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From the Director
       WELCOME                          WELCOME TO A NEW SEASON OF
                                        Women, Arts, and Social Change (WASC). In 2015,
                                        this initiative began with the question “Can we
                                        change it?,” examining if women artists working
                                        alongside women leaders in other disciplines could
                                        truly advance social change. We quickly realized that
                                        the answer was yes—our speakers were enacting
                                        change on a wide, deep, and very human scale. Since
                                        then, we’ve asked ourselves “How can we change
                                        it?,” a question we must continuously consider as we
                                        work to create a more just and equitable world.

                                        Over the past five years, we’ve built a community of
                                        10,000 participants who vary by age, occupation,
                                        culture, and outlook. We’ve welcomed 80
                                        engaging speakers and more than 40 partnering
                                        organizations, all dedicated to championing women
            The Women, Arts, and
                                        artists. Through our Sunday Suppers and Catalyst
            Social Change public
                                        cocktail hours, we’ve come together to share new
            programs initiative is
                                        ideas, approaches, and methods to create positive
            made possible through
            leadership gifts from       change. Thank you for your dedication to our
            Denise Littlefield Sobel,   programs and our community.
            the Davis/Dauray
            Family Fund, the Revada
                                        For our sixth season, we are dedicated to examining
            Foundation of the           the ways in which food and art work together to
            Logan Family, and the       empower women and create dynamic shifts in
            Susan and Jim Swartz        domestic, social, cultural, and political spaces.
            Public Programs Fund.       We invite you to join us and add your voice to the
            Additional funding is       important conversations that are to come.
            provided by the Bernstein
THANK YOU

            Family Foundation. This     This season our lineup will be offered entirely
            project is supported        online. We are committed to bringing you dynamic
            in part by the National     programs safely. The museum is more than a
            Endowment for the Arts.
                                        building, it is a community of all of you.

                                        Susan Fisher Sterling

                                                                           Cover Photo by Sancha McBurnie
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ECLAMATION

                                     F
R E C L A M AT I O N                            Recipes • Remedies • Rituals

                                           From Fall 2020 to Fall 2021, WASC presents
                                           RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals,
                      Recipes, Remedies,   a year-long season of programming that examines
                                           the relationships between food, art, and women.
                                           The project consists of talks, workshops, and an
                                           interactive exhibition that explore how traditionally
                                           feminine roles in the family, home, and community
                                           powerfully intersect with ethnic and ancestral
                                           identities. Food, the universal component of culture,
                                           serves as an intergenerational source of influence,
                                           healing, and solidarity. Through cooking, curatives,
                      and Rituals

                                           and ceremonies, artists use specific ingredients
                                           to center principles of culture and family, address
                                           the impacts of immigration and assimilation,
                                           and explore conventionally feminine spaces and
                                           positions of power.

                                           Connecting audiences with artists who explore the
                                           purpose and power of food, RECLAMATION: Recipes,
                                           Remedies, and Rituals reveals vital connections
                                           between identity, race, memory, gender, and wellness.

                                                                                                   R EC L A M AT I O N

     Photo by Kevin Allen
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Photo by Melani N. Douglass

                          RECLAMATION      Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals
                                           O C T OBER 24, 20 20 – JA NUA RY 3, 2020
                                           T ER E SA L OZ A N O L ON G GA L L ERY A ND ONL INE

                                           RECLAMATION is an evolving exhibition and ingredient archive that examines
                                           food as a creative medium for visual art and a connective tool for exploring
                                           intergenerational and intercultural experiences. Focusing on ingredients used
                                           in cooking, curatives, and ceremonies, the interactive installation resembles
                                           an apothecary cabinet. Its innovative design also centers around a kitchen
                                           table, the central domestic object for gatherings of family and friends. Museum
                                           visitors will leave their mark on the exhibition by sharing recipes, anecdotes,
                                           and reflections related to food through a digital ingredient database.

                                           The communal nature of nourishing and curing the body makes food and herbs
                                           particularly potent artistic mediums. In this exhibition, the featured artist and
                                           viewers wil use those materials to honor women’s roles in the practices and
                                           traditions surrounding food.

