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Founded in 1992, Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to uplifting women and non-binary artists through exhibitions, mentorship, and community engagement.


For over three decades, WMG has presented more than 475 exhibitions featuring over 10,000 artists from local, national, and international communities. Each show invites viewers to experience art that challenges, inspires, and reflects the world through a feminist lens.


Beyond the gallery walls, WMG nurtures a creative network of 350+ member artists and connects with 15,000+ supporters through workshops, artist talks, and panel discussions that spark conversation and build connection.


Whether you’re an art lover seeking discovery or a donor passionate about equity in the arts, Woman Made Gallery offers a chance to be part of something meaningful — a movement where creativity drives change and every voice matters.


Image: Artist: Tara Sabini

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In Full View is an exhibition scheduled to take place from October 10 to November 7.

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Woman Made Gallery presents In Full View, a juried group exhibition of work by 47 women and non-binary artists age 65 and older. Selected by Jerry Zbiral, the exhibition explores visibility and invisibility as they relate to identity, aging, memory, and the legacy of a fully lived life. 

Working across a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, fiber, and mixed media, the artists consider what it means to be seen, overlooked, remembered, or revealed, and how those experiences shape both life and art. The work speaks to presence, resilience, personal history, and the evolving power of creative expression over time.

Opening Reception: October 10, 2026 | 4–7 p.m.

Artist Walkthrough & Closing: November 7, 2026 | 2–4 p.m.

Exhibiting Artists: Pánne Ally, Loraine Anderson, Laura Balombini, Jane Barrow, Marian Berg, Lindsey Berkun, Carrie Betlyn-Eder, Mary Ann Bucklin, Kathy Castleton, Laura Cerf-Dahl, Margaret Colarelli, Marie Corfield, Susan Fecho, Viktoria Ford, Tammi Franke, Amanda Freymann, Anne-Bridget Gary, Mary Gingrich, Shari Gullo, Pam Hamilton, Deborah Hirshfield, Pamela Hobbs, Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Huacuja, Frederica Huff, Mama Coco, Jude Kallok, Ruth A. Keitz, Katherine Kraus, Phyllis Lear, Sylvia Lorraine, Darcy Lynn, Maureen May, Angela McElwain, Erin McNamara, Karen Mosbacher, Karen Musgrave, Moni Olguin, Linda Popp, Cherry Rahn, Jane Rieso, Paulette Schermerhorn, Beth Shadur, Carol Spindel, Paola Tavoletti, Mary Jane Tenerelli Janet Tsakis

SEE THEIR WORK AND STATEMENTS

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Woman Made Gallery presents In Full View, a juried group exhibition of work by 47 women and non-binary artists age 65 and older. Selected by Jerry Zbiral, the exhibition explores visibility and invisibility as they relate to identity, aging, memory, and the legacy of a fully lived life. 

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Opening Reception: October 10, 2026 | 4–7 p.m.

Artist Walkthrough & Closing: November 7, 2026 | 2–4 p.m.

Exhibiting Artists: Pánne Ally, Loraine Anderson, Laura Balombini, Jane Barrow, Marian Berg, Lindsey Berkun, Carrie Betlyn-Eder, Mary Ann Bucklin, Kathy Castleton, Laura Cerf-Dahl, Margaret Colarelli, Marie Corfield, Susan Fecho, Viktoria Ford, Tammi Franke, Amanda Freymann, Anne-Bridget Gary, Mary Gingrich, Shari Gullo, Pam Hamilton, Deborah Hirshfield, Pamela Hobbs, Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Huacuja, Frederica Huff, Mama Coco, Jude Kallok, Ruth A. Keitz, Katherine Kraus, Phyllis Lear, Sylvia Lorraine, Darcy Lynn, Maureen May, Angela McElwain, Erin McNamara, Karen Mosbacher, Karen Musgrave, Moni Olguin, Linda Popp, Cherry Rahn, Jane Rieso, Paulette Schermerhorn, Beth Shadur, Carol Spindel, Paola Tavoletti, Mary Jane Tenerelli Janet Tsakis

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The Small Works Members Show is an upcoming exhibition scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 19.

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Saturday, November 11, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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CHICAGO —Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present 'Dreaming Bigger in Strange Times,’ opening on Saturday, November 11th through December 16, 2017. The final exhibition during WMG's 25th Anniversary year, it is the second exhibition at WMG's new location in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Chicago-based artist Joyce Owens is the curator for the exhibition including works by 17 women artists from diverse backgrounds and working in a variety of styles and media.

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Featuring women artists currently residing in the Midwest, this invitational exhibition intentionally strives to reflect the independent thoughts, hopes, dreams and fears around the strangely volatile world we find ourselves inhabiting since the last election. The women, working in a wide range of art mediums, represent diverse ethnic and ancestral backgrounds. Many express their political, social, religious and ethnic beliefs through their work. After all, America has welcomed immigrants promising them freedoms they were denied at home from the first meal at Plymouth Rock. Others were not welcomed under equal circumstances, to put it mildly, and others who were here first got the worst surprise as payment for their original kindness. The focal point that speaks to each artist shows up in their work in subtle and/or overt ways that you will see if you look. Their artist statements will provide more insight. Neighborhoods in Chicago (and other cities around the world) are generally homogeneous, despite desegregation. This powerful group of artists will demonstrate that diversity makes us stronger! -Joyce Owens

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Exhibiting artists: Joanne Aono; Rose Blouin; Arlene Turner Crawford; Anne Farley Gaines; Abi Gonzales; Patricia Larkin Green; Indira Freitas Johnson; Felicia Grant Preston; Kim Laurel; Nora Moore Lloyd; Joyce Owens; Jane Stevens; Lynn Tsan; Kathy Weaver; Shahar Caren Weaver; Rhonda Wheatley; and Trish Williams.

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present 'Between the Seams,' an exhibition with work by 35 artists who explore the concept of cloth through broad definition and use of materials. Juried by Nnenna Okore, 'Between the Seams' is WMG's first exhibition in 2018 and the third group show at our new location in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, at 2150 S. Canalport.

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Included in the exhibition are intricate works in a variety of media from cotton, wool and bark cloth, jacquard weaving, steel and woven fiber to soft sculpture by artists from across the US and from overseas: Enee Abelman; Beizar Aradini; Chellis Baird; Emily Bennett; Hannah Bennett; Jenna Boyles; Chanel Chronicles; Yuling Chuang; Ashley Colbert; Gabe Duggan; Beatriz Herce-Hagiwara; Emily Hoxworth; Ann Johnson; Noel Kassewitz; Ruth Keitz; Neah Kelly; LaVerne Kemp, lialia Kuchma; Dorrie Lane; Jiachen Liu; Luis Mejico; Anne Mondro, Laura Mongiovi; Abena Motaboli; Sheila Nakitende; Christine Palamidessi; Elizabeth Rhoads Read; Gina Robbins; Priscilla Roggenkamp; Julie Sirek; Hope Wang, Juliann Wang, Jade Williams; Alex Younger and Luba Zygarewicz.

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Juror: Nnenna Okore

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Nnenna Okore is an artist who works both in Nigeria and the United States. Her largely abstract sculptures are inspired by textures, colors and forms within her immediate milieu. Finding reusable value in discarded materials, Okore enriches her work with layers of meaning through familiar and painstaking processes. She sometimes relies on the use of flotsam or discarded objects, which are transformed into intricate sculpture and installations through repetitive and labor-intensive techniques. Some of her processes including weaving, sewing, rolling, twisting and dyeing were learned by watching local Nigerians perform daily tasks. Most of Okore's works explore detailed surfaces and biomorphic formations.

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Okore is a Professor of Art at North Park University, Chicago, where she teaches Sculpture. She earned her BA degree in Painting from the University of Nigeria in 1999, and an MA and MFA in Sculpture from the University of Iowa in 2004 and 2005. She has received several national and international awards and been shown in numerous prestigious galleries and museums within and outside the United States. She was a 2012/13 recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award, which resulted in a year-long project in Nigeria.

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Woman Made Gallery Literary Series Presents

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Reading: Between the Seams of Identity and Culture

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Curated by Nina Corwin

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Sunday, January 28, 2018 | 2-4 p.m.

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Textile work provides the metaphors for this exploration into personal identity and culture. Please join us for a Reading on Sunday, January 28, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery, 2150 S. Canalport 4th FL, Chicago, IL 60608. Please enter the building through the Parking Lot at North Entrance on 21st Street.

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48 artists from Midwestern States will be represented through a variety of subject matters, styles and techniques: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Awards will be announced during the opening reception.

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Juried by WMG’s Executive Director, Deb Flagel, the exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, fiber, printmaking, and installation.

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Exhibiting Artists:  Carolyn Ballou; Anoush Bargamian; Jan Brandt; Molly Brennan; Jane Calvin; Cathleen Clarke; Hilde DeBruyne; Dion Dion; Meghan Duda; Anne Farley Gaines; Ashley Gardner; Helen Geglio; Amy Gibas; Nicole Havekost; Angel Heard; Barbara Kay Herring; Nicolina Holt; Tonia Hughes; Hillary Johnson; Mary Jones; Mary King; Mel Kolstad; Sheila Lamberson; Cynthia Lee; Robin Liefeld; Casey Lowry; Mackenzie Madison; Debra Maertens; Susan Morelock; Crystal Neubauer; Emily Newman; Mary Jo Parker O’Hearn; Asha Partyka; Jessica Peterson; Mary Phelan; Ann Quinn; Jeannette Ralyea; Kathy Blankley Roman; Paula Routsong; Beth Shadur; Anastasia Sitnikova; Jolanta Soares; Michele Thrane; Noelia Towers; Mariko Ventura; Jennifer White; Shea Wilkinson; and Nicole Rene Woodard.
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With her unique take on taxidermy, Courtney Timmermans continues to choose cool over cuddly. Exquisite and exact, these BB encrusted creatures make the perfect addition to any menagerie. 

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Is there a Mother in the House? The current state of our world might compel us to say no. The swell of women's voices says otherwise, and how. We all come from mothers. We inhabit Mother Earth. From Mother Nature to Mother Superior, from the Mother of Invention to Motherf*@%!#, there are many forms of Mother. This exhibit aims to consider them all. Fierce to funny. Domestic to mythic.

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What is the meaning of Mother, and what house does she inhabit? What sway does a mother's voice, presence, love---or lack of these things---have? Must one bear a child, or be a woman, to be a mother?

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Opening Reception: Friday, April 13 | 6–8 p.m.

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We are pleased to present ‘Is There a Mother in the House,’ an exhibition that explores the multiple facets of ‘Mother’ and her impact on their own lives and on the wider world. What is the meaning of Mother, and what House does she inhabit? What sway does a mother’s voice, presence, love—or lack of these things—have? Must one bear a child, or be a woman, to be a mother?

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Juried by former Woman Made Gallery Director, Janet Bloch, the exhibition includes forty works in a variety of media by thirty-one artists from fifteen U.S. states.

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In her statement, artist Anna Drew writes:

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Mother
\r\nThe mother builds the house; she does not just reside in it.
\r\nShe rises from it. 
\r\nShe is renovating to proclaim her larger place in the world. 
\r\nThe prominence of her inhabitance intensifies. 
\r\nShe is you. 
\r\nShe is me.
\r\nShe is woman. 
\r\nAlways the bad ass Mother.

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"How did a vivacious, competent woman end up having a lobotomy at the hands of Walter Freeman, the man who operated on Rosemary Kennedy, and what effect did this have on her daughter?" This is the focus of Roberta Reb Allen’s up-coming memoir Examined Lives, which offers a no-holds barred look at mental illness. The book details the familial and societal forces that surrounded her mother’s mental illness and her own subsequent depression. 
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\r\nRoberta Reb Allen is a writer and artist who has been affiliated with Woman Made Gallery since its early days. It was one of the first venues where she showed her work and where she subsequently had a solo show.  She served on the Board for many years, including as President. 
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\r\nCome with your curiosity, concerns and questions to this free event on Sunday, April 22, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery, 2150 S. Canalport 4th FL, Chicago, IL 60608. Please enter the building through the Parking Lot at the North Entrance on 21st Street. Dial 271 on the Callbox and press 'Call.'

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Poems about being mothers, in all senses of the word, about being children (including adult children) and how these roles interweave with issues of identity, dependence, attachment and individuality.
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\r\nPlease join us for a reading on Sunday, April 29, 2017 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery, 2150 S. Canalport 4th FL, Chicago, IL 60608. Please enter the building through the Parking Lot at the North Entrance on 21st Street. Dial 271 on the Callbox and press 'Call.'

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Join Woman Made Gallery to reflect on 26 years of providing opportunities for women artists at Lacuna’s Reverie Gallerie: 2150 S. Canalport, Chicago IL 60608. This is a great occasion to support WMG, an arts organization that promotes and celebrates the diverse contributions of women in the arts through programs that serve, educate and enrich the community. The highlight of the evening will include honoring distinguished artist and WMG board member, Sandra Perlow. Appetizers, open wine and champagne bar, desserts, silent auction, raffle and life music. Admission tickets are: $75 or $85 at the door with proceeds benefiting WMG programs. 

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Curated by Adia Sykes

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The Space We Grow Into explores the connections that women of color cultivate with those around them and the self-care that is necessary to our well-being.  It is a celebration of sisterhood, spirituality, individuality, and an uncompromising commitment to finding and holding onto the beauty that exists in this world should we keep our eyes open to it.

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Featuring the works of Catalina Bellizzi, Shenequa Brooks, and Ariana Vaeth, whose practices span painting, weaving, sound, and video consider themes of connection, care, friendship, and intimacy. 
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\r\nThis Exhibition was made possible by a grant from The Puffin Foundation.

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Co-hosted by Chicago DanzTheatre Ensemble and Chicago Poetry Center at Woman Made Gallery

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Come see the Body Passages cohort show their work in progress from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery! 
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\r\nAudience members are encouraged to experience the work of each group and to provide feedback. Body Passages is dedicated to fostering performances that integrate audience engagement, so what better way to practice that skill than to talk to our audience directly?

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Juried by Vernita Nemec

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In her memoir, An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison explores mood and madness, the terror and turmoil of living with mental illness. We are looking for work from the perspective of those with unquiet minds, their caregivers, loved ones, and professional healers – work that encompasses the experience of living and wrestling with all manner of inner demons, treatment, relationships, social stigma and more. 
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\r\nWoman Made Gallery hosts literary events that coincide with each of our juried group exhibitions. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. Kurt Heintz is WMG’s Audio Recordist, and Angela Narciso Torres is WMG’s Publicity Coordinator. 

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Shannon Downey aka Badass Cross Stitch will be hosting a craftivism workshop and stitch up. Learn all about her new global craftivism project: Badass HERstory and get started on your own contribution!
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\r\nLearn more about infusing activism into your art practice and a bit of the history about craftivism.
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\r\nNever embroidered before? No worries! Shannon will teach you.  Snacks provided.
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\r\nCheck here for details: https://womanmade.org/shannon-downey-workshop/

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to present its ‘21st International Open’, an exciting exhibition which includes 44 works of art by 40 artists, spanning 6 countries. From the United States, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, and the United Kingdom, this diverse group explores conceptual and material boundaries through video, photography, mixed medium assemblage, collage, painting and sculpture.

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Join us as we celebrate exhibiting artists: Aviva Alter, Ava Carney, Ruby Cedar, Eva Dabara, Soumisha Dauthel, Melanie Deal, Laura Fatemi, Clara Feder, Kaye Freeman, Maria Gouveli, Kim Dotty Hachmann, Maggie Haslam, Carol Hayman, Ellen Holtzblatt, Jasmine Hsu, Tonia Hughes, Erica Keeling, Brit Krohmer, Minjoo Lee, Fleming Markel, Kim McAninch, Alyssa McClenaghan, Joan McLane, Madeline McNeil, Terri Messinides, Mi-Hee Nahm, Beverly Alice Nash, Niki Nolin, Louise Pappageorge, Katelyn Patton, Lindsey Pearson, Gina Lee Robbins, Leah Schretenthaler, Katherine Strause, Amanda Taves, Jenifer Tjandra, Angela Tornello, Melanie Vasa, Ani Volkan, and Morgan Ford Willingham.

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Included in the exhibition are video, photography, mixed media assemblages, collages, paintings and sculptures by Aviva Alter, Ava Carney, Ruby Cedar, Eva Dabara, Soumisha Dauthel, Melanie Deal, Laura Fatemi, Clara Feder, Kaye Freeman, Maria Gouveli, Kim Dotty Hachmann, Maggie Haslam, Carol Hayman, Ellen Holtzblatt, Jasmine Hsu, Tonia Hughes, Erica Keeling, Brit Krohmer, Minjoo Lee, Fleming Markel, Kim McAninch, Alyssa McClenaghan, Joan McLane, Madeline McNeil, Terri Messinides, Mi-Hee Nahm, Beverly Alice Nash, Niki Nolin, Louise Pappageorge, Katelyn Patton, Lindsey Pearson, Gina Lee Robbins, Leah Schretenthaler, Katherine Strause, Amanda Taves, Jenifer Tjandra, Angela Tornello, Melanie Vasa, Ani Volkan, and Morgan Ford Willingham.

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About the Curator: Nia Pushkarova
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\r\nNia Pushkarova is a multimedia artist and curator. She graduated with a Fine Art degree from the University of Reading, England in 1995, receiving a Kodak award upon her graduation. She is the founder and director of NGO IME since 2004, responsible for organizing Water Tower Art Fest in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pushkarova is part of Artist Initiative Network since 2014, and cofounder and  member of the Bulgarian Festival Association. She participated internationally, both as an artist and organizer, including in the 2017 Nakanojo Biennale, Japan; at EFFE Festival Academy, Atelier for young festival managers, Chiang in 2016; at Parabiosis 3, ”Communication and Co-Existence,” Chongqing, China; and in Mexico, Coahuila “Raya En El Agua.”  

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Nancy's world was one of secrets: secret symbolism, hidden drawers, compartments within compartments, an anger and intense strength that was shielded behind floral arrangements, chicken feathers, pug dogs, and a gently scathing humor….but upon closer scrutiny these pleasantries were often plastic.  Blow up toys, easily punctured, and vulnerable in their inertness. 

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Nancy exposed her anger at a world that trampled upon women and animals with equal nonchalance, and she did so by creating a silent language of detail and quietude, submerging her figures in the silence of black velvet encasement.

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In homage to this otherworldly artist, Woman Made Gallery is asking for art that emotes that which cannot be put into words: women's anger, women's sadness, women speaking to each other in tongues only they can understand.  And animals, as representations of vulnerability and simultaneous resilience.  This is a call for art of emotion, above all…..a call for the expression of voicelessness 

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Quilting covers so much ground.  As comfort, resistance, community, chronicle, mystery, banner, beauty.  The act of stitching, piecing, fragments into story.  Or pattern.  Or proclamation. 

The history/herstory of quilts spans domestic, political, artistic, religious and economic spheres.  Only fitting that quilting collects pieces from each of these realms, arranges and overlaps, then binds them together, to tell a more complete story and create a vibrant picture of our tangled world.

What forms do quilts take in 2018?  What materials are used in this era of excess?  What stories surface again and again?  And who is telling them in quilts?

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Free Gallery Talk

Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling

Please join us for a Gallery Talk with artist, Dorothy Straughter whose work is part of the group exhibition, ‘Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling,’ juried by Marcia Grubb and Adelia Moore.

An Occupational Therapist with a master’s degree in biology, Dorothy Straughter’s introduction to quilting by a friend in 2014 resulted in a historical journey that is woven through her numerous works which include the Underground Railroad, Great Migration, and American History Quilts© (Negrobilia).  All of her quilts have fronts and backs fashioned and assembled in painstaking detail.

Dorothy Straughter will share interesting highlights from her historical research related to her quilts, which each tell their story from a particular part of American history. Imagery depicted in her quilts are informed by continuous research at the Stony Island Arts Bank which has equipped her with historical perspectives difficult to find in other venues.

Straughter’s work has been exhibited at venues throughout Chicago including the Beverly Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center, the Art Institute of Chicago, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Midwest Buddhist Temple.

The Gallery Talk with Dorothy Straughter on Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 2 to 4 p.m. takes place on the final day of WMG’s group exhibition, ‘Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling.'

All events are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated:   http://womanmade.org/donate

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In celebration of its 26th Anniversary Year, WMG is hosting a Small Works Exhibition.

 

 

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Juried by Amy Galpin
Jan. 11 - Feb. 2, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 11 | 6-8 p.m.


Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its 2nd Midwest Open, an exhibition juried by Amy Galpin, who selected works by 35 artists from eight Midwest states.  

In her juror statement, Amy Galpin notes: “I strove for a multidisciplinary exhibition with artists engaged in myriad visual languages. Ceramics and woodworking are shown alongside painting and photography. From Monica Brown’s focused abstractions to Lily Mayfield’s poetic but not overly sentimental photographs of her family, there is much to engage with in this exhibition. There is often an over-emphasis on art produced on the coasts, and this exhibition reminds us of the many talented artists working in the Midwest region of the United States.”    

On view are two- and three-dimensional works by Biance Alebiosu, Anoush Bargamian, Hannah Bennett, Monica Brown, Phoenix S. Brown, Mirvia Eckert, Bronwyn Elkuss, Erin Garber-Pearson (image), Sue Goldsmith, Sharon Harper, Mairin Hartt, Tracie Hayes, Dawn Heid, Kelly Hensen, Susan Jablonski, Clarissa Jakobsons, Carrie Katzenmeyer, Sandra Leonard, Samantha Link, Ellen Starr Lyon, April Malphurs, Lara Mann, Lily Mayfield, Beverly Alice Nash, Sarah O'Neil, Louise Pappageorge, Monica Rezman, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, Liese Ricketts, Marna Shopoff, Harin Song, Mariko Ventura, Mallorie Wright, Kiki Zhen, and Rebecca Zink.

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Curated by Nina Corwin

Varieties of religious practice and experiences of religious doctrine, institutions and traditions give poets, especially women and the gender non-conforming, much to write about. Representing a diversity of poets, styles, and approaches, these readings will explore saints and sinners, myth and ritual, doctrine and heresy, cosmology and tradition. 

Readers include: Fullamusu Bangura, Traci Brimhall, Lisa Croneberg, Lisa Dordal, Mojdeh Stoakley, and Ruth Williams. 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Refreshing Feminism,” a group exhibition showcasing feminist protest art that paves the way toward visualizing our diverse identities and empowers women to address the world from a shared stage of common experiences.
                                                                                 
‘Refreshing Feminism’ includes works by 39 artists from nine US States:  Biance Alebiosu, Melissa Arostegui, Jenny E Balisle, Whitney Bradshaw, Janet Braun-Reinitz, Kathleen Celestin-Parks, Parmalee Cover, Pia Cruzalegui, Sharon Draghi, Hale Ekinci, Sydell Glasser, Lea Goldman, Ellen Holtzblatt, Suzanne Horwitz, Michael Hubbard, Damien James, Judith Joseph, Rachel Kanter, Venise Keys, Shayna Kiblin, Sena Kwon, Jennifer McNulty, Cristin Millett, Ruti Modlin, Jane Norling, Tracy Ostmann Haschke, Trix Rosen, Lilach Schrag, Joanna Sit, Michael Springer, Patricia Stewart, Keila Strong, Juli Teitler, Loralyn Tornheim, Rhonda Urdang, Nancy VanKanegan, Janet Webber, andGuest Artist: Sam Kirk.

“Refreshing Feminism by feminist artists of today, is expressed through a wide variety of media. New types of art have also been developed, some specifically to meet the needs of the new consciousness and to express its messages. Visual art is a vital part of any social rights struggle.” – Dorit Jordan Dotan

About the Juror: Dorit Jordan Dotan

Israeli-German multidisciplinary artist Dorit Jordan Dotan, lives and works in Chicago. Dorit’s work often expresses her social/political views, and calls attention to cultural issues. She is a long-time participant in movements for social change, and is active in the areas of peace, co-existence, women’s issues, and human and animal rights. Her work as a documentary photographer and graphic designer has brought her images to the attention of the wider international and local community and media.  She has exhibited in New York, Berlin, Chicago, Haifa, Jerusalem and around the US. Dorit has participated in the Jerusalem Biennale in 2015 and 2016.  In 2017 she curated an exhibition about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Evanston Art Center.  For more information about the juror, visit:www.doritjordan.com

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Part of IWDChicago 2019

Workshops and guest speakers fill a day of inspiration, celebration and conversations to address the systemic divisiveness in the feminist movement.

