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Now Be Here #4, DC/MD/VA, (2017) Photo by Kim Johnson; Courtesy of Kim Schoenstadt, linn meyers and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Now Be Here #4, DMV

Wed., Oct. 25, 2017, 6:30-9:30 P.M.
Gathering and photograph of women and women identifying contemporary visual artists. RSVP required, if you would like an invitation, email freshtalk@nmwa.org. After the photograph is taken, artists will enjoy a cocktail hour while networking with representatives from nonprofit organizations in the DMV.

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Amy Sherald

Amy Sherald

Sunday, October 29, 2017, 2 P.M.
Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald in discussion with Erin Christovale will discuss her career, including being the first woman to win the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition grand prize from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, in 2016.

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Hirshhorn Museum

Count / Recount: Feminist Film and Video

Sunday, October 28, 2017, 11 A.M.
Featuring major works by artists Ja’Tovia Gary, Delphine Fawundu, and Dana Birnbaum, the Hirshhorn will host a day-long screening of video and film by feminist artists and filmmakers, from the 1970s to today.  Part of a partnership with the National Museum for Women in the Arts, in conjunction with the Now Be Here project, Count/Recount celebrates women video artists who use narrative to complicate and deepen our understanding of representation, highlighting works by artists of varying generations and cultures who depict scenarios and ideas through the lens of feminism.  The videos included were selected by Carmen Hermo, assistant curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Mothering from the Front Line with Melani Douglass, Ellen Gee, and Zabrina Harris

Open Hours: Mothering from the Front Line

Wednesday, October 21, 2017, 1 P.M.
This Open Hours program discusses the power of family-inclusive activism. Join artist-activist mothers and supporters for a roundtable discussion about creating balance while advocating for the community, getting family involved in current movements and mothering from the front line. Hosted by Melani Douglass, Ellen Gee, and Zabrina Harris.

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© Njideka Akunyili, “The Beautyful Ones” Series #1c,2014, Acrylic, transfers and colored pencil on paper 5 ft.× 3.5 ft.

Artist Talk: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 5:00 P.M.
Join us at the Falvey Hall auditorium at the Maryland Institute College of Art to hear Njideka Akunyili Crosby, winner of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship, talk about her new suite of works on view at the BMA with BMA Senior Curator Kristen Hileman.

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Sandy Huckleberry

Identify: Sandy Huckleberry “KNOW”

Saturday, October. 28, 2017, 4 P.M.
Sandy Huckleberry’s performance, which contemplates current social and political events, incorporates the history of the museum’s building, along with the artist’s personal experiences as a woman.

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Now Be Here #4, DC/MD/VA, (2017) Photo by Kim Johnson; Courtesy of Kim Schoenstadt, linn meyers and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Now Be Here #4, DMV

Wed., Oct. 25, 2017, 6:30-9:30 P.M.
Gathering and photograph of women and women identifying contemporary visual artists. RSVP required, if you would like an invitation, email freshtalk@nmwa.org. After the photograph is taken, artists will enjoy a cocktail hour while networking with representatives from nonprofit organizations in the DMV.

Details »
Amy Sherald

Amy Sherald

Sunday, October 29, 2017, 2 P.M.
Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald in discussion with Erin Christovale will discuss her career, including being the first woman to win the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition grand prize from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, in 2016.

Details »
Hirshhorn Museum

Count / Recount: Feminist Film and Video

Sunday, October 28, 2017, 11 A.M.
Featuring major works by artists Ja’Tovia Gary, Delphine Fawundu, and Dana Birnbaum, the Hirshhorn will host a day-long screening of video and film by feminist artists and filmmakers, from the 1970s to today.  Part of a partnership with the National Museum for Women in the Arts, in conjunction with the Now Be Here project, Count/Recount celebrates women video artists who use narrative to complicate and deepen our understanding of representation, highlighting works by artists of varying generations and cultures who depict scenarios and ideas through the lens of feminism.  The videos included were selected by Carmen Hermo, assistant curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Details »
Mothering from the Front Line with Melani Douglass, Ellen Gee, and Zabrina Harris

Open Hours: Mothering from the Front Line

Wednesday, October 21, 2017, 1 P.M.
This Open Hours program discusses the power of family-inclusive activism. Join artist-activist mothers and supporters for a roundtable discussion about creating balance while advocating for the community, getting family involved in current movements and mothering from the front line. Hosted by Melani Douglass, Ellen Gee, and Zabrina Harris.

Details »
© Njideka Akunyili, “The Beautyful Ones” Series #1c,2014, Acrylic, transfers and colored pencil on paper 5 ft.× 3.5 ft.

Artist Talk: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 5:00 P.M.
Join us at the Falvey Hall auditorium at the Maryland Institute College of Art to hear Njideka Akunyili Crosby, winner of the 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship, talk about her new suite of works on view at the BMA with BMA Senior Curator Kristen Hileman.

Details »
Sandy Huckleberry

Identify: Sandy Huckleberry “KNOW”

Saturday, October. 28, 2017, 4 P.M.
Sandy Huckleberry’s performance, which contemplates current social and political events, incorporates the history of the museum’s building, along with the artist’s personal experiences as a woman.

Details »
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