THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS

OUTREACH:ONLINE AND OFF-SITE ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MUSEUM SUPPORTERS CONNECTED WITH NMWA'S INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.- ART CHAT @ 5 REACHED NEARLY 1,100 PARTICIPANTS OVER 38 EVENTS. ATTENDEES HAILED FROM 33 U.S. STATES, WASHINGTON, D.C., PUERTO RICO, CANADA, BERMUDA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, MEXIO, AND ENGLAND.- NMWA XCHANGE REACHED 300 VIEWERS ACROSS EIGHT EPISODES FEATURING ARTISTS AND CURATORS AS WELL AS WOMEN FROM NMWA'S RENOVATION TEAM.- BOOK CLUB BROUGHT 25 READERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS NATASHA GORDON-CHIPEMBERE'S FINDING LA NEGRITA (2022), AND 30 FOR ADDIE TSAI'S UNWIELDY CREATURES (2022).EDUCATORS REACHED AUDIENCES VIRTUALLY THROUGH COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS TALKS, SLOW ART DAY, AND A MONTH-LONG RESIDENCY WITH VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES' LOOK CLUB, IN WHICH THEY ENGAGED 186 ATTENDEES. NMWA ALSO HELD PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART; GADSDEN ARTS CENTER & MUSEUM, FLORIDA; AND NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND.AT THE THIRD VIRTUAL EDUCATOR SUMMER CAMP, EDUCATORS GATHERED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUN:- MORE THAN 300 EDUCATORS ATTENDED FROM 26 STATES, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND FIVE OTHER COUNTRIES: CANADA, BERMUDA, IRAN, ITALY, AND ENGLAND.- DURING EIGHT SESSIONS IN JULY, EDUCATORS DISCOVERED ARTISTS IN NMWA'S COLLECTION AND ENJOYED HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS."THE NMWA RESIDENCY WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO BE PART OF AND ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST VTS LOOK CLUB ONLINE SERIES IN ITS 3+ YEAR EXISTENCE." EM MILLER, VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES DIRECTORTHE WOMEN, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE (WASC) PUBLIC PROGRAMS INITIATIVE CONTINUED HIGHLIGHTING THE POWER OF WOMEN AND THE ARTS AS CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE. PARTICIPANTS CONNECTED THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE FRESH TALK PROGRAM, THE MUSICAL MEETUP SERIES THE TEA, AND MORE."FRESH TALK: ART AND THE ECSTATIC" FEATURED ARTISTS ASHA ELANA CASEY, OLETHA DEVANE, AND CONSUELO JIMENEZ UNDERWOOD DISCUSSING THEIR WORK DOCUMENTING THE DIVINE. AT "FRESH TALK: WORK ON THE WALLS," NMWA HOSTED MURAL ARTIST MISS CHELOVE, VISUAL ARTIST AND FILMMAKER MICHELLE ANGELA ORTIZ, AND MIXED-MEDIA ARTIST NEKISHA DURRETT AS THEY DISCUSSED THEIR PUBLIC ART PRACTICES.MORE THAN 130 ATTENDEES TUNED IN FOR "CULTURAL CAPITAL: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK GIRLS' CHILDHOOD," A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY'S INITIATIVE ON GENDER JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY. IT FEATURED MARLEY DIAS, FOUNDER OF #1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS; POET LOGAN GREEN; AND ARTIST SCHEHERAZADE TILLET. NMWA'S DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT HELPED OUR ART AND PRO-GRAMS REACH AUDIENCES NEAR AND FAR.- THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE GARNERED MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION PAGE VIEWS IN 2023.- NMWA'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS CONTINUED TO GAIN FOLLOWERS, INCREASING BY 20% ON FACEBOOK AND 6% ON INSTAGRAM.