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Gallery Feature: Sparrow Gallery
American Women Artists (AWA) is pleased to feature the Sparrow Gallery. We are grateful for the donorship of this Gallery Showcase Award for one of our talented artist members! One artist of AWA’s 2021 Spring Online Juried Show will have a unique opportunity to...
Gallery Feature: The Principle Gallery
American Women Artists (AWA) is pleased to feature The Principle Gallery. We are grateful for the donorship of this Gallery Showcase Award for one of our talented artist members! One artist of AWA’s National Online Juried Show, Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of...
Lifting the Sky: 2021 National Online Show Jurors Announced
Planning for AWA's national virtual show, Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists, is in full swing! We have recently confirmed the three jurors who will select the finalists, women artists that will collectively receive approximately $25,000 in...
Gallery Feature: Phoenix Zoo’s Savanna Gallery
American Women Artists (AWA) is pleased to feature the Savanna Gallery, located within The Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo. We are grateful for the donorship of this Gallery Showcase Award for one of our talented artist members! The Arizona...
Newsletter – December 2020
Click here to read our December Newsletter! (Cover image: Fifty Shades of Blue, Oil painting by Hope Reis, 20x24)
Pivoting Through the Pandemic: A Conversation with Jaya King
By Camille Wall, MBA, Media & Communications Manager Based in Sacramento, CA, AWA Associate member, working artist and teacher Jaya King graciously took some time away from her busy schedule to chat with me about her work, and specifically her process of...
Rediscovered Women Artists: Women in Print
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member When I began collecting art by American women artists in the 1980s, there were few resources for research. One was awed by a woman artist’s talent but it was quite difficult to find biographical...
Newsletter – November 2020
Click HERE to read our November Newsletter (Image: Poder, Colored pencil drawing by Natalie Dark; Cover Image: Hollyhock Seedling and Poppies, Watercolor by Carolyn...
2021 Spring Online Juried Show – Application Opens January 14
Application Period: January 14 - March 15, 2021 Finalists Announced: no later than April 9, 2021 Who can apply: Associate & Associate with Distinction Members Finalists will be posted on the AWA website for 1 year...
Newsletter – October 2020
Click HERE to read our October Newsletter (Image: Spa Day, Transparent Watercolor by Lorraine Watry, 20" x 28"; Cover Image: The Neighborhood, Oil by Susan Walker, 30" x...
Applications Open November 15 for National Online Juried Show
American Women Artists is thrilled to announce our 2021 National Online Juried Show, Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists. As the uncertainty of COVID continues, AWA has decided to host an all-virtual exhibition year. This online exhibit will...
Rediscovered Women Artists: Three African American Women Sculptors – Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, and Elizabeth Prophet
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Each of these women sculptors struggled with poverty and were subjected to racial discrimination their entire careers. All were associated with the Harlem Renaissance in New York City in the early 1920s. The paucity...
AWA Announces 2021 Master-Signature Members
American Women Artists is honored to announce that two AWA Signature Members have been elevated to Master-Signature status! AWA's Master-Signature Task Force carefully reviewed its Signature Members and nominated two strong candidates. Dyana Hesson and Laurie Kersey...
Newsletter – September 2020
Click HERE to read our September newsletter. Image captions: clockwise (left to right): Raven Steals the Light by Deanne McKeown; Into the Light (detail) by Chula Beauregard; A Moment in Time (detail) by Lynette Cook Cover image...
Members Advancing to Associate with Distinction in 2021
The following women have all juried into one AWA show and qualify for Associate with Distinction Membership. Congratulations on moving up in 2021! Sue deLearie Adair Nicole Adkisson Karen Anabel-Nichols Denise...
Upcoming 2021 Signature Members
Congratulations to our new AWA Signature Members for 2021 The following women have all juried into three or more AWA shows and qualify for...
Newsletter – August 2020
Click HERE to read our August Newsletter (Image: Presence (Mo & Benson) by Stephanie Revennaugh, Bronze 2/21, 23" x 30" x 8"; Cover Image: Western Homestead by Claudia Hartley, Acrylic, 30" x 40")
Symposium on Women in the Arts with America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
AWA's Symposium on Women in the Arts continues with a presentation by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) the Publishing Editor of First American Artist Magazine. In this PowerPoint presentation, America gives viewers an introduction and overview of Native...
Booth Museum: Art for Lunch Series
The Booth Museum hosts a weekly Facebook Live series, Art for Lunch with Seth Hopkins, Booth Director. Throughout AWA's Making Their Mark exhibition Seth interviewed AWA Heritage & Master-Signature Member Kathrine Lemke Waste and AWA Signature & Board Member...
AWA Elects New Board President
by Aleta Carpenter, AWA Vice-President American Women Artists is excited to announce the election of its new president, Christine Drewyer. Christine brought a wealth of experience when she joined the AWA Board, given her background as an artist, gallery owner,...
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
