Exhibitions
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Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum
February 4, 2022 – October 23, 2022Cooper HewittThis exhibition—through archival photography and documents, personal drawings and correspondence, news clippings and ephemera—chronicles the colorful lives and contributions of the dynamic sisters.
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What Is Feminist Art?
November 26, 2019 – December 31, 2021Archives of American ArtOn view are more than 75 vibrant and varied personal statements from artists from 1976 and now that elucidate the contours of feminist art.
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Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018Renwick GalleryMurder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death explores the unexpected intersection between craft and forensic science.
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Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection
June 18, 2010 – October 17, 2010Smithsonian CastleSee pins from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's collection, highlighting her use of jewelry as a tool of diplomacy and capturing her wit.
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Conversation Among Blues WomenNovember 13, 2005 – April 2, 2006Anacostia Community Museum
Visit an installation that mixes masks, textiles, found objects, lighting, and sound to give voice to and document the experiences of a wide-ranging group of African American women.
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Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
December 12, 2003 – April 25, 2004Anacostia Community MuseumExplore a tradition among African American women of wearing church hats. Get to know the “Hat Queens” and admire their collection of “crowns,” from the simple to the simply out-of-this world.
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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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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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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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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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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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