Exhibitions
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Alma W. Thomas: A Retrospective
July 16, 1999 – September 12, 1999Anacostia Community MuseumAlma W. Thomas taught art at Shaw Junior High School in Washington, D.C. Retirement launched her meteoric artistic career.
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Resonant Forms: Contemporary African American Women SculptorsApril 13, 1998 – September 30, 1998Anacostia Community Museum
See sculpture and installation art by 8 women artists that explores black women's representation and experiences.
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Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Patricia Smith CollectionSeptember 13, 1996 – January 12, 1997Renwick Gallery
Experience the genteel quilting tradition that predates the folk art quilting tradition in these 26 rare American quilts made before 1850.
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Lia Cook: Material Allusions
March 12, 1996 – July 7, 1996Renwick GalleryFocus on the last 10 years of Lia Cook's career with 25 wall hangings that depict the illusions of cloth.
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Directions: Cindy Sherman: Film Stills
March 15, 1995 – June 25, 1995HirshhornView 69 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980 that suggest stills from Grade-B, Hitchcock-esque, noir films.
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Gathered Visions: Selected Works by African American Women
November 18, 1990 – April 28, 1991Anacostia Community MuseumThis exhibition gathers works by a diverse group of African American women artists based in metropolitan Washington, DC.
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Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds
October 21, 1984 – June 30, 1985Anacostia Community MuseumLearn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"
January 24, 1982 – September 30, 1982Anacostia Community MuseumIn commemoration of the centennial of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s birth (1882), learn more about the contributions of world-renowned educator Mary McLeod Bethune to FDR’s New Deal administration.
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An Interior Decorated: Joyce KozloffAugust 15, 1980 – March 1, 1981Renwick Gallery
Inspired by exotic and intricate motifs of Egyptian, Islamic and American Indian cultures, the New York artist transforms one of the Renwick's galleries into a striking array of color and pattern.
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Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds
February 8, 1976 – January 2, 1977Anacostia Community MuseumLearn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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