Our Programs

SCC NMWA presents programs to build active and ongoing local support for women in the arts by:

v      Sponsoring exhibitions of merit which showcase outstanding and emerging Southern California artists.

v      Encouraging young women to develop their artistic talent through outreach programs to schools and community organizations.

v      Developing education programs.

v      Visiting artists' studios/galleries and meeting prominent women artists for lectures and discussions.

v      Touring museums and private collections.

SCC NMWA has sponsored:

q       Co-sponsor and co-organizer of Multiple Vantage Points exhibition February 25 – April 15, 2007 at the Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

q       The exhibition "Generation of Mentors" at NMWA which presented Southern California artists born in the first three decades of the 20^th Century.

q       The restoration of works of art at NMWA.

q       The presentation of Southern California women artists at NMWA through their "From the Committees" program. 

q       The June Wayne exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) ; Andrea Kalinowski's Stories Untold and Lauren Greenfield's Girl Culture at the Skirball Cultural Center; and Family Legacies:  The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

q       The purchase of a June Wayne lithograph for LACMA.

q       Invitational exhibition Shouts, Whispers and Cheers and educational seminars at Mt. St. Mary's College in Los Angeles.

q       Co sponsorship of "Women Making It in the Arts" symposium at USC

q       A summer student internship program at NMWA for a Southern California student.

q       An art teacher and purchased teachers' aids and textbooks in Los Angeles Unified School District elementary district.

q       Art project for Haven Hills.

Our programs have included:

q       Studio tours to Venice, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Palm Desert, and Ojai.

q       Travel programs to Washington DC, Santa Fe, NM, San Francisco,  CA.,  Seattle/Tacoma, WA, and Mexico City, Mexico

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