FARGO, ND.- Plains Art Museum presents Women Artists: Four Centuries of Creativity, a major exhibition running November 1, 2025 – March 1, 2026, that traces the resilience and innovation of women artists from the early modern period to the present. The exhibition features 40 works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection alongside 37 works on loan from the Reading Public Museum.

This powerful exhibition was sparked by a recent internal assessment, inspired by the activism of the Guerrilla Girls, revealing that only 10.5% of the Museum’s 6,000 object collection is by women artists. In response, 40 works by women held in the collection, including 21 by nationally acclaimed artists and 19 by celebrated regional artists have been brought to light and included in this exhibition. Notably, 20 of these pieces are being displayed publicly for the first time.

The exhibition is complemented by insightful texts authored by students in the Women and Art course at Minnesota State University Moorhead, taught by Dr. Noni Brynjolson. These contributions provide one of the only art historical overviews focused on women artists from this region.

As part of this landmark exhibition, the Guerrilla Girls, an iconic collective of anonymous feminist artists and activists, will make their first-ever North Dakota appearance at the Museum on January 22, 2026, at 6:30 PM. Known for their provocative, truth-telling interventions in the art world, the Guerrilla Girls will deliver their classic presentation with a Fargo twist. VIP ticket holders will enjoy priority seating and a meet-and-greet with the Guerrilla Girls before the event.

On January 23 at 11:00 AM, they will lead two hands-on art activism workshops, continuing their global mission to challenge systemic inequalities in the arts.

This exhibition is both a celebration of women’s artistic legacy and a critical reflection on how far institutions have come and how far they still have to go.