 

Image: Dorit Jordan Dotan

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Beginning at 12 pm with a social hour and light brunch, the afternoon will move to include a panel of artists focusing their activist discussion on socially engaged expression from 1 to 2 pm, then will wrap up the afternoon with a wonderful Interactive Workshop from 2 to 3 pm.

 

Image: Nancy VanKanegan

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the exhibition ‘Abstractly Speaking’, highlighting art which is non representational and unconcerned with literal depiction, instead relying on the visual language of form, color, line, texture, mark-making and process, as a means to an end.

Exhibiting Artists:  Peggy Breidenbach, Marian Carow, Carolyn Cronin Hughes, Susan Dickman, Camillia Elci, Carol Estes, Nancy Ferro, Lisa Flowers Ross, Heather Gallegos-Rex, Darcy Gerbarg, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Margie Glass Sula, Monica Goldsmith, Celia Greiner, Mille Guldbeck, Maki Hajikano, Julie Henry, Kelly Hensen, Jamie Kost, Ginny Krueger, Court Lurie, Robin Malpass, Elyse Martin, Joan McLane, Katherine Nemanich, Louise Pappageorge, Sonia Pratt, Olivia Rozdolsky, Sabine Senft, Kathie Shaw and Kathleen Waterloo.

Juror: Melanee Cooper

Cooper brings together a broad spectrum of artists who play with process and materials to create dimension and depth in their work. With 22 years of experience as a curator and gallery owner, Melanee Cooper has returned to Chicago to reopen Melanee Cooper Gallery, featuring contemporary emerging and mid career artists locally, nationally and internationally in all mediums.

(Banner image: artwork by Kathie Shaw)

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Abstraction in the visual arts brings to mind the composition of shapes, colors, and line untethered to “real world” imagery. In poetry, we encounter the unexpected: language run amok, fractured syntax, innovation and experimentation, taking us outside the world of logic and everyday experience.

Woman Made Gallery hosts literary events that coincide with each of our juried group exhibitions. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. Kurt Eric Heintz is WMG’s Audio Recordist, and Jennifer Steele is WMG’s Literary Events Outreach Coordinator. Thank you to WMG’s Literary Team and all Poets.

 

Image: Naoko Fujimoro

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Honoring Sapphire & Crystals: An African American Women Artists Collective

CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR THE EVENT OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS
https://tinyurl.com/wmg-gala-2019

Location:

Lacuna’s Reverie Gallery: 2150 S. Canalport, Chicago IL 60608.

This festive occasion offers the larger Chicago community the opportunity to gather with WMG artists and advocates, applaud WMG milestones, and raise funds to sustain WMG's mission of achieving artistic and economic equality for women in the arts. WMG has consistently cultivated the diverse contributions of women artists through programs that serve, educate and enrich the community. Since 1992 more than 8000 women have exhibited their work in 425 exhibitions.

Highlighting the evening will be the honoring of Sapphire & Crystals, a collective of African American women artists in Chicago. Read more about Sapphire & Crystals HERE.

Current active Sapphire & Crystals members include Rose Blouin, Juarez Hawkins, Candace Hunter, Renee Williams Jefferson, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Joyce Owens, Felicia Grant Preston, Patricia Stewart, Dorian Sylvain, Shirley J. Sullivan, Pearlie Taylor, Arlene Turner-Crawford, Rhonda Wheatley, Shahar Caren Weaver and Shyvette Williams.

Music will be performed by Shanta Nurullah's Sitarsys, a stellar group of creative musicians who combine western and eastern instruments.Performing are sitarist Shanta Nurrullah, bassist Harrison Bankhead, clarinetist/pianist Angel Bat Dawid, vocalists Zahra Baker and Keewa Nurullah, guitarist Alex Wing, and drummer Lenny Marsh. Visit Shanta’s website HERE.

An Exciting Silent Auction Offers:
Original fine arts and craft works by WMG artists, an array of creative gift packages, certificates to theaters, restaurants, and various services.  Something for everyone! 


A Three-Prize Raffle Includes:
1st Prize: Brunch, Bubbly and Bling (Chef Created Brunch for 12 guests in your Home, 12 bottles of Bubbly and Artist Created Sapphire Beads and Crystal Necklace).
2nd Prize: The Four Seasons (A new piece of art sent to your home each quarter).
3rd Prize: Journey of the Five Senses (A gift basket filled with crystal massage gift certificate, knitted shawl, coffee, tea and chocolate,  essential oils, original ceramic coffee mugs). 

Admission tickets are $80 prepaid or $90 at the door with all proceeds benefiting WMG and its programs.

WMG’s 26th Anniversary Gala will take place at 2150 S. Canalport, Chicago, IL 60608 – Please enter through the Parking Lot at North Entrance on 21st Street. Tickets and Sponsorships may be purchased by calling (312) 738-0400 or visiting: https://tinyurl.com/wmg-gala-2019

 

Image: Photo of Shanta Nurullah by Lauren Deutsch

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Ain't I Grand?,” a journey in self-exploration and celebration, no acceptance or permissions needed. The exhibition features artwork by queer women, transgender women and gender non-conforming artists of color to share their stories, celebrate identity, and acknowledgment of the realities of their journey. The narratives of the exhibiting artists include topics on self-love, exploration, visibility, and respect.

Curated by Chicago artist, Sam Kirk the exhibition includes works by Sky CubaCub, Onyx Preye Engobor, Ken Folk, Omi Torres, and Karla Wong.

About the Curator: Sam Kirk

Sam Kirk is a multidisciplinary artist, who explores culture and identity politics through her creations. Her artwork focuses on a variety of intersections which encompass a call to celebrate differences and enact change. Her paintings include vivid powerful images of women, members of the LGBTQIA community, and those who have historically been underrepresented. Her work celebrates these people and the journeys that have made them who they are.

Throughout her childhood, her family’s frequent moves to a variety of Chicago neighborhoods sparked her fascination with the nuances of the human experience. It was during these moments where she found herself discovering the cultures of the city and sorting through her own identity as a bi-racial, queer woman. Kirk’s artwork, much like her life has been an on-going narrative about how life’s experiences impact our identity. Her vibrant color palette, intricate line-work and layered backgrounds highlight cultural communities via multi-toned figures recalled from memories of her travels throughout the world.

Kirk’s public murals often address social issues, as she intentionally uses the public space to spark dialogue around topics of equality and visibility for women, communities of color, and the LGBTQIA community.

She has been completing a residency with the Chicago Art Department on Gender Visibility which included a solo exhibition through May 4, 2019. 


CLICK HERE TO VIEW EXHIBITION ONLINE


Please join us at the opening reception for “Ain't I Grand” on Friday, May 17, 2019, from 6 to 8 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated: http://womanmade.org/donate

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All events are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated: http://womanmade.org/donate

Please join us for WMG's Literary Event “Unquiet Minds” on Sunday, June 2, 2019, from 2 to 4 p.m. 

Woman Made Gallery hosts literary events that coincide with each of our juried group exhibitions. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. Kurt Eric Heintz is WMG’s Audio Recordist, and Jennifer Steele is WMG’s Literary Events Outreach Coordinator. Thank you to WMG’s Literary Team and all Poets.

 

Image: Michelle Graves

 

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW EXHIBITION ONLINE

Woman Made Gallery, Openlands, and Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods partner to illuminate women’s voices of action and hope for the planet. Together, we invite artists to submit artwork that highly reflects personal concerns and connections to the natural environment where they live.

Dear Earth was inspired by Sibylle Szaggars Redford whose performance, The Way of The Rain, was created as a “love letter to Mother Earth.” Szaggars Redford and her husband, Robert Redford, were Brushwood Center’s 2018 environmental leadership award recipients.


About the Juror: Catherine Game is the Executive Director of Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. Catherine ensures that the legacy of Brushwood Center thrives through strong partnerships and inspiring programs that connect art, nature, and wellness. Prior to joining Brushwood Center, Catherine served as Director of Communications and Engagement for Chicago Wilderness where she oversaw the organization’s communications, member engagement, and efforts to cultivate a diverse conservation constituency. She has held previous positions in communications, program evaluation, and education with conservation groups in Michigan and Illinois.

Catherine Game holds a Master’s degree in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Art from Albion College. Catherine is the recipient of the Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship and a Morris K. Udall Scholar. She is also an artist and uses homemade, natural paints to bring visibility to urban nature. 

 

Image: Cynthia Weiss

 

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Curated by Nina Corwin

Please join us for WMG’s Literary event “Building Blocks and Elements” on Sunday, July 14, 2019, from 2 to 4 p.m. Curated by Nina Corwin, poets will share their work exploring the elements. Literally OR figuratively, the possibilities for exploring or riffing on the elements will yield an exciting body of poetry.

Woman Made Gallery hosts literary events that coincide with each of our juried group exhibitions. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. Kurt Eric Heintz is WMG’s Audio Recordist, and Jennifer Steele is WMG’s Literary Events Outreach Coordinator. Thank you to WMG’s Literary Team and all participating poets.

All events are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated at: http://womanmade.org/donate

 

Image: Carol Hayman

 

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to present its ‘22nd International Open’, an exciting exhibition juried by Dolores Mercado. Included are works by 40 artists exploring conceptual and material boundaries through video, photography, mixed medium assemblage, collage, painting and sculpture.

Exhibiting Artists: Lisa Barcy, Siara Berry, Dimelza Broche, Christine Bruening, Chicagokim, Jiwon Choi, Jeanie Choi, Kylie Renee Clark, Parmalee Cover, Megan De Paula, Christina Dietz, Char Downs, Susan Fecho, Judith Roston Freilich, Amalia Galdona Broche, Lea Goldman, Gwen Gunter, Karen Hanrahan, Cindy Hansen, Carol Hayman, Amanda Jean Iverson, Jamie Kost, Laurie LeBreton, Cynthia Lee, Stephanie Lerma, Ellen Starr Lyon, Emily McKenna, Terri Messinides, Kathy Nida, Mary Phelan, Amy Pleasant, Cheryl Prisco, Sekana Radović, Shani Richards, Evie Richner, Nichole Riley, Lisa Venditelli, Dominique Vitali, Mia Weiner, and Casey Weldon.

Juror: Dolores Mercado is the Associate Curator at the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) in Chicago, Illinois, and former Associate Director of Education and Senior Arts Educator. She studied at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printing La Esmeralda in Mexico City, The Academy of San Carlos from the UNAM in Mexico City, The School of Video of the University of Guadalajara, and at the School of Visual Arts of the University of Guadalajara.

Mercado was the Curator of Women Artists of Modern Mexico: Frida’s Contemporaries; La vida sobre papel: Judithe Hernández; Contemplations: Dan Ramirez, Works from the Permanent Collection; Deportable Aliens: New Work by Rodrigo Lara Zendejas; La Muerte Niña: Day of the Dead; Carmen Parra: Suave Patria; Rito y Recuerdo: Day of the Dead; Quilt Me A Story: Nuestros relatos (Immigration Stories); Maquila Blues: Oscar Moya; Fragmentos: Pilar Acevedo; and Abyss: Rocío Caballero among many others. Mercado has also Co-curated Memoria Presente: An Artistic Journey; !No se olvida! Remembering the Tlatelolco Massacre and Rastros y Crónicas: Women of Juarez, and others. She has hosted Camino Tierra Adentro radio program at WRTE 90.5 FM (1999 to 2004, MFACM), and Alquimia radio program at WRTE 90.5 FM. (2004-2006) NMMA. She was a coordinator and collaborator for the Women Artists of Modern Mexico: Frida’s Contemporaries catalog and Coordinator for Nahui Olin: A Woman Beyond Time catalog, NMMA.

Image: Mary King

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present ‘Show Your Paper’, an exhibition juried by Kathryn Markel. Included are works by 43 artists who use paper as their substrate or primary medium. Included in the exhibition are painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, and paper constructions both in two- and three dimensional forms.

Exhibiting Artists: Ellis Angel, Jane Barthès, Ewa Bloch, Molly Blumberg, Carly Bodnar, Ilse Bolle, Trudy Borenstein-Sugiura, Han Cao, Ken Collins, Cantrel Connell, Sydney Daniel, Melanie Deal, Barbara De Pirro, Victoria Elizabeth, Maura Falfan, Nadia Frierson, Michelle Geoga, Christiane Grauert, Gwen Gunter, Sandra Guze, Nancy Jackson, Damien James, Jamie Kost, Stacey Lawrence, Laurie LeBreton, HengHui Tiffany Lee, Christina Lihan, Vicki Ling, Annell Livingston, Lauren Macklin, Jessica Malatia, Jeanette Martone, Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Melissa Murray, Selena Nawrocki, Kathie Shaw, Kerry Simmons, Kate Skakel, Oaklee Thiele, Lauren Turk, Katherine Venturelli, Zoe Wang, and Kathy Weaver.

Juror: Kathryn Markel is the founder and director of Markel Fine Arts established in 1975. The Gallery operates in two NY locations: Chelsea and Bridgehampton, showing paintings and contemporary works on paper. The gallery is run by women and 81% of their exhibiting artists are women.

In her blog Kathryn reflects: “The more you look at art the more you understand yourself.  For example, I rarely respond to art with harsh gesture and color.  It feels angry to me. But, others might appreciate the same anger I see and find it liberating, Where I may see the painting’s energy as enervating, they could see it as exciting.

The fact is that, our reactions  to everything in life are colored by our individual histories and physiology.  There is always a dance between the stimulus and the stimulated. I rarely analyze why I like or dislike a dress, a taste, a person, or a wallpaper.   But I always think about what it is in my personality that makes me react in a particular way to a piece of art.”

Image: Artwork by Laurie LeBreton

 

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So much to say about consumers and consumption! There’s food and other consumables, commercialism and the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods, hunger and greed, supply and demand, abundance and scarcity, buyers and sellers, compulsive spending, hoarding, debt and more. Join us for an afternoon of poetry on the theme of consumerism.

Featured Poets:  Rachel Hinton, Kristi Quillen, Sheri Reda, Lauren Scharhag, Jennifer Steele, Nellie Vinograd.

Thank you to WMG’s Literary Team and all participating poets.

All events are free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated at: http://womanmade.org/donate

 

Image: Hannah Simmons

 

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“We used to think of 'truth' as being absolute, says Johnson. \"That our choices were binary. But today 'truth' is a contested concept. One of the many questions that come up is whether truth is subject to human interpretation. Does truth change according to circumstances so that what is true for a particular time is not true at a different time?  Does this mean that truth for one person may not necessarily be the same for everyone? If this is the case then can anyone really know the truth?\" Artists in this exhibition are wrestling with the concept of truth looking outward at the world around us and inward toward one’s personal truth.

Exhibiting Artists: Mia Adams, Rossella Agostini, Giovanna Aguirre-Peresson, Jenny E. Balisle, Colby Parker Beutel, Melissa Blount, Michael Borowski,  Anko Chang, Mahwish Chishty, Jeanne Ciravolo, Suzanne Scott Constantine, Briar Craig, Katya Fedotova, Vanessa Filley, Michael Gallagher, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Joyce Goodman, Kelly Hensen, Judith Hladik-Voss, Stephanie Holliger, Linda R. James, Judith Joseph, Cynthia Kerby, Venise Keys, Betty Jane Lau, Léo Lee, Carron Little, Lizzy Martinez, Kelsey Miller, Cristin Millett, Nina Moyer, Darren Oberto, Natalie Jackson O’Neal, Jaye Schlesinger, Catherine Schwalbe, Samuel Schwindt, Anne Stamats, Dorothy Straughter, Laura Travnicek, Nancy VanKanegan, Margaret Rose Vendryes, Mariko Ventura + Bert Menco, Lisa Whiting, Jeanne Wilkinson.

Juror | Curator: Indira Freitas Johnson
Award winning artist and educator, Indira Freitas Johnson’s passion to make art part of everyday life and to involve local communities in the art process is evident in all her work. Influenced by an artist father and a mother who was a social activist, Johnson believes strongly that art and activism are a powerful combination for social change.

Born in Mumbai, India, Johnson received her undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay and the Sir JJ Institute of Art and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the prestigious Illinois Governors Award for the Arts and Chicago Magazine named her the 2013 Chicagoan of the Year. Johnson’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented in numerous private and public collections including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Transit Authority, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI.

Image: Indira Freitas Johnson

 

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Please join us on Saturday, November 16 for 'Personifications of Truth' by Dorothy Straughter. The presentation will focus on facets of women through the ages while also exploring historic truths. Dorothy Straughter begins with Harriet Tubman’s truth journey, personified by her distinctive headdress. From there she explores various unique hats that represent different types of women.

The talk will examine the impact that women have made on the planet and its social, emotional, and financial areas. Wearing a vintage dress and hat, Dorothy Straughter will use her hat quilt and a PowerPoint presentation to enrich the historical truth/value of each personification.

An Occupational Therapist with a master’s degree in biology, Dorothy Straughter’s introduction to quilting by a friend in 2014 resulted in a historical journey that is woven through her numerous works which include the Underground Railroad, Great Migration, and American History Quilts© (Negrobilia). 

Conversation on: “Personifications of Truth” with Dorothy Straughter
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2–4 pm | Suggested Donation $15 | Free to WMG members

 

Image: Dorothy Straughter

 

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Please join us on Saturday, November 23, for the closing reception of Woman Made Gallery's  current exhibition, “Truth as a Contested Concept.” The event includes a performance by artist Carron Little and a Gallery Talk with selected exhibiting artists. The moderator will be the show’s curator, Indira Freitas Johnson.

Carron Little creates interactive performance art that is inspired by poetry she has written. Utopic Dialectics was initially inspired by the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as the ongoing forms of oppressive communication instilled by the spectacle of our current state of politics in the United States. Gendered violence and oppressive forms of communication are explored in this performance. The piece incorporates one of Little’s “people poems” written for Jose Hernandez, who now goes by Rose Hernandez. The work poetically makes the invisible visible and creates space for us, collectively, to raise questions about gendered violence and gendered communication.

An award-winning artist and educator, Indira Freitas Johnson has a passion to make art a part of everyday life. She also strives to involve local communities in the art process. Influenced by an artist father and a mother who was a social activist, Johnson believes strongly that art and activism are a powerful combination for social change.

Born in Mumbai, India, Johnson received her undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay and the Sir JJ Institute of Art. She earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the prestigious Illinois Governors Award for the Arts. Chicago Magazine named her the 2013 Chicagoan of the Year.
 

 

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Please join us on Saturday, November 23, for the closing reception of Woman Made Gallery's  current exhibition, “Truth as a Contested Concept.” The event includes a performance by artist Carron Little and a Gallery Talk with selected exhibiting artists. The moderator will be the show’s curator, Indira Freitas Johnson.

Carron Little creates interactive performance art that is inspired by poetry she has written. Utopic Dialectics was initially inspired by the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as the ongoing forms of oppressive communication instilled by the spectacle of our current state of politics in the United States. Gendered violence and oppressive forms of communication are explored in this performance. The piece incorporates one of Little’s “people poems” written for Jose Hernandez, who now goes by Rose Hernandez. The work poetically makes the invisible visible and creates space for us, collectively, to raise questions about gendered violence and gendered communication.

An award-winning artist and educator, Indira Freitas Johnson has a passion to make art a part of everyday life. She also strives to involve local communities in the art process. Influenced by an artist father and a mother who was a social activist, Johnson believes strongly that art and activism are a powerful combination for social change.

Born in Mumbai, India, Johnson received her undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay and the Sir JJ Institute of Art. She earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the prestigious Illinois Governors Award for the Arts. Chicago Magazine named her the 2013 Chicagoan of the Year.
 

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Reception and Open House: Saturday, Dec. 7 | 1–4 p.m.
Members + Volunteer Party + Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec. 15 | 1–4 p.m.

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its “Small Works Members Show,” an exhibition juried by select WMG Board and Staff members. A treasure trove for collectors, art lovers, and gift givers, the exhibition includes 130  works by current artist members.

On view are two- and three-dimensional pieces in a variety of media including painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, ceramic, and photography. Works have a size limitation of 16 x 16 inches, and prices range from $50 to $300.

Exhibiting Artists: Terry Adams, Bhagya Ajaikumar, Macus Alonso, Marisa Andropolis, Anoush Bargamian, Jane Barthès, Tracy Barwick, Tania Blanco, Jan Brandt, Monica J. Brown, Rae Broyles, Sharon Burton, Samantha Butkus, Pamela Callahan, Barbara Melnik Carson, Kristin Cass, Kathy Chambers, Jan Brown Checco, Suzanne Scott Constantine, Sara Peak Convery, Kimberly Davidson, Melanie Deal, Peggy Dee, Sheila A. Donovan, Dorit Jordan Dotan, Eileen Downes, Victoria Elizabeth, SP Estes, Carol Estes, Barbara Forgue, Anne Farley Gaines, Anne-Bridget Gary, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Wilhelmina Grant, Pat Guizzetti, Kimberly Gust, Wendy Haas, Shilin Hora, Lisa Jenschke, Shelly Jyoti, Aicy Karbstein, Safir Kaylan, Mary King, Helen Klebesadel, Jamie Kost, Juliane von Kunhardt, Jeanne LaCasse, Kim Laurel, Laurie LeBreton, Patricia Leon, Carron Little, Jennifer Lothrigel, Roberta Malkin, April Malphurs, Shawn Marshall, Brigid McGivern, Bert Menco, Anat Mor-Avi, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Louise Pappageorge, Mary Penn, Pamela Penney, Lauren Peterson, Corinne D Peterson, Julie Pitzen, Mabi Ponce de León, Sonia Pratt, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Nancy Reid, Liese Ricketts, Nichole Riley, Gina Lee Robbins, Laura Phelps Rogers,  Kathleen Blankley Roman, Caren Helene Rudman, Fran Sampson, Suzannah Schreckhise, Keyana Scott, Suzanne Shafer-Wilson, Fern Shaffer, Kathy Shaw, Ruth G. Sikes, Jolanta Soares, Cynthia Staples, Judy Steffens, Dorothy Straughter, Karen Tichy, Nicole Van Dyken, Mariko Ventura, Valerie Wahna, Babette Wainwright, Kim Walker, Marybeth Ward, Erin Waser, Mary Winter, Rebecca Wolfram, and Marjorie Woodruff.

Jurors: Kelly Hensen, Marta Kowalska-Porcz, Beate Minkovski
Marta Kowalska-Porcz is an artist and WMG’s Gallery Coordinator. Having worked at WMG less than a year, she has made her mark managing all WMG programs, most recently at SOFA Chicago. Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski are artists, WMG’s co-founders, and members of WMG’s Board of Directors. The exhibition will include art by staff and selected board members

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Reception and Open House: Saturday, Dec. 7 | 1–4 p.m.
Members + Volunteer Party + Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec. 15 | 1–4 p.m.

CHICAGO –– Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its “Small Works Members Show,” an exhibition juried by select WMG Board and Staff members. A treasure trove for collectors, art lovers, and gift givers, the exhibition includes 130  works by current artist members.

On view are two- and three-dimensional pieces in a variety of media including painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, ceramic, and photography. Works have a size limitation of 16 x 16 inches, and prices range from $50 to $300.

