The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) announces Tram Colwin, of Siloam Springs, as the Artist Award recipient for 2025. The purpose of the award is to assist an accomplished woman artist to realize her vision and help to make her achievements more visible to the art community and the public.

“She is Resilient” by Tram Colwin

“The 2025 Artist Award selection was especially competitive this year due to a 30 percent increase in applications. The committee chose Tram Colwin for the quality of her work, her collaborative projects with other artists and her community-based initiatives,” said ACNMWA President Demara Titzer. “Tram has a clear vision for the future with her 2025 Women of the Ozarks cohort, aiming to expand the program to support more local artists through exhibitions, professional development and networking events. Her engagement and support of other female artists align with the goals of ACNMWA.”

“This grant will play a pivotal role in covering the expenses needed to create a new body of work, and to further support the community-based art projects that I have already initiated and hope to continue into the future,” Colwin said. “I’m currently exploring innovative approaches to watercolor, my primary medium, and experimenting with mixed media inspired by techniques used by artists in the 2024 Women of the Ozarks collective. Most importantly, the award will give me the freedom to focus on meaningful creative work and continue using art as a vehicle for storytelling, empowerment and connection.”

Colwin graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, where she was named Outstanding Senior Artist. She’s a recipient of the 2023 Artists 360 Community Activator Grant through Mid-America Arts Alliance. In Spring 2025, she was invited as a Visiting Artist at the University of Arkansas School of Art, where she curated and exhibited her work alongside immigrant and refugee artists. Her work has been showcased in both group and solo exhibitions across the region, including at The Medium and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Community Gallery, and has been featured in publications such as FLUX Hawaii and At Home Arkansas. As an advocate of the creative community, Tram co-owns the Creative Social Retreat and she also co-founded Women of the Ozarks.

Information about the ACNMWA Artist Award and a sample of Colwin’s work is available on the ACNMWA website.

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