                                           Explore the exhibition virtually, and contribute your own recipes for foods, home
EXHIBITION

                                           remedies, and rituals online at nmwa.org. You can also safely visit the exhibition
                                           at the museum.
                                                                                          ECLAMATION
                                                                                          Recipes • Remedies • Rituals
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2020

                                             RIGHTING
                                             THE
                                             BAL ANCE—
                                              CULINARY

                                                                                                                   F R E S H TA L K
                                                JUSTICE     S UNDAY, SEP T EMBER 13, 2020
                          Courtesy of Angel Gregorio

                                                            4 :3 0 – 6 P.M .
                                                            ONL INE

                                                            Join us for an online conversation about the gender
                                                            inequity that pervades the culinary industry. Angel
                                                            Gregorio, founder of The Spice Suite spice bar,
                         Photo by Hanna Burton and Bustle

                                                            joins Celeste Beatty, the first black female brewery
                                                            owner in America, Jenny Dorsey, interdisciplinary
                                                            visual artist and professional chef, and Ashley
                                                            Rose Young, historian of the American Food History
                                                            Project at the Smithsonian’s National Museum
                                                            of American History, to explore how creativity,
                                                            ingenuity, and networking can create opportunities
                             Courtesy of Celeste Beatty

                                                            to level the field.

                                                            R EG I S T E R at nmwa.org/whats-on/calendar

                                                                                Join
Photo by the National Museum

                                                                                                 US
                                                            T I C K E T S are $10 general;
of American History

                                                            $5 members, seniors, students.
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                       MakeHER Mart         S UNDAY, SEP T EMBER 13, 2020
                                            10 A .M. – 4 P.M.
                                            ONL INE
                       R EG I S T E R at
                       nmwa.org/whats-on/   This year’s MakeHER Mart will be a free virtual
                       calendar             marketplace featuring local women artists, makers,
                                            designers, and, for the first time, entrepreneurs in
                                            the food industry. Join us online to support local
                                            businesses, shop small, and champion female
                                            entrepreneurs. More details to be announced.

                       Join
                                                                                                   Photo by Kevin Allen
M a ke H E R M A R T

                                            US
                                    ONLINE
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MakeHER

                                                                                                   M a ke H E R S U M M I T W O R K S H O P S
Summit
Workshops            MONDAY, SEP T EMBER 14 , 2020
                     10 A .M . – 3 P.M.
                     ONL INE
R EG I S T E R at
nmwa.org/whats-on/   Join us online for a day of workshops that offer
calendar             practical tips and resource sharing for creative
                     entrepreneurs at all levels, especially during
                     the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants interested
                     in the culinary arts and creative economy can
                     participate in a law clinic and attend workshops
                     on branding and business development from

JoinONLINE
                     speakers Riche Holmes Grant, Angel Gregorio,
                     and Layla Nielsen.

            US
                                                                        Photo by Sancha McBurnie
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PLACE &
                     POWER
                     SUNDAY, N OV EMBER 15, 2020
                     4 :3 0 – 6 P.M .
                     ONL INE
                                                                            R EG I S T E R at
                     To what degree are identities shaped by food           nmwa.org/whats-on/
                     exchanges—from cultivation and harvest to              calendar/
                     preparation and consumption? In this program,
F R E S H TA L K

                     culinary historian Laura Shapiro, interdisciplinary
                     artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, and food rights
                     activist Ianne Fields Stewart will discuss questions
                     of global food access, gender, class, and labor.

                     T I C K E T S are $10 general;
                     $5 members, seniors, students.

                                                                                                 Photo by Ellen Warner
                   Courtesy of Ianne Fields Stewart

                                                                                                 Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
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THE ART
                       of HEALING
                         S UNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021
                         T IME: T BA

R EG I S T E R at        Across time and place, the kitchen exists not only

                                                                               F R E S H TA L K
nmwa.org/whats-on/       as a place for bodily nourishment, but also as a
calendar                 laboratory for healing and a conference room for
                         restorative justice. This conversation will explore
                         the ways that female caretakers have contributed
                         to traditional medicine, how mental and physical
                         pain can be connected, and whether systemic
                         racism and cultural repression create a specific
                         need for marginalized groups to engage in acts of
                         wellness and healing.

Photo by Kevin Allen
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GET
                                              Fresh

                                                                                                  Photo by Sancha McBurnie
                                       U
                                               USUA L LY W E BR ING TOGE T HER Fresh
F R E S H TA L K

                                               Talk attendees for conversation during Sunday
                                               Supper, a communal meal served family-style,
                                               and Catalyst, a cocktail hour with a topic and
                                               a twist. This season, with all programs online,
                                               we remain committed to creating that space
                                               for connection—albeit digitally. Each Fresh Talk
                                               program will include breakout rooms so that
                                               participants can meet other attendees and talk
                                               about the evening’s topic.