Exhibiting Artists: Terry Adams, Bhagya Ajaikumar, Macus Alonso, Marisa Andropolis, Anoush Bargamian, Jane Barthès, Tracy Barwick, Tania Blanco, Jan Brandt, Monica J. Brown, Rae Broyles, Sharon Burton, Samantha Butkus, Pamela Callahan, Barbara Melnik Carson, Kristin Cass, Kathy Chambers, Jan Brown Checco, Suzanne Scott Constantine, Sara Peak Convery, Kimberly Davidson, Melanie Deal, Peggy Dee, Sheila A. Donovan, Dorit Jordan Dotan, Eileen Downes, Victoria Elizabeth, SP Estes, Carol Estes, Barbara Forgue, Anne Farley Gaines, Anne-Bridget Gary, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Wilhelmina Grant, Pat Guizzetti, Kimberly Gust, Wendy Haas, Shilin Hora, Lisa Jenschke, Shelly Jyoti, Aicy Karbstein, Safir Kaylan, Mary King, Helen Klebesadel, Jamie Kost, Juliane von Kunhardt, Jeanne LaCasse, Kim Laurel, Laurie LeBreton, Patricia Leon, Carron Little, Jennifer Lothrigel, Roberta Malkin, April Malphurs, Shawn Marshall, Brigid McGivern, Bert Menco, Anat Mor-Avi, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Louise Pappageorge, Mary Penn, Pamela Penney, Lauren Peterson, Corinne D Peterson, Julie Pitzen, Mabi Ponce de León, Sonia Pratt, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Nancy Reid, Liese Ricketts, Nichole Riley, Gina Lee Robbins, Laura Phelps Rogers,  Kathleen Blankley Roman, Caren Helene Rudman, Fran Sampson, Suzannah Schreckhise, Keyana Scott, Suzanne Shafer-Wilson, Fern Shaffer, Kathy Shaw, Ruth G. Sikes, Jolanta Soares, Cynthia Staples, Judy Steffens, Dorothy Straughter, Karen Tichy, Nicole Van Dyken, Mariko Ventura, Valerie Wahna, Babette Wainwright, Kim Walker, Marybeth Ward, Erin Waser, Mary Winter, Rebecca Wolfram, and Marjorie Woodruff.

Jurors: Kelly Hensen, Marta Kowalska-Porcz, Beate Minkovski
Marta Kowalska-Porcz is an artist and WMG’s Gallery Coordinator. Having worked at WMG less than a year, she has made her mark managing all WMG programs, most recently at SOFA Chicago. Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski are artists, WMG’s co-founders, and members of WMG’s Board of Directors. The exhibition will include art by staff and selected board members

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its “3rd Midwest Open,” an exhibition juried by Mia Lopez. From submissions by female-identified artists residing in the Midwest, Lopez chose 32 works by 27 artists.

In her juror statement, Mia Lopez writes: “I was inspired by WMG’s decades of supporting female-identifying artists through refreshing and inclusive exhibitions. Though the selected artists represent a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, they are unified via thoughtful consideration of form and content. From figurative paintings to conceptual photography, abstract sculptures, and myriad media in between, this annual exhibit demonstrates the incredible diversity of artistic practices in the Midwest.”

Exhibiting Artists: Marisa Andropolis, Jessica Belangee, Kate Brown, Pamela Callahan, Caitlin Cartwright, Peggy Dee, Nancy Hild, Rachelle Hill, Deborah Hirshfield, K Ann Horn, Alyssa Kaboskey, Kim Laurel, Emily Leach, Haerim Lee, X. A. Li, Cristina Marquez, Elsa Muñoz, Lindsay Olson, Anna Petersen, Natalie Pivoney, Mary Porterfield, Simone Quiles, Christine Rabenold, Shelby Rodeffer, Jolanta Soares, Nadia Stiegman, Crystal Tursich.

Juror: Mia Lopez is Assistant Curator at the DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, where she works on exhibitions, publications, and public programs focused on expanding the art historical canon. At DPAM, she has contributed to numerous projects, including the exhibitions “Remember Where You Are,” “Eric J. Garcia: The Bald Eagle’s Toupee,” and “Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite.” Lopez was previously Curatorial Fellow for Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where she assisted with the exhibitions “International Pop” and “Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections.”

Lopez completed dual Masters degrees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism and in Arts Administration and Policy. She also has a BA in Art History from Rice University. She has interned and worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), the Contemporary Art Museum Houston, and the Museo Alameda in San Antonio. Lopez is a 2012 alumna of the Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program and a 2016 alumna of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute. Her writing has appeared in publications by the DePaul Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum Houston, the Walker Art Center, Prospect New Orleans, and Arte Público Press.


Image: Jolanta Soares, Blind Justice

 

 

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CHICAGO –– Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “Suffra-Jetting,” an exhibition inspired by Candace Hunter and juried by Malika Jackson. From 300 works by female-identified artists, Malika Jackson chose 43 pieces by 39 local and international artists, representing both US and global perspectives.

Works in the exhibition are emotional and deeply personal, sharing female experiences that address a myriad of topics: motherhood, inequality, body image, racism, violence, spirituality, and so much more. Life experiences are translated into art in the form of paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, mixed media works, sculptures, book-art, and video works.

Illinois artist Amy Bernard describes her work in this way: “This tea set is for my grandmothers, created in their memory, and for every other woman who dreamed of a career and a life beyond making a nice life for others. The women who had to polish silver, wash china, and wax linoleum floors instead of living the life they desired. Because of women like them, women like me can live their whole truth and manifest the lives we covet with no regrets. My grandmothers’ sacrifices help me understand how important it is to live my life fully and authentically, with a purpose.”

Exhibiting Artists: Jenny Balisle, Ginny Baughman, Emily Beck, Amy Bernard, Janet Braun-Reinitz, CarveStone, Veronica Ceci, Betty Chernansky,  Rachel Garber Cole, Maritza Davila, Rosemary Davis, Sharon Draghi, Carol Estes, Anita Giraldo, Mary Hazboun, Deborah Hirshfield, Nicolina Holt, Tonia Hughes, Rose Rita James, Lisa Jenschke, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Phyllis Lear, Diane Levesque, Verneda Lights, Babsi Loisch, MC,  Liz O'Brien, Nancy Pirri, Felicia Grant Preston, Lois Bielefeld and Nirmal Raja, MahlÕt S A N S O S A, Ruth G. Sikes, Patricia Stewart, Dorothy Straughter, Rhonda Urdang, Lisa Venditelli, Whitney Wade, Babette Wainwright, Kelly Witte.

Juror: Malika Jackson earned both her BA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works have been exhibited in solo and group shows at Howard Brown Center, Chicago State University, Hyde Park Art Center, Woman Made Gallery, the Woodshop Gallery (Chicago), Noyes Gallery (Evanston), the Museum of Science and Industry, and the South Side Community Art Center, among other venues.

Jackson’s awards include an honorable mention from the Museum of Science and Industry, and she was honored by the Diasporal Rhythms Art Association. Jackson received an art grant from the City of Chicago, design awards from Ann Brooks and Fur International. She has completed commissions for public art throughout Chicago, and she has curated the CulturalConnection Fine Art Festival for the past 22 years. Jackson’s art is in public and private collections. https://www.malikajackson.net/

 

Image: Amy Bernard

 

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Image: From Tonika Johnson's Website

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “TOUCH, A Virtual Exhibition” with work by 181 artists from the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland and Switzerland.

Inspired by the current pandemic, this exhibition looks at something that many of us have had to completely do without: TOUCH. Most of the world is under order to shelter in place, practice social distancing, stay 6 feet away from each other. This is particularly punishing given that the tactile is such an integral part of the way we develop human relationships. In fact, our use of the word “touch” in English has long referred to how we stay connected–even from a distance.

In curating the 430 entries, Gina Lee Robbins looked for very specific personal responses to the theme. She began to see touch as its own complex language. Robbins selected works that convey the myriad ways we use touch to communicate with ourselves, others and the world around us, and how we respond emotionally to its presence or absence.  Among these are representations of comfort, healing, tenderness, love, control, pain, fear, grief and loss.

In her photograph “I Panic” Maha Alasaker from Kuwait expresses her thoughts: “My heart is racing. I can’t catch my breath. I’m going to be sick. I try to focus, but the panic is hard to fight. I can’t think, the manic pace of my thoughts race across the landscape of my consciousness. Numbness creeps over my body as though my soul and body are out of harmony. I know the signs. It’s coming. Having anxiety and being in a defined space, doesn’t help… But we are all in it .. and I keep reminding myself of that.”

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Exhibiting Artists: Bhagya Ajaikumar, Ngozi Akande, Maha Alasaker, Valerie Alsbrook, Angela Amias, Liala Amin, Nikki Renee Anderson, Ara-Lucia, Charuka Arora, Lisa Marie Barber, Anoush Bargamian, Jenny Belin, Julie Black, Marit Block, Kelly Boehmer, Shelly Bond, Tara Booth, Dimitra Bouritsa, K. Johnson Bowles, Fran Bull, Alexandra Buxbaum, Rebecca Casement, Kristin Cass, Olivia Chapman, Nicole Chaput, Jenny  Chernansky, Angela Chostner, Nancy Ciesiel, Rae Clatch, Bobbye Cochran, Andrea Cook, Carrie Cooper, Renee Couture, Deborah Crandell, Alicia Dawn Criswell, Yvette Cummings, Melanie Deal, Rachael Marie Demeo, Nicole Denton, Sally Brown Deskins, PJ Desrochers, Kelly Devitt, Hyunhee Doh, Janice Elkins, Deborah Emerson, Ally Emrich, Alison Erazmus, Carol Estes, SP Estes, Sève Favre, Dea Fischer, Lauren Flaaen, Suzanne Forbes, Susan Fraerman, Sarah Freeland, Stacy Frett, Victoria Fuller, Kathleen Marie Garness, Gill Gatfield, Helen Geglio, Bettina Gellinek Turner, Sarah Genematas, Leah Golberstein, Lea Goldman, Donna Goode, Jeanette Green, Anna Brooke Greene, Karen Gubitz, Autumn Guntor, Millie Rose Guy, Jenny Halpern, Rebecca Hamlin Green, Muriel Hansen, Kelly Harrington, Katie Haseeb, Ali Headley, Alison Hixon, Kelsey Ann Horn, Marilyn Hrymak, Ellie Hueneke, Tonia Hughes, Malika Jackson, Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Heather Ryan Kelley, Venise Keys, Steff Korsage, Barbara Krantz, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Stephanie Krellwitz, Juliane von Kunhardt, Kimi Kuniyoshi, Angela M. LaMonte, Capri Landi, Betty Jane Lau, Kim Laurel, Christine LaValley, Irena Lawruszko, Gwladys Le Roy, Laurie LeBreton, Fiona Lee, Sabrina Lee, Susan Lehman, Susan Lenz, Jennifer Lindemer, Casey Lowry, Elaine Luther, Hannah Jo Malaczynski, Roberta Malkin, Jennifer Mannebach, Claire Marcus, Zana Mariño, Betsy Marsch, Maureen May, Linda McCune, Bethan McFadden, Vatsala Menon, Lynn Merel, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Xanthe Miller, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Judy Nemer Sklar, Kai Nemra, Louise Noakes, Mary Jo Parker O’Hearn, Heather Olker, Greta Olson, Erin ONeill, Luisa Otero Prada, Katherine O’Truk, Hanna M. Owens, Patricia Panopoulos, Tonya Patrick, Theodora Pavlou, Wendy Peer, Lauren Peterson, Laurel Pierce, Diane Ponder, Rebecca Potts, Felicia Grant Preston, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Angela Rebrec, Milana Reedus, Mia Risberg, Kathleen Roman, Caren Helene Rudman, MahlÕt S A N S O S A, Red Sagalow, Fran Sampson, Nelly Sanchez, Paula Schiller, Johanna Sarah Schlenk, Heather Sepanik, Carol Shikany, Alma Shoaf, Michele Silvetti-Schmitt, K Smith, Payton Spinosa, Patricia Stewart, Susanne Swanson-Bernard, Laurie Talbot Hall, Sumire Taniai, Cheryl Thomas, Marlene Trauth, Star Trauth, Nina Urlichs, Carol Van Alstine, Gwynneth VanLaven, Carolina Vélez Muñiz, Alyssa Vignone, Katie Vota, Natalie Walser, Julie Waltz-Stalker, Melissa Wang, Marybeth Ward, Sofia Wehrle, Jennifer Weigel, Lisa Wicka, Christina Williams, Rachael Zur.

Curator/Juror: Gina Lee Robbins is a visual and teaching artist who creates sculptural objects in clay, fiber and other tactile materials.  Largely self-taught, she has been working with ceramics and found materials for over 30 years. Her work has been exhibited in solo, invitational and juried group shows and competitions throughout the United States, and her sculptures are part of private and corporate collections worldwide. https://www.ginaleerobbins.com/

 

 

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Facebook Live Opening: Saturday, June 13 | 2–3 p.m.

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “TOUCH, A Virtual Exhibition” with work by 180 artists from the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland and Switzerland.

Inspired by the current pandemic, this exhibition looks at something that many of us have had to completely do without: TOUCH. Most of the world is under order to shelter in place, practice social distancing, stay 6 feet away from each other. This is particularly punishing given that the tactile is such an integral part of the way we develop human relationships. In fact, our use of the word “touch” in English has long referred to how we stay connected--even from a distance.

In curating the 430 entries, Gina Lee Robbins looked for very specific personal responses to the theme. She began to see touch as its own complex language. Robbins selected works that convey the myriad ways we use touch to communicate with ourselves, others and the world around us, and how we respond emotionally to its presence or absence. Among these are representations of comfort, healing, tenderness, love, control, pain, fear, grief and loss.

In her photograph \"Panic\" Maha Alasaker from Kuwait expresses her anxiety: \" My heart is racing. I can’t catch my breath. I’m going to be sick. I try to focus, but the panic is hard to fight. I can’t think, the manic pace of my thoughts race across the landscape of my consciousness. Numbness creeps over my body as though my soul and body are out of harmony. I know the signs. It’s coming. Having anxiety and being in a defined space, doesn't help... But we are all in it .. and I keep reminding myself of that.\"


Exhibiting Artists: Bhagya Ajaikumar, Ngozi Akande, Maha Alasaker, Valerie Alsbrook, Angela Amias, Liala Amin, Nikki Renee Anderson, Ara-Lucia, Charuka Arora, Lisa Marie Barber, Anoush Bargamian, Jenny Belin, Julie Black, Marit Block, Kelly Boehmer, Shelly Bond, Tara Booth, Dimitra Bouritsa, K. Johnson Bowles, Fran Bull, Alexandra Buxbaum, Rebecca Casement, Kristin Cass, Olivia Chapman, Nicole Chaput, Jenny  Chernansky, Angela Chostner, Nancy Ciesiel, Rae Clatch, Bobbye Cochran, Andrea Cook, Carrie Cooper, Renee Couture, Deborah Crandell, Alicia Dawn Criswell, Yvette Cummings, Melanie Deal, Rachael Marie Demeo, Nicole Denton, Sally Brown Deskins, PJ Desrochers, Kelly Devitt, Hyunhee Doh, Janice Elkins, Deborah Emerson, Ally Emrich, Alison Erazmus, Carol Estes, SP Estes, Sève Favre, Dea Fischer, Lauren Flaaen, Suzanne Forbes, Susan Fraerman, Sarah Freeland, Stacy Frett, Victoria Fuller, Kathleen Marie Garness, Gill Gatfield, Helen Geglio, Bettina Gellinek Turner, Sarah Genematas, Leah Golberstein, Lea Goldman, Donna Goode, Jeanette Green, Anna Brooke Greene, Karen Gubitz, Autumn Guntor, Millie Rose Guy, Jenny Halpern, Rebecca Hamlin Green, Muriel Hansen, Kelly Harrington, Katie Haseeb, Ali Headley, Alison Hixon, Kelsey Ann Horn, Marilyn Hrymak, Ellie Hueneke, Tonia Hughes, Malika Jackson, Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Heather Ryan Kelley, Venise Keys, Steff Korsage, Barbara Krantz, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Stephanie Krellwitz, Juliane von Kunhardt, Kimi Kuniyoshi, Angela M. LaMonte, Capri Landi, Betty Jane Lau, Kim Laurel, Christine LaValley, Irena Lawruszko, Gwladys Le Roy, Laurie LeBreton, Fiona Lee, Sabrina Lee, Susan Lehman, Susan Lenz, Jennifer Lindemer, Casey Lowry, Elaine Luther, Hannah Jo Malaczynski, Roberta Malkin, Jennifer Mannebach, Claire Marcus, Zana Mariño, Betsy Marsch, Maureen May, Linda McCune, Bethan McFadden, Vatsala Menon, Lynn Merel, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Xanthe Miller, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Judy Nemer Sklar, Kai Nemra, Louise Noakes, Mary Jo Parker O'Hearn, Heather Olker, Greta Olson, Erin ONeill, Luisa Otero Prada, Katherine O'Truk, Hanna M. Owens, Patricia Panopoulos, Tonya Patrick, Theodora Pavlou, Wendy Peer, Lauren Peterson, Laurel Pierce, Diane Ponder, Rebecca Potts, Felicia Grant Preston, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Angela Rebrec, Milana Reedus, Mia Risberg, Kathleen Roman, Caren Helene Rudman, MahlÕt  S A N S O S A, Red Sagalow, Fran Sampson, Nelly Sanchez, Paula Schiller, Johanna Sarah Schlenk, Heather Sepanik, Carol Shikany, Alma Shoaf, Michele Silvetti-Schmitt, K Smith, Payton Spinosa, Patricia Stewart, Susanne Swanson-Bernard, Laurie Talbot Hall, Sumire Taniai, Cheryl Thomas, Marlene Trauth, Star Trauth, Nina Urlichs, Carol Van Alstine, Gwynneth VanLaven, Carolina Velez Muñiz, Alyssa Vignone, Katie Vota, Natalie Walser, Julie Waltz-Stalker, Melissa Wang, Marybeth Ward, Sofia Wehrle, Jennifer Weigel, Lisa Wicka, Christina Williams, Rachael Zur.

Juror/Curator: Gina Lee Robbins is a visual and teaching artist who creates sculptural objects in clay, fiber and other tactile materials. Largely self-taught, she has been working with ceramics and found materials for over 30 years. Her work has been exhibited in solo, invitational and juried group shows and competitions throughout the United States, and her sculptures are part of private and corporate collections worldwide.  https://www.ginaleerobbins.com/
 

 

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July 3–31, 2020 | Zoom/Facebook Live Opening: July 11, 2020 | 2–3 p.m.

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “HOME, A Virtual Exhibition” with work by 123 artists from the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Due to Covid-19 the theme of home is particularly relevant. With the Stay at Home orders everywhere, so much of life is impacted. Home is often presumed to be a safe sanctuary or retreat that one goes to reconnect with themselves, but that is not the experience for many who face trauma and violence at home or who do not have a stable home to go to.

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In her juror’s statement Jennifer Weigel reflects on the entries: “In jurying Home for Woman Made Gallery, I was drawn to the diversity of expression and willingness to share our most intimate moments: our laughs, loves, and losses. How we see our homes is very much a reflection of how we see ourselves. What is important to us? What dark thoughts lurk in the closet or under the bed and keep us up at night? What lights our way to carry us through our dark times, and what gives us cause to sing and dance in the kitchen? Home is a reflection of where we are in our lives, where we have been, and where we are going.

About her work Togetherness from the M”other” Series (right image) Tulika Ladsariya writes: “In my newly recreated home studio, I have focused combining my 4-year old daughter’s sketches, my painting and my mother’s crochet. Currently, we are coping with our ennui, anxiety and frustration through making art- my daughter and me in the US and her grandmother in India. Through these narrative works, I attempt to bring these three women artists from across generations and borders together and remind us that no matter where we are physically, our sentiments and frustrations are real. Our losses, anxiety and fears are real. Our love, albeit virtual, is real. These works will document these sentiments and foster a dialogue of commonality of experience across the globe.”

Exhibiting Artists: Ngozi Akande, Elaine Alibrandi, Marjorie Arnett, Lisa Marie Barber, Sandra Barrett, Donya Beaton, Zoe Beaudry, Kari Black, Sarah Blaszczak, Susan Bloomfield, Fanny Brodar, Dorothy Broers, Marianna Buchwald, Debbie Burk, Maria Camera-Smith, Christina Canzoneri, Sara Corley Martinez, Rachel Dickson, Caro Dranow, Iwona Duszek, Mirvia Sol Eckert, Bronwyn Elkuss, Deborah Emerson, Carol Estes, Sophia Etling, Donna Faranda, Melon Fernsebner, Linda Foley, Lisa Foster, Lisa Friedman, Victoria Fuller, Elise Gagliardi, Kathleen Garness, Christine Giancola, Juliet Goodden, Laurie Hall, Karen Hanrahan, Pamela Hobbs, Katie Hovencamp, Megan Hulan, Valerie Huss, Nura Husseini, Christine Ilewski, Malika Jackson, Jennifer Jenkins, Aunia Kahn, Ruth Keitz, Jennifer Kempf, Zoe Kennedy, River Kerstetter, Mary King, Christina Klein, Mary Kolada Scott, Tulika Ladsariya, Betty Jane Lau, Beatriz Ledesma, Julie Lee, Susan E Lehman, Jill Leipprandt, Anna Lentz, Sarah Leslie, Dawn Liddicoatt, Li Lin- Liang, Dominika Lipecka, Sandra Luckett, Elaine Luther, Laura Lynne, Ellen Starr Lyon, Mandem, Claire Marcus, Juliet Martin, JL Maxcy, Maureen May, Sandra Mayo, Mary McFerran, Edith Mendez, Deborah Mitchell, Karen Musgrave, Liz Nania, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Lollie Ortiz, Patricia Panopoulos, Wendy Peer, Corinne D Peterson, Amy Pleasant, Kristen Polotsky, Kit Porter, Ann Quinn, Gina Lee Robbins, Kathryn Rodrigues, Red Sagalow, Whitney Lea Sage, Marcia Santore, Mickey Satkiewicz, Jo Scheder, Paula Schiller, Johanna Sarah Schlenk, Gabby Schmitt, Heather Sepanik, Sherin Shefik, Carol Shikany, Michelle Sierra, Payton Spinosa, Tina Starr, Kiki Steinman-Arendsee, Susanne Swanson- Bernard, Meredith Swortwood, Salma Taman, D.A. Terzian, Cheryl Thomas, Michele Thrane, Tricia Townes, Ann Tracy, Janie Tubbs, Maria V, Gwynneth VanLaven, Jessica Wagner, Juliann Wang, Jan Wiesner, Elaine Woo, April Wright.

Curator/Juror: Jennifer Weigel is a multi-disciplinary mixed media conceptual artist. Weigel utilizes a wide range of media to convey her ideas, including assemblage, drawing, fibers, installation, jewelry, painting, performance, photography and video. Much of her work touches on themes of beauty, identity (especially gender identity), memory & forgetting, and institutional critique. Weigel’s art has been exhibited nationally in all 50 states and has won numerous awards. For more information visit https://www.jenniferweigelprojects.com/

View “HOME, A Virtual Exhibition” online: https://womanmade.org/home-a-virtual-exhibition/

 

 

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Oftentimes, artists pursue their unparalleled originality and one of a kind making process through their own inventive and unique adaptations of traditional techniques. The processes reflect the artists’ insights and experiences in creation, and it becomes a work of art itself. Other times, everyday objects and raw elements can challenge many makers to push the boundaries of the common perception and expectation of the material. It is also through the artists’ eyes that we see the hidden potential of the material.

Juror | Curator: Yoonshin Park 
Yoonshin Park is working with sculptural papers, artist books, and installation. Her main media concentration is pulp, paper and artist books. Her interest in comprehensive process of paper making and book binding caters her work to encompass various elements woven into complete objects. She received her M.A. and M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She was born in Seoul, Korea and currently resides in Chicago, IL Visit https://www.yoonshinpark.com/ for more information.

 

Image: Interior view of Woman Made Gallery from previous exhibition

 

 

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Click HERE to view exhibition online

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “LOSS, A Virtual Exhibition,” with works by 120 artists from the US, Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Nigeria, and Turkey.

Open to women-identified and nonbinary artists from the local, national, and international communities, the exhibit was curated by Felicia Grant Preston. She has selected works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital works, and video—all exploring the concept of loss. Click HERE for Felicia Grant Preston’s message to the artists in this exhibition and to our community.

Artist Nancer Ballard writes:“Life and death matters—whether physical, psychic, or circumstantial—remind us that irrevocable ill fortune can befall any of us. If we are brave enough to keep our eyes and minds and hearts open, tragedies can startle us with their randomness, humble us with their enormity, and encourage us to respond to suffering with empathy, love, and a commitment to preserve meaning and memory. In preparing images to honor loss for this exhibit, I was struck by how often we imbue simple physical objects—a dress worn to too many funerals, impromptu memorials along a fence, or the few last cherished possessions of a friend or relative dying too soon—to carry the pain we cannot bear alone and the memories we dare not forget.”

