NMWA advocates for better representation of women artists and serves as a vital center for thought leadership, community engagement, and social change.
 

With its collections, exhibitions, programs, and online content, the museum inspires dynamic exchanges about art and ideas.

Championing women through the arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, DC, advocates for better representation of women artists and serves as a vital center for thought leadership, community engagement, and social change. NMWA addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art by bringing to light important women artists of the past while promoting great women artists working today.

The New York Committee of NMWA is part of a network of 27 committees throughout the US and World. The New York Committee is a volunteer organization that supports and extends the goals of NMWA. The Committee conducts local programs designed to further membership, development, fundraising, educational and exhibition objectives of NMWA, thereby broadening NMWA’s base of support throughout the world and allowing NMWA to be a truly national and international institution.


 
 

Above: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Photo by Mara Kurlandsky

 

NEWS

NEW YORK CURATOR NAMED - Women to Watch 2027: A Book Arts Evolution

The Steering Board of the New York Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts is pleased and honored to announce Jennifer Farrell, the Jordan Schnitzer Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be New York’s curator to nominate artists who work in book art for Women to Watch 2027.


Upcoming Events

Image Courtesy of Lévy Gorvy Dayan

GALLERY HOP - JUNE 4, 2025, 4-6 pm

Join us for an in-depth walkthrough of the current exhibitions of three Upper East Side galleries.  Starting at 4pm, we’ll begin with a tour of The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh led by Kirsten Ross, director of research at Lévy Gorvy Dayan.  Following, we’ll speak with Victoria Hawkins, Director at White Cube as we investigate Illana Savdie’s Glottal Stop.  To finish, we’ll swing by Alexander Berrgruen where artist Madeline Peckinpaugh will be available to talk us through her immense landscape paintings.  Between abstraction, portraiture, and landscape, there’s something for everyone, ranging from the ultra-contemporary, to the art-historical.  To round out our evening, we’ll grab drinks at Orsay (self-funded) and continue the conversation in good company.  Start with us at 4, or drop in along the way at 4:45 at White Cube or 5:15 at Alexander Berrgruen respectively. 

Tickets: Members - Free; Guests - $30


 
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© Yael Bartana; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

© Yael Bartana; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Steering Committee

Monique Bahadur

Regina Bilotta Witkin

Marian Cohen

Leenie McEvily

Kristin Ohnmacht

Emily Sussman

Susan Zimny