                   JO IN T HE C ON V ERSAT ION
                   Before, during, and after the program,
                   we invite you to add your voice to the conversation
                   @WomenInTheArts using #FreshTalk4Change.

                                               WAT CH W HEN YOU WA N T
                                               Programs are live-streamed and recorded
                                               so you can watch live or on-demand at
                                               nmwa.org/whats-on/signature-programs/
                                               women-arts-social-change/videos.
FEEDBACK
                 Here’s what our network of champions for women
                 in the arts had to say about last season’s programming:

I loved the conversation...about feminism and
 climate change and the way [they] intersect. It
 was amazing to watch Judy [Chicago] and Martha
 [Nussbaum] interact with each other. I just came
 away feeling so inspired.”
    —SAR AH BOONIE

                                                        I thought the talk was fantastic. It was a very
                                                         unconventional combination of people. The way
                                                         that each of these individuals explained what
                                                         their hotels do to incorporate art and culture and
                                                         community into their business models. The way
                                                         that each of these individuals explained what
                                                         their hotels do to incorporate art, culture, and
                                                         community into their business models was [great].”
                                                           —AMANDA SEIGER

I was very impressed
 with the event. I really
 thought that the women
 on the panel were
 outstanding in their
 comments and beliefs.
                                                                                                              F R E S H TA L K F E E D B AC K

 I really hope that their
 message to get out and
 vote gets across to a lot
 of women in our world...
 voting helps all of us,
                             Photo by Sancha McBurnie

 not just some of us.”
    — GWEN DORSEY
INTRODUCING
                                          The Tea

                                                                                                         Photo by Sancha McBurnie
                    F IRS T F R IDAY          In this new online performance series, women
                    OF T HE M ON T H          musicians perform original work via live-stream on
                                              the museum’s social media channels and website. All
                    12–1 P.M .
                                              sessions include a short interview, conducted over a
                                              cup of tea, that explores the artist’s creative process.

                                              F R E E . No reservations required. For additional
                                              information on The Tea, visit the online calendar:
                                              nmwa.org/whats-on/calendar

                    Tamika Love Jones
                    F R IDAY, SEP T EMBER 4 , 2020
           TA L K

                    Tamika Love Jones is a versatile vocalist, actress, mother of two, and a
                    sought-after teaching artist in Washington, D.C. She has released three
  H E STHE A

                    albums of original music incorporating soul, hip hop, jazz, funk, blues and
                    classical influences. Jones’s dramatic stage presence, acrobatic vocals, and
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                    fluidity between genres has put her in a class of her own.
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Tashera

                                                                                   THE TEA
F R IDAY, O C T OBER 2 , 2020
Tashera was born and raised in the heart of Baltimore City. Though many
associate Baltimore with Old Bay, violence, and The Wire, Tashera chooses to
see the city as a place full of talented and creative minds, which led to her to
pursue music. After discovering her love for harmony and songwriting, Tashera
released the singles “Fall Alone” (2018) and “Get Up” (2019).

Heidi Martin
F R IDAY, N OV EMBER 6, 20 20
A vocal music major in jazz under the direction
of Professor Calvin Jones at the University of the
District of Columbia, Martin was a finalist in the
London International Vocalist Competition and has
written, directed, and produced music programs
for D.C. Public Schools and Montgomery County
Public Schools. She was contributing composer
for the PBS documentary Revolution ’67 by Jerome
and Marylou Bongiorno. She has released two
albums: Hide (2005) and See Hear, Love… (2011).

VeVe Marley
F R IDAY, DECEMBER 4 , 2020
                            VeVe Marley is a D.C.-based singer/songwriter
                            and guitarist whose music blends elements of
                            folk, Afrobeat, R&B, and hip hop to create dreamy,
                            soulful vibes while speaking on issues of identity,
                            spirituality, racism, and the Black experience.
                            Marley has performed and recorded since 2013.
                            Her most recent project, with her band VeVe and
                            Tha Rebels is titled The EP.
Photo by Sancha McBurnie

                                Cultural
                                  CAPITAL                   The Women, Arts, and Social Change initiative also
                                                            features Cultural Capital programs, collaborative
                                                            partnerships with local organizations that build
PA S T PA R T N E R S H I P S

                                                            community and foster new audiences. These
                                                            partnerships expand the conversation on women
                                                            and the arts as catalysts for change.

