• Celebrate
    Our goal as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization is to broaden recognition and open more doors for women artists through yearly juried competitions, member shows, museum exhibits and educational opportunities.

    Devotion, oil by AWA Master Signature Gladys Roldan-de-Moras
  • Inspire
    Our membership is open to women artists form the United States, Canada & Mexico, supporting representational artists working in the disciplines of drawing, painting and sculpture.

    Streams of Morning Light, oil by AWA Master Signature Carol Swinney
  • Encourage
    We raise awareness about our mission and member artists through year-round social and print media marketing.

    Amber Waves, bronze by AWA Signature Tucker Bailey
  • AWA
    All the activities planned and presented by AWA are the mission in action: the inspiration, celebration, and encouragement of women in the visual fine arts.

    Swish Swash, oil by AWA Signature Sara Jane Doberstein

Welcome to American Women Artists

American Women Artists is a non-profit organization dedicated to the inspiration, celebration, and encouragement of women in the visual fine arts.

New & Noteworthy

  • Finalists to be Announced July 21 for 2015 National Juried Exhibition

    Selection jurors are hard at work to determine the finalists who will exhibit in the 2015 National Juried Exhibition & Annual Member Show at Bonner David Galleries in Scottsdale, November 12 - November 30

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  • A New Look for AWA's Website

    American Women Artists Launches New Website...

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  • AWA Workshops at the Scottsdale Artists School

    American Women Artists proudly presents three days of workshops taught by Master & Signature members in partnership with the famed Scottsdale Artists School, opening AWA's week-long schedule of events in Scottsdale, Arizona. 

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Who We Are &
What We Do

Since its inception, American Women Artists has worked diligently to bring women artists to the attention of the art world through museum shows, juried competitions in leading galleries around the country, festivals, symposiums, workshops and an international exchange. Our goal is to increase the number of professional opportunities for women in the visual fine arts by creating the kinds of opportunities that lead to greater inclusion.

American Women Artists serves members throughout the United States along with a growing contingent of artists from Canada. AWA is an independent, tax-exempt nonprofit organization that celebrated its inaugral exhibit in 1990 at the Tucson Museum of Art and incorporated as a 501c3 in the state of New Mexico in 1998.

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