Here is an excerpt from an Arkansas Art Scene Blog interview artist Elizabeth Weber, a recipient of ACNMWA’s Artist Award and a featured artist in the ACNMWA Artist Registry.

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 application deadline is January 31, 2024, and the recipient will be announced in March. 

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts announces Shelby Fleming as the Artist Award winner for 2023.

Welcome to our new website, your gateway to an ever-growing number of Arkansas women artists and to the internationally recognized museum in Washington, D.C. whose name we bear: the National Museum of Women in the Arts. We’re so glad you’re here, because the arts mean nothing without an audience.

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.

Arkansas Women to Watch 2023: New Worlds is the latest exhibit in the Women to Watch exhibition series, conceived by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. It will be in the International Paper Gallery at the Arts and Science Center for Southest Arkansas in Pine Bluff through August 20.

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.

Are you ready for the next stop for the Arkansas Women to Watch 2023 exhibition? This statewide tour is currently at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado, Ark., and will be until April 27.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrates its mission with a statement from Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka, cross-stitched at monumental scale on our construction scaffolding.

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.

More than two years after it closed the doors to its Classic Revival building near the White House in order to undergo a $67.5m renovation, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., revealed on Feb. 15 that it will reopen on Oct. 21.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts invite you to jump-start your weekend with art every other Friday! Join NMWA educators for informal art chats about selected artworks from the museum’s collection. Consider a new sampling of artworks during each session. You can even enjoy your favorite happy hour drink or snack during the chat.

Join the UA Fort Smith Gallery of Art and Design on Friday, Mar. 31, 5-7 pm to celebrate the opening of Linda Nguyen Lopez: Hold Everything Dear.

The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Gallery of Art and Design will host the Arkansas Women to Watch 2023: New Worlds exhibition from January 17 though March 3, 2023. The opening reception will be held on Friday, January 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Gallery of Art and Design, 535 N. Waldron Rd., in Fort Smith.