The Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass engages students in dynamic, hands-on artistic experiences that highlight the work and perspectives of women, trans, and nonbinary artists. Through exhibitions, year-long campus residencies, and creative workshops, students explore diverse artistic practices and connect with leading voices in the arts.
The Gender & Arts Living-Learning Community is designed to bring arts education to students in a range of fields who have varied experience, training, and skill levels. During a year-long experience, students learn about representations of gender in art, explore their creativity, work with artists, gain hands-on experience, and exhibit artwork in the Spring!
The Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries offers enriching experiences for Rutgers art enthusiasts and the public throughout the year. It is the oldest continuously running exhibition space in the United States dedicated to making visible the work of emerging and established contemporary women artists.
The Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence program brings a distinguished woman or gender diverse artist to campus for a year to present a solo exhibition of their artwork, give artist’s talks, and collaborate with Douglass students on hands-on creative projects and workshops
The Willets Open Art Studio is a space stocked with free art supplies that allows Douglass students to explore their creativity for self-driven or group projects.
The Douglass Arts Club offers student-led activities and events focusing in the areas of Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Theater/Film, and Literary Arts.
These programs are supported by the Juliette Mittendorf Hill Fine Arts Endowment, the Estelle Lebowitz & Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz Memorial Fund, and the Mary H. Dana Fund. Signature initiatives, including the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series and the Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence program, are presented in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries and the Department of Art & Design at the Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Looking for someone to connect with about arts projects or internships?
Students can pitch exhibition and arts project ideas or internship opportunities for mentoring support or funding requests. This opportunity is open to all Douglass students but other Rutgers students with a feminist focus in their education can request affiliation as well.
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Our arts programs are open to students of ALL majors & count towards the R3 requirement of the Douglass curriculum!
