Artists listed clockwise: (Top left) Susan B. Phillips, Kim McAninch, Phyllis Shenny, Rita Herzfeld (detail), Takayo Noda (detail), Jill Cliffer Baratta (detail). Opening reception: September 16, 2018, 6-8pm The B. Beamesderfer Gallery in Highland Park, NJ, has joined with NAWA to present Beamesderfer 3: Sea and Sky. This is the third year that the Gallery [...]
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 12, 5-7pm
Opening reception: Thursday, July 19, 5-7pm The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is excited to present its second small works exhibition of 2018, featuring Small Works by 75 member and non-member artists. “Small Works” are truly compact creations with big perspectives. We are proud of the fact that each year we get more [...]
What Will I Do With All This Freedom? Eyenga Bokamba is an artist who is most drawn to abstraction as a means of expressing her perceptions of complex realities. Her work has been widely collected by public libraries, universities, and private buyers who value the spacious expansiveness and luminosity of her creations.
What is Abstract Art? It is art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using, shapes, forms, colors and textures. “Abstract art may be gestural, geometric, fluid, or figurative (implying things that are not visual such as emotion, sound, or spirituality.” Quote taken from -Origins of Abstract Art [...]
Guest presenter and 2018 NAWA Honoree: Joanne Mattera
Painting by Pennie Brantley. Path to Knowledge (Palacio Nacional de Sintra, Portugal), 48 x 60 in. A native of Caruthersville, Missouri, Pennie Brantley now lives and works in Boston and the Taconic Mountains of New York with her artist husband, Robert Morgan, following a three-year sojourn in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An art-study tour in the [...]
Three Women Artists Step up to the Plate Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 5:00 - 7:00pm Traditionally, more men have painted women as a subject matter than the male figure. Jill Cliffer Baratta, Susan Miller-Havens and Marisol Rose have thrown their own curve ball on that idea, choosing to paint male baseball players and the [...]
Migration is a natural phenomenon: birds go north in the summer, south for the winter; monarch butterflies migrate across the continent to California or Mexico; mammals will migrate only to follow their prey; humans migrates as well, searching for hospitable environments to grow and prosper. We seek the safest and best. Our theme for this exhibit [...]
Shelter is a main concern for all living beings, especially for refugees, immigrants, the homeless, those concerned about climate change, drug addiction and victims of domestic violence. A juried NAWA exhibition open to members and non-members alike, adds light to this ongoing problem. For the second year, NAWA has joined forces with the Harlem School [...]
Women’s History Month celebrates the character, courage, and commitment of women throughout history. NAWA was founded in 1889 to support those ideas and this March six members artists, Sandra Bertrand, Nancy Coleman Dann, Susan G. Hammond, Natalia Koren Kropf, Leah Raab, and Carole Richard Kaufmann have brought their combined talents to the challenge. Through expressionistic [...]
A juried exhibition for NAWA members and non-members. Opening reception on Thursday, February 15, 5-7pm.
The artist members of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) have often set their sights on a shared vision of expanded horizons. The County College of Morris (CCM) Art & Design Gallery in Randolph, NJ is hosting NAWA’s Open Horizons, a unique exhibition that allows each artist to go as far as her own [...]
5x7, a fundraising exhibition of original 5"x7" artwork for $40 at the NAWA Gallery. Opening Reception: December 14, 2017 5-7pm Closing Reception: January 18, 2018, 5-7pm
Black and White images are making a comeback, as mono images adapt to all lighting situations, and even though we don’t see the world in black and white it is a creative choice. You can produce formal black and white portraits, landscapes and still lifes that speak for themselves concentrating on capturing clean whites and [...]
Opening reception November 9, 3-5pm This exhibition features the work of the new members juried into NAWA for the year and is preceded by the induction ceremony for new members.
Lucinda Abra, Jill Cliffer Baratta, Sandra Bertrand, Dottie Branchreeves, Judith Carline, Julie Castillo, Nancy Dann, Penny Dell, Carol Nipomnich Dixon, Christie Devereaux, Christine Frisbee, Carolynne Fromme, Marlann Gorsky, Carole Richard Kaufmann, Natalia Koren Kropf, Nella Lush, Carol O'Neill, Mary Alice Orito, Anita Pearl, Susan Phillips, Leah Raab, Beth Scher, Sonia Stark, Esther Sternberg, BJ Talor, [...]
Opening reception: Saturday, October 7, 2017 Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, NY, is a very welcoming environment and is available to rent for private exhibitions and parties. Emerge Gallery & Art Space exhibits and sells original art, online and on location in Saugerties, NY, by the best emerging artists from the Hudson Valley, NY metro area [...]
