary talents such as Ringgold and Niffenegger, or artists from the past like the remarkable Anna Ancher. Before our exhibition of Ancher last February, she was unknown outside her native Denmark—until NMWA brought her beautiful impressionist paintings into the light.

Equally gratifying is the positive feedback from visitors to the museum. Allow me to share a lovely note sent in May by a member in Luray, Virginia:

Dear Friends, Such a lovely day at the exhibition A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony. Without you I would never have had the pleasure of learning about Anna Ancher and her friends.

To know that people come to our galleries and make lasting connections with the museum’s mission is a source of great pride. Pride that you share in by making it possible for artists like Ancher, Ringgold, and Niffenegger to receive the recognition they are due through your generous support of NMWA’s Annual Fund.

While the positive press and goodwill are immensely encouraging, the overall picture for women artists is not nearly so rosy. One article that came across my desk recently was the Wall Street Journal’s “Women on the Verge” from April 18. In it, the authors quote statistics that reveal how “the upper echelons of the art world still belong to men. All of the top 100 works ever sold at auction were created by male artists, and fewer than 3 percent of auctioned works over $1 million last year were by female artists.” This just underscores that the art world still has a long way to go, and NMWA still has much to do for women in the arts.

There are several new, far-reaching projects we are working on that will help women artists gain ground as well as extend our reputation. Foremost among these is NMWA’s participation in the Google Art Project. This will put many of the best-loved works from our collection just a click away on the world’s greatest search engine—for all to see. Also to ensure the availability of accurate, extensive information on women artists, NMWA is helping to improve many articles in Wikipedia. Last March, during Women’s History Month, we held our first “Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon.” Members, volunteers, and museum staff gathered virtually and in person to create new authoritative content; it was so successful that our next Edit-a-Thon is already planned for the same time next year.

In 2014, outreach online and through social media will be increased through our Broad Strokes blog, which attracts 10,000 readers per month, our e-newsletters that go out to more than 30,000 subscribers, and our 10,000-plus followers on Twitter and Facebook. Our goal is to reach out to new audiences far and wide with informative stories about women in the arts. Very exciting too is a new collaboration with the mobile app MapHook, which will provide new opportunities for real-time engagement with the museum’s exhibitions.

We are also nurturing committees, whose members are dedicated to advancing NMWA’s mission in cities, states, and countries around the world. Over the past 15 years, we have grown from eight outreach committees with 132 members to 21 committees with over 2,100 members. Just this year, it has been our good fortune to develop international committees in Chile and the Iberian Peninsula, with three more groups forming in New York, Connecticut, and Brazil. Members of our committees serve as NMWA’s ambassadors and grassroots advocates on behalf of women artists.

In all these ways and more, our resources are being used wisely to exponentially increase NMWA’s public outreach and effectiveness. With your support, there is so much more we will be able to do! Thank you. We are honored by your commitment to the Annual Fund and all it makes possible in the coming year."Heatherslania (talk) 18:58, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Here's some good additional information, including more accurate NMWA counts:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/holladay-founded-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts-now-shes-working-on-its-legacy/2014/04/17/0b98f322-c4b5-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2014/02/28/the-directors/ Heatherslania (talk) 14:06, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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