Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years

Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years

It is our pleasure to announce Juana Valdés will be included in Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years. This 392-page volume is a comprehensive account of remarkable artwork and accomplishments by over 250 contemporary women recipients of the Anonymous Was A Woman award. Featuring essays by Nancy Princenthal, Vesela Sretenović, Valerie Cassel Oliver,  Jenni Sorkin, as well as a roundtable discussion with founder Susan Unterberg. Published by University of Chicago Press this extensive book will be released April 1st 2025.

In conjunction with the print release of Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years, there will be an exhibition at at NYU’s Grey Art Museum on March 31 from 6–8 pm. The exhibition, curated by Nancy Princenthal and Vesela Stretenoviç, features 41 awardees with artworks that were made roughly at the time they were given an AWAW Award. It will run until July 19, 2025. 

Following the release of the publication there will also be Artists Speak: The Anonymous Was A Woman Symposium, on April 9, 2025 at NYU’s Kimmel Center from 9 am–1pm, which will present and analyze the results of a landmark study AWAW undertook this past fall to ask women artists about support, needs, ambitions, hopes and change.

With admiration and hoping to see you all on March 31, April 9, or both and please be sure to pick up a copy of Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years.
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