Coffee with the Curator for A Vision of Nature: American Women Artists

Coffee and Pastries: 10–10:30 am Coffee provided by Middleburg Common Grounds

Tour: 10:30–11:30 am

Free to Members, $5 admission

Exhibit Details: 

In partnership with American Women Artists (AWA), the National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) is presenting A Vision of Nature: American Women Artists. This is the 9th juried museum exhibition for AWA as part of its 25 in 25 initiative. AWA, founded in 1991, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the inspiration, celebration, and encouragement of women in the visual fine arts that has previously worked with many other museums across the country to raise awareness and appreciation for women artists.

For the NSLM’s exhibition, members of AWA were invited to take inspiration from artworks in the NSLM’s permanent collection and expand on the theme, “a vision of nature.” Of the more than 500 artworks submitted, 56 paintings, works on paper, scratchboard paintings, and sculptures representing a wide variety of techniques and stylistic approaches were selected for inclusion. These never-before exhibited artworks celebrate the talent of contemporary female artists across North America, and the NSLM is honored to showcase these women as well as this powerful selection of landscapes, human and animal portraits, and still lifes.

Header: Melinda Brewer, Bunk Bed, 2024, watercolor on arches paper, 10 x 24 inches

Image: Paula B. Holtzclaw, Verdant Valley, 2024, oil, 24 x 20 inches