In 1918 Gerturde Vanderbilt Whitney and Juliana Force opened the Whitney Studio Club, a community and exhibition space for downtown artists. Dwight enrolled as a member and became the group’s first secretary-receptionist. She exhibited in annual member exhibitions and participated in the evening life drawing classes, which Dwight and Peggy Bacon both depicted in prints. In Life Class, Dwight portrays a number of the club’s regulars, including Yasuo Kuniyoshi, seated with glasses and pipe, and Edward Hopper, bald and at center. Bacon’s print presents a class with more women artists, including Dwight, in the bottom left corner, and Bacon, at center with a spider dangling overhead.
