In 1918 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Juliana Force opened the Whitney Studio Club, a community and exhibition space for downtown artists and a precursor to the Museum. Dwight enrolled as a member and became the group’s first secretary-receptionist. She exhibited in annual member exhibitions alongside contemporaries Peggy Bacon and Wanda Gág and participated in the evening life drawing classes, which Dwight and 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, in the upper left with glasses and a ponytail.