Exhibiting Artists: Ngozi Akande, Future Akins, Samar Babar, Stella Bach, Nancer Ballard, Dawn Barr, Marie Bergstedt, Audrey Kriss Berkowitz, Kari Stieglitz Black, Jean Blackwell Font, Laurie Blakeslee, Stacy Bogdonoff, Barbaranne Branca, Karen Breitenbach, Marianna Buchwald, Debbie Burk, Maureen Burns Bowie, Stefani Byrd, Jenn Cacciola, Laura C Carlson, Barbara Melnik Carson, Emily Casella, Maureen Catbagan, Jenny Chernansky, Veronica Clements, Sara Peak Convery, Patricia DaRif, Cristina Ariza Davila, Jackie DesForges, Sally Brown Deskins, Tamara Diaz, Hyunhee Doh, Tami Dollase, Gabrielle Egnater, Patty Eljaiek, Sarah Entingh, Carol Estes, Donna Faranda, Susan Fecho, Christina Fitch, Stacey Foisy, Elise Gagliardi, Kathryn Gauthier, Alexandra Giannell, Monica Goldsmith, Kay Gordon, Jae Green, Karen Gubitz, Pamela Hadley, Alison Hafner, Tara Hakim, Karen Hanrahan, Brileigh Hardcastle, Linda Henke, Brianna Hernández Baurichter, Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, Pamela Hobbs, Ann Huang, Doina Iacob, Patricia Izzo, Hall Jameson, Gina Judy, Shannon Kernaghan, Venise Keys, Shefali Khanna, Sonia Kholamian Gebhardt, Caroline Knickmeier, Mary Kolada Scott, Victoria Kolbuck, Gamze Konca, Ann Kozeliski, Beth Krensky, Candace Law, Laurie LeBreton, Julie Lee, Joyce Lex, Nina Liu, Casey Lowry, Violet Luczak, Anda Marcu, Meredith Mays Espino, Linda Williams McCune, Diane Miller, Lacey Minor, Gaby Mojica, Yasmin Noorbakhsh, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Chinze Ojobo, Anna Petersen, Jade Phillips, Yvonne Pitts, Alice Sharie Revelski, Gina Lee Robbins, Nancy J. Rodwan, Holly Romano, Jo Scheder, Sarah Schneiderman, Meredith Schroeder, Sabine Senft, Mary Senter, Sia Serafina, Leaf Silver, Adrienne Sloane, Alison Stein, Caito Stewart, Patricia Stewart, Susanne Swanson Bernard, Millette Tapiador, Cheryl Thomas, Sarah Trad, Gwynneth VanLaven, Mariko Ventura, Matina Vossou, Julie Waltz-Stalker, Marybeth Ward, Jennifer Weigel, Marion Wilson, Kelly Witte, Elaine Woo, Lisa Youngdahl.

Curator/Juror: Felicia Grant Preston is an art instructor and visual artist. She received a BA from Southern Illinois University, an MS Ed from Northern Illinois University, and an MA from Chicago State University. In addition, she has studied at the University of Illinois, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Governors State University, and The Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been included in the Paul R. Jones collection at the University of Delaware, considered one of the largest collections of African American art. Publications include the University of Delaware’s 2005 datebook, Abstract and All That, University of Delaware exhibition catalog, African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond by Daniel T. Parker, cover design for Mystic Turf: Poems by Quraysh Ali Lansana, and one image in Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks, edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Sandra Jackson-Opoku (2016). For more information, visit  https://www.feliciagrantpreston.com/

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its “23rd International Open,” juried by Juana Williams who included the work in a variety of media by 35 female artists from the US,  Argentina, Bolivia, England, France, India, Iran, Nigeria and Norway.

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In her statement, Juana Williams writes: “With an extensive knowledge of the inadequate amount of support and opportunities women artists have received throughout history, it was refreshing to experience the opportunity of working with Woman Made Gallery. To jury an exhibition sharing the voices of women artists within a women-run gallery has been a wonderful experience; knowing that I was tangibly contributing to the overall support of artists who identify as women.

The hundreds of submissions for the 23rd International supported my belief that there are a plethora of women artists across the globe producing masterfully created artwork, within every medium. It was my hope to portray this variety of media women artists have mastered. I also hoped to use the platform I’d been given to not only increase visibility, but to uplift and celebrate the unique voices of women as displayed through visual art.” -Juana Williams

Exhibiting Artists: Anne Adams, Robin Adsit, Lisa Alberts, Fabiane Aleixo, Jacqueline Bermudez,  Boisali Biswas, Caitlyn Brandt, Valentina Campos, Adrianna Clark, Cyrah Dardas Amina Daugherty, Nephe De’Viana-Horne, Celia Greiner, Nicola Hockley, Carol Irving, Mina Katebi, Margaret Laurena Kemp + Julie Wyman, Christy Lo Lok Lam, D. Lammie-Hanson, Dawn Liddicoatt, Michelle McDowell Smith, Christyn  Overstake, Felicia Grant Preston, Célia Rakotondrainy, Qiaira Riley, Annie Rochelle, Shinoid,  Ritu Sinha, Dolores Slowinski, Cris LaNiese Smith, Dorothy Straughter, Zoya Taylor, Amy Usdin, Erin Wheary, April Wright.

Juror: Juana Williams is an independent contemporary art curator from Detroit, Michigan. Her curatorial practice predominantly focuses on deconstructing complex, contemporary cultural issues and attempts to provide a dialogue within which these issues can be discussed. As an emerging African American curator and scholar, she is also particularly sensitive to and interested in issues of diversity.

Williams previously served as the Exhibitions Curator at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has curated exhibitions at multiple galleries and museums featuring a roster of artists at various stages of their careers including Wangechi Mutu, Firelei Báez, Devan Shimoyama, Mavis Pusey, and Elizabeth Catlett, to name a few. She has recently guest-curated at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art and the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Williams holds a BA in Art and an MA in Art History, both from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to joining UICA, Williams held multiple positions at various art institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the Wayne State University Art Department Gallery, the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.  https://www.curatorjuana.com/

(Banner image: artwork by Boisali Biswas. Right image: Juana Williams)

Donations are always welcome and appreciated: http://womanmade.org/donate

 

 

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Online Viewing Room Available Here

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its annual ‘Small Works Members’ Show,’ an exhibition with 145 works by 88 current WMG artist members.
 
A treasure trove for collectors, art lovers and gift givers, the exhibition includes painting, mixed media, fiber, collage, printmaking, sculpture, ceramic, photography and jewelry. Works have a size limitation of 16 inches and prices range from $50 to $300. Please view our online shop HERE.

Exhibiting Artists: Ngozi Akande, Anoush Bargamian, Amy Bernard, Boisali Biswas, Rose Bonacorsi, Sally Brown, Marianna Buchwald, Samantha Butkus, Betty Chernansky, Suzanne Scott Constantine, Sara Peak Convery, Beth Costello, Cathie Crawford, Patricia DaRif, Soumisha Dauthel, Tami Dollase, Sheila A. Donovan, Eileen Downes, Noreen Dean Dresser, Raquel Esquives, Carol Estes, SP Estes, Susan Fecho, Jesy G, Billie Giese, Kimberly Gust, Jenny Halpern, Connie Hanselman, Lynn Hill, Lynn Hill (Elmhurst), Marilyn Hrymak, Aunia Kahn, Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Ruth Keitz, Emily Keown, Cynthia Kerby, Venise Keys, Mary King, Laila Kujala, Kim Laurel, Laurie LeBreton, Susan Lehman, Sandra Leonard, Dawn Liddicoatt, Jane Mason, Sandy Mayo, Linda Williams McCune, Carol L. Myers, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Joan North, Kaytee O’Connell, Meela Palomx, Mary Penn, Carolyn Pereira, Giovanna Aguirre Peresson, Kathleen Peters, Corinne D. Peterson, Laura Phelps Rogers, Julie Pitzen, Mabi Ponce de Leon, Felicia Grant Preston, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Lyndsay Richards, Maria Ruggiero, Fran Sampson, Zelene Schlosberg, Sarah Schneiderman, Michele Silvetti-Schmitt, Dolores Slowinski, Gretchen Steele, Dorothy Straughter, Sharon Swidler, Cheryl Thomas, Tricia Townes, Frances Trainor, Star Trauth, Gwynneth VanLaven, Valerie Wahna, Julie Waltz-Stalker, Marybeth Ward, Tamara Wasserman, Laura Weathered, Mary Winter, Elaine Woo, Marjorie Woodruff, Lisa Youngdahl.

 

Top Image: Ngozi Akande

 

 

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View the virtual exhibition here

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its “4th Midwest Open,” juried by Brenda Oelbaum who included the work in a variety of media by 44 women-identified artists from the 12Midwest states.

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In her statement, Brenda Oelbaum comments: “It was a great honor to be invited to jury the 4th Midwest Open for Woman Made Gallery. America is not the angry white mob the world witnessed on January 6, 2021. Nothing makes that clearer than one look at the artists and art submitted to this exhibition. We are a rich tapestry of immigrants. We are colorful, unique and speak in a powerful feminist voice. It was this diversity that impressed me the most as I went back and forth through hundreds of entries. Although the locus of the show was the Midwest region, I think there were elements that touched every continent on the planet. This was evidenced in the cultural backgrounds of the artists, the mix of styles and mediums used, from traditional craft to new media and social practice art.It was from this wide array of styles that I was able to select works that illustrate the richness that is the heart and core of this country.” – Brenda Oelbaum

Exhibiting Artists: Gina Alicea, Jaime Andersen, Aodan, Helena Baka, Ginny Baughman, Emily Schnellbacher Bean, Rosalinda Cabrera, Claudia Carlson, Cathie Crawford, Patricia DaRif, Alexis Doerr, Helen Geglio, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Christine Giancola, Lynn Hill, Doina Iacob, Laurel Izard, Natalie Jackson, Lindsay Johnson, Rebecka Kann, Jennifer Kaplan, Jennifer Kling, Laila Kujala, Meg Lagodzki, Betty Jane Lau, Britni Mara, Jane M. Mason, Monika Meler, Teri Miller, Leah Mitchell, Niki Nolin, Joan Painter Jones, Louise Pappageorge, Mabi Ponce de Leon, Nirmal Raja, Liese Ricketts, Anna Segner, Gabriela Sincich, Jamie Tubbs, Gwynneth VanLaven, Mel Watkin, Sandra Wilcoxon, Qianwen Yu, Chunbo Zhang.

Juror: Brenda Oelbaum is a feminist, multimedia, conceptual artist, working in whatever medium best translates the intended message.  Increasingly her work has become political and ecologically minded, repurposing objects found, donated or bought on the resale market objects in her artwork.  From diet books, to piggy banks and now unwanted seascape paintings, Oelbaum finds inspiration in hunting for the weird and unloved.  Buying antiques and collectibles and repurposing them is an ecologically sound practice.

Classically trained in painting and drawing at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto Canada, her work has been shown in South Korea, Iceland, and Mainland China, and throughout the contiguous United States.  Her Venus of Willendorf Project which focus’ on the multibillion-dollar diet industry has been studied and written about internationally from Belgium to India many countries in Latin America. Brenda holds a MA in Gallery Administration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC and was the founding President of the Michigan Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art and is the Michigan Representative for the Feminist Art Project. From 2014 to 2016 she held the post of President of the National Women’s Caucus for Art.  When she is not working on her own work in her studio in Dexter, MI she is helping to promote women in the arts through her affiliation with the WCA through her vast knowledge of the art and gallery industry, attained by living and working in Soho as a ‘Gallerina’ and Archivist for the estate of May Wilson 1905-1986, and curating exhibitions for the WCA Membership regionally and nationally. Helping others is a great way to build a like-minded community no matter where you are.  You don’t need to be on either coast to be a successful exhibiting artist.  https://www.brendaoart.com/

 

 

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ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION

6 - 7 PM // Tune in to the Woman Made Gallery YouTube channel for conversations between juror Brenda Oelbaum and highlighted artists Mabi Ponce de Leon, Gwynneth VanLaven, and Qianwen Yu.

Eventbrite registered ticketholders will be invited to participate via Zoom for a question and answer segment. The Zoom link will be shared by email up to 1hr in advance of the program.

ABOUT THE 4th MIDWEST OPEN: Juried by Feminist activist artist Brenda Oelbaum, the exhibition explores art and artist thinking in the Midwest. With 44 artists from seven of the Midwest states, this exhibition opens doors to the vibrancy, diversity, and strong feminist voice built within the term Midwesterner.

 

Image: A Woman of Many Hats by Gwynneth VanLaven.

 

 

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This exhibition includes 21 woman-identified and non-binary artist pairs anchored in photography and image-based practices and considers the reciprocal relationship between each pair.

The exhibition is on view at the gallery and online. A virtual opening reception is planned for Friday, March 5th, 6 - 8 pm via YouTube and Zoom. Registration is recommended. Please visit WMG's website and follow social media for more information. All works available for sale are listed on WMG's webstore.


In their juror's statement, Ciurej and Lochman outlined the parameters of the exhibition: 

Reciprocity is a relation of mutual dependence, action or influence. In photography, reciprocity refers to the relationship between the aperture (f-stop) and shutter speed, which work dependently and inversely to capture light. It is the key to the perfect exposure.

In reciprocal relationships, like in any collaborative act, ideas and conversations are exchanged, enriching participants intellectually and emotionally. Whether through aesthetic bond, mentor/mentee relationships, friendship, photographer/subject or teacher to student, our pursuits are sustained by these relationships.

To celebrate the reciprocal bonds that enrich our photographic practices, Woman Made Gallery invited women-identified and non-binary artists from the local, national, and international community to pair their photograph or image-based work with that of another practicing artist with whom they are in conversation.

 

Exhibiting Artist Pairs: 

Pinky Bass and Tonia Hughes
Lois Bielefeld and Ebtihal Shedid
Stacy Bogdonoff and Teri Figliuzzi
Brenda Bowyer and Carol Estes
Patty Carroll and Andie Meadows
Maya Dreilinger and Dwora Fried
Juna Hume Clark and Maia Eriko
Karen Dana Cohen and Jess Levey
Gina Costa and Kay Westhues
Sarah Crofts and Nancy Kim
Marianne Fairbanks and Erica Hess
Sanaz Haghani and Lara Vaienti
Rie Jones and L Beck Peterson
Roslyn Julia and Grace Tyson
Caroline Knickmeier and Sarah Stankey
Ann Kogen and Socorro Mucino
Madeleine LeMieux and Angela Shaffer
Amanda Musick and Meg Roussos
Maisie Neale and Clare Weeks
Lydia Panas and Aline Smithson
Brenda Steller and Karyn Stetz

 


About the Jurors: Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman have been collaborating on photographic narratives for four decades and understand reciprocity as essential to collaborative practice. Through photographs, artists books and installation, their work explores the confluence of history, myth and popular culture. Ciurej maintains her photographic practice in Chicago and Lochman is an educator and photographer in Milwaukee, WI. They share a studio in Milwaukee. www.ciurejlochmanphoto.com.

View the exhibition online
Visit the Gallery -- Thursday-Saturday-Sunday  12 - 4
Buy Art through WMG Webstore

COVID-10 Update: As of February 15, 2021, Woman Made Gallery is limiting the number of visitors in the gallery to ten at a time. Face masks are required.  No appointment necessary.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.

 

 

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Virtual Opening Reception: April 15, 6-8PM
Gallery Opening Reception: April 16, 3-8PM

(Registration required )

 

\"Boundaries\" explores modern digital and physical boundary setting as we emerge from global pandemic conditions. While many new physical boundaries have been defined for us, other boundaries were left to be defined.  This exhibition considers the magnitude of this particular moment, as well as conceptual dimensions and negotiations of boundaries broadly, and as particularly experienced by womxn and non-binary individuals.

 

Statement by Whitney LaMora 

\"The opportunity to jury a show under the theme of “Boundaries” in a space dedicated to women and non-binary individuals at the precipice of emerging from a global pandemic is really exceptional. As the reality of what each individual’s new normal would look like set in over the past year, boundaries had to be discovered, set, and considered within our new modalities. While the world was devastated by the pandemic, women became a particular target. Women took the hit when it came to job loss, the massive uptick in at-home responsibility, and the additional pressure of being an emotional centerpoint of so many lives and families. Trans women and non-binary individuals continued to experience disrespect, violence, and instability while watching governments continue to entertain laws that removed their already thin protections. These experiences rang loud and clear in the submissions for this exhibition. Artists spoke of gender identity, motherhood, the healthcare system, the body, physical space, mental health and an incredible amount of nuances in between. I hope the juried exhibition is a sufficient representation of all the rage, heartbreak, frustration, and work that women and non-binary people face every day. Boundaries may feel impossible to set, but as we can see by these powerful works, they are imperative to daily survival.\" - Whitney LaMora

 

Exhibiting Artists: 

Carolina Alamilla
Morgan Bukovec
Tazia Cira
Rebecca Drolen
Marylu E. Herrera
Christine Holtz*
Savannah Jubic
Emily Lang
Erica Lee
Eryn Lewis
Jess Levey
Liza MacKinnon*
Hazel R. Magnolia*
Jennifer Mannebach
Gillian Marwood
Jodye Moon and O’Malley Steuerman
Nirmal Raja
Hayle Silva
Corran Shrimpton
Pam Marlene Taylor
Britny Wainwright
Jessica Witte*

*Exhibiting in virtual presentation only.

About the Juror: Whitney LaMora (she/her) is a queer Chicago-based creative. Her artistic background spans from theatrical production to art curation, entrepreneurial leadership, goal-oriented mentorship, and beyond. She is a champion of interdisciplinary projects and emerging / DIY creators. She lives in Logan Square, obsessively reads, and takes in plants. Whitney is the creator of multiple Chicago art entities like Locus and the Accountability Club. https://whitneylamora.com/

View the exhibition online
Visit the Gallery -- Thursday-Saturday-Sunday  12 - 4
Buy Art through WMG Webstore

A virtual opening reception is planned for Thursday, April 15th, 6 - 8 PM via WMG's YouTube Channel and will feature the juror in conversation with featured artists. Eventbrite ticket holders will be invited to a Zoom mixer with all exhibiting artists immediately following the program. Registration is recommended.

A gallery opening reception is planned for Friday, April 16, with 30 minute appointment blocks for up to 15 people between 3 - 8 PM. Appointments are required for the opening reception only. All works available for sale are listed on WMG's webstore.

 

COVID-10 Update: As of April 6, 2021, Woman Made Gallery is limiting the number of visitors in the gallery to fifteen at a time. Face masks are required.  Appointments required for the gallery opening reception only. No appointment necessary for open gallery hours.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org.
Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery is hosting an art auction to raise the funds necessary to continue to support women artists. We are featuring artworks valued from $150 - $2,000 and 50% of the final bid will go as a commission to the artist.

The silent auction opens on Thursday, May 6th and will close at the conclusion of the Art Party hosted at Woman Made Gallery, ending at 6:30 PM (CST) on Saturday, May 22nd.

The Art Party will feature all works in auction at the gallery available for view. Make an appointment to visit the gallery for 45 mins between 3-7 PM. Light food and beverage will be available on site.

To make an individual contribution towards WMG's efforts to support women and non-binary artists, please email Jamie Pitts at jamie@womanmade.org.

VIRTUAL KICKOFF
Thursday, May 6th, 5 - 6 PM
Register via Eventbrite

CLOSING ART PARTY @ THE GALLERY 
Saturday, May 22nd, 3 - 7 PM
Appointments Recommended

FINAL ONLINE BIDS
Saturday, May 22nd, 6:30 PM
32auctions.com/womanmade

 

 

Top Image: Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Blue Wave #148, pen and ink on paper, 14 x 11 in., $300 starting bid

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “Water Becomes Blood,” a group exhibition juried by Aliya Parashar and Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas O'Nealfeaturing the work of 9 LGBTQ+ artists exploring the importance of non-familial relationships that foster a sense of nurturing, community, and acceptance. The exhibition is on view at the gallery.
 

About the Exhibition

When safety is not always promised in blood relations, chosen families can create a space that centers around the security of their individuals. These families host love, joy, and acceptance at their core via unquestioned support. This allows members to explore and self-actualize in the form of true liberation. They also provide room for members to question themselves and the greater community during the process of their journey.
 

Jurors' Statement 

“What is the process of garnering a family? Water Becomes Blood explores queer/trans relationships surrounding the theme of “found families.” We have begun to look towards work that explores networks, familial connections, and relationships with blood relatives—further solidifying the environments which constitute a group of identities that have found each other in the domain of building intimate relationships. We have selected a group of works which involve various media to explore these metaphorical connections best; the complications in/with finding families are best represented through a range of materials to fully render a thoughtful and accurate representation of the subject at play. 

Woman Made Gallery recognizes the lack of representations of LGBTQ+ folks. While it is a dedicated space for women and non-binary folk, we have also begun to explore the ideas of transness and queerness in all of its representations. In doing so forming intimate relationships with the artists is a beautiful mirroring of the networks we consider as found families. Mysticism, religion, sexuality, mythos, materiality, and intimacy are all explored in their complications of consanguineous relations. Found families are manifested as complicated, non-nuclear, and rejecting hegemonic standards of familial connections. Thus, providing nuanced representations of intimacy and family. 

After all, where would we be without our kin?\"

- Aliya Parashar and Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas O'Neal
 

Exhibiting Artists: 

Vani Aguilar
Arielle Cottingham
Micah Dillman
D’Nayzja
Sophia Karina English
Haylie Jimenez
Sebastian Olayo
silky shoemaker
Xitlalli Sixta Tarin
 

About the Jurors: 

Aliya Parashar (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist who works in mediums of fibers + materials and installation art in order to communicate the intersection of gender identity, post-colonial theory, and mythology. She strives to strike a balance between celebrating femininity and honoring bodies while creating a vision of resistance through garments and fiber production. Her work has been featured in SHUBA, Paper, Post, Crux, and Posture Magazine with her most recent show taking place at ACREprojects in 2019. Aliya holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after transferring from Otis College of Art and Design. She is now pursuing her MA/MFA dual degree at the California College of Arts in San Francisco.

Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas O'Neal is a Chicago-based visual artist, educator, and independent curator. Zakkiyyah's work is most often initiated by personal and social histories related to family legacy, queerness, community making, and interiority. Zakkiyyah's practice borrows from visual traditions such as social portraiture, video assemblage, and vernacular found family sourced materials. Currently, Zakkiyah's body of work prioritizes social relationships related to queerness, Black women’s identity formation, family, social architectures, and the desire for connectedness. Zakkiyyah is a Co-founder of Concerned Black Image Makers, a collective-driven project that prioritizes shared experiences and concerns by lens-based artists of the Black diaspora; and most recently has been featured in exhibitions at South Bend Museum of Art, Goldfinch Gallery, Blanc Gallery, Glass Curtain Gallery, ADDS DONNA, and Zhou B. Art Center.
 

Organized by Lish Atchison Roeder

View the exhibition online
Visit the Gallery -- Thursday-Saturday-Sunday  12 - 4
 

COVID-10 Update: As of May 24, 2021, Woman Made Gallery is following the City of Chicago's Phase 4 guidelines and allowing in-person social events to resume for fully vaccinated visitors.  No appointment necessary. Face masks are required.  Verbal vaccination status will be asked of each visitor and the gallery will monitor capacity to stay under 250 visitors.

 

 

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No appointments necessary.
Face masks required.

 

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No appointments necessary. Face masks required for the opening reception; optional to those fully vaccinated during gallery hours.

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present Moments Like This, a group exhibition juried by Jessica Bingham featuring the work of 42 women and non-binary artists. Moments Like This explores the Slow Living lifestyle, and considers the practice of rest and retreat as an anti-capitalist practice. The works invite the audience to contemplate, process, rest, and come back into ourselves and our communities. The exhibition is on view at the gallery.

 

Juror's Statement

In her juror's statement, Jessica Bingham writes: “The women and non-binary artists in this exhibition are healers, caretakers, activists, collectors, and noticers—they shine a light on the moments that we often are too busy to cherish or learn from. The stories that inform the work in Moments Like This pierced my soul and made it abundantly clear that the slow movement has made significant waves in our fast-past society. It is also evident that the pandemic and fight for social justice in our country has influenced the work of every single artist in this exhibition. From having time to be present with oneself to illustrating the emotional weight we carry to the empowerment of our collective voices, these artists passionately and carefully ask us to pause and reflect with them. Some of these artists have been implementing slow living for many years, while others have recently rediscovered their self-worth through questioning ideas of “success”—all of which tap into the gravity of well-being. Through their vast practices, including time-based methods, quilting, painting, installation, collecting, and video, they challenge the norm of productivity, power, and presence.”

