The NWU Gallery is partnering with the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the world’s only major museum solely dedicated to celebrating the creative contributions of women, for the acclaimed #5WomenArtists worldwide campaign. Throughout March, using the hashtag #5WomenArtists on social media, we challenge you to answer a question: “Can you name five women artists?” Many people can’t.

It’s a simple question with a not-so-simple answer. Women artists have not received their due from our institutional and educational systems. Our goal is to reinforce the numerous conversations we have sparked about gender parity in the arts.

The NWU Gallery is placing the spotlight on the women artists that have exhibited in its space, as well as on the works by female artists in the North-West University’s permanent art collection.

Join us on Wednesday, the 8th of March, from 13:00-14:00, for the Women’s Month exhibition opening, where we highlight some of the works in our collection.

Also follow NWU Gallery on social media for continued updates on the #5WomenArtists campaign.

Participating institutions include: American Alliance of Museums; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad and Hammer Museum, California; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Walker Art Center, Minnesota; Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Jewish Museum, New York; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art and National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. Participating international organizations include: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia; Royal Ontario Museum, Canada; Städel Museum, Germany; Yad Vashem, Israel; Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico; Guggenheim Bilbao and Reina Sofía, Spain; Nationalmuseum, Sweden; NWU Gallery, South Africa; Musées d’art et d’histoire Genève, Switzerland; and Tate Britain, Tate Modern and Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom.