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Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts was founded by Helen Walton and Ed Dell Wortz on March 21, 1989.

Committee has provided thousands of free art displays by women artists across Arkansas and now distributes work via internet and free public exhibitions statewide.

Since 1996, committee organized more than 20 professionally produced traveling exhibitions and provided over 800 women artists opportunities to have work reviewed by professional curators, directors, and critics.

Committee produced educational materials including publications on Arkansas women artists (1992), case for women's art (1993), arts education symposium report (1994), and Girl Scout materials; launched website in 2005 and Facebook page in 2010 with approximately 2,000 followers.

Committee directly supported women artists through $15,000 underwriting for Arkansas Artist Registry (1993), 25 cash awards for studio practice and summer study (beginning 1995), and assistance for female college/university students attending summer internships (beginning 1999).