 

Exhibiting Artists: 

Reenie Charriere
Mary F. Coats
Cathie Crawford
Stephanie Cunningham
Maria De La O Sanchez
Kelsie de la Ossa
Nicole Di Fabio
Muse Dodd
Emilia Duarte
Emily Eldred
Tess Elliot
Alexandra Farber
Sarah Frazier
Yuan Ge
Helen Geglio
Sheila Grabarsky
Shahrbanoo Hamzeh
Laura Hartrich
Rachel Hausmann-Schall
T Hix
Anlan Huang (Yasmine)
Emily Keyishian
Laneslense
I-Hua Lee
Ambrin Ling
Julie McIntyre
Anna McKeown
MISU
Katie Mongoven
Laura Morrison
Jaci Musec
Emily Newman
Nicci
Maya Nguen
Brenda Pagan
Barbie Perry
Teri Power
Catherine Reinhart
Abi Salami
Annmarie Suglio
Chloe Swopshire
Kelly Yarbrough

 

About the Juror: Jessica Bingham (she/her) is an artist, curator, educator, and mother working in Central Illinois. She is curator at University Galleries of Illinois State University and the director and co- founder of Project 1612. In addition to curating exhibitions, Bingham is a practicing artist whose work examines memory, trauma, homemaking, childhood, and motherhood through mending. Her work has been exhibited at: Neon Heater, Findlay, Ohio; Public Space One, Iowa City; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa; and Heartbreaker, Peoria, Illinois, among others. https://www.jessicabinghamart.com/ 

View the exhibition online

Visit the Gallery -- Thursday 12-7 PM; Friday and Saturday  12 - 4 PM 

COVID-10 Update: As of August 13, 2021, Woman Made Gallery is following City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. Per Phase 5, WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments necessary. Face masks are required for opening receptions, and optional to those fully vaccinated for open gallery hours.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org.
Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.

 

Top Image: MISU, SF-iii, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 18 x 24 in.

 

 

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5th Midwest Open

 

Artist Walkthrough: November 6th, 3:30 PM

 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “5th Midwest Open,” a group exhibition juried by Alison Wong featuring the work of 33 women and non-binary artists located in the 12 Midwestern states. As a demonstration of the artistic excellence from the Midwest, this exhibition puts forth the vibrancy, diversity, and strong feminist voice right here in the Heartland. The exhibition is on view at the gallery.
 

Juror's Statement

In her jurors’ statement, Alison Wong writes: “Born in Chicago and based in Detroit, I am embedded with a deep affinity for the Midwest and was honored to be invited by Woman Made Gallery to jury their 5th Midwest Open. From the initial review of over 300 submitted artworks, I was impressed by the wide-ranging mix of mediums, styles, and perspectives presented by the women in our region.

Making the selections for the exhibition was a daunting task but I relied on the work to inform the curatorial vision. As a practicing artist and curator, I think of the artworks and artists behind them as the material to craft a larger work in and of itself. I’m searching for deeper connections to reveal themselves, narratives to become interwoven, and new interpretations to emerge.  

I wish to acknowledge all the tremendous works that were not included as the final selections were dependent on all the other works and with consideration to Woman Made Gallery’s space. The placement and way in which the viewer navigates and absorbs the work is equally critical. As such, my curatorial selections are not a reflection solely on the merit of each individual artwork but the role they play in the exhibition as well as our cultural and creative community.”

 

Exhibiting Artists:

Lisa Alberts
Eleanor Anderson
Nikki Anderson
Zoe Beaudry
Marcelyn Bennett Carpenter
Riley Brady
Bridgette Bramlage
Julia Callis
Mary Climes
Candace Compton Pappas
Shahrbanoo Hamzeh
Sharon Harper
Trisha Holt
Margaret Hull
Jessica Jokhi
Kira Keck
JoAnn Kennedy
Violet Luczak
Miriam Martincic
Meredith Morrison
Ahavani Mullen
Sara Nishikawa
Megan Roethler
Leslie Rogers
Erin Schmidt
Ashley Allen Short
Kaitlin Shulman
Dolores Slowinski
Nalani Stolz
Michele Thrane
Katie Vota
Zhaozhao Wang
Hannah Zimmerman
 

About the Juror: Alison Wong is first-generation Chinese American artist, curator, and educator born in Illinois and based in Detroit, MI since 2004. Wong received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI and her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Primarily working in the field of painting and drawing, Wong takes inspiration from her personal histories and her professional practice as Director and Curator of Wasserman Projects, founder of Butter Projects, and Adjunct Faculty at College for Creative Studies.

 

 

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THE ONLINE AUCTION IS HERE 


Join our online auction for a chance to collect incredible artworks from women and nonbinary artists and win unique experiences and other treasures. Preview our featured artists and register as a bidder today! 

WMG's online auction will go live on Monday, November 1st at 9 AM CST and the winning bids will be announced at 9 PM CST on Thursday, November 4th. All artworks and auction items will be revealed on Monday, November 1st.

Proceeds from art sales go to Woman Made Gallery and the artist directly.

As part of our Discover. Connect. Celebrate. WMG Fall Fundraiser, you can join us at our event on Thursday, November 4th at 6:30 - 9:30 PM CST to view the work in person. All bidding will exclusively take place through our auction website, and if you are at the event, you will be able to place bids using your mobile phone or through an iPad with our volunteers.

Regular and VIP tickets for our fall fundraiser are still available, but get them while you can. All tickets include admission to the party, 2 drink tickets, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and access to the event space and our gallery space.

COVID-19 POLICY: To enter this event, you must be fully vaccinated, 14 days after your final dose. We will accept a vaccination card, hard copy or photo, that matches a IL or Federal ID you provide us. If you use a photo of a vaccination card, the whole front must be clearly visible. This is a limited capacity event and we'd love for you to secure your ticket in advance. 

To learn more about the event or purchase tickets, visit:https://womanmade.org/discover-connect-celebrate/.
 

REGISTER TO BID TODAY 

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery is excited to announce that we will hold our annual fundraising event on Thursday, November 4 and in-person* on the fifth floor at Lacuna Lofts (2150 S. Canalport Ave., Chicago, IL 60608).

Please join us to discover new artists, connect with friends old and new, and celebrate our work that supports, cultivates, and promotes the diverse contributions of women and nonbinary artists.

This will be an evening to remember, with an exceptional DJ along with delicious food, drinks, dancing, and a chance to bid on some of the most exciting contemporary feminist art as well as other treasures in our silent auction.

Purchase individual tickets or become a sponsor today! All proceeds go to support Woman Made Gallery’s unique programs and vision for the future. To contribute and for more details visit: https://womanmade.org/discover-connect-celebrate/

Tier 1 pricing is available now through Sunday, October 24th at 11:59 PM CST. Tier 2 pricing will go into effect on October 25th and until tickets are sold out.Tickets are limited and may sell out at any time.

Tier 1 Pricing (now through Oct. 24th):
+ $75 individual tickets
+ $125 VIP tickets

Tier 2 Pricing (starting Oct. 25th):
+ $100 individual tickets
+ $150 VIP tickets

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Woman Made Gallery is humbled to gather in community to celebrate and exemplify our commitment to women and non-binary artists and showcase the impact we’ve had on the arts community through the many challenges and successes of this past year. We look forward to celebrating with you!

*COVID-19 UPDATE: WMG will follow the CDC and City of Chicago guidelines. At this time, WMG will require proof of vaccination and identification upon entry. Face masks will be required in accordance with Illinois’ indoor mask mandate. WMG will continue to update guests on any changes to safety guidelines and procedures put in place leading up to the event.

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its annual Small Works Members Exhibition, featuring 97 current WMG member artists. 

Beginning on Small Business Saturday and running through the gift giving season, the Small Works Members Exhibition is a treasure trove for collectors, art lovers and gift givers and displays a wide variety of talent across mediums  including painting, mixed media, collage, prints, sculpture, ceramic, and photography. Woman Made Gallery defines small works as under 16 in. in any direction. 

Please view our online webstore HERE or visit our gallery to see the work in person. Artworks range in price from $40 - $300.

Open house events are planned for the opening and closing dates of:


We are thrilled to offer this annual exhibition opportunity to dues paying member artists. In total, Woman Made Gallery offers membership to artists and arts supporters who play an important role in our arts ecosystem. By becoming a member of WMG, you commit to help our nonprofit ensure the equal placement of women and non-binary artists place in the world. Explore membership options HERE.

 

COVID-10 Update: As of August 20, Woman Made Gallery continues to follow City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. Per Phase 5, WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments necessary. Face masks are required for events and gallery hours.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org.
Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.
 

 

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OPEN HOUSE: 
Saturday, December 18th
12 - 4 PM CST

No appointments necessary.
Face masks required.

 

Visit the Gallery Exhibition

See the Work

Buy Art

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present its annual Small Works Members Exhibition, featuring 97 current WMG member artists. 

Beginning on Small Business Saturday and running through the gift giving season, the Small Works Members Exhibition is a treasure trove for collectors, art lovers and gift givers and displays a wide variety of talent across mediums  including painting, mixed media, collage, prints, sculpture, ceramic, and photography. Woman Made Gallery defines small works as under 16 in. in any direction. 

Please view our online webstore HERE or visit our gallery to see the work in person. Artworks range in price from $40 - $300.

Open house events are planned for the opening and closing dates of:


We are thrilled to offer this annual exhibition opportunity to dues paying member artists. In total, Woman Made Gallery offers membership to artists and arts supporters who play an important role in our arts ecosystem. By becoming a member of WMG, you commit to help our nonprofit ensure the equal placement of women and non-binary artists place in the world. Explore membership options HERE.

COVID-10 Update: As of August 20, Woman Made Gallery continues to follow City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. Per Phase 5, WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments necessary. Face masks are required for events and gallery hours.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org.
Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.
 

Visit us during gallery hours -- Thursday 12-7 PM; Friday and Saturday  12 - 4 PM 

Image: Cathie Crawford, Confluence,  2021, reduction woodcut print 14 x 11 in. (framed), $290

 

 

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August will mark the 75th year of Indian Independence from British Imperialist rule. However, it will also mark the anniversary of a darker event riddled with tragedy, loss, and displacement that lies dormant in public memory: India’s Partition.

A grandchild of the partition, socio-political artist Pritika Chowdhry has, based on research on feminist historiographies, monuments, and recounts from her own family, created large-scale installations and sculptures on the theme since 2007 within the framework of her Partition Memorial Project. These works are now on view in “Word of Mouth” at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, and in the solo show “Broken Column: The Monuments of Forgetting” at Art Show International.     

In “Broken Column: The Monuments of Forgetting,” the artist has created latex casts of the Jallianwallan Bagh memorial in Punjab, India; the Minar-e-Pakistan memorial in Lahore, Pakistan; and the Martyred Intellectuals monument in Rayer Bazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. During Partition in 1947, India was split along religious lines, and twenty million people were displaced: Hindus traversed the border to India and Muslims to Pakistan. Two million people died in violent partition riots and, less-known, over 300,000 Muslim, Sikh, Bengali, and Hindu women were raped. Likewise, women were the erased victims in the partition of Pakistan when Bangladesh was formed in 1971. “When a memory is unbearable, how do you memorialize it?” asks Chowdhry. Broken Column is an intertextual reference to Attia Hossain’s coming-of-age novel of a young Muslim girl in the turbulent times of India’s partition, “Sunlight on a Broken Column.” Chowdhry’s latex fragments become anti-memorials, refusing to be appropriated for nationalist propaganda functioning as an entry point to healing processes and bearing witness to these traumatic events.

Fluency in English was used by the British to exercise power. Chowdhry's choice of material, iron, for her 79 piece installation, The Masters’ Tongues at Woman Made Gallery speaks to Iron as a tool of colonization in its role as a building block for Industrial-era Britain used in railroad tracks, ammunitions, architecture, and objects. Rusting cast iron tongues lay in rows in the gallery space. Together they represent the 54 Commonwealth countries, all of which were former colonies of Britain, and the 25 territories that are still under British governance–79 states–where English is the official language. “Rust can be seen as deterioration, in the case of iron, it makes the metal stronger by creating a hard outer shell that protects the metal,” Chowdhry says. Through a contemporary lens, Chowdhry investigates the English language as a “master’s tool,” used by the British to subjugatelocal peoples, and how the English language has become hybridized, empowering contemporary citizens.

Deeply engaged with disseminating her research, Chowdhry’s Partition Memorial Project, a subsection of Counter-Memory Art includes an educational component: a blog. She highlights partitions of countries, civil and military wars, riots, border violence, genocides, and terrorist attacks, to raise consciousness about rape as a weapon in wars and conflicts in the 20th and 21st centuries. As an adult, upon hearing the traumatic stories of her family members during Partition, she found that knowledge is healing.

Blog: https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/blog 
Partition Memorial Project: https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/partition-art

 

About the Artist

Pritika Chowdhry is a Chicago-based multi-media artist. In the Partition Memorial Project, her anti-memorials are quietly provocative, temporary, and incorporate visceral materials and soundscapes. Chowdhry emphasizes that her goal is not to “speak for the women,” and her experiential art installations invite viewers to bear witness, holding space for mourning, remembrance, and repair. Chowdhry has exhibited her works nationally and internationally in group and solo exhibitions in the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, Queens Museum in New York, the Hunterdon Museum in New Jersey, the Islip Art Museum in Long Island, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, the DoVA Temporary in the University of Chicago, the Brodsky Center in Rutgers University, and the Cambridge Art Gallery in Massachusetts. She is the recipient of a Vilas International Travel Fellowship, an Edith and Sinaiko Frank Fellowship for a Woman in the Arts, a Wisconsin Arts Board grant, and a Minnesota State Arts Board grant.

Chowdhry has an MFA in Studio Art and an MA in Visual Culture and Gender Studies from UW-Madison. Chowdhry has taught at Macalester College and College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

 

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Join us for the last weekend of Word of Mouth, juried by Rosalyn D’Mello (feminist writer, editor and international art critic). Word of Mouth is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 30 women and non-binary artists exploring food through an intersectional feminist lens. The exhibiting artists have subverted socially conditioned, gendered conceptions of an ingredient, a kitchen, a worm, or even a plate.  As an exhibition, Word of Mouth asks us questions of what nourishes our collective soul and how gut relates to emotion. What makes an orifice a mouth and if there is a difference between hunger and satiation, gluttony and greed, miracles and grief. 

Gallery Hours: Thursday 12 - 6:30 PM; Friday and Saturday 12-4 PM

SEE THE EXHIBITION >>

 

 

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No appointments necessary. Face masks required.
Proof of vaccination required for the opening reception and events.

Woman Made Gallery is excited to announce Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices juried by Cathie Ruggie Saunders. Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 28 women and non-binary artists exploring the concept and techniques of a transfer in unexpected ways and across mediums. 

As a traditional printmaking convention, a matrix is a master surface from which to make an impression.  Typical matrices are wood, Bavarian limestone or aluminum plates, copper or zinc, and a silkscreen frame and stencils. This exhibition opens up the traditional practice to highlight the uncommon methods of “transferring a mark.” From fingers, handprints, using earth pigments and plant berries, Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices underlines the artistic encounter by women with the everyday and reveals lasting impressions. The exhibition is on view at the gallery, with artworks additionally listed for sale online.

 

Juror's Statement

In her jurors’ statement, Cathie Ruggie Saunders writes: “To be invited to conceive of an innovative premise for an exhibition, and jury the submissions sent in from as far away as New Zealand and Australia is a rare opportunity, and one for which I am most grateful.   The women and non-binary artists that contributed their printmaking vision definitely demonstrate that creativity abounds.

Women’s traditional domestic pursuits such as stitching, dyeing, and quilting are gathered into this exhibit in a mark-making manner that explores the relief surface as a sculptural matrix.  Moments of simple observation (of eggshells, rust, rain, flour, coffee, make-up) often dismissed are elevated to visceral and elegant impressions defying the traditional canon.  And though these uncommon times that we are living in might have broken the resilience of many, these artists flex their voices to recognize and seize the opportunities to expand printmaking boundaries.

There is no fear in using oneself as a matrix, whether it be one’s face with cosmetics, or one’s torso with graphite.   Identity as revealed in one’s visage or the fecund powers of the female body, are put forth in a vulnerable yet strident manner, witnesses to the belief that we each have something unique to say and share.  With touch (pressure) being a critical component of printmaking, the selected prints in this exhibit indeed come from a deep point of contact, one that both touches the artist and the viewer.”
 

Exhibiting Artists:

Natalie Boyett
Mia Brown-Seguin
Savannah Bustillo
Teresa Castaneda
Martha Chiplis
Hellen Colman
Kathleen Greco
Kayla Haugen
Clarissa Jakobsons
Regina Durante Jestrow
Millicent Kennedy
Shama Kipfer-Tessler
Hava Liebowitz
Hannah Jo Malaczynski
Barb McDonald
Lacey Minor
BettyAnn Mocek
Lisa Nelson Raabe
Nirmal S Raja
Bonnie Ralston
Gina Lee Robbins
Ciel Rodriguez
Sue Scanlon
Jacqueline Valdez
Anahi Velazquez Torres
Carla Winterbottom
Chandra Wu
Chunbo Zhang

 

About the Juror:  Cathie Ruggie Saunders is an artist, educator and mentor living and working in Chicago. She currently teaches in the Visual Communication Design Department at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is the Chair of the Art and Design Department at Saint Xavier University, Chicago IL. She holds an MFA and MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA from the Northwestern University. Her work has been displayed in exhibitions held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Temari Center for Asian & Pacific Fibers, Honolulu, Hawaii; American Cultural Center, New Delhi, India, World Print Competition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Footprint: Northwest International Small Format Print Exhibition. Seattle, WA.

She has won 2 American Graphic Design Awards, First Annual Tampa Book Arts Studio Letterpress Excellence Award in Contemporary Ephemera (with Martha Chiplis); Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship; Teaching Excellence Award, Saint Xavier University. Prominent institutions like the Library of Congress, The Art Institute of Chicago, Harold Washington Library Special Collections, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, TN, Huntington Museum and Library. San Marino, CA have her work in their collections. Her work can also be found in the publications like For the Love of Letterpress, a Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students, written and designed with Martha Chiplis, 2013 (first edition); 2019 (second edition). Bloomsbury, London.

View the exhibition online
Visit the Gallery -- Thursdays 12 - 6:30 PM CST; Fridays and Saturdays  12 - 4 PM CST 
 

 

COVID-10 Update: As of January 3, 2022, Woman Made Gallery is following the City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. Per Phase 5, WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments are necessary. Proof of vaccination will be required for events (e.g. opening receptions, artists walkthroughs). Face masks are required at all times regardless of vaccination status.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations. 

 

Image: Ciel Rodriguez, “because i don’t tell you enough,” he wrote to me (2020), cyanotype, letterpress text with homemade graphite ink, lip balm impression, kissed by the artist, 17 x 21 x 1 in. (framed)

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Join Woman Made Gallery on Thursday, March 10th from 5:30 - 7:30 PM CST to celebrate International Women’s Day. The evening will start with refreshments and connection with our community members, and followed by an artist's panel. Speakers announced soon!

A donation of any size is requested for admission to the event. Proceeds support Woman Made Gallery's mission and unique programs that last year alone supported over 600 women and non-binary artists.

This event will also be live-streamed with a link sent to Eventbrite registered ticket holders.

GET YOUR TICKETS >>

 

 

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Juried by Sundus Abdul Hadi

Exhibiting artists announced soon! 

Reception: Friday, April 8, 6 - 9 PM CST*
Artist Activation: Saturday, April 9, 2:30 PM CST
Artists Walkthrough: Saturday, May 21 at 3:30 PM CST

No appointments necessary. Face masks optional.

Open for EXPO CHICAGO's Art After Hours

Woman Made Gallery is thrilled to announce The Deeply Rooted juried by Sundus Abdul Hadi. The term “deeply rooted” is coined by Abdul Hadi in her book, “Take Care of Yourself : The Art and Cultures of Care and Liberation” to describe any person or community rooted in an ancient culture steeped in traditional and Indigenous knowledge that colonization attempted to erase. It is a word that attempts to describe the multiplicity of ethnicities and experiences related to the international Indigenous, Black, Pan-African, Afro-descendent, Arab, Brown, Latinx, South American, and Asian communities.

The exhibit features the artwork of 33 deeply-rooted women and non-binary artists from diverse communities who intimately reflect on their connection to land, ancestry, bodies. These three spaces, liminal, physical and metaphorical, have been too long burdened by the weight of colonialism, plowing through generations of wisdom and knowledge that, despite the attempt at erasure, have returned to the surface bearing fruit. The exhibition is on view at the gallery with work listed for sale online. A virtual feature of the exhibition will open on April 8th.
 

Juror's Statement

In her juror’s statement, Abdul Hadi writes, “Colonial histories causing uprootedness, cultural erasure, or minimizing our urge to lay down roots for fear of unbelongingness, the works in this exhibit affirm boundless imagination in the reclaiming of what many assume to be lost, buried, or burdened. What was left behind or forcefully taken away can illuminate what is still within us, what we continue to carry… both as burdens and weight, and as wisdom and light. Perhaps without the heavy load, the lightness of being would never be sought out. Or without the struggle, the relief wouldn’t be as sweet. 

Each work speaks to a different note of the journey of the roots, from the deep, dark underworld, to the moment of inspiration that pierces through, creating light and nourishment for our eyes and hearts. Perhaps, if we put our ears to the ground along that uneven path, we can hear a different version of our history, and bring it forth – for if not for art and its decolonial lens, then we’d only have the official versions of what we’ve been taught we are capable of. 

From the seed, to the drop of water, to the grain of rice, the needle and the thread, the weave, the brushstroke, the dream, the constellation, the pixel; each work selected in “The Deeply Rooted” is ancestral knowledge manifested.”    

– Sundus Abdul Hadi, Tio:tia’ke / Montreal, March 2022


In this exhibition, Abdul Hadi and the artists are connected not just through struggle, but through deeply rooted ancient identities, familiar spirits, and shared experiences of resistance to white supremacy and colonialism. The exhibition reaches into the past, looking at family trees and ancestral stories with more layers – and adds colors to previously black and white storytelling. Adbul Hadi says, “By reflecting on both ancestry and futurity, we will collectively offer new narratives, definitions and representations of what it means to be both ancient and novel in a world on the cusp of change.\" 


Exhibiting Artists:

asmaa al-issa
Norah Alkharashi
Ayam Yaldo
Alexandra Beaumont
Boisali Biswas
Michele Brody
Carina Chang
Emilia Chang
Mona Cliff
Ivonne Cruz
Pritika Chowdhry
Kiana Honarmand
Reem Farah
KRFO (Kimberly Renee Fulton Orozco)
Elia diane Fushi Bekene
Nicole Godreau Soria
Mona Gazala
Silvia Inés Gonzalez
Jenna Hamed
Mina Katebi
Saaba Lutzeler
Lorimar Matos
Nadine Nashef
Jean Ni
Marcela Adeze Okeke
Shaqui Reed
Archana Shekara
Laramie Shubber
Tricia Lynn Townes
Daisy Trudell-Mills
Grace Wong
Wend Yasen
Veronica Hicks


About the Juror: Sundus Abdul Hadi is an artist and writer. Born to Iraqi parents, she was raised and educated in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, where she earned a BFA in Studio Arts and Art History and a MA in Media Studies. Sundus’ transmedia work is a sensitive reflection on trauma, struggle, and care. She is the author/illustrator of “Shams”, a children’s book about trauma, transformation and healing. Her book titled “Take Care of Your Self: The Art and Cultures of Care and Liberation” (Common Notions, Fall 2020) is about care, curation and community. She is the cofounder of We Are The Medium, an artist collective and culture point.

 Abdul Hadi’s work has been exhibited in Palestine, Canada, USA, France, UK and New Zealand. She has been a speaker at Nuqat Kuwait, SADA Iraq, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Telfair Museums, the Aga Khan Museum and multiple universities in Turtle Island.


Preview the Exhibiting Work
Purchase artworks via WMG Webstore 
Visit the Gallery -- Thursday 12-7 PM CST; Friday and Saturday  12 - 4 PM CST

COVID-10 Update: As of March 3, 2022, Woman Made Gallery is following the City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments are necessary. Face masks are optional to those fully vaccinated.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations. 


