News & Updates

Each year, the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) selects an Arkansas woman student attending an Arkansas university or college to receive a $3,000 stipend to collaborate with a mentor working in an Arkansas museum, gallery or arts institution.

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) is accepting applications from Arkansas women who are visual artists for the organization’s annual Artist Award. The criteria and application are available here.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts— the world’s first major museum solely dedicated to championing women artists— reopened on October 21, 2023, after a two-year renovation, revealing a transformed building, powerful exhibitions and engaging public programs. NMWA reimagined its historic home at 1250 New York Avenue in Washington, D.C., to offer flexible exhibition spaces for immersive exhibitions, a versatile studio/classroom area and improved accessibility for visitors.

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) is exhibiting the work of 40 Arkansas women artists in the online 2023-2025 Juried Artist Registry. Juror Matthew Bailey, Ph.D., Gallery Director and Assistant Professor of Art and Design, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, selected the artists for inclusion in this biennial registry. The call for applications ran from June to August and was open to women artists who reside in or are from Arkansas.

Arkansas Artist Heidi Carlsen-Rogers is one of four women artists featured in the Arkansas Women to Watch 2023: New Worlds traveling exhibition, on display at Baum Gallery in Conway through October 13. This curated exhibition is a program of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The other artists in the exhibition are Anaïs Dassé, Hanna McBroom and Aimée Papazian.

Art enthusiasts and cultural explorers, mark your calendars! The Arkansas Women to Watch 2023: New Worlds exhibition is set to open at the Baum Gallery on the University of Central Arkansas campus on Thursday, August 24, with a free opening reception that day from 4 to 7 p.m. It will run through October 13.