                                                            For more information and to register for upcoming
                                                            Cultural Capital programs visit:
                                                            nmwa.org/visit/calendar.
C U LT U R A L C A P I TA L
                        OC T OBER 2020

                        Environmental
                        Film Festival
                        in the Nation’s Capital
                        ONL INE
                        A proud partner since 2013, NMWA will host a film
                        highlighting women and the environment. Title to
                        be announced. The film link will be sent out via our
                        WASC e-news. Sign up at nmwa.org.

                        DECEMBER 1 1 , 2020

                        NMWA Book Club
                        F R IDAY, 12–1 P.M.
                        Join us for a deep dive into Nell Painter’s book Old
                        in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over (2018).
                        This program, presented by WASC in partnership
                        with the museum’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and
                        Research Center, will explore the ambition and
                        inspiration that drove a lauded scholar to start over
                        and pursue her creative goals. Free. Reserve online.

SP R IN G 20 21

PEN/Faulkner
Intersections
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation celebrates
literature and fosters connections between
readers and writers to enrich and inspire
both individuals and communities. Join us for
a conversation highlighting intersections in
literature. Prices and date to be announced.
M A RCH 20, 2021

                                                                                          C U LT U R A L C A P I TA L
                   Environmental Film Festival
                   in the Nation’s Capital
                   A proud partner since 2013, NMWA will host a
                   second film this season highlighting women
                   and the environment. Title to be announced.
                   Free. Reserve online.

                   We’ve gathered a broad collection of digital resources
                   at our new online hub, NMWA @ Home, so you can
                   stay connected to the museum and our mission to
                   champion women artists, right where you are!

                   NMWA
                      @ Home                     Be inspired by great women artists and
                                                 advocate for gender equity in the arts
                                                 from home.
N M WA @ H O M E
Explore

                                                                                                        N M WA @ H O M E
• Art collection highlights featuring over 200 works
   of art by women artists searchable by name, time,
   period, medium, and theme
• Artist profiles covering important women artists

                                                          Play
   from the past and present
• Online exhibitions including Graciela Iturbide’s
                                                          • Coloring books
   Mexico, Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits,
                                                          • Virtual
  and Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age
                                                             #5WomenArtists
                                                             scavenger hunt

                             Read
                             • Broad Strokes blog featuring Art Fix Fridays,
                                artist interviews, and in-depth explorations of
                                women artists and their work.
                             • Women in the Arts magazine

Learn
• See For Yourself art cards
• Research guides
   by the Library and Research Center                     Watch
• Arts, Books, and Creativity learning curriculum        • Fresh Talk programs
                                                             and Fresh Take
                                                             1-minute interviews
                                                          • Story Time with
                                                             Women in the Arts
                 Listen
                 • Podcasts about women artists
                 …and more!

                                                           Image: Laure Tixier, Plaid Houses
                                                           (Maquettes): Brown Usha Hut, Pink Tower,
                                                           Turquoise Blue Colonial House (Barbados),
                                                           Orange Breton House, 2005–11; Wool, felt,
                                                           and thread, dimensions variable; NMWA,
                                                           Gift of Les Amis du NMWA, Paris, France; ©
                                                           Laure Tixier; Photo by Pharoah Marsan.
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                                         including special exhibitions
           Reservations required:     • Exclusive events, including Member Preview Days
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                                         times a year
                                      • Member e-news
                                      • Discounts in the Museum Shop:
                                         10% daily and 20% on Member Preview Days
                                      • Discounts in the Mezzanine Café
                                      • Discounts on museum events and programs
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Women, Arts, and Social Change (WASC) is a
          bold public programs platform that highlights
          the power of women and the arts as catalysts for

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          change. Programs convene women from a range
          of disciplines whose socially conscious ideas
          are reshaping lives and economies, engaging

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          communities, and empowering women. WASC
          is a unique forum for for artists and leading
          innovators to engage audiences in creative
          conversations about art, design, gender, equity,
          the environment, identity, education, health,
          social and economic opportunity, and more.

          The National Museum of Women in the Arts
          (NMWA) is the only major museum in the world
          solely dedicated to championing women through
          the arts. With its collections, exhibitions, programs,
          and online content, the museum inspires dynamic
          exchanges about art and ideas. NMWA advocates for
          better representation of women artists and serves
          as a vital center for thought leadership, community
          engagement, and social change. NMWA addresses
          the gender imbalance in the presentation of art by
          bringing to light important women artists of the
          past while promoting great women artists working
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          today. The collections highlight painting, sculpture,
          photography, and video by artists including Louise
          Bourgeois, Mary Cassatt, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo,
          Shirin Neshat, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Amy
          Sherald, and Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun.

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