AAUW’s national office in Washington, D.C., is a piece of history — not for its architecture but for the amazing artifacts it houses, including a sculpture from gifted artist and 1940–41 AAUW International Fellow Marina Núñez del Prado, who passed away in 1995. She is considered one of the most successful Latin American artists, and [...]
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Meet Marina Núñez del Prado: Famed Bolivian Artist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, art, Art Students League, Art Week, Ettl Studios, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship, Marina Núñez del Prado, Mother and Child on February 22, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Guerrilla Warfare for Women Artists
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, art, art contest, Art Week, Guerilla Girls, Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. on February 21, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened an exhibition titled “An International Survey of Painting and Sculpture,” which explored the most significant contemporary art in the world. Of the 169 artists featured, only 13 were women. All of them were white. Women artists were not pleased. Several joined forces and organized [...]
Thumbs-up Award and AAUW Dialog Art Week
Posted in The AAUW Community, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, tagged art, art contest, National Museum of Women in the Arts, NMWA, politics and art, women artists on February 17, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Every year, the AAUW Art Contest draws a wide variety of art submissions. It’s always amazing to see the diversity of the artwork that comes in. And each year, I find myself going back to the gallery and choosing a new favorite every time. It’s also great that AAUW members get to vote for six [...]
Project Profile: Huntington Museum of Art’s “Year of Women”
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged art, Following the Fellows, project profiles, women artists on August 28, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
As Huntington Museum of Art Director Margaret Mary Lane explained, the Community Action Grant project “Year of Women” was a serendipitous venture. Although the West Virginia museum was interested in women artists, it had few works by women in its collection. The project began as an opportunity to showcase the collection of a local woman [...]
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