Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at the Douglass Library
Visit our gallery space at Douglass Library!
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. This series, in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries, showcases exhibitions from the Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence, women and gender diverse artists, and Douglass students. It was founded in 1971 at Douglass Library by artist Joan Snyder (DC ‘62).
Looking to conduct research?
- Click here for a list of artists that have exhibited with the series.
- Contact us for digital copies of past exhibition catalogs.
- Historical readings about the series:
- From Idea to Institution by Beryl K. Smith (1992)
- It Wasn't Neo to Us by Joan Snyder (1992)
- The Roots of Creativity: Women Artists Year Six by Lawrence Alloway (1976)
- Women Artists Series Year Five by Lucy Lippard (1975)
- Women Artists Series Year Four by Linda Nochlin (1974)
- Did you know? The Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University Libraries holds the Miriam Schapiro Archives on Women Artists! This archive works to document, preserve, and make available to researchers postwar American women’s art history. Their collections include individual artist’s papers, feminist institutional papers, and various registries of women artists.
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