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| Established | January 31, 1889 |
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| Founders | Anita C. Ashley, Adele Frances Bedell, Elizabeth S. Cheever, Edith Mitchel Prellwitz, Grace Fitz-Randolph |
| Founded at | New York City |
| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Headquarters | New York City |
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| Website | www.thenawa.org |
Formerly called | Woman's Art Club of New York (1889–1913) National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors (1913–1942) |
The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is a United States organization, founded in 1889 to gain recognition for professional women fine artists in an era when that field was strongly male-oriented. It sponsors exhibitions, awards and prizes, and organizes lectures and special events.
NAWA’s 1988 Centennial Exhibition stimulated an ongoing debate in the media about female representation in the arts and gender parity in major exhibitions and historical art studies.