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Krystii Melaine, Flowing (triptych)
Monthly Magazine – September 2026
Quiet Time, Linda Louise Mutti Click HERE to read our SEPTEMBER 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Monthly Magazine – August 2026
Awaiting Their Turn, Denise Petersen Click HERE to read our AUGUST 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
AWA BLOG # 39 CATHARINE CARTER CRITCHER (1868-1964)
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Photograph, Catharine Carter Critcher Painting in Taos, NM, 1923, (This photograph appeared in the Washington Post on June 5, 1921), reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu. Catharine Critcher was absent the day...
Monthly Magazine – July 2026
Rio Charma Afternoon, Annette Hammer Click HERE to read our JULY 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Monthly Magazine – June 2026
Aurora, Cathryne Jenkins Click HERE to read our JUNE 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
AWA BLOG # 38 A CLUB OF THEIR OWN (American Art Students Club in Paris)
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Anne Goldthwaite, American Art Students Club, oil on canvas, 1908, Whitney Museum of American Art [previously owned by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney], New York. Having recently read Jennifer Dasal’s new book,...
SYMPOSIUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS VIDEO: 2026 Keynote by Sharon Louden
Artist, Arts Leader, Writer, and Advocate Sharon Louden speaks on how to sustain a creative life April 25, 2026 as part of the American Women Artists Annual Symposium of Women in the Arts at Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN. The 2027 Symposium will be in South...
Monthly Magazine – May 2026
Cold Blood, Brooke Bartholomew Click HERE to read our MAY 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
AWARDS ANNOUNCED: Of Mark & Meaning: American Women Artists Exhibition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2026 Contact: Andrea Bailey Executive Director, American Women Artists Phone: 979-216-1630 Email: director@americanwomenartists.org Hi-res images available upon request American Women Artists...
Monthly Magazine – April 2026
Ancestral Dialogue, Kathleen Kinkopf Click HERE to read our APRIL 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
We love this great article on the exhibition Of Mark & Meaning by American Art Collector
CLICK BELOW to read an enlightening article with beautiful artwork by American Art Collector celebrating AWA's 2026 museum exhibition Of Mark & Meaning at the Customs House Museum on exhibit February 13 through April 26, 2026. AAC-Collector-Customs-House-2026...
Public Television Mini-Documentary as part of the Empowered Series hosted by Meg Ryan
Click HERE to WATCH American Women Artists was selected to be featured on the public television series Empowered hosted by Meg Ryan. The 7-minute mini-documentary was filmed at the National Sporting Library & Museum just outside of Washington D.C. in the fall 2025...
AWA BLOG # 37 ARTISTS AS WRITERS, WRITERS AS ARTISTS
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Lauren Pope, Flannery O’Connor, n.d. Book Cover, Brad Gooch, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor, Boston: Little, Brown, 2009. [Image: Emily Temple, 33 Portraits of Flannery O’Connor: Because Good Fan Art is Hard to...
Monthly Magazine – March 2026
The Great Kiskadee, Danielle Werneck Click HERE to read our MARCH 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Monthly Magazine – February 2026
Summer Cuties, Carrie Waller Click HERE to read our FEBRUARY 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Monthly Magazine – January 2026
Morning's Embrace, Paula Holtzclaw Click HERE to read our JANUARY 2026 MONTHLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE
AWA BLOG # 36 MODERN WOMEN, MODERN ROLES “Hidden in the Archives”
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Gertrude Stein famously said, “You can be modern, or you can be a museum.” Her characteristically succinct writing style aptly summarizes this inconsistency. Museums traditionally preserve the past, and the term ‘modern’...
Newsletter – December 2025
Brave, Angela Mia Click here to read our December 2025 Newsletter!
Newsletter – November 2025
The Chosen One, Sally Maxwell Click here to read our November 2025 Newsletter!
Newsletter – October 2025
The Grey Hunter, Laurie Kersey Click here to read our October 2025 Newsletter!
I am thrilled and so honored to receive this award. It is hard to put into words how it makes me feel when I see the caliber of the other entries – amazing work!
— CARLA O’CONNOR
2019 Spring Online Show Grand Prize winner, WA
