Women Artists of the DMV: A Survey Exhibition

Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
September 6–December 7, 2025

Florencio Lennox (Lenny) Campello, Curator

Esperanza Alzona
Sarah Bentley
Anne Bouie
Adjoa Burrowes
Ellen Cornett
Danni Dawson
Delna Dastur
Margaret Dowell
Mary Early
Dana Ellyn
Rosemary Feit Covey
Barbara Frank
Helen C. Frederick
Roxana Geffen
Claudia (Aziza) Gibson-Hunter
Margery E. Goldberg
Susan Goldman
Patricia Goslee
Muriel Hasbun
Michal Hunter
Melissa Ichiuji
Selena Noir Jaquesun Jackson
Barbara Januszkiewicz
Wendy Jones Donahoe
Jenny Kanzler
Maria Karametou
Kate Kretz
Susan LaMont
Harriet Lesser
Amy Lin
June Linowitz
Barbara Liotta
Kirsty Little
Laurel Lukaszewski
Dalya Luttwak
Akemi Maegawa
Joey Mánlapaz
J.J. McCracken
Sophia McCrocklin
E.J. Montgomery
Sharon Moody
Meredith Morris
Lida Moser
Georgia Nassikas
Zsudayka Nzinga
Teresa Oaxaca
Dora Patin
Judith Peck
Sandra Pérez-Ramos
Naan Pocen
Annette Polan
Amber Robles-Gordon
Alla Rogers
Nancy Sausser
Pearl Shen
Alexandra Silverthorne
Renee Stout
Veronica Szalus
Valerie Theberge
Andrea Way
Joyce Wellman
Sue Wrbican
Shawn Yancy

Selena Noir Jaquesun Jackson, Comparative Anatomy (Petrus Camper), 2021. Oil and silverpoint on canvas, 24 x 36 inches, Courtesy of the Grace McNicolas Collection.

Overview

American University Museum is proud to serve as the central venue for this groundbreaking survey exhibition taking place across sixteen locations throughout the Greater Washington, DC region. The show brings together leading and emerging voices across all genres of the fine arts.

With more than 60 works of art on display at AU Museum, and more than 400 artists included in all 16 locations, this unprecedented initiative is now “the largest curated survey of contemporary living women artists in the nation and the first survey of female visual artists working across the DMV,” according to curator Lenny Campello.

Presented by AU Museum’s Alper Initiative for Washington Art, the timing of Women Artists of the DMV coincides with American University’s biennial Feminist Art History Conference.

Discover the breadth, diversity, and creative “superpowers” of women artists working today in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia with Women Artists of the DMV.

Press

NBC4 Washington: Exhibition showcases women artists of the DMV

Washington Post: A sprawling survey highlights the women making art around D.C.

WTOPnews: These exhibits spotlight 600 female artists in DC area

East City Art: Women Artists of the DMV: Lenny Campello’s Monumental Multi-Venue Survey Recasts the Capital’s Art Narrative