2023 W2W SELECTED ARTIST - APRIL BANKS

A RESURECCTION IN FOUR STANZAS

SAAC welcomes a fantastic touring exhibit to the Merkle Gallery that showcases the work of four female artists with ties to Arkansas. “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.

Merkle Gallery March 16 – April 27
Reception Thursday, March 30, 5:00-7:00pm.

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.