What is in your viewfinder? Whether using an analog or a digital camera, the photograph is captured by the artist’s eye. The play of light, line and shadow records the realistic, the abstract, and the vision experienced.

An exhibition for new members to NAWA. Opening reception to be announced.

Opening reception to be announced.

Women’s History Month celebrates the character, courage, and commitment of women throughout history. NAWA was founded in 1889 to support those ideas. Online Reception: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 5-6pm

A juried exhibition for NAWA members and non-members. Online Reception Thursday, February 25, from 5-6pm: ZOOM link will be sent out by Feb 24

Images of Death, Loss & Transition Grief - a constellation of feeling from losing someone or something Resilience - the ability to adapt when stricken by an adverse situation Online Reception and Award Presentation: Thursday, February 11, 2021, 5-6:30pm

The online New Members Exhibition 2020 can be seen here.

The National Association of Women Artists presents the 131st Annual Members' Exhibition Painting, Sculpture & Fiber Arts, Works On Paper, Mixed Media & Collage, and Photography View the online exhibit  here. Virtual Exhibition runs from October 1 to December 30, 2020 This is the first Annual Exhibit in NAWA's long history held exclusively online due [...]

Reception: August 13, 5:00–6:00 pm Photography, Light and Shadow can be seen here.  

This online exhibition can be viewed here.

The Oil and Acrylic - Texture and Surface can be seen here.

The Spring into Summer online exhibition can be seen here.

The online exhibition for Jazzy can be seen here.

Reception on Thursday, March 12, 2020, 5-7pm PAM FLYNN My oil on canvas mixed media paintings are a visual discussion on the relationship between human form and floral/plant form. The works are oil on canvas with hand placed fields of seed beads. These floral entities are meant to explore how humans and nature are intrinsically [...]

The Grand Visions: We Are Here online exhibition can be seen here.

Reception: February 13, 2020, 5:00 – 7:00 pm A juried exhibition for NAWA members AND non-members

Reception: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5-7pm In the dead of winter, how cold is it? Are you blue? Does love, or the golden glow of the hearth, warm you? How do colors and images show us “COLD”? Artwork by Sandra Bertrand

Opening Reception: Dec. 19, 5–7 pm

November 18, 2019 – January 10, 2020 Reception: December 7, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Artwork by Carolyn McLeod

Opening Reception: Nov. 14, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception: Thursday, October 17, 6-9pm Artwork by Abbot Anderson Thayer

Lord & Andra Gallery is a  contemporary space located in a charming town just outside of New York City, two blocks from the Metro North NYC commuter line. Lord & Andra will be celebrating the anniversary of its opening with this NAWA exhibition, which is planned to coincide with New Rochelle’s Art Fest 2019. The [...]

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26, 6-9pm (Award Ceremony: 7:30pm)

Reception: Sept. 12, 5–7 pm

Reception: September 5, 6-8pm Artwork by Nicole Maye Luga

Reception: July 18, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Reception: June 13, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Artwork by Lea Weinberg

Artwork by Meredith Rossier Reception: May 16, 5 – 7 pm

Artwork by Carmela Martin Reception: April 11, 5–7 pm

Opening reception: March 14, 2019 Pictured artwork by Carole Kunstadt

A juried exhibition for NAWA members and non-members. Opening reception: Thursday, February 7, 2019

Photo: Mimi Herrera-Pease, Bountiful, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in. Reception: Friday, February 1, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Deadline to submit: Monday, December 10, 2018 www.showsubmit.com   Transparency – This theme can be viewed visually (opacity, ethereal, luminous), historically and/or socially (openness and accountability). Photo credit: Matteo Catanese

What is Creativity? It is the use of the imagination and original ideas in the production of an artistic work. This exhibition is for women artists celebrating their individual talent. All fine art mediums are acceptable (painting, sculpture, works on paper, collage, mixed media, encaustic and photograph).

Reception: January 17, 2019, 5 - 7 pm Watercolor (Luminous Light) is the first in a series of open juried exhibitions at the NAWA Gallery, focusing on specific mediums in celebration of NAWA’s 130th Anniversary. All watercolor/gouache works are eligible.

Opening Reception: November 15, 3-5pm

Artists at times have the challenge and gift of interpreting stories that are delivered in verbal language. They may respond to the imagery “painted” by authors and other storytellers or can choose to depict an emotional or intellectual response to an interior state. Realistic or abstract, internal or external, art expands the narrative of storytelling into the visual realm.

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 18, 6-9pm This Exhibition proudly recognizes Art Angels.  These are “Angels” who deliver critical services, strengthening the entire NAWA organization and enabling the many diverse voices to be seen and heard through their generous contribution of time, efforts, and amazing talents. This year’s “Angels” in this exhibition show are not only [...]

195 Chrystie Street Gallery, NYC (Lower East Side), Location of the 129th Annual Members’ Exhibition. Reception: Thursday, October 11, 6:00 – 9:00 pm The National Association of Women Artists is honored to present its 129th Annual Members’ Exhibition, a show of paintings, works on paper, sculpture, mixed media, photography, and collage by established member artists. [...]

In this gallery you have the benefit of showing powerful artworks in an intimate space. Lord & Andra Gallery will highlight each accepted artist’s work in the exhibition, held in its contemporary space located in a charming town just outside of New York City, two blocks from the Metro North NYC commuter line. Lord & Andra will be celebrating the first anniversary of its opening with this NAWA exhibition, which is planned to coincide with New Rochelle’s Art Fest 2018 (October 18-21, 2018).The gallery is woman-owned and run.

Artists listed clockwise: (Top left) Georgieva Antoaneta, Marilyn Liedman, Cassandra Gordon-Harris, Patricia Zalisco, Heather Blume, Roberta Millman-Ide. Reception and Award Presentation: Saturday, October 6, 2018, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm The National Association of Women Artists and the NAWA Florida Chapter are honored to present a juried exhibition DAYDREAMING at the Coral Springs Museum of [...]

Artists listed clockwise: (Top left) Susan B. Phillips, Kim McAninch, Phyllis Shenny, Rita Herzfeld (detail), Takayo Noda (detail), Jill Cliffer Baratta (detail). Opening reception: September 16, 2018, 6-8pm The B. Beamesderfer Gallery in Highland Park, NJ, has joined with NAWA to present Beamesderfer 3: Sea and Sky. This is the third year that the Gallery [...]

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 12, 5-7pm

Opening reception: Thursday, July 19, 5-7pm The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is excited to present its second small works exhibition of 2018, featuring Small Works by 75 member and non-member artists. “Small Works” are truly compact creations with big perspectives. We are proud of the fact that each year we get more [...]

What Will I Do With All This Freedom? Eyenga Bokamba is an artist who is most drawn to abstraction as a means of expressing her perceptions of complex realities. Her work has been widely collected by public libraries, universities, and private buyers who value the spacious expansiveness and luminosity of her creations.

What is Abstract Art? It is art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using, shapes, forms, colors and textures. “Abstract art may be gestural, geometric, fluid, or figurative (implying things that are not visual such as emotion, sound, or spirituality.” Quote taken from -Origins of Abstract Art [...]

Painting by Pennie Brantley. Path to Knowledge (Palacio Nacional de Sintra, Portugal), 48 x 60 in. A native of Caruthersville, Missouri, Pennie Brantley now lives and works in Boston and the Taconic Mountains of New York with her artist husband, Robert Morgan, following a three-year sojourn in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An art-study tour in the [...]