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with our statewide audience. Exhibitions for free public viewing are the heart of the Arkansas Committee’s program.

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts highlights the accomplishments of Arkansas women artists and shares the groundbreaking work of the Museum in Washington, D.C. Helen Walton and Ed Dell Wortz established the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 1989 to carry out the museum’s mission: boosting awareness and appreciation of women artists,

who are still underrepresented in museums and undervalued in the market. The Committee is run by volunteers across Arkansas with no staff or headquarters, but online all the time at www.acnmwa.org, Facebook, and Instagram. In addition, ACNMWA awards one mid-career artist a $2000 stipend and one summer internship $2000 stipend annually through open competitions, plus maintains a juried artist registry online, open to applicants biannually. Women to Watch is our signature traveling exhibition of Arkansas women artists, guest-curated by invited Arkansas museum professionals in conjunction with NMWA’s triennial Women to Watch thematic exhibitions. We encourage collectors and curators to see Arkansas women artists, and all art lovers to discover and support the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

06/18/2026

Today is your last chance to see Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter at the Blytheville AFB Exhibition! From now until 5:00 P.M., you can explore art by K. Nelson Harper of Fort Smith, Acadia Kandora of Fayetteville, and Rebecca Resinski of Conway, who use text and shape to make objects that carry words.

Beginning July 9th, the exhibition will be on view at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff. While we're excited for the next stop on the tour, we also want to say thank you to the BAFB for all their work with the show.

If you're not able to visit the exhibition in person, the full exhibition collection can be found on our website ⭐ https://acnmwa.org/programs/women-to-watch

Blytheville Air Force Base Exhibition
🗓️ Tuesday - Saturday, 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
📍3711 Idaho St, Building 202, Blytheville, AR 72315

[Image Descriptions: Photographs of Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter at the BAFB Exhibition by Kimberly B. Vickery, member of the ACNMWA committee]

06/17/2026

There are only two more days to see Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter at the BAFB Exhibition, so take a moment to look at a few more photos with us.

This traveling exhibition will be finishing its tour at the BAFB Exhibition tomorrow, and getting ready for its next location: the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. They're open from 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., and there's plenty to see.

Blytheville AFB Exhibition
🗓️ Tuesday - Saturday, 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
📍3711 Idaho St, Building 202, Blytheville, AR 72315

[Image Descriptions: Photographs of Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter at the BAFB Exhibition by Kimberly B. Vickery, member of the ACNMWA committee]

Artwork Credit:
Image 1: Photograph of exhibition ephemera from artist Rebecca Resinski on equipment at the Blytheville AFB Exhibition Center, not included in the Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter exhibition collection.

Image 3: Up close photograph of paper line and fish featuring text from “A Room of One’s Own” (1929), from K. Nelson Harper's work 'The Metaphors of Virginal Woolf: The Little Fish & Portrait in Montaigne, 2017.'

06/16/2026

The Blytheville AFB Exhibition is open and ready for visitors! Are you planning on visiting today?

Don't forget, Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter is on view at the BAFB Exhibition through THIS THURSDAY! There are only a few days left for you to check out the exhibition in Blytheville before it hits the road.

This exhibition features artists' books, which can take many forms. The traveling exhibition features art by K. Nelson Harper of Fort Smith, Acadia Kandora of Fayetteville, and Rebecca Resinski of Conway, who use text and shape to make objects that carry words.

If you're not able to visit the exhibition in person, we're happy to share that the full exhibition collection can be found on our website by clicking on the artists' names ⭐ https://acnmwa.org/programs/women-to-watch

Blytheville Air Force Base Exhibition
🗓️ Tuesday - Saturday, 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
📍3711 Idaho St, Building 202, Blytheville, AR 72315

[Image Descriptions: Photographs of Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter at the BAFB Exhibition by Kimberly B. Vickery, member of the ACNMWA committee]

06/14/2026

We're excited to share that Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter will be at The National Cold War Center - Blytheville AFB Exhibition through June 18th, giving you extra time to see the exhibition before it wraps up for its next stop.

Curated by Dr. Catherine Walworth, the Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr., Curator of Drawings at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the ACNMWA traveling exhibition features art by K. Nelson Harper of Fort Smith, Acadia Kandora of Fayetteville, and Rebecca Resinski of Conway.

The Words Become Matter exhibition will feature Artists' books. Those can take many forms, including pressed, painted, and folded. Words Become Matter celebrates three nationally recognized Arkansas artists who use text and shape to make objects that carry words.

The Blytheville AFB Exhibition is open Tuesday - Saturday, 9:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. and can be found at 3711 Idaho St, Building 202, Blytheville, AR 72315. Be sure to add a visit to your schedule this week!

