Stand up and be counted: Hundreds of contemporary female artists participate in historic photo

October 26, 2017 at 9:16 a.m. EDT

Artists gathered Oct. 25 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts for “Now Be Here #4.” (Photo by Kim Johnson/Courtesy of Kim Schoenstadt, Linn Meyers and National Museum of Women in the Arts.)

Hoping to bring attention to the region’s vibrant arts scene, almost 500 female contemporary artists gathered at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on Wednesday night for a historic group photograph.

Conceived by Los Angeles-based artist Kim Schoenstadt in collaboration with D.C. artist Linn Meyers, “Now Be Here #4″ is the latest in gatherings of “female and female-identifying visual artists in the local community,” according to the project’s website. Previous gatherings occurred in L.A., New York and Miami last year.