- NMWA LAUNCHED ACCOUNTS ON THE PLATFORMS TIKTOK AND THREADS. ALREADY, ON TIKTOK, 19,600 PEOPLE (AND COUNTING) HAVE VIEWED OUR FIRST NINE VIDEOS. THE MUSEUM HAS MORE THAN 14,200 FOLLOWERS ON THREADS.THE MUSEUM CONTINUED A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE BY PRODUCING TWO NEW MULTIMEDIA STORIES FOR GOOGLE'S THEMATIC COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING A SPOTLIGHT ON JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH FOR GOOGLE'S NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FEATURE. NMWA WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST MUSEUMS TO CREATE A VIRTUAL POCKET GALLERY FOR THE DEBUT OF THE PLATFORM. THE 2023 THEME FOR NMWA'S #5WOMENARTISTS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WAS "ART+, FINE ARTS AND BEYOND." IT FOCUSED ON GENDER EQUITY IN ARTS-RELATED FIELDS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND FILM. WE HIGHLIGHTED FIGURES WITHIN THESE DISCIPLINES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE BROAD STROKES BLOG, AND #5WOMENARTISTS REACHED 6.3 MILLION PEOPLE. THANK YOU!AS WE PROGRESSED TOWARD THE FINISH LINE OF OUR AMBITIOUS RENOVATION, YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP MADE AN AMAZING IMPACT. WE WELCOMED MORE THAN 1,300 NEW MEMBERS AS WE PREPARED FOR THE MUSEUM'S REOPENING, ALL WHILE KEEPING THE SUPPORT OF OVER 3,000 CHARTER MEMBERS, WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS.NOW, WITH THE BUILDING REOPENED AND AN EXCITING SLATE OF PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS PLANNED FOR THE COMING SEASONS, WE INVITE YOU TO HELP US SHAPE NMWA'S FUTURE.NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMSDURING THE RECENT FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM'S THIRTY-ONE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH COMMITTEES SHARED NMWA'S MISSION AROUND THE WORLD. WE WELCOMED THE NEW IRELAND COMMITTEE AND BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH KOREA COMMITTEE.NMWA ANNOUNCED NEW WORLDS: WOMEN TO WATCH 2024, THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE EXHIBITION SERIES THAT FEATURES EMERGING AND UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN ARTISTS FROM REGIONS WHERE NMWA HAS COMMITTEES. MANY GROUPS HELD EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS AS PART OF THE INITIATIVE. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:- THE ARKANSAS COMMITTEE LAUNCHED THEIR TRAVELING EXHIBITION TO FORT SMITH, EL DORADO, PINE BLUFF, AND CONWAY.- UK FRIENDS OF NMWA OPENED THEIR EXHIBITION AT CHRISTIE'S KING STREET.- SAN FRANCISCO ADVOCACY FOR NMWA OPENED THEIR EXHIBITION AT THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS.- THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE OPENED THEIR EXHIBITION AT GALLERY KAYAFAS IN BOSTON. THEY ALSO ORGANIZED A YOUTH ART-MAKING WORKSHOP AND EXHIBITION VISIT WITH ARTWARD BOUND, AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE NEXT GENERATION OF CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR.- THE JAPAN COMMITTEE HELD A PANEL ON GENDER EQUITY IN JAPAN AND THE U.S. ART SCENES AT THE TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, WHICH FEATURED FORMER MORI MUSEUM CURATOR NATSUMI ARAKI, RESEARCHER AND WRITER HIROKI YAMAMOTO, AND NMWA DIRECTOR SUSAN FISHER STERLING. THE COMMITTEE ALSO OPENED A MULTI-VENUE EXHIBITION OF WOMEN TO WATCH NOMINEES' WORK.- THE GEORGIA COMMITTEE OPENED THEIR EXHIBITION AT THE ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY AND HOSTED AN ARTIST TALK.- EL CAPTULO CHILENO HELD AN EXHIBITION AND ARTIST TALK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CORPORACIN CULTURAL DE LO BARNECHEA. LES AMIS DU NMWA HELD AN ARTIST EVENT AT THE 2022 PARIS PHOTO FAIR.- THE WYOMING COMMITTEE COMMISSIONED A DOCUMENTARY FILM SPOTLIGHTING THEIR NOMINATED ARTISTS (WWW.WYNMWA.ORG/FILM) AND HELD A FILM SCREENING AND ARTIST PANEL.- THE CANADA COMMITTEE ORGANIZED A PANEL ON GENDER INEQUITY IN THE ARTS AT THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO (AGO) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AGO WOMEN'S ART INITIATIVE. AGO'S MICHAEL AND SONJA KOERNER DIRECTOR AND CEO STEPHAN JOST AND SUSAN FISHER STERLING DISCUSSED GENDER EQUITY INITIATIVES.