If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org.
Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.

                              

 

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Join WMG for an activation of Archana Shekara's \"Polished | Unpolished\" on Saturday, April 9th, 2:30 - 4 PM CST. This social practice artwork invites the general public to eat Ganji, a simple rice dish, as prepared by the artist. Through the duration of the simple meal, participants will consider the evolution of polished and unpolished rice in South Asian culture and be asked to share their thoughts on privilege, colorism and socio-economic disparities. Participants will ultimately write statements on note cards based on their conversations and experience. Archival elements of the experience will be featured for the duration of the exhibition.

This activation is limited to 25 participants and WMG encourages Eventbrite registration to secure a participant spot. Walk-ups are welcome for day of participation (as available) or general audience observation.

REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE >>

 

 

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Woman Made Gallery is turning 30! WMG was founded in 1992, marking 2022 the 30th Anniversary of Chicago’s longest operating feminist art gallery. We are thrilled to announce the exhibition titled Generations will be on view from June 11 – July 16, 2022.

Generations is a group exhibition celebrating the past, and envisioning the future of WMG and its values. Through this exhibition, WMG asked alumnae artists to reflect back upon the importance of feminist art space in their art practices, careers, and relationships. Art in this exhibition speaks of motherhood and the right to choice, the nuances of intersectional thought, and ways in which women hold hands to build each other up.  A deep dive into the gallery’s past arrived up to moments of witness into activism, rebellion, the need for rest, and the abundance of wealth when it comes to community and connections.

41 alumni artists of 30 years of the gallery have come together in this exhibition to build a narrative of support, evolution, courage, and solidarity. 

Juried by committee, Woman Made Gallery decided to bring two of our programming committee members Vice President Jae Green and Programming Intern Intern Marisa Miles to understand and direct this exhibition.

The exhibition is on view at the gallery with work listed for sale online. 

 

Committee Statement

“This is a time to consider what we find and bring with us from our history and what we provide for our future for the next thirty years of art and artists at WMG.” says Jae Green, Vice President of the Board, Woman Made Gallery.

Generations is directed by Jae Green with Marisa Miles, who says,“Generations insists on a cumulative lineage where pieces of one’s ancestral connection inform its present being. Woman Made is a gallery built on generations of woman and non-binary artists visualizing the progression of feminism through a lens informed by one’s collective experience.”

Guided by Managing Director Jamie Pitts and Programming Lead Darshita Jain, Generations is a celebration of feminist thought, and Woman Made Gallery as a site for it to live, breathe, and flourish. 

 

Exhibiting Artists:

Robin Adsit
Helena Baka
Jenny E. Balisle
Jamie Bernstein
Monica J. Brown
Pamela Callahan
Yvette L. Cummings
Frederica Diane
Helen Geglio
Felicia Grant Preston
Payton Harris-Woodard
Deborah Hirshfield
Leslie A. Hirshfield
Ellen Holtzblatt
Candace Hunter
Natalie Jackson
Ashley January
Linda R. James
Indira Freitas Johnson
Millicent Kennedy
Cynthia Kerby
Laura Kina and Shelly Jyoti
Jamie Kost
Emily Lang
Kim Laurel
Susan Lenz
Verneda Lights
Tai Lipan
Christy Lo Lok Lam
Elaine Luther
Cristina Marquez
Gillian Marwood
Penny Mateer
Terri Messinides
Christyn Overstake
Cherry Rahn
Dolores Slowinski
Tricia Lynn Townes
Shoshanna Weinberger
Jade Williams
Jessica Witte

 

About the committee:

Jae Green is a poet, second-generation artist, mother, and cancer survivor originally from the Southside of Chicago. Her poetry can be found in anthologies such as “Residual Believers”, “Smithsonian Magazine” and “Voices from the Heartland”. She has performed at The Green Mill, Randolph Street Gallery, The Chicago Cultural Center, Woman Made Gallery, The Chicago Poetry Fest, Metro, The Martin, Side Street Studios, and The Catherine Edelman Gallery.

Marisa Miles is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago studying Urban Studies and Museum Studies. Marisa has been interning with Woman Made Gallery since January 2021 and has supported new programs at the gallery including Instagram Lives artist interviews. With her deep knowledge of archives and Urban planning, Marisa has received numerous grants to further her work in Chicago History. 

Preview the Exhibiting Work
Purchase artworks via WMG Webstore 
Visit the Gallery -- Thursday 12-7 PM CST; Friday and Saturday  12 - 4 PM CST

 

COVID-10 Update: As of March 3, 2022, Woman Made Gallery is following the City of Chicago and CDC guidelines as relevant to retail businesses and social events. WMG will no longer limit the number of visitors to the gallery. No appointments are necessary. Face masks are optional to those fully vaccinated.  We will continue to keep tabs on public health guidance updates and continue to follow recommendations.

If you need accommodations to fully participate in this program, contact general@womanmade.org. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodations.

 

 

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As we near the closing of our exhibition, Generations juried by Jae Green and Marisa Miles, we would be remiss if we did not also throw a party -- afterall, its not everyday a gallery turns 30! We are officially Chicago's longest operating feminist non-profit art gallery. 

What a journey this has been! 

Founded in 1992 by Beate Minkovski and Kelly P. Hensen, Woman Made Gallery has made home for feminist thought through a myriad of opportunities, from exhibitions to poetry readings to community outreach. It has not been all smooth and easy, but definitely inspiring, and gratifying. 

We, at Woman Made Gallery would love to invite you to join us on Thursday, July 15 from 5 - 7 PM CST as we tour the exhibition, meet artists, read out some poetry, and talk about WMG through its timeline with founder Beate Minkovski. There will be cake and wine, of course.  

 

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Juried by Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez! 

 

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Woman Made Gallery is excited to announce Age of the Bimbo, a group exhibition juried by melissa mursch-rodriguez. (she/her) (artist, curator, and founder of Moody Zine) This exhibition celebrates the bimbo — exploring hyper-femininity as a tool for empowerment and putting self-pleasure first.

Girlbosses are out, bimbos are in! But the new bimbo isn’t dumb; she’s empowered, utilizing beauty to get ahead by being underestimated and putting her pleasure first. There is careful thought behind bimbology, taking the male gaze that’s been unavoidable since birth and using it to create a caricature through the performance of vanity and cluelessness. The bimbo uses our culture’s idea of intelligence – rooted in patriarchal, racist, and ableist norms – and uses it to gain whatever she wants. A self-aware bimbo is everything men want visually whilst also being everything they hate: self-aware, sexually empowered, politically conscious, and beyond. Bimbos have unlocked these facts: both intelligence and attractiveness are flimsy constructs that are regularly wielded against femmes, people of color, and neurodivergent people. Reverse the fetishization of femininity and embrace your bimboism!

Juror melissa murch-rodriguez says, “As I faced the challenge of narrowing down all of the incredible work submitted to Age of the Bimbo, pink became an aesthetic guide for the show. From there, I wanted as many brands of bimbo represented as possible. What does it look like to be a non-binary bimbo? A country bimbo? A Black, Brown, or Asian bimbo? Even a sea monster bimbo? These unique bimbos are accompanied by works celebrating sex, tits, and glits in direct contrast to works questioning how the male gaze and capitalism bleed into bimbology. Age of the Bimbo simultaneously celebrates the ability to critique and reclaim the bimbo archetype all while covered in glitter.”

Image Credit: Helena Baka, Eau d’Bathroom Escapism (No Boys Allowed!)(2021), Acrylic on unstretched canvas, 36 x 47 in.

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the The Feminist Biennial, juried by Ashley Wynn. It is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 34 women and non-binary artists exploring feminist thought, action, art practices and lived experience in 2022.

In her juror’s statement, Ashley Wynn writes: “’Each work presents both a timeless and timely expression of the pluralism of feminism, a provocative amalgamation of intersectional pursuits of equality, liberation, and autonomy, upending preconceived ideologies of what it means to be a woman. The resultant conversation invites an active exploration into a broader spectrum of experiences and perspectives, dynamically opposing binary boundaries imposed upon genders and identification.”

Thank you to our juror, Ashley Wynn and all exhibiting artists whose work is part of this beautiful exhibition. 

You may view the exhibition HERE

Image: Artwork by Charleston Cain

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the The Feminist Biennial, juried by Ashley Wynn. It is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 34 women and non-binary artists exploring the new age of feminism. 

In her juror’s statement, Ashley Wynn writes: “’Each work presents both a timeless and timely expression of the pluralism of feminism, a provocative amalgamation of intersectional pursuits of equality, liberation, and autonomy, upending preconceived ideologies of what it means to be a woman. The resultant conversation invites an active exploration into a broader spectrum of experiences and perspectives, dynamically opposing binary boundaries imposed upon genders and identification.”

Support Women and Non-Binary Artists

Woman Made Gallery proudly works to ensure the equal placement of women’s art in the world. Join us and support women and non-binary artists by adding artwork to your collection.

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the Small Works Members Show with art selections made by WMG's Team. All current members were invited to submit up to three works and at least one by each artist was guaranteed to be included. The final selections include works by 116 supporters in a variety of mediums, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photography, mixed media and jewelry. 

We thank all WMG members for their steadfast support of our mission to provide exhibition opportunities to women and non-binary artists. Thanks to Mary King for laying out more than 140 pieces and much appreciation to WMG's team for installing the Small Works Members Show. 

CLOSING WALK-THROUGH: Saturday December 17, 2022, 2-4 PM CST

You may view the exhibition HERE.

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Roe 2.0 in direct protest and response to the United States Supreme Court’s 6–3 Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in 1973. Roe 2.0 is a hybrid group exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums by 44 artists in WMG’s gallery space as well as varied responses to the theme by 100 artists in the virtual-only part of this important and powerful exhibition. Individuals also responded to a call for Abortion stories. Some signed their names while others stayed anonymous. Displayed next to the visual artworks at Woman Made, these written accounts, thoughts, and experiences offer an unflinching view of very personal perspectives entangled with political repression. Abortion Stories will be added online throughout the year as they are submitted.

The Dobbs v. Jackson verdict leaves people with the capacity for pregnancy at the mercy of each individual state, which can now set their own abortion laws. Access to safe, legal abortions and reproductive healthcare is a basic human right that the U.S. government actively chooses to exploit. The denial of reproductive rights and access disproportionately affects individuals of color and those from economically disadvantaged communities. Our bodies and reproductive capabilities are not a political playground.

We at WMG believe that art can and does create lasting social change. As an intersectional feminist organization, WMG stands in solidarity with pro-choice activists and organizations. This exhibition seeks to document artists’ voices in this time of urgency, as a means of resistance to facilitate change and create a space for open dialogue regarding abortion rights.

Roe 2.0 Gallery Exhibiting Artists: Amy Bernard, Colby Parker Beutel, Marnie Blair, Borealis, Riley Brady, Marcie Brozyna, Amy Cannestra, Julie Carcione Cavaz, Melanie Deal, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Karen Fike, Ellen Fishman, Lisa Freeman, Theresa Giammattei, Anita Giraldo, Seyeong Hanlim, Frederica Diane Huff, Ali Hval, Ina Kaur, Helen Klebesacel, Epiphany Knedler, Tulika Ladsariya, Kristy Lisle, Elaine Luther, Marie Magnetic, Glenda Mah, Mildred Annani Mercado, Kelsey Faith Nichols, Niki Nolin, Laura O’Connor, Priscilla Otani, Jina Park, Mimm Patterson, Adam D. Piergallini, Mariana R. Rey, Erin K. Schmidt, Heather Schulte, Rebecca Schwarzberg, Sondra Schwetman Art, Suzanna Scott, Marijo Swick, Winnie van der Rijn, Julie Waltz-Stalker, and Jennifer Weigel.

Roe 2.0 Virtual Exhibiting Artists: 

Nadia Alkhun, Jennifer Bantz, Grayson Beaulieu, Mercedes Bernard, Melanie Brewster, Julia Ann Briggs, H. Buchholz, Nina Caporale, Kathleen Celestin, Helen Celewicz, Lucy Churchill, Kennedy Coe, Bria Corranda, Violet Costello, Chris Cowan, Kala Cree Cullars, Ann Dawkins, Ayling Zulema Dominguez, Felicia Doolin, Grace Doyle, Sara Drescher, Julia D Dzikiewicz, Lauren Eddy, Ethan Edwards, Susanna Eisenman, Kelly Erdenebaatar, Britton Farrell, Jaymes Fedor, Robert Fields, Erica Fitzgerald, Scarlett Ford, Leza G, Victoria Goite, Kathleen Greco, Mollie Greenberg, Kelly Heck, Lillian Heredia, Deborah Hirshfield, Mikel Ibarra / Pies in the Window, Joer_B, Meg Johnson, Kelly R Johnston, Emma Louise Kamerer, Cynthia Kerby, Kendra Kett, Hwahyun Kim, Maegan Kirschner, Aurore Le Ludec, Meghan Lewis Macleod, Suki Liebow, Angela Maroun, Victoria May, Katie McLoughlin, Molly Young Meier, Metal Priestess, Vessy Mink, Nilou Moochhala, Melissa Morse, Gwendolyn Murphy, Charlotte Newman, Carey Nollner, Brittany Noriega, Magda Parasidis, Miranda Reichhardt, Kaleen Repsher, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, k rick, Hernando Rico Sanchez, Sarah E. Rieser, Gina Lee Robbins, Jennifer Roche, Megan Roethler, A. Rose-Art of Nature, Sam Rueter, Piyaali B Samanta, Karen Saneholtz, Sue Scanlon, Sarah Schneiderman, Christine M. Schroder, Katrina Shafor, Katherine Shehadeh, Emily Showers, Madison Signore, Rae Sitzes, Kayla Jean Smith, Sarah Ellen Smith, Lilian Snider, Jill Sutton, T.Moz, Cheryl Thomas, Linda Thomas, Sally Traxler-Lavengood, Ana Vitek, Krista Voto, JoEllen Wang, Kaeleigh White, bari wieselman schulman, Harriet Winograd, Teresa Greve Wolf, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Veronica Bruce Woodward, and Joyce Wynes.

 

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WMG’s virtual exhibition called “Windows to the Inside: Expressions of Mental Health” is live and viewable on our website. After not holding any poetry events since January 2020 because of the pandemic, we are finally able to plan a literary event again. Artist, poet, and board member Jae Green is hosting the event, addressing the topic of mental health on Saturday, April 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. We’ll show the “Windows to the Inside” art in a PowerPoint presentation during the reading and at the “24th International Open” artist reception on March 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. The Open, juried by Pritika Chowdhry, will be on display through April 22. New WMG hours are Thursdays to Sundays from noon to 5 p.m, and we hope you’ll be able to join us at any of our events. However, please check our calendar to make sure an exhibition is installed when you plan to visit. 
 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present its 24th International Open juried by Pritika Chowdhry who currently serves on WMG’s board of directors. The exhibition includes work in a variety of mediums by 43 artists from across the United States and from Canada, UK, Iran and Japan. From addressing exploration of self and the struggles they have experienced in their lives to experimentation with a variety of mediums, the artists in this exhibition present a varied and visually interesting array of works as each tells their unique story.

About the Juror: Pritika Chowdhry is an artist, curator, and writer whose artworks are in public and private collections. She has exhibited her works nationally and internationally in group and solo exhibitions in the Weismann Museum in Minneapolis, Queens Museum in New York, the Hunterdon Museum in New Jersey, the Islip Art Museum in Long Island, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, the DoVA Temporary in the University of Chicago, the Brodsky Center in Rutgers University, and the Cambridge Art Gallery in Massachusetts. Pritika is the recipient of a Vilas International Travel Fellowship, an Edith and Sinaiko Frank Fellowship for a Woman in the Arts, a Wisconsin Arts Board grant, and a Minnesota State Arts Board grant.

Born and raised in India, Pritika is currently based in Chicago, Illinois. She has received her MFA in Studio Art and an MA in Visual Culture and Gender Studies from UW-Madison. Pritika has taught at Macalester College and College of Visual Arts, both in St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information visit https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/

24th International Open | A Gallery Exhibition | Through April 22, 2023

Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, April 22, 2023, 2-4 PM (open and free to the public)
 

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After a long forced hiatus due to Covid-19, we are delighted to bring back Literary Events at Woman Made Gallery. At the present time face masks are optional when in the gallery space.

Please join us for for our first literary event since January 2020! The reading is scheduled for April 15, 2023 from 2 to 4 PM at Woman Made Gallery.

“Call Me Crazy: Unsane Writings for and Insane World” is hosted by WMG’s Literary Events Curator, artist and writer Jae Green and includes distinguished poets Andrea Change, Lani Montreal, Adrienne Nadeau and Chirskira Caillouet with a Special Presentation by The Yellow House Library.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and appreciated.

 

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ARTISTS WALKTHROUGH: Saturday, June 3, 2–4 PM CST

DESCRIPTION

SEE THE WORK

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Woman Life Freedom,” an exhibition juried by Shahrbanoo Hamzeh and on display from May 6 to June 3, 2023.

“Woman Life Freedom” is a slogan that the women of Iran are chanting on the streets in an unfair war with the current gender apartheid regime to regain their basic human rights and bodily autonomy. Beginning on September 16, 2022, with Mahsa Amini’s unjust death, Iranian people have been shedding blood, sweat, and tears while protesting in the streets for freedom.

This exhibition is centered on women’s rights and includes works in various media by 43 women and nonbinary artists who responded to a call for art in addition to photography and video contributions by 18 Iranian artists who were invited to participate in the show. We at WMG are standing in solidarity with the brave Iranian women who are putting their lives on the line for freedom. The fight for women’s rights everywhere will not end until each and every one of us is free. “Woman Life Freedom” brings together information, conversation, and visual elements surrounding the struggle for human rights. With this exhibition, we are hoping to elevate and add to the Iranian women’s voices.

About the Juror: Shahrbanoo Hamzeh
Shahrbanoo Hamzeh is a studio artist and curator currently working as a galley coordinator at Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland Community College in Normal, IL. She holds an MFA from Illinois State University. Prior to this, she received a master’s degree in Painting from Alzahra University in Tehran, Iran. She earned her Undergraduate degree focused on Iranian Art and Culture from Kashan University in Kashan, Iran.

Hamzeh’s practice is mostly focused on human rights violations in her home country of Iran, especially toward women. She believes it is not easy to be an Iranian woman, in Iran or anywhere else. Her homeland is facing a myriad of problems and conflicts, which is why her works are focused on the ideas of home, home country, leaving, loss, safety, longing, and, recently, the Iranian women-led revolution. https://shahrbanoohamzeh.com/

Woman Life Freedom Curatorial Statement

Exhibiting Artists: Audineh Asaf, Nooreen Baig, Raissa Bailey, Jenny E. Balisle, Linda Behar, Colby Parker Beutel, Sadie Bridger, Leigh Brooklyn, Aubrey-Anne Davis, Meaghan A. Dee, Dilara, Paola Fiterre, Sajidah Fulani, Teresa Greve Wolf, Carol Hayman, Mary Hazboun, Kiana Honarmand, Natalie Jackson, Beatriz Ledesma, Rachel Linnemann, Kelly Marshall, Angela A. McElwain, Amy L Misurelli Sorensen, Shabnam Modjarrad, Norah Mohammad Fahad Al-Qahtani, Laleh Motlagh, Szandra None, Laura O’Connor, Barbie Perry, Linda Plaisted, Helia Pouyanfar, Celeste Seitz, Jessica Self Sajidah, Megan Sinclair, Rebekah Stoneberg, Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, Salma Taman, Kim Triedman, Lara Vaienti, Chiara Vincenzi, Nara Vulvgang Walker, Karina Walter, Eldarin J. Yeong, and Elmira Yousefi.

Image: artwork by Lara Vaienti

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Indrani Nayar-Gall and Madelyn Turner: A Two-Woman Show,” on view from June 17 to July 8, 2023.

Juror Ashley Wynn selected the two artists based on their artworks in WMG’s 2022 Feminist Biennial. The exhibition brings together paintings, installations, and videos that make visible trauma, grief, and rage as a response to life in a patriarchal world.

Meet the artists and view their work at the opening reception on Saturday, June 17th from 4 to 7 PM. The event is free and open to the public.  
 

Indrani Nayar-Gall
“My artistic practice springs from being surrounded by women-made cultural/ritual mark-making in my native India, mostly from the Bengali social-cultural practice. Exposure to European art has given me different tools and language, but also an urgency to decolonize my imagination.

“After I migrated to the U.S., the pressure to conform pushed me further into being a nonconformist—deconstructing that single perspective. My current works are about women’s bodies as sites of violence, dreams, and aspirations. Using or combining paper, fiber, ready-mades, and text from scriptures derogatory to women, I stretch the limits of conventional processes to create bodies that physically hang or stretch over the floor or wall. Sometimes I create nonlinear digital moving-image narratives. Guiding myself intuitively, I imagine solutions or interpret concepts, make my own tools, choose appropriate material, or alter or disassociate the real/obvious to create visceral, tactile, or surreal experiences. My processes are individual but also collaborative and participatory.”

A multidisciplinary feminist artist, Indrani Nayar-Gall weaves global narratives of marginalization, patriarchy, and misogyny through her practice in installation, 2-D/3-D media, and moving image. Social justice themes stem from influences in her mixed north-south Indian background, parental modeling of community engagement and helping marginalized women in need, the mentorship of socially engaged professors, and socio-political activism. Indrani has exhibited nationally and internationally, and she founded Yes She Rises LLC, a campaign to empower sex workers in India.

In a career spanning more than 35 years, including teaching, she has continually expanded her practice, most recently directing two documentaries. Her first feature, String of Stories, received the first prize Humanitarian Award at the 2022 Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Indrani has an MFA in experimental printmaking, a Graduate Certificate in Contemporary Non-Toxic Printmaking, and a Diploma in Education. She continues to expand her knowledge in moving image and new media. For more information, visit her artist website and instagram page.

 

Madelyn Turner

“Through my work, I wrestle with society’s idealized construction of the feminine form and its relationship to my body. Exposing my fragmented feelings of identity caused by these external constructs of the feminine body reveals my vulnerability to these issues as I work through expansive waves of anger and grief.

“I’ve realized that the process of painting allows me to feel the discomfort of corporeal (dis)embodiment: the haunted flesh. Even so, the conversations I’m having through painting transcend merely tapping into embodiment. It is a conversation with the canvas as I discover and give shape to my body. Indexing conversations that I have with my body onto the surface of the painting while I work is a way for me to understand my body trauma. I’m able to feel the duality of wanting to dissect yet understand the tenderness of my body.

“This process creates distance between my direct perception of my physical body and opens the space of accepting my body as it is. The bodily and bloody texture of oil paint and cold wax opens an exploration into the body cavity of the work. Flesh becomes material. These entangled remnants at times become buried within the folds of the painting. Through the process of excavation, the painting is struggling to remember.”

Madelyn Turner is a figurative painter based in Illinois. She has a BA in studio art and is currently pursuing an MFA degree at Illinois State University. She is interested in the space between figuration and abstraction, including how this exploration can create a new way of exploring her body and experiences with the societal consciousness of feminine identity. For more information, visit her artist website and instagram page.


(Image: Indrani Nayar-Gall: House Is Not a Home (2021–2023) | video still)

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Tickled Pink, a virtual exhibition juried by Veronica Clements. The exhibition includes work in a variety of mediums by 68 artists from across the United States, including Puerto Rico, as well as the UK and South Korea. The artists’ work explores themes of joy and humor, with a focus on being radically optimistic in a cynical world. This exhibition cheekily invites viewers to contemplate their own perspectives on happiness and the power of optimism.

As visitors immerse themselves in this virtual showcase, they are invited to reflect on the ways in which they navigate the complexities of the world, finding moments of delight and laughter amidst the challenges. The exhibition sparks a dialogue about the importance of maintaining a positive mindset and reminds us that humor and joy can serve as transformative forces, capable of breaking through cynicism and inspiring hope.

View images of all artworks Here. 

About the Juror: Veronica Clements

Veronica Clements is an artist, a curator, and a creative leader. Born in Chicago, she is currently based in Highland Park, IL. She received her BFA in Painting and Art History from the University of Illinois and will receive her MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University in December 2023. Clements has exhibited her work throughout Illinois in galleries such as Woman Made Gallery, The Art Center Highland Park, Stola Contemporary, Evanston Art Center, and Bridgeport Art Center. Her upcoming solo exhibition, Pinky Promise, can be seen at the Evanston Art Center from July 29 to September 10, 2023.

