Overview

WAAH was founded in 1894, by Sara Galbraith Calder, the great-granddaughter of Mary Jones Gage. Fearful that the cultural pursuits would be overlooked in the surging industrial growth WAAH was created with the vision to promote the city’s women artists and to safeguard the artistic life of the community. A grass-roots organization, open to women artists and non-artists alike, WAAH is a volunteer run organization.
WAAH’s charitable purposes are:
• To advance education in the arts by providing the public, particularly women, with educational programs, including workshops and lectures on a variety of art topics.
• To advance education in the arts by providing women with scholarships and bursaries to pursue higher learning in the field of art, and by providing children with educational materials, such as art supplies.
• To advance the public's appreciation of the arts, particularly visual arts, by providing high-quality art exhibitions and presentations.
• To gift to qualified donees, particularly those involved in the arts.
• To do all other activities that are ancillary and incidental to achieving the above purposes.