“Do women have to be naked to get into the Metropolitan Museum?” reads a poster by the Guerilla Girls from the 1980s. The piece is featured in the new Rotunda exhibit, which celebrates women artists, who have often been marginalized in the art world.

Ms. Joan Baldwin, curator of special collections, who organized the exhibit, said, “The exhibit is a way for me to contribute to the 50th anniversary of coeducation. I want visitors to take away an understanding of the type of artworks women have made and continue to make, the importance of their voices, and the ways they’ve used those voices to make themselves heard, particularly about gender and forms of injustice.”

The exhibit features mediums from drawings to textile to poetry from the 18th century to today. The pieces are united by a common thread: words. Some artists incorporated text into paintings, drawings, or prints; others embroidered quotes and snippets of poetry on handkerchiefs or children’s clothing. One piece, a filing cabinet overflowing with strips of paper bearing quotes, allows viewers to become a part of the art by answering questions provided and leaving the power of their words inside the cabinets. “I wanted not only to feature [visual] work by women, but to ‘hear’ their voices as well,” said Ms. Baldwin.

Amy Deme ’26 said, “I appreciated the exhibit, because the school was once a predominantly male place, so it’s important to incorporate and highlight the voices of women. I also appreciated how it incorporated student perspectives. It surprised me how stumped I was on the question that asked you to write the names of five female artists without the internet.”