Clements’s work explores themes of nostalgia, girlhood, and 17th-century Dutch vanitas iconography. She believes that these moments of fleeting beauty are kept alive forever through the power of art.

Clements is president of the Young Women’s Caucus for Art and a board member, social media manager, and curator for the Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art. Her recent curated exhibition, Hot Pink Platter, at AIR Gallery in Glencoe, IL, brought together more than 60 Chicago-area women and nonbinary artists in a celebration of being unapologetically themselves and embracing their feminine identity in whatever capacity that means to them as an artist. For more information, visit Veronica’s website: www.veronicaclements.com

 

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Please join us to meet artists, “Indrani Nayar-Gall and Madelyn Turner” in person as they talk about their work in this beautiful and meaningful exhibition. On view are paintings, installations, and videos that make visible trauma, grief, and rage as a response to life in a patriarchal world.

The Artist Walkthrough takes place on Saturday, July 8 from 2 to 4 PM. The event is free and open to the public.  
 

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present “Absurdity: In Dada We Trust,” a theme that honors artist and supporter Helene Romer Smith, who died in March of 2022. Created in collaboration with The Art Center Highland Park, the Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Stola Contemporary Art, and Alma Interiors, this exhibition was juried by WMG co-founders Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski. The show includes work by 43 artists and will be on view from July 22 to August 19, 2023, at WMG, 2150 S. Canalport Ave., 4A–3, Chicago, IL 60608. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

When the world goes mad, the arts go Dada.

In the U.S. and across the globe, bullies have been applauded and emboldened to share the self-serving rhetoric of nationalism and to act out sanctioned racism. Women’s rights are being set back 50 years, and the LGBTQIA+ community is dangling by a thread as individual rights are regulated but assault weapons are not. Social media has hijacked the news, and the term “alternative facts” has become the norm, no longer just the brunt of jokes.

For artists, it is a clear call to look to the past for guidance and to take a stand. How? In a word: Dadaism. Created as a reaction to the absurdity of war and the propaganda of World War I, Dadaism was the reaction of a group of artists from another time in history when the world was on the brink of madness. That is why Woman Made Gallery is joining this collaboration in building a creative coalition for fighting back against the current trend toward insanity.

View images of all artworks Here. 
 

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ARTISTS WALKTHROUGH: Saturday, September 30, 2–4 PM CST

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present its 6th Midwest Open, juried by Kimberly Oliva. Forty-three artists from Illinois and six other Midwestern states are exhibiting works in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed-media installation, and video. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

In her statement, Kimberly Oliva remarks: “I am the curator of Oliva Gallery and a Co-Founder of Alma Art and Interiors, so the representation of material-forward work is important to me. The conversation between the breadth and range of the submitted artworks and the voices of the talented artists who submitted work weighed heavily in my selection process. Narrowing down the submissions for this engaging show was an intense challenge, and I’m so excited to show the best of the Midwest right here at Woman Made Gallery.

“There are many new faces, emerging voices, and sculptural dynamics that will delight audiences, and we have special programming planned during the exhibition. Mark your calendar for the opening reception, an Instagram artist talk, and an artist walkthrough in September. I’m thankful to participate as juror, and thanks to all of the amazing artists who applied.”

Exhibiting Artists: Libby Anson, Amal Azzam, Marcia Babler, Sophie Brennan Carlisle, Elizabeth Buchanan, Marianna Buchwald, Sara Peak Convery, Bethany Cordero, Jennifer Cronin, Eleana Grace Daniel, Lisa DeLuca, Sherri Denault, Victoria Engonopoulos, Amy Feigley-Lee, Karen Jean Fike, Anne Farley Gaines, Amanda Gentry, Anna Heinen, Ali Hval, Nanxi Jin, Pauline Kochanski, Jamie Kost, Kathleen Maltese, Jane Michalski, Wendi Napoli, Colleen O’Rourke, Lorraine Peltz, Emily Pfaff, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, Kathryn Rodrigues, Kathy Blankley Roman, Marci Rubin, Nadine Saylor, Brittany Sievers, Amanda Smith, Madison Sternig, Michelle Thomas, Nancy VanKanegan, Vivian Visser, Kathleen Waterloo, Emily Schroeder Willis, Charlotte Woolf, Qianwen Yu

About the Juror: Kimberly Oliva received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University in 2001. She is the owner of Oliva Gallery and a co-founder of ALMA Art and Interiors in Chicago. Prior to the opening of ALMA in 2021, Oliva Gallery exhibited at SOFA. Kimberly is a member of the Arts Club of Chicago, the founder of the Mozart Park Mural program, and the President of the Mozart Park Advisory Council. With a diverse professional background ranging from interior design to jewelry to contemporary art, Kimberly has been immersed in the Chicago art scene for more than two decades.

In early 2002, Kimberly started selling art at the Chicago Randolph Street Market. She has since expanded to exhibiting local and world-renowned artworks in Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, and Washington. She is currently in the process of organizing museum exhibits for 2024.

In her free time, Kimberly enjoys attending art exhibits, strolling the historic tree-lined boulevards of Logan Square and Humboldt Park, and road-tripping across the United States in search of fresh inventory for Oliva and ALMA. Her passion for art, design, and community has made both Oliva Gallery and ALMA Art and Interiors unique and inspiring destinations for art enthusiasts and collectors alike. For more information, visit For more information visit https://www.olivagallery.com/

(Banner Image: Artwork by Pauline Kochanski)

​Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12–5 PM CST | WMG is closed between exhibitions. 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Time Memory Mythos, a group exhibition juried by Monica J. Brown. Forty-four artists explore the topic of the exhibition in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, collage, mixed media works, and video. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

Juror Monica Brown said, “Memory is an abstraction. It holds our entire history, but how much of that is our “real” story? What stories do we tell ourselves about this story? Which stories do we own and which ones own us? And how do we break free of those that don’t serve our greatest good? In what ways do time and memory inform the larger mythos that shapes life philosophies and religious beliefs?”

About the Juror: Monica J. Brown explores memory, history, and personal mythology through visual art, sound, movement, writing, and performance. Her visual art has been exhibited widely throughout Chicago as well as nationally and internationally. Selected exhibition spaces include SooVAC, Minneapolis, MN; The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ; and Ucross Art Gallery, Ucross, WY. Her work has been written about in the Chicago Reader and the Detroit Art Review. 

Monica has created murals with Chicago’s Hubbard Street Mural Project and Detroit’s Live6 Neighborhood Arts Project. Her work is currently represented by Black Art in America and SoNa Chicago Gallery. She is a Ucross fellow and has attended residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Ragdale, and the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, among others. She has received grants from Chicago DCASE and the Illinois Arts Council Agency and is a recipient of Columbia College’s Albert P. Weisman Award.

Monica earned a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and an MA from Columbia College Chicago. She currently resides in Chicago. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/mymyriadmuse.

Exhibiting Artists: Sarah Amacker, Pinar Aral, Erin Armstrong, Alexandra Beaumont, Jan Brandt, Ashleigh Buchanan, Renee Duran, Lucia Enriquez, Tamara Faulkner, Susan Fecho, Debra Goertz, Marcia Grubb, Amy Hanks, Lillian Heredia, Doina Iacob, Natalie Jackson, Elizabeth Jasmine, Jayne King, Pauline Kochanski, Erin Kuhn, Beatriz Ledesma, Cynthia J. Lee, Olivia JS Lee, Elizabeth LeFauve, Tingting Li, Amanda Linden, Angela McElwain, Levia McFarlane, Terri Messinides, Anat Mor-Avi, Courtney Nzeribe, Marcela Adeze Okeke, Heidi Parkes, Lauren Pontenberg, Jill Shoffiett, Emily Showers, Annabelle Sigmond, Natasha Somerville, Christine Thiel, Corrie Thompson, Constance Volk, Talia Kimberly Wright, Kris Wu, Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman

Image: Memories of my Grandmother by Natalie Jackson

Time Memory Mythos: https://womanmade.org/time-memory-mythos/

Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, noon–5 PM

New location after November 15: 1332 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60607| 312-738-0400 | general@womanmade.org

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to announce a night of festivities and storytelling to celebrate Woman Made and its supporters. Show & Tell, a Soirée at Woman Made Gallery will be held on Saturday, October 21 from 6 to 9 PM at Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S. Canalport, Chicago IL 60608.

Silent Auction Artwork by Amy Pleasant

This festive and fun occasion offers the larger Chicago community the opportunity to gather with WMG artists and advocates, applaud WMG milestones, and raise funds to sustain WMG’s mission of achieving artistic and economic equality for women in the arts. WMG has consistently cultivated the diverse contributions of women artists through programs that serve, educate and enrich the community. Since 1992 more than 9000+ women have exhibited their work in 450+ exhibitions.

SHOW & TELL, a Soirée at Woman Made Gallery is our first post-covid fundraising event and a welcome opportunity for the WMG community to meet again in person. The evening’s theme is storytelling (threads and weaving) where past and current supporters will share stories about how WMG has impacted and inspired their lives as artists and advocates.

The funds raised during the event will help WMG to carry out its programming and continue to provide opportunities for women artists. Our fundraising goal of $15,000 include revenue generated from tickets sales, a silent auction, raffle and corporate sponsorships.

An important secondary goal is to create a fun and memorable evening that keeps our community and fervent supporters engaged and acknowledged.

The Soirée includes door prizes, delicious appetizers and a wine bar, a silent auction, mystery bags, a raffle and music. The exhibition, Time Memory Mythos with gorgeous artwork will be on display with curator Monica J. Brown introducing the theme.

Sharing their WMG stories are Roberta Allen, Boisali Biswas, Monica J. Brown, Lydia Burris, Pamela Callahan, Pritika Chowdhry, Nina Corwin, Yolanda Fernandez-Shebeko, Jae Green, Marcia Grubb, Shirley Guay and Rosalie Koldan, Natalie Jackson, Shelly Jyoti, Felicia Grant Preston, Karen Rechtschaffen, Caren Helene Rudman, Kelly Hensen, Beate Minkovski, Babette Wainwright, and more.

Admission tickets are $85 prepaid or $90 at the door with all proceeds benefiting WMG and its programs. Any donation above the price of admission is tax-deductible.  We also have various sponsorship opportunities available. 

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present its annual Small Works Members Show, juried by WMG’s Program Committee. One hundred twenty-one WMG member artists are exhibiting small works (up to 20 inches in length or width) in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed-media, printmaking, fiber, and photography. All artworks are for sale, with prices up to $400.

The opening reception will be held at WMG’s new location, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, December 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

Other events include WMG’s Members/Volunteers Appreciation Party on Saturday, December 9, from 2 to 4 p.m., and the Closing Reception on Saturday, December 23, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Exhibiting Artists: Adriana Ameigh, Ruth Andre, Pinar Aral, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler, Jennifer Bantz, Marlo Berg, Anne Bernard-Pattis, Kathy Bishop, Marianna Buchwald, Lydia Burris, Kathy Marie Bussert-Webb, Vickie Byron, Flora Calabrese, Teresa Castaneda, Novalí Centellas, Jenny Chernansky, Susan Chorpenning, Angela L. Chostner, Bethany Cordero, Julia Huette Costanzo, Cathleen Cramer, Theresa Richardson Crubaugh, Ann Dawkins, Karla Gabriela De La Fuente, Melanie Deal, Victoria DeLong, Lisa DeLuca, Sheila A. Donovan, Jasmine Elizabeth, Linda Erzinger, Karen Fike, Kapra Fleming, Scarlett Ford, Mary Fountain, Amanda Freymann, Adele Friedman, Anne Farley Gaines, Anne-Bridget Gary, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Jeanette Green, Denise Grossman, Kristen Guest, Amy Hanks, Cecilia Hardacker, Tonya Hart, Harper Hazelmare, Deborah Hirshfield, Marilyn Hrymak, Frederica Diane Huff, Doina Mihaela Iacob, Adamandia K, Bonnie J. Katz, Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, Safir Kaylan, Ruth A. Keitz, Ana Kim, Mary King, Pauline Kochanski, Kim Laurel, Beatriz E. Ledesma, Olivia JS Lee, Susan Leith, Gayla Lemke, Dawn Liddicoatt, Marie Magnetic, Lorimar Matos, Sandy Mayo, Erin McNamara, Mildred Annani Mercado, Socorro Mucino, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Kelsey Faith Nichols, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Joan North, Irina Tall Novikova, Courtney Nzeribe, Laura O’Connor, Colleen O’Rourke, Magda Parasidis, Nina Pariser, Mimm Patterson, Pamela Penney, Andrea Picard, Kim Potowski, Ann C. Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Nabeela Rehman, Pia Pilar Reynaldo, Gina Lee Robbins, Marci Rubin, Caren Helene Rudman, Sarah Schneiderman, Sarah Schrift, Beth Shadur, Sandra Sheagren, Silvanna Shen, Melissa Smith, Lori Solley, Cindy Souders, Dorothy Cross Straughter, Anna Nichol Stutsman, Rae Tayo, Cheryl A. Thomas, Michelle Thomas, Michele Thrane, Tricia Lynn Townes, Frances E Trainor, Rhonda Urdang, Nicole Van Dyken, Nancy VanKanegan, Lucy VanRegenmorter, Mary Kate Fahrenbach Venturini, Julia Waltz-Stalker, Marybeth Ward, Kathleen Waterloo, Mel Watkin, Welding Witch, Lauralynn White, Andrea Mae Wood, Lizabeth Wortham

Banner Image: Marilyn Hrymak: Get Weird (2023) – mixed media collage; 12 x 16 in.

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The opening reception will be held at WMG’s new location, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, December 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

Other events include WMG’s Members/Volunteers Appreciation Party on Saturday, December 9, from 2 to 4 p.m., and the Closing Reception on Saturday, December 23, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Exhibiting Artists: Adriana Ameigh, Ruth Andre, Pinar Aral, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler, Jennifer Bantz, Marlo Berg, Anne Bernard-Pattis, Kathy Bishop, Marianna Buchwald, Lydia Burris, Kathy Marie Bussert-Webb, Vickie Byron, Flora Calabrese, Teresa Castaneda, Novalí Centellas, Jenny Chernansky, Susan Chorpenning, Angela L. Chostner, Bethany Cordero, Julia Huette Costanzo, Cathleen Cramer, Theresa Richardson Crubaugh, Ann Dawkins, Karla Gabriela De La Fuente, Melanie Deal, Victoria DeLong, Lisa DeLuca, Sheila A. Donovan, Jasmine Elizabeth, Linda Erzinger, Karen Fike, Kapra Fleming, Scarlett Ford, Mary Fountain, Amanda Freymann, Adele Friedman, Anne Farley Gaines, Anne-Bridget Gary, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Jeanette Green, Denise Grossman, Kristen Guest, Amy Hanks, Cecilia Hardacker, Tonya Hart, Harper Hazelmare, Deborah Hirshfield, Marilyn Hrymak, Frederica Diane Huff, Doina Mihaela Iacob, Adamandia K, Bonnie J. Katz, Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, Safir Kaylan, Ruth A. Keitz, Ana Kim, Mary King, Pauline Kochanski, Kim Laurel, Beatriz E. Ledesma, Olivia JS Lee, Susan Leith, Gayla Lemke, Dawn Liddicoatt, Marie Magnetic, Lorimar Matos, Sandy Mayo, Erin McNamara, Mildred Annani Mercado, Socorro Mucino, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Kelsey Faith Nichols, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Joan North, Irina Tall Novikova, Courtney Nzeribe, Laura O’Connor, Colleen O’Rourke, Magda Parasidis, Nina Pariser, Mimm Patterson, Pamela Penney, Andrea Picard, Kim Potowski, Ann C. Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Nabeela Rehman, Pia Pilar Reynaldo, Gina Lee Robbins, Marci Rubin, Caren Helene Rudman, Sarah Schneiderman, Sarah Schrift, Beth Shadur, Sandra Sheagren, Silvanna Shen, Melissa Smith, Lori Solley, Cindy Souders, Dorothy Cross Straughter, Anna Nichol Stutsman, Rae Tayo, Cheryl A. Thomas, Michelle Thomas, Michele Thrane, Tricia Lynn Townes, Frances E Trainor, Rhonda Urdang, Nicole Van Dyken, Nancy VanKanegan, Lucy VanRegenmorter, Mary Kate Fahrenbach Venturini, Julia Waltz-Stalker, Marybeth Ward, Kathleen Waterloo, Mel Watkin, Welding Witch, Lauralynn White, Andrea Mae Wood, Lizabeth Wortham

Read about the exhibition and view images of all artworks HERE

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The Emotional Impact of Digital Art 

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Digital Alchemy: Transforming Pixels into Emotions, a virtual group exhibition with work by nineteen artists. Curated by Willea Zwey, this exhibition focuses on the emotional impact of digital art. In their work, the artists experiment with digital tools to create narratives that evoke specific feelings and sensations.

Exhibiting Artists: Ruth Andre, Aoccho, Marcia Babler, Rosemary DiNardo, Gabrielle Egnater, Shiho Kono, Jessica Larva, Jessie Lijiaqi, Bohan Liu, Hailing Liu, Juliet Martin, Penny McElroy, Carol L. Myers, Wen Redmond, Myra Rivera, Elif Sezen, Amanda VanValkenburg, Jennifer Weigel, Rachel Wittels

Read about the juror, Willea Zwey.. Experience the exhibition HERE.

Artwork by Rosemary DiNardo

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Mine, Yours, Ours: Kitchen and Familial Stories, a group exhibition with work by 30 artists. Curated by Archana Shekara, the timing for this theme is most fitting after a season filled with festivities and food traditions. Impacted by their diverse upbringings, the artists in this exhibition lovingly share food-related tales flavored with cherished memories and nostalgia. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at WMG’s new location: 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607.

Exhibiting Artists: J White Burton, Emilia Chang, Kelly Ciurej, Cathleen Cramer, Amrita Datta, Idil Duman, Isabelle Camillo Engelson, Yumi Erica Fukuda, Megan Fulton, Victoria Gerson, Annikah Godard, Sara Anais Gonzalez, Jen Lau, Ludi Leiva, Nora Moore Lloyd, Lisett Lopez, Mildred Annani Mercado, Courtney Nzeribe, Zsófia Ötvös, Sameena Jabeen Rao, Natalie Reynoso, Pranavi Rohit, Abby Rosenberger, Summer Shin, Mary Ellen Sisulak, Alicia Staples, Christl Stringer, Noemi Taboada Gomez, Karina Yanes, Ting Zhou

About the Juror: Archana Shekara is an Indian American artist and designer. At Illinois State University, she is a professor of Graphic Design, the co-director of Ethnic Studies, and the creative director of Design Streak Studio, a research-based social innovation lab focusing on human-centered service design. Shekara uses design as a tool to build cross-cultural understanding, acceptance, and respect.

Read about the exhibition and view images of all artworks HERE I Events are free and open to the public. 

Top banner images: Artwork by Victoria Gerson 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present a group exhibition with work by 40 artists. Curated by Priscilla Otani, this open theme includes entries that explore or challenge conceptual and material boundaries. 

Exhibiting Artists: Kiley Ames, Brittanie Bondie, Tian Bu, Melissa English Campbell, Donna R. Charging, Fabiana Comas Risquez, Bria Corranda, Katie Croft, Zarina N. Docken, AJ Duncan, Elaine Emmons, Ana Maria Farina, Rachel Feinstein, Brianna Freitag, Chen Gao, Karen M. Gutfreund, Chloe Harthan, Ellen Holtzblatt, Peggy Blei Hracho, Janet Jaffke, Olivia Jobbe, Shannon Knowlton, Natasha Kravchenko, Maddy Lee, Anna Lentz, Angela A. McElwain, Dee Mostofi, Nelson, Colleen O’Rourke, Mimm Patterson, Schetauna Powell, Maya Rau-Murthy (in collaboration with Meena Chen and Mrinaalika Sivakumar), Sawyer Rose, Anna Sahkul, Tanya Scott, Rose Sellery, Annmarie Suglio, Julianne Wallace Sterling, Karina Walter, Cat Washington

About the Juror: Priscilla Otani is Board President of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA), founding partner of Arc Studios & Gallery in San Francisco, art curator and interdisciplinary artist. As an interdisciplinary artist, she has participated in many activist-themed exhibitions, ranging in subject matter from immigration, reproductive rights, women’s rights, to politics. Otani received her BA in Psychology and Asian Studies from Mills College in 1974 and MA in Japanese Literature from Columbia University in 1976. Born in Tokyo, Otani is a bi-cultural, naturalized United States citizen. For more information, visit Priscilla Otani’s website: https://www.theherproject.art/2

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Woman Made Gallery will be open late on Saturday, March 16th until 8 PM to allow students and neighbors a better chance to see our current show.

 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present its Down There, a group exhibition with work by 39 artists. Juried by Kelsey Bogdan, this exhibition seeks to lift back imposed veils of stigma and mystery, bringing to the forefront conversations around vulvar anatomy, vocabulary, diversity, emotionality, etc. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607.

Exhibiting Artists: Lathoriel Badenhausen, Ashley Baranczyk, Caroline Bick, Cindy C Blair, Caroline Borucki, Oona Bruss, Katie Croft, Leah Dalton, Samantha DeCarlo, Jessica Du Preez, Sarah Eckstine, Jillian Elliott, McKenzie Fitz, Anne Farley Gaines, Linda Gelfman, Amanda Gentry, Sandra Guze, Angela Hansen, Joanna Hoge, Kristy Brucale Jach, Meagan Jain, Olivia Jobbe, Erin Juliana, Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, Anya Kotler, Anna Lipscomb, Monika Malewska, Mildred Annani Mercado, Mengjie Mo, Emmalyn Mueller, Laura O’Connor,  Shari Pundrich, Rachael, Althea Rao, Kit Robbins, L Ande Smith, Maya Stoker, Dom Williams

About the Juror: Kelsey Bogdan is an artist, scholar, and educator from Chicago, Illinois. She completed her B.A. at Harvard University, where she studied neuroscience as well as gender and sexuality. Both fields inform her artistic practice and scholarship. Bogdan went on to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2022 from Columbia College Chicago.

After years of experience as an educator in the life sciences as well as in the arts and humanities, Bogdan hopes to continue to bridge the gap between the humanities and STEM. This involves integrating neuroscience, healing, and human resistance through her scholarship. Bogdan just wrapped up her Humanities Fellowship at the Dumbarton Oaks Museum in Washington, D.C., and is currently a first-year medical student at Brown University.

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“I believe that the truth of any subject only comes when all sides of the story are put together.” — Alice Walker

In 2024 Women and Femmes find themselves at a unique juncture with newly legalized access to cannabis and safe, standardized cannabis products. Does weed open the doors of the mind or is it the same old ‘gateway’? Femmes and NB writers will share their experiences with marijuana, microdosing and other organic altered states. Readers include Pauline Kochanski, Kat Lipson, and Nikki Patin. Literary Curator: Jae Green.

(Image: RHINO POETRY & Woman Made Gallery Present “Without Borders: The Laughing Place.”)

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “18” An Exhibition for Our Times with watercolors and Papier-mâché sculptures by Chicago artist, Mary King.

18 is the voting age in the USA. In 18, the exhibit, any work can be purchased for $18. The work must be taken immediately and used for a thoughtful discussion to prepare for the election.

The works feature words with rearranged letters (race/care, dire/fire, oh/ho) serving as prompts to consider alternative opinions, not to change minds, but to make contact and examine one’s own views.

For more information, please visit Mary King’s Website.

Image: Mary King: Serve.Sever – watercolor on paper on Styrofoam with various items; 6 x 16 x 4 in.

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Girlfriends, a group exhibition with work by 41 artists. Juried by Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez-Stoppert, this exhibition explores the “girlfriend” theme in whatever manner is chosen by the artists. Simultaneously, WMG is hosting “18”, an Exhibition for Our Times by Chicago artist, Mary King. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607.

Jurors’ Statement:  As girls, teens, and then women, we hope to have experienced at least one significant female girlfriend if not several over the years. These could be or have been with a family member, sister, mother, cousin, classmates, neighbors, roommates, or colleagues at work. There are obvious generational differences for women over time as cinema, television, the internet and social media each gives us access to more relevant stories about ourselves. The recurrent themes, irrespective of the era in most of our individual narratives are, love, loyalty, confidant, protector, co-conspirator, and of course, drama.

