Exhibitions
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2nd Annual Exhibition of Visual Arts and Crafts by Smithsonian WomenMarch 4, 1996 – March 29, 1996S. Dillon Ripley Center
Reflect on and celebrate the creative lives of women artists within the Smithsonian Institution community, in conjunction with Women's History Month. See 64 works including photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and mixed media.
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With Pen and Graver: Women Graphic Artists Before 1900February 24, 1995 – January 28, 1996American History Museum
The changing role of women in the 19th and early 20th century is examined through prints, photographs of women printmakers, copperplates, books, and tools.
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Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes WinslowAugust 13, 1993 – December 5, 1993Portrait Gallery
Portraits of famous writers give an insider's view of life in the nation's capital in the 1940s-50s when Marcella Comes Winslow's Georgetown home was an informal literary salon.
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American Women of the Etching RevivalMarch 15, 1989 – May 31, 1989American History Museum
This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first comprehensive exhibit of works by American women. The show includes approximately 70 etchings by such artists as Mary Cassatt, Ellen Day Hale, Martha Scudder Twachtman, and Gabrielle Clements.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Artist and Patron (1875-1942)July 8, 1983 – November 27, 1983Portrait Gallery
See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Women and Rookwood PotteryAugust 1, 1974 – August 31, 1974American History Museum
Founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols in Cincinnati, the company developed various types of art pottery which influenced the art pottery movement of the late 19th century.
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