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The Latest from American Women Artists
Krystii Melaine, Flowing (triptych)
Newsletter – January 2022
Poems Looking For a Seat, by Gayle Madeira Click here to read our January 2022 Newsletter! (Cover image: Once in A Blue Heron Moon, Oil by Drewyer Christine)
UNINVITED: Canadian Women Artists Reinvited
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member While spending almost a year now writing the 30-year history of American Women Artists at our thirtieth anniversary, I have become intrigued by a dozen Canadian women artists who have become AWA members and participated in...
Newsletter – December 2021
Raining Cats and Dogs, Oil and Cold Wax by Jolynn Forman Click here to read our December Newsletter! (Cover image: Afternoon Tea, oil by Lauren Anderson)
Newsletter – November 2021
The Long Climb, ink and watercolor by Marilynn Brandenburger Click here to read our November Newsletter! (Cover image: Light Martini, oil by Karen Budan)
Rediscovered Women Artists: Alice Neel
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Artist Alice Neel was known throughout her career, but was “rediscovered” in a prodigious way over the past year due to a major retrospective of her work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled Alice Neel: People Come...
AWA Announces Master-Signature Members for 2022
American Women Artists is honored to announce that two AWA Signature Members have been elevated to Master-Signature status for 2022! AWA’s Master-Signature Task Force carefully reviewed the impressive group of qualified Signature Members and unanimously agreed on two...
Newsletter – October 2021
Patriarch, oil by Gayle Levee Click here to read our October Newsletter! (Cover image: The Farrier, bronze by Kathleen Friedenberg
Newsletter – September 2021
Ann at the Bus, oil by Jill Eberle Click here to read our September Newsletter! (Cover image: Eventuality (Hyalophora Ceropia), Charcoal and Italian Paper by Traci Martin)
Upcoming 2022 Signature Members
Congratulations to our new AWA Signature Members for 2022 The following women have all juried into three or more AWA shows and qualify for Signature Membership. Congratulations on your...
Rediscovered Women Artists: Edith Wilkinson
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member The lost stories of women artists cease to surprise me any longer, but Edith Lake Wilkinson’s journey is uniquely sad. Born in Wheeling, WV, to a banker and art teacher, she and her sister enjoyed comfortable childhoods....
Members Advancing to Associate with Distinction in 2022
The following women have all juried into one AWA show and qualify for Associate with Distinction Membership. Congratulations on moving up in 2021! Leslie Adams Lauren Anderson Tracy Anderson Patt Baldino Chantel...
Symposium on Women in the Arts: Sculpture Studio Tour with Angela Mia De la Vega
As a part of our 2021 virtual Symposium on Women in the Arts, AWA presents a sculpture studio tour with AWA Master-Signature Member Angela Mia De la Vega. Angela is an Elected Member of the National Sculpture Society and an Art Renewal Center Living Master. Awards...
Newsletter – August 2021
Home Schooling, Acrylic and Oil on Wood Panel by Susan Boork Saacks Click here to read our August Newsletter! (Cover image: Contemplating Infinity, Bronze by Moana Ponder)
2022 Museum Show Announced
American Women Artists is thrilled to announce our 2022 museum show Breaking Through: The Rise of American Women Artists hosted by the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center in Clarksville, TN. This will be the sixth museum show in...
Newsletter – July 2021
Click here to read our July Newsletter! (Cover image: The Brooklyn Bridge, Oil on Canvas by Anne Harkness)
Rediscovered Women Artists: Nell Blaine
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Most of us know the names of women painters of the mid-twentieth century Abstract Expressionism movement in New York, such as Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler, but Nell Blaine is almost unknown....
Symposium on Women in the Arts with Dyana Hesson
AWA Master-Signature Member, Dyana Hesson presents her talk, 10 Bees of Success as a part of AWA’s Symposium on Women in the Arts. In her talk, Dyana shares ten tips she has learned throughout her 30-year career as a professional artist. ...
Symposium on Women in the Arts: Painting Demonstration with Valerie Collymore
As a part of our 2021 virtual Symposium on Women in the Arts, AWA presents an oil painting demonstration by AWA Associate with Distinction Member Valerie Collymore. Collymore is a full-time oil painting artist who is passionate about the French Impressionist...
Newsletter – June 2021
Click here to read our June Newsletter! (Cover image: Take Shelter, Acrylic by Cecil Ashley)
2021 Lifting the Sky Awards Announced!
We are pleased to present the award winners for Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists. This year's show awards include $35,000 in cash prizes, magazine ad awards, and merchandise! AWA is thrilled to announce two new awards in this year's show:...
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
