Interested in expressing emotions and ideas through visual arts, writing, or performing? Looking to boost critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Develop essential skills for self-expression and empowerment through creativity with the Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass. Engage with our arts programs, workshops, field trips, and other events.
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.
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!
Join the Gender & Arts Living-Learning Community!
You’ll actively engage in visual arts practice and analysis, learn about representations of gender in art, work with artists, gain hands-on experience, explore your creativity, and exhibit artwork in the Spring!
APPLY HERE or contact us to receive an individual alert when the 2026-2027 application opens in Fall 2026.
The Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass provides experiential arts offerings to students at Douglass Residential College that advance the work and ideas of exceptional women and gender diverse artists and arts professionals. It is funded by the Juliette Mittendorf Hill Fine Arts Endowment, the Estelle Lebowitz & Ann Beneduce Lebowitz Memorial Fund, and the Mary H. Dana Fund. The Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series and the Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence are presented in partnership with the Rutgers University Libraries and the Art + Design Department, Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Learn more about our funders and history here.
Connect with the Douglass Advancement & Development team to discuss donations and naming opportunities.
