January 15, 2026 at 7: A cozy zoom meeting for a cold January night, with video tours from the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A link will be sent beforehand. Details here. Check your email for the zoom link that came in the latest Newsletter e-blast.
Current Member Show
Detroit Roots: A Shared History, on view at the Detroit Public Library (Main Library) from January 12 - April 30, 2026, will celebrate our shared connection to Detroit as the city approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026. We’re especially excited for this show—it’s both a tribute to our beginnings in Detroit and a reflection of our shared humanity within the DSWPS family.
Opening reception: January 17, 2026, 2–4:30
Exhibition closes April 30, 2026
Scholarship 2026
Scholarship season is upon us! Please volunteer to review the applications: details here(Above: current and former Scholarship winners with former Scholarship Chair Theresa Moore, April 2025)
About DSWPS
The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors is one of the oldest self-sustaining women's art organizations in the United States, having been founded by Lillian Burk Meeser on February 23, 1903. Its mission since inception has been to quicken interest in art movements of the day, to stimulate high achievement, active work, and mutual helpfulness among members, and to provide encouragement and support for art students. It achieves these ends by holding juried exhibitions of its members' work, sponsoring interesting and informative programs, and awarding an annual scholarship to a qualified woman student attending art classes in an accredited college.