Image Descriptions
[Photographs by Kimberly B. Vickery, member of the ACNMWA committee]
Image 1: Acadia Kandora, Community Garden Zine Project (Shopping Cart) (2023) Found shopping cart, 3D prints, wood, flame stickers, bell, Risograph 21.5 x 39 x 36 inches
Image 2: Photograph by Kimberly B. Vickery, member of the ACNMWA committee of exhibition ephemera from artist Rebecca Resinski on plane at the Blytheville AFB Exhibition Center, not included in the Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter exhibition collection.

06/11/2026

Today's feature from our 2025 - 2027 Juried Artist Registry is artist Anna Zusman.

In her artwork, she employs "visual metaphors and surreal elements to comment on human condition and society." To quote the artists, "while my work is firmly rooted in traditional drawing, these days I utilize 3D modeling and digital drawing to realize my concepts. Linework is an important component of my drawings, and it helps to convey meaning."

See this work and others on her registry page on our website ⭐ https://acnmwa.org/artists-25-27/anna-zusman

Featured Artwork: Impression, Anna Zusman, Digital drawing on archival paper, 20" x 29" x 0"

06/10/2026

Kick off your weekend with art from home!

Join NMWA educators for this week's Art Chat 'Disobedient Bodies' on Friday, June 12th, from 5 to 5:45 pm ET. These informal 45-minute online sessions explore selected artworks from NMWA’s collection or special exhibitions. Grab your favorite happy hour drink or snack and enjoy the conversation from the comfort of your own home.

Participation is free but limited to 45 people. Be sure to register in advance to reserve your spot by visiting https://nmwa.org/whats-on/calendar/art-chat-2026-06-12/

Featured Artwork: Installation view of Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; February 27 to July 26, 2026; Photo by Kevin Allen Photography for NMWA

06/09/2026

Each quarter, we release a newsletter covering the latest news from ACNMWA, from recent events to program announcements. It's a great way to stay connected and informed. To sign up for future newsletters, visit our website and navigate to the Contact page.

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06/08/2026

Start your week with 5 Fast Facts about Women to Watch, while Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter. Don't forget to see the traveling exhibition in Blytheville now through Saturday, June 13, when it will wrap up before traveling to its next stop at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

1️⃣ In 2008, the National Museum of Women in the Arts introduced its Women to Watch program to increase the visibility of promising women artists who are deserving of national and international attention.
2️⃣ W2W was created specifically for NMWA’s 26 U.S. regional and international affiliated committees, including the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
3️⃣ The museum’s signature Women to Watch exhibition program always centers on a different theme. NMWA curators select the theme, and affiliates invite nationally approved local arts professionals to guest curate submissions to the national museum exhibit.
4️⃣ Since 2010, ACNMWA has participated in every W2W exhibition, setting the precedent of organizing a state tour of all its nominees, in order to offer our artists and our widespread audiences a chance to get acquainted.
5️⃣ A major exhibition at NMWA, including one artist chosen by NMWA curators from the Arkansas exhibition and showcasing the national museum's history of collecting artists' books, will be open from April 11 to August 15, 2027.

Learn more about Arkansas Women to Watch⭐ https://acnmwa.org/programs/women-to-watch

06/05/2026

We’re continuing our focus on our 2026 Artist Award Winner, Laura Terry, with a glimpse at another one of her pieces.

Laura works on paper with water media, allowing her to connect with the subject. To quote the artist, "this way of working is an analogy of the landscape itself: trees, mountains, sky, and flora are individual elements that co-exist in a particular place. In the way these individual elements create the larger landscape, the pieces of paper I compose also create a larger image."

Learn more about her plans for the artist award ✨ https://acnmwa.org/programs/artist-award

Featured Work: Metaphor, Laura Terry, 2022, 40.25" x 44.75" x 0"

06/04/2026

Today's feature from our 2025 - 2027 Juried Artist Registry is artist Emily Wood.

Emily paints flowers to find both joy and connection with the natural world, as well as with the woman she has known. To quote the artist, "I come from a long line of makers, master gardeners, and aesthetes who gave a lot of time, effort, and devotion to plants. I watched them work hard at underappreciated and unpaid labor, and I think about all the hidden labor women have always done in daily life." In her works, she chooses to "paint faces of women hiding among the flowers to represent these women, their efforts, and the beauty around us."

See this work and others on her registry page on our website ⭐ https://acnmwa.org/artists-25-27/emily-wood

Featured Artwork: Hidden in Butterfly W**d, Emily Wood, Acrylic and Acrylic Marker on Panel, 16" x 12" x 1.5"

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