NJ Artist Architect

The National Muslim Women In the Arts (NMWIA) is a   volunteer support group for Muslim women artists in any media. MWIAs main objectives are to enhance and promote high quality art and its marketing, to educate the general public about the creativity and talents of Muslim women artists, and to mentor/guide Muslim teenage girls towards Islamic arts.

Membership in MWIA support group is open to all Muslim women artists who are interested in sharing their artistic skills with others through workshops, demonstrations, lectures and exhibits.  Women artists who are homebound, teenagers, young adult amateurs, teachers of art are especially invited to join this group.

 The art work accepted for display can 
be presented in the following categories:

• Advertising art: Illustration and cartooning
• Calligraphy
• Ceramic and Pottery
• Collage
• Drawings in Pencils or charcoal
• Functional and Decorative Design
• Fused Glass
• Glass works
• Graphic art
• Islamic Industrial and Architectural Design
• Metalwork
• Miniature art
• Mosaics
• Oil, acrylic, watercolors and any other media
• Original prints
• Paper making
• Performing art: poetry, voice, music, and theater
• Photography
• Pressed flower art
• Replica of old art works of instruments
• Replica of art work in old garments
• Replica of old jewelry
• Sculpture
• Stained glass
• Woodworking and framing art