Sharing life’s adventures, the good, bad and ugly are made more tolerable and survivable with a “bestie” with whom to share them. The “drama” sometimes ensues if or when the narratives of life intervene. Complicating some friendships: secrets, jealousy, betrayal are also recurrent themes in our beloved stories about girlfriends. It makes no difference if or when one’s sexual preferences or gender curiosity is added to the mix. The following article is a helpful read as a look at history: https://www.businessinsider.com/iconic-female-friends-throughout-history-2019-3

Exhibiting Artists: Sunny Alonzo, Bekah Baker, Liz Barick Fall, Amy Beattie, Anne Bernard-Pattis, Laicee Blackwell, Susan Byrnes (in collaboration with Claudette Stern, and D’Jean Jawrunner), Marie Cameron, Jeanne Ciravolo, Kelley Clink (and Amanda Mulcahy), Annika Connor, Parmalee Paula Cover, Stacey Creem, Jasmine Elizabeth, Liliana Figueroa-Larios, Katie Fountain, Anne Farley Gaines, Gabriella Gentile, Ghia Haddad, Chloe Harthan, Laura Hawbaker, Natalie Jackson, Olivia Jobbe, Ruth A. Keitz, Beth Lakamp, Susan Leith, Hannah Lyons, Laura O’Connor, Tracy Ostmann-Haschke, POCHIS, Bell Luna Powers, Ann C. Quinn, Geneviever Ramos, Sarah Rocheleau, Pranavi Rohit, Cynthia Staples, Rachel Trusty, Colleen Walsh, Muchen Wang, Nora Wiley-Schwartz

About the Jurors: Mary Stoppert & Carmen M. Perez Stoppert

Carmen M. Perez-Stoppert is an artist and has served as an Adult Educator for Chicago City Colleges. She received her BA in Art from Northeastern Illinois University and has exhibited her jewelry, sculpture, and drawings in galleries, art and craft fairs, and expositions in the U.S. and Canada. https://carmenmperez.com/home.html

After earning her MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Stoppert was a Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University for 30 years, chairing the art department for two years and serving as gallery director for fifteen years. Stoppert’s exhibition history includes The New Museum of Contemporary Art, in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago.  https://marystoppert.com/home.html

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Woman Made Gallery is proud to present Girlfriends, a group exhibition with work by 41 artists. Juried by Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez-Stoppert, this exhibition explores the “girlfriend” theme in whatever manner is chosen by the artists. Simultaneously, WMG is hosting “18”, an Exhibition for Our Times by Chicago artist, Mary King.
 

About the Jurors: Mary Stoppert & Carmen M. Perez Stoppert

Carmen M. Perez-Stoppert is an artist and has served as an Adult Educator for Chicago City Colleges. She received her BA in Art from Northeastern Illinois University and has exhibited her jewelry, sculpture, and drawings in galleries, art and craft fairs, and expositions in the U.S. and Canada. https://carmenmperez.com/home.html

After earning her MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mary Stoppert was a Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University for 30 years, chairing the art department for two years and serving as gallery director for fifteen years. Stoppert’s exhibition history includes The New Museum of Contemporary Art, in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago.  https://marystoppert.com/home.html

Woman Made Gallery is open & free to the public

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery,” a virtual group exhibition. Curated by Anne-Marie Kovacs, this exhibition includes artworks in various mediums that explore the experience of invisibility, a condition often imposed by societal norms and sometimes embraced as a form of self-preservation.

Works in this exhibit examine the multiple dimensions of social invisibility by delving into the emotional or practical consequences of the condition or by revealing unseen, overlooked, or unacknowledged constraints in today’s society. Thirty-seven artists contributed their interpretations and narratives to bring visibility to the invisible and to acknowledge those who are existing on the periphery due to societal pressures or by their own choice.

Exhibiting Artists: Anne Bernard-Pattis, Marcie Brozyna, Alexandra Buxbaum, San Chen, Doria Choi, Danaid Collaboration (DanaidX) by Angela Yarian and Hope Brooks, Vicki Engonopoulos, LucyJulia Hale, Susan Keats, Megan Klco Kellner, Shannon Knowlton, Tanya Kornienko Art, Jamie Kost, Susan Leith, Howe fun Lye-Starks, Malìa, Natalie McDonald, Angela McElwain, Karen Mosbacher, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Wendy Peer, Marianetta Porter, Nina Rastgar, Wendy E. Saam, Beth Sanders, Kathleen M. Sanker, Amanda Sarasien, S B, Maelisa Singer, Laura Stevenson, Mami Takahashi, Kathy Walter, Julie Waltz-Stalker, Meryn Weaver, Isabel Winson-Sagan, Jeanette Woods, Han Yang

About the Juror: Anne-Marie Kovacs brings her business acumen and passion for art and design to her role as juror for WMG’s “Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery” exhibition. With a professional background in business strategy and strategic foresight, Anne-Marie helps emerging companies in a variety of consumer-facing industries identify new opportunities and successfully launch their projects. She is an active board member of Woman Made Gallery, where she supports and advocates for women in the arts and the gallery’s mission to foster inclusivity and diversity within the creative community.

VIEW THE EXHIBITION HERE

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Juried by Anke Loh

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Connectivity, a group exhibition with work by 39 artists. Juried by Anke Loh, this exhibition explores connecting to oneself, to others, and to one’s surroundings. The exhibition includes visual material, tactile and sound explorations, poetry, moving image, and more, experienced through the prism of how we establish and maintain our connections on multiple levels. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607.

Juror’s Statement: “Societies and cultures have been transformed over the last decade or so through global access to and use of new and emerging technologies, including smart textiles. Our methods for communicating and connecting with one another are accelerating, with many more ways to connect across the planet in real time.

“At the same time, particularly during the height of the pandemic when everything came to a jolting halt, we discovered how to ‘be in touch’ and ‘maintain contact’ in new ways. Isolation-induced longing engendered remarkably innovative ways to communicate.

“In a world with so much urgency, how do people in crisis get in touch, take action, or form a protest? Who is in contact with whom, and what are their methods of communication? What are the unknown forces that move us, and what or with whom do we maintain contact? Do immediacy and speeding up everything help or hurt us? Do we need to slow down to find a deep connection with sensation? What about the importance of touch to foster deeper connection? What will be the next interface for human connectivity?

“Artists are pivotal social catalysts who filter, express, and help reveal new pathways for verbal and nonverbal communication. This exhibition aims to showcase artistic explorations into connectivity via the realms of fashion, design, craft, artificial intelligence, and social consciousness. Work in this exhibition reflects both social justice and imagination.”

Exhibiting Artists: Grace Adamczyk, Salma Arastu, Asya Aseeva, Xiaowen Bao, Julia Betts, Sophia Brueckner, Pamela Chipman, Mag Cramer, Cindy Dick, Raya Dukhan, Marie-Helene Fabra, Gabriella Gentile, Farida Hughes, Peicen Jiang, Judith Joseph, Heather Klinkhamer, Carley Knight, Catherine Lyu, Seema Mathew, Asia Mathis, Maya, Filio Zoi Milioti, Katherine Nemanich, Maya Nguen, Cheryl Pagurek, Sabine Pearlman, Rosalina Perez, Laura Phelps Rogers, Natalie Preston, Beth Racette, Shirene Rafie, Kenzi Rayelle, Catherine Spencer, Savneet Talwar, Winnie van der Rijn, Mary Barbara Walsh, Sarah Weiner, Adrienne Weiss, Qianwen Yu

Anke Loh is a designer, artist and educator who works at the intersection of fashion, art and technology. With a focus on textile development and wearable tech, her collaborative practice explores potential ways to build community through craft and making. In the process of creating installations and site-specific interventions, Loh regularly invites scientists, designers, artists, and community members to collaborate on innovative projects, like her touch-sensitive embroidered textiles that can elicit pre-recorded soundscapes and imagery. Her practice explores the inherent meaning and symbolism embedded into everyday materials, for example, wire, used not only for building fences, yet also serving as a conduit for communication across borders of all kinds. Loh has integrated her multidisciplinary approach to art and design throughout her academic career at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she is a Professor in the Fashion Design Department.

For more information visit: https://re-fream.eu/pioneers/embroidered-touch/ and www.ankeloh.net

View the exhibition online: https://womanmade.org/connectivity/

Woman Made Gallery is supported in part by grants from The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Puffin Foundation; a major anonymous donor; and the generosity of its members and contributors.

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the 7th Midwest Open, a group exhibition with work by 40 artists. Juried by Pamela Callahan, The Midwest Open is an annual exhibition at WMG that highlights the achievements of women and nonbinary artists living in the American Midwest. Included were artists from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa,  Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota.

Juror Statement: “In preparing to view the artwork submitted for Woman Made Gallery’s 7th Midwest Open, I was curious: What’s happening, visual-art-wise, in mid-America, America, the World in 2024? I pledged to be open to the answer. Open to art that spanned genres, materials and motivations. And to find what opened further.

The breadth of concerns explored here, with such wit and intensity, whimsy and rigor, was thrilling. Here is expanse and intimacy. Here are the questions that flower questions. And what’s best—here is humor. I am most thrilled by the force and the freedom of that! What came together for this exhibition is the wide view that comes when one is focused on well-crafted work. These artists regard themselves and the world with compassion and scrutiny. They bring their findings to bear in paint and cloth and all the ways we make our light. It’s a hope-filled exhibition. It’s good to know these artists are working out in the world, working through it all, and responding with joy.” -Pamela Callahan

Exhibiting Artists: Colette Wright Adams, Reevah Agarwaal, Kristin Anderson, Allison Baker, Lisa Marie Barber, Chelsey Becker, Nora Benjamin, Bridgette Bogle, Anna F Brown, Melissa English Campbell, Marisol Cervantes, Debra Balchen, Ellen Mahaffy, Katie Fountain, Christine Gaffney, Jasmine Elizabeth, Elizabeth Joo, Annaleigh Kimes, Madison King, Epiphany Knedler, K Daphnae Koop, Anne Marquette, Wendi Napoli, Diana Noh, Laura O’Connor, Of Thousands, Colleen O’Rourke, Joan Painter-Jones, Madeline Penzel, Schetauna Powell, Sameena Jabeen Rao, Melody Reyes, Meg Roethler, Magdalena Rose Marie Saliba, Alli Smith, Shannon Twohy, Emma Xhaxho, Judith Yourman, Erica Zhan, Xingyi Zhao

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An exceptional evening awaits our guests for our annual fundraiser event at Alma Art & Interiors. This stunning venue will feed the cravings of art aficionados by immersing them in over 7,000 square feet of wall-to-ceiling displays of vibrant contemporary art and one-of-a-kind vintage finds.

We promise a delectable creative soirée where you’ll get to play the muse all night long. The evening’s fare will include delicious bites, a wine bar and a signature cocktail. Activities will feature a silent auction with fine art and other treasures, mystery bags, and other creative activities to delight guests during the evening.

Single Ticket: $95  BUY HERE 

Couple's Tickets: $160 for two  BUY HERE 

The Muse’s Night Out Tickets are available Here

Can’t make it to our event? Consider becoming a sponsor or making a donation HERE

3636 S. Iron Street Chicago IL 60609

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Woman Made Gallery is proud to present its 7th Midwest Open, a group exhibition with work by 40 artists. Juried by Pamela Callahan, The Midwest Open is an annual exhibition at WMG that highlights the achievements of women and nonbinary artists living in the American Midwest.

About the Juror: Pamela Callahan

Pamela Callahan is an artist and poet who lives and works in Wisconsin. Supporter of Woman Made Gallery since 1993, she has juried exhibitions, curated literary programs and advised and advocated for WMG throughout the years. She is the co-creator of Otter Creek Arts, a full-time studio located in the Driftless region. Hand in hand with creating artwork is its stewardship of the surrounding woods and wetlands. Pamela has exhibited her work throughout the Midwest and parts beyond. Her studio is part of the annual Fall Art Tour, which happens each 3rd weekend in October, together with 50 other artist studios from Baraboo to Spring Green, Dodgeville to Mineral Point.

Image: Melissa English Campbell: Midwest’s Northeast #1 (2024)

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Mark your calendars! We are proud to present our newest exhibition Through a BIPOC Lens: Decolonizing Feminism. 

We're featuring 35 select artists, juried by Monica J. Brown and Donna Jackson. The show is open until November 9th, so be sure to visit us!

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Join us Friday, November 8th from 7-9 PM at Woman Made for an experimental Sip n Paint inspired by American Abstract Expressionist artist, Helen Frankenthaler. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, Frankenthaler expanded the field of abstract painting and was a major inspiration for Color Field painting. Join artist and WMG staff member, Veronica Clements, as you explore soak-stain painting techniques, the simplification of shapes, and the embodiment of ideas and emotions through color on a range of large canvases. 

This workshop is open to all, no art experience required. Each participant will get to take home their artwork. 

This workshop will be of special interest to anyone interested in learning and experimenting with: abstract painting, experimental art, meanings and histories of color, material experimentation. 

About your Instructor: Veronica Clements, WMG Marketing and Development Coordinator:

Veronica Clements received her BFA in Painting & Art History from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University. She is the Chair of the Young Women’s Caucus for Art and the social media manager, a board member, and a curator for the Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art. Veronica is a realism oil painter focusing on representing girlhood and femininity using a combination of 17th-century Dutch and modern digital iconography. Clements was a Visual Art & Videography teacher at Elgin Academy for five years before joining the team at Woman Made Gallery as our Marketing & Development Coordinator.

Pricing:
$40 for members
$45 for non-members

Availability:
This Sip n’ Paint only has 12 spots available, so get your tickets today!

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Woman Made Gallery is thrilled to announce the return of its annual Small Works Members Show, an exhibition dedicated to honoring and showcasing the artistic achievements of some of WMG’s talented member artists. Juried by curators Astrid Houze de l’Aulnoit and Mary King, this year’s exhibition features an impressive array of works by 134 artists.


Each piece is under 20 inches in dimension, highlighting the beauty of small-scale artistry across diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, fiber, and photography. All artworks are available for purchase, with prices capped at $400, making it a perfect opportunity for collectors and art lovers to acquire unique pieces from local artists.


Exhibiting Artists: a.Soul, Colette Wright Adams, Amor as Lucha, Jeannine Anderson, Ruth Andre, Libby Anson, Antoaneda Antchev, Pinar Aral, Marilyn Artus, Isabel Axon-Sanchez, Marcia Babler, Beatriz Badikian-Gartle, Christine Bae, Anoush Bargamian, Carolyn Bell, Nora Benjamin, Ronit Bezalel, Cindy Cooper Blair, Paula E Borsetti, Eve Bridges, Marianna Buchwald, Lydia Burris, Mael Cabarrus, Phoebe Yufei Cao, Esther Charbit, Kirk Chernansky, Angela L. Chostner, Veronica Clements, Sara Peak Convery, Theresa Richardson Crubaugh, Pam Daniels, Sharmon Davidson, Ann Dawkins, Karen Dawson, Jena Doolas, Gail Fairfield, Nazare’ Feliciano, Kapra Fleming, Scarlett Ford, Amanda Freymann, Julie Glass, Debra Goertz, Jae Green, Nicole Marie Hagg, Amy Hanks, Kathryn E. Hempel, Andrea Lynn Herrick, Deborah Hirshfield, HLH Art | Heather Humbert, Jenn Hollmeyer, Frederica Diane Huff, Lynell Ingram, Jasmine Elizabeth, E.K. Jeong, K88888888, Safir Kaylan, Ruth A. Keitz, Cynthia Kerby, Ana Kim, Mary E King, Helen Klebesadel, Heather Klinkhamer, Pauline Kochanski, Lark, Kim Laurel, Beatriz E Ledesma, Roberta Lee, Lee Lee La Cubana, Gayla Lemke, Xiya Liu, Tammi Longsjo, Lis M, Hailey MacKenzie, magicfeifei, Anda Marcu, Kelly Marshall, Susan Messer McBride, Layl McDill, Erin McNamara, Bert Menco, Mildred Annani Mercado, Georgie Miller, Carol Myers, Adrienne Nadeau, Kelsey Nichols, Nik, Niki Nolin, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Courtney Nzeribe, Laura O’Connor, Bosede A. Opetubo, Colleen O’Rourke-Jasinski, Tracy Ostmann-Haschke, Nina Pariser, Laura Phelps Rogers, Andrea Picard, PōCHIS, Mabi Ponce de León, Kim Potowski, Ann Quinn, Cherry Rahn, Genevieve Ramos, Nabeela Rehman, Pia Pilar Reynaldo, Liese A Ricketts, Evangelina Roa, Caroline June Robinson, Wendy Robles, Sarah Rocheleau, Juno Rosenhaus, Salty Grrrl, Beth Shadur, Dolores S Slowinski, Melissa Smith, Lori Solley, Eve Sopala, Cynthia E Souders, Letitia L. Star, Lisa Stavinoha, Sharon Swidler, Cheryl A. Thomas, Frances E. Trainor, Rhonda Urdang, Nicole Van Dyken, Mary Kate Fahrenbach Venturini, Kara Volle, Donna Vorreyer, Ann Wachter, Gail Wagner, Julia Waltz-Stalker, Marybeth Ward, Kathleen Waterloo, Mel Watkin, Dail Williams


Banner artwork by Gail Wagner: Permutations: Florilegium (2024)

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to announce the opening of $acred Motherhood, an exhibition juried by artist and curator Kiki McGrath who included work in a variety of mediums by 44 artists.


Throughout history, artistic representations of motherhood have mirrored society’s perceptions of maternal roles. From serene Renaissance paintings of the Virgin Mary to stark modern photographs of working-class mothers, visual images chronicle our shifting cultural narratives and societal expectations. The maternal figure is continually redrawn to reflect the religious, political, and economic ideals of each era.


As our understanding of gender and family structure continues to evolve, so too must our artistic explorations of motherhood and caregiving. Art in this how explores diverse perspectives on contemporary maternity. It includes work that reflects on lived experience, challenges or redefines traditional concepts, examines economic and emotional labors of caregiving, and portrays diverse family structures.


See the Work


$acred Motherhood Exhibition Events


The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, located at 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, January 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.


Additional events include a $acred Motherhood Panel event with the juror, Kiki MaGrath and with several artists who have their work in the show. The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, February 15, from 2 to 4 p.m., offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person.


Exhibiting Artists: Claire Bartleman, Andy Bellomo, Nicole Buckingham Kern, Ingrid Butterer, Maddie Casagranda, Rachel Garber Cole, Chris Cowan, DanaidX Collaboration, Yutian Deng, Kristen van Diggelen Sloan, Katherine Diuguid, Leni Dothan, Amanda Dragovic, Claire Drummond, Liz Barick Fall, Michelle Hartney, Ashley January, Jothi, Mary King, Oksana Kryzhanivska, Luiza Kurzyna, Zhi fang Li, Elizabeth Mihaltse Lindy, Laura Litten, Nesha Logan, Linda Marcus, Emily Mayo, Catherine Mellinger, Mildred Annani Mercado, Genesis Moreno, Amuri Morris, Mackenna Morse, Carol Myers, Kim Potowski, Schetauna Powell, Khytul Abyad Qazi, Gigi Salij, Marky Salvati, Alexandra Samios, Erin K. Schmidt, Rebecca C. Steiner, Ginny Sykes, Aurora Tabar and Christine Shallenberg, Rhonda Urdang


About the Juror: Kiki McGrath (she/her) is an artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her installations and collaborative performances explore the overlapping edges of ritual, labor, and social history. Selected exhibitions include ‘Anchorhold’ in the National Cathedral in Washington DC, ‘Polishing the Glass Ceiling’ in the Chicago Cultural Center, and ‘Art in Odd Places’ in New York City. She curates shows in non-profit and alternative sites and hosts the project space Coachhouse1. For more information visit Kiki’s website: www.kikimcgrath.com

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Curated by WMG’s Literary Events Curator Jae Green, “Aftermath” is a yearly literary event that focuses on renewals, farewells, reconsiderations, new beginnings, and psychic housekeeping. Readers include Beatriz Badikian-Gartler, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Tiara Byrd, Judith Cogan-Heikes, Phoebe Joan Darling, Jen Karetnick, Lily (Basil) MacLachlan, Madeline McConico & Sarah Peecher of ‘Off The Page’, Courtney Nzeribe, Salli Berg Seeley and Kee Stein.


The event is free and open to the public. 


(Image: Without Borders: The Laughing Place | Reading at Woman Made Gallery on March 9, 2024.)

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Join us for the Artist Walkthrough on the final day of $acred Motherhood on Saturday, February 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery. This special event offers a unique opportunity to hear from artists featured in the exhibition, which was juried by artist and curator Kiki McGrath.


Showcasing work in a variety of mediums by 44 artists, $acred Motherhood explores themes of maternal strength, devotion, and complexity. McGrath, whose own artistic practice delves into ritual, labor, and social history, has curated a powerful collection that challenges and expands traditional narratives of motherhood.


The Artist Walkthrough is free and open to the public—all are welcome to join the conversation and engage directly with the artists about their work and inspirations.


VIEW THE EXHIBITION HERE

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the 26th International Open. Juried by artist and educator, Savneet K Talwar, the selected works push material and conceptual boundaries, questioning personal and public spaces that women and gender non-binary artists navigate. Spanning painting, weaving, embroidery, sculpture, photography, collage, prints, and video, the exhibition includes works by 40 artists from across the United States and from China, Italy, Qatar, and the UK.


Exhibition Events

The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, March 1, from 4 to 7 PM. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 PM.

Additional events include a Virtual Artist Panel Discussion event with the juror, Savneet K Talwar and select exhibiting artists.

The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception and Artist Walkthrough on Saturday, March 29, from 2 to 4 PM, offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.


Exhibiting Artists: Prisma Andrade, Sayera Anwar, Boisali Biswas, Adrienne Brown-David, Elaine Buss, Lauren Callis, Ashley Chan, Martina Dalla Stella, Zenona Darrow, Elizabeth diGiacomantonio, Gabrielle Egnater, Hasadri Freeman, Hanna Glatz, Debbie Grifka, Katharine Joy Houpt, Trang Huynh, Laurel Izard, Natalie Jackson, Cynthia Kerby, Yasmeen Khayr, Katherine Lampert, Seonyoung Lee, Lauren Leone, Siobhan Lesniak, Jen McNulty, Meg Morley, Amber Mustafic, Jennie E. Park, Andrea Picard, Marilyn Propp, Jiselle Ramírez, Charlotte Rodenberg, Fazilat Soukhakian, Wendy L Starn, Fanxi Sun, Araceli Trujillo, Grayson Ticer, Holly Willis, Emilka Wolniewicz, Xena Zhang


About the Juror: Savneet K. Talwar

Savneet Talwar is a Chicago based American Studies scholar, fiber artist, educator and art therapist. She is currently a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the art therapy and fiber and material studies departments. As an interdisciplinary fiber and feminist artist, her work exists at the intersection of archives, memory, language, feminist politics and questions of resistance. She is interested in the contradictions of feminist labor and archival matters to explore history and memory that questions– what and who is worthy of being a subject of discourse? What colonial narratives and images continue to define matters of the global south? For more information visit Savneet Talwar’s website: https://www.savneettalwar.com/

VIEW THE EXHIBITION HERE


Events are free and open to the public. 

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Under All is the Land, a group exhibition featuring 37 works by 23 artists. The exhibition explores the deep, complex relationships individuals and communities have with land. Juried by Donna R. Charging, the exhibition considers land as both a physical space and a symbol of continuity—connecting generations through memory, legacy, and identity.The phrase “Under All is the Land” originates from the preamble of the Code of Ethics by the National Association of REALTORS®, emphasizing land as a foundation for life and human connection.

About the Juror: Donna R. Charging is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara). Her mother is Eastern Shoshone. Donna grew up on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming and lives in Pittsburgh, PA. She has a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has an MFA in Studio Art and Design at the University of Louisville. Donna is a Visiting Lecturer of Drawing and Painting at the University of Pittsburgh. For more information visit Donna’s website: https://www.donnacharging.com/

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Join us for the launch of Laughing in Yiddish by Jamie Wendt, a collection of persona and ekphrastic poems that explore the lives of Jewish women in Russia’s