CURATORIAL LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS:DURING THE RECENT YEAR, THE MUSEUM FOCUSED ON COMPLETING OUR TOP-TO-BOTTOM RENOVATION AND PREPARING TO REOPEN - ALL WHILE CONTINUING OUR WORK TO CHAMPION WOMEN ARTISTS. STAFF OFFERED POPULAR VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS DURING THE BUILDING CLOSURE. ONE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR ART OFFERINGS, AN INSTALLATION ON THE MUSEUM'S FAADE BY KATHARINA CIBULKA, PROMPTED PASSERSBY TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT GENDER EQUITY. AFTER WE ANNOUNCED A REOPENING DATE, PLANS FOR THIS LONG-AWAITED OCCASION KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR. YEAR AT A GLANCE:- SAVE THE DATE! THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MUSEUM'S REOPENING DATE - OCTOBER 21, 2023 - LAUNCHED A WAVE OF PRESS COVERAGE AND PUBLIC ENTHUSIASM.- DOZENS OF WORKS OF ART FROM NMWA'S COLLECTION REMAINED AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THROUGH EXTENDED LOANS TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART AND THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART AND IN SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AROUND THE WORLD.- THE LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER BEGAN MOVING THOUSANDS OF BOOKS AND ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS BACK INTO THE FRESHLY RENOVATED AND RECONFIGURED LIBRARY.ART WITHOUT WALLS WHILE THE MUSEUM WAS CLOSED, NMWA'S ART AND PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO THRIVE. THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE MUSEUM'S LOOKOUT PUBLIC ART SERIES TRANSFORMED CONSTRUCTION SCAFFOLDING INTO A LARGE-SCALE CANVAS. ON VIEW FROM OCTOBER 24, 2022, TO APRIL 30, 2023, LOOKOUT: KATHARINA CIBULKA PRESENTED ONE OF THE AUSTRIAN ARTIST'S MONUMENTAL "SOLANGE" (GERMAN FOR "AS LONG AS") WORKS, A SERIES ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED INEQUITY AND POWER STRUCTURES. "THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS IN PROCESS. AND SOCIETY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TOO, SO IT'S A NICE CANVAS." KATHARINA CIBULKA, ON HER "SOLANGE" WORK FOR NMWAIN VIVID PINK TULLE ON WHITE MESH FABRIC, CIBULKA AND HER TEAM CROSS-STITCHED, "AS LONG AS GENERATIONS CHANGE BUT OUR STRUGGLES STAY THE SAME, I WILL BE A FEMINIST." NMWA'S INSTALLATION MARKED THE ARTIST'S FIRST IN THE U.S.; IT WAS ALSO HER LARGEST AT NEARLY 7,000 SQUARE FEET. CIBULKA WORKED WITH NMWA TO SHARE HER ART, RECORDING AN AUDIO GUIDE AND JOINING AS A SPECIAL GUEST ON AN EPISODE OF NMWA XCHANGE. TWO INSTAGRAM POSTS FEATURING THE INSTALLATION WERE THE MUSEUM'S MOST POPULAR OF THE YEAR, AMASSING 10,875 LIKES CUMULATIVELY.THROUGH OUR COLLECTION ON THE MOVE INITIATIVE, TWENTY- THREE ARTWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION APPEARED AT PARTNER INSTITUTIONS IN OUR REGION. AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART AND BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, VISITORS COULD VIEW NMWA FAVORITES BY CLARA PEETERS, EVA HESSE, FRIDA KAHLO, AMY SHERALD, AND MANY OTHERS. NOTABLE WORKS ALSO TOURED THE WORLD IN SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED ALICE NEEL'S T.B. HARLEM (1940) IN TWO MAJOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS ON THE ARTIST, AND LAVINIA FONTANA'S PORTRAIT OF COSTANZA ALIDOSI (CA. 1595) TRAVELING TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND, WHERE IT WAS PART OF THE FIRST EXHIBITION ON THE ARTIST IN NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. READY, SET . . . IN THE MONTHS BEFORE THE GRAND REOPENING, WE PREPARED TO WELCOME AND WOW VISITORS. COLLECTION WORKS WERE READIED FOR THE SPOTLIGHT, AND AS CONSTRUCTION IN THE GALLERIES NEARED COMPLETION, NEARLY 200 RETURNED TO THE MUSEUM FOR INSTALLATION. THE MUSEUM PREPARED TO PUBLISH A NEW CATALOGUE, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS, IN CELEBRATION OF THE REOPENING. CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIRMER PUBLISHERS, THE HARDCOVER VOLUME FEATURES MORE THAN 180 WORKS OF ART, INCLUDING MANY RECENT ACQUISITIONS. WITH ESSAYS BY NEARLY FIFTY ARTISTS, CURATORS, AND WRITERS, ALONG WITH A LIVELY, THEMATIC DESIGN, THE BOOK HELPS READERS DISCOVER CONNECTIONS AMONG GREAT WORKS BY WOMEN ARTISTS.