 In 1985, she helped organized a Meléndez exhibition at the National Academy of Design in New York City.In 1987 the first director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Anne-Imelda Radice, asked Tufts to curate the traveling exhibition, "American Women Artists, 1830–1930", a show that received extensive and controversial coverage.Tufts served as a member of the Editorial Board of the "Woman's Art Journal" until the end of her life, and was replaced by Comini after her passing.