The Garment District Alliance serves New York’s storied Garment District, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Working in partnership with local building owners and businesses, they improve the quality of life and economic vitality in this authentic New York neighborhood. The Garment District Alliance, formerly the Fashion Center BID, is a not-for-profit corporation, established in [...]
Reception: Saturday, September 23, 2017, 6-8pm
Opening reception TBA
Reception: Thursday, August 31, 2017, from 6-8pm
Children's art show with workshops for children. Opening reception/workshop: August 11, 12-3pm Closing reception/workshop: August 30, 12-3pm
Reception Date: July 20, 2017, 5-7pm
RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017, 2-4PM
NAWA promotional booth with Peace Booth #382; talk June 10 at 10 am by NAWA President Jill Cliffer Baratta.
Reception Thursday, June 8, 2017, 5-8pm
A juried show of decorative and contemporary applied arts. This is an online exhibition only. Applied Arts and design require highly developed techniques and skills. This exhibition will showcase the skill and emotion that created beautiful and sometimes functional objects used in everyday life.
Guest presenters: Two of the original Guerilla Girls
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 11, 5-7pm
Reception: Thursday, April 6, 5-7pm
Elizabeth Castonguay and Margery Freeman Appelbaum Reception: Thursday, March 16, 2017 5-8pm
Reception: Sunday, March 5, 2017, 3-5pm This exhibition honors The National Association of Women Artists and Women’s History Month with a sampling of the works of NAWA members. It will be juried by Laurie Bachmann, adult programs assistant at the Ridgefield Library; Cynthia Mullins, NAWA; Susan Hammond, NAWA Executive Director; and Jill Cliffer Baratta, NAWA [...]
Reception: Saturday, March 11, 2017, 3-4:30 pm Artists Talk Panel discussion: Saturday, March 25, 3-4:30 pm
Reception: Thursday, March 2, 2017, 5-8pm Juror: Margaret O’Reilly, Executive Director and Curator of Fine Art, New Jersey State
Reception: Thursday, February 9, 2017, 5-7pm
Reception: Thursday, January 12, 2017, 5-7 pm (Snow date: Friday, January 13, 2017, 5-7 pm) The weather can be cold in January, with quiet winter beauty; relationships may grow cold; colors are warm or cool; a mood can be cold, or drinks, perhaps. What has “Cold” meant to these NAWA artists?
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, December 9, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 pm Montgomery Hall Crossing Boundaries is a collaborative exhibition between Headquarters and the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA). This exhibition promotes the creative expressions of professional women artists. Members must be juried into NAWA and are then [...]
Reception: Thursday, December 15, 2016, 5-7pm A holiday fundraiser of works in all media 12 x 16 or smaller (sculpture 24 x 12 x 12 maximum) to support and promote the new NAWA Gallery.
A Juried NAWA Exhibition in cooperation with Violence Transformed, Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art Reception: Thursday, December 1, 2016, 6-9pm Open to All Women Artists Certificates of Excellence Awarded One of the basic needs, with food and love, SHELTER, is a major concern for all living beings. Artwork centered on SHELTER, open to the [...]
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 10, following induction ceremony
Reception: Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 5:00-6:30pm Exhibit your art at the wonderful Mulberry Street Library in Manhattan this holiday season. This branch of the New York Library is located in the heart of trendy downtown Soho. The theme is one of positive energy: all that is joyful, all that is inspired, all that has brought [...]
The National Association of Women Artists and the Women Painters of Washington join forces for two epic Coast to Coast exhibitions Seattle & New York – Oct 2016-Mar 2017: The National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and the Women Painters of Washington (WPW) are partnering together for bicoastal exhibitions taking place in both New York [...]
…a remembrance of someone you are happy to see or something pleasing or refreshing to the eye. It is up to you to interpret your sight for sore eyes! AWARD Winner One artist will be selected as the award winner and will have their own gallery page on www.nawaonlinegallery.org. In this gallery, the award winning [...]
Opening Reception: October 20, 2016 6:00 - 10:00pm (In conjunction with open studio tours of building)
Inspired by the idea that blues music can have healing power for composers, musicians, and listeners, members of the National Association of Women Artists explore the transformative and celebratory emotions that occur when people emerge from difficult periods in their lives. With a wide variety of responses spanning painting, drawing, and more, Rise Up is [...]
Hand-painted etchings Reception: September 8, 2016 5:00pm - 7:00pm Tuesday through Friday 10:00am-5:00pm
Opening reception: Thursday, September 15 The 127th Annual Exhibition Members' Exhibition continues NAWA's long-standing tradition of supporting dynamic and relevant woman artists working all over the USA. Over 250 members will participate in this years Annual Members’ Exhibition, representing a diverse array of artistic backgrounds, mediums and processes. Artists self-select their best work to be [...]
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 14, 5-7pm A juried exhibtion for all women artists (NAWA members and non-members), 18 years of age and older. $500+ awards
