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.
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
Andrea Bowers
Artist
Bonnie Brennan
CEO, Christie’s
Rashida Bumbray
Curator
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
Natalie Diaz
Poet
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
Naima J. Keith
LACMA
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
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Artist
Joyce J. Scott
Artist
Tschabalala Self
Artist
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
Dyani White Hawk
Artist
Anicka Yi
Artist
Making Their Mark Forum is generously supported by