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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,...
Rediscovered Women Artists: Ray Eames
by Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member “I never gave up painting, I just changed my palette.” - Ray Eames Ray and Charles Eames were erroneously referred to as “the Eames Brothers” in a 2006 New York Times Magazine article. (1) Ray Eames was...
Making Their Mark: Spotlight Videos
American Women Artists and the Booth Museum present Making Their Mark: Spotlight Videos. Select AWA Master-Signature Members share their thoughts on fellow members' artwork from Making Their Mark Virtual Show & Sale. This charming series of spotlight videos will...
Symposium on Women in the Arts with Kathrine Lemke Waste
SIGHTLINES: Brining the Art of Women into Public View AWA Master-Signature & Heritage Member, Kathrine Lemke Waste presents her talk, Sightlines: Bringing the Art of Women into Public View as a part of AWA's Symposium on Women in the Arts. In her talk, Kathrine...
Newsletter – July 2020
Click HERE to read our July Newsletter. (Image: Making Their Mark: American Women Artists digital exhibition catalog cover; Cover Image: Into Thin Air by Elizabeth Pollie, Oil, 36" x 36")
Symposium on Women in the Arts: Pastel Demonstration by Lisa Gleim
As a part of our Symposium on Women in the Arts, AWA presents a pastel demonstration featuring Signature Member & AWA Board Secretary, Lisa Gleim. Lisa has been working with this medium for over 20 years and specializes in charcoal, pastel, and oil portraits of...
Making Their Mark – Booth Museum Purchase Awards
AWA is so honored to announce the Booth Western Art Museum Purchase Awards for AWA's Making Their Mark show. The Booth Musuem selected five works from the show. Right Where I Want To Be, oil by JaNeil Anderson (NM), Sunset Sunburst, oil by Diane Arenberg, The Secret...
Newsletter – June 2020
Click HERE to read our June Newsletter. (Image: Sunset Sunburst by Diane Arenberg, Oil on linen, 30" x 30"; Cover Image: Smalltalk by Debbie Korbel, Mixed Media, 67" x 70" x 24")
Rediscovered Women Artists: Edith Gregor Halpert
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member I was walking in a section of National Memorial Park in Falls Church, VA with a plat map looking for the grave marker of Edith Gregor Halpert (1900-1970). Epic gallerist, Edith Halpert led the mainstreaming of...
2020 Booth Museum Award Winners Announced!
We are pleased to announce the award winners for Making Their Mark: American Women Artists' Exhibition at the Booth Western Art Museum. This is the first year AWA is awarding the Grand Prize winner with a $10,000 cash award! We'd like to thank our Awards Jurors:...
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
