The South Arkansas Arts Center has welcomed a new art exhibit that is now open and will run through April 27 in the Merkle Gallery. The exhibit showcases the work of four female artists with ties to Arkansas. An artist's reception is planned for Thursday, March 30 from 5 to 7 p.m.
"Arkansas Women to Watch 2023: New Worlds" is the latest exhibit in the Women to Watch (W2W) exhibition series, which was conceived by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, DC, the only museum worldwide solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
W2W was created specifically for NMWA's 29 US regional and international affiliated communities, including the Arkansas State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA).
ACNMWA has participated in every W2W exhibition, which, according to Mary Ross Taylor, president of the Committee, "provides national and international museum recognition for more women artists."
Chaney Jewel, the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, selected four artists whose work embodies this year's "new World" theme for the upcoming exhibition. These participating artists include Anais Dasse, Hannah McBroom, Aimee Papazian and Heidi Carlson-Rogers. In March2023, they will announce which artist is selected to exhibit in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
For more information on this exhibit, please call the SAAC office at 780-862-5471 or visit the website at saac-arts.org.