Special
Announcement about Bonny Leibowitz inclusion in the National
Association of Women Artists
 |
Bonny is proud to announce her acceptance and induction into
the National Association of Women Artists, Inc.
http://www.nawanet.org |
National Association
of Women Artist
History
One evening in January of 1889,
five women met and decided that a united group of women artists
might encourage acceptance of their work in the male dominated
National Academy of Design. It was a start. This Women's Art Club
was formed and later became the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN
ARTISTS, Inc., the oldest continuing art organization for women in
our nation. Early annual exhibitions included Rosa Bonheur, Mary
Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, and Cecilia Beaux. By
1930, membership was 1000 nationwide
and included Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Anna Huntington. More
recent notable members have been Louise Nevelson, Malvina Hoffman,
Cleo Hartwig, Minna Citron, and Dorothy Dehner and Lois Mailou
Jones. Currently Pat Adams, Nell Blaine, Judy Chicago, Ann Chwatsky,
Janet Fish, Audrey Flack, Marisol, Clare Romano, and Miriam Shapiro
are among the honorary vice-presidents.
Recognition
and exhibiting opportunities for women artists are much improved
today and yet the united effort accomplishes an empowerment of
individuals allowing them enhanced freedom and authority in their
field. The goal of NAWA is to meld our rich past with outstanding
artistic and educational performance in the present, and lead to a
well-established excellence in our future.
Publications
reviewing NAWA's 114 year history:
-
Constitution
and Bylaws and History of the Association 1889-1989.
-
One Hundred
Years - A Centennial Celebration of the National Association of
Women Artists,
historical overview by Ronald Pisano, published in 1988.
The National
Association of Women Artists is a non-profit organization whose
mission is to support professional women artists throughout the U.S.
& Puerto Rico through exhibition opportunities, educational
programs, a publicly accessible slide registry and website and an
historic archive". In keeping with our mission statement, we are
constantly addressing many issues concerning all professional
working women artists of diverse backgrounds. During the next
several years we have several plans that will be implemented.
-
Securing
accredited national museums, university galleries and accredited
commercial gallery venues for N.A.W.A. exhibitions.
-
Update our
members’ slide registry to enable museum curators, private
collectors, art consultants and commercial gallery owners to view
our members’ recent work.
-
Establish an
"outreach" internship program partnering N.A.W.A. with diverse
women in academic programs of art administration, non profit study
programs, archival programs, women studies programs in national
undergraduate and graduate university and art school programs.
-
Professional
development programs providing our members and the artistic
community at large a variety of opportunities to participate in
"how to" workshops, slide presentations, curatorial discussions,
business of art classes, and artists members and nonmembers studio
tours etc.
-
We are
planning opportunities for our members to participate in two
curatorial exhibitions in Atlanta, GA in February and March of
2005 in conjunction with the Women Caucus for Art and the College
Arts Conference. We will also be presenting a panel on N.A.W.A. at
the WCA conference. Details will be posted later.
-
We have
established a "Grants Committee" with the generous assistance of
our Governing Board to pursue targeted foundations to apply for
various grants pertaining to organizational structure support,
national exhibitions, archival support, website development, and
professional development to name a few.
-
A View of
One's Own,
historical brochure of NAWA artists, written by Caroline Goeser,
published by Rutgers University Press in 1995.
-
Annual
Members Exhibition Catalogs, published each year in May or June,
listing membership and award winners.
|
