Making Their Mark Forum

March 5–7, 2026
Washington D.C.

The inaugural Making Their Mark Forum will be first-of-its-kind international gathering to celebrate the achievements of women artists, advance gender equity in the arts, and inspire action to effect lasting change. Launching during Women’s History Month and while the Foundation’s landmark exhibition Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, this three-day gathering will bring together leading figures across the visual arts ecosystem.

Bringing together leading global figures in contemporary visual arts and culture to champion the advancement of women artists, the Forum will engage in a series of crucial conversations, featuring dynamic panel discussions, keynotes, poetry readings, and performances, all designed to spark action and drive progress toward gender equity in the visual arts.

A full schedule of featured participants, speakers, programs, and related events will be announced in the coming months.
If you would like to attend, please register your interest below.

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Speakers

Dr. Chelsea Clinton
Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation

Ava DuVernay
Filmmaker

Jodie Foster
Actor & Director

Renée B. Adams
Professor, University of Oxford

Cecilia Alemani
Chief Curator, High Line Art

Bonnie Brennan
CEO, Christie’s

Charlotte Burns
Burns Halperin Report

Connie Butler
Director, MoMA PS1

Amy Cappellazzo
Founder, Art Intelligence Global

Christophe Cherix
Director, MoMA

Rhea Combs
Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art

Adrienne Edwards
Curator, Whitney Museum

Cecilia Fajardo-Hill
Curator and Professor

Kaywin Feldman
Director, National Gallery of Art

Samia Halaby
Artist

Julia Halperin
Burns Halperin Report

Sandra Jackson-Dumont
Cultural Strategist, Curator, and Educator

Michelle Kuo
Chief Curator, MoMA

Dr. Sarah Lewis
Professor, Harvard University

Camille Morineau
AWARE at Centre Pompidou

Laura Ortman
Artist

Anne Pasternak
Director, Brooklyn Museum

Dr. Kymberly Pinder
Dean, Yale School of Art

Mary Sabbatino
Galerie Lelong

Emily Wei Rales
Director, Glenstone

Karen Rosner
Art Educator

Joan Semmel
Artist

Komal Shah
Making Their Mark Foundation

Katy Siegel
Art Historian

Lowery Stokes Sims
Art Historian and Curator

Sasha Stiles
Artist and Poet

Uman
Artist

Jasmine Wahi
Project for Empty Space

Anicka Yi
Artist

Making Their Mark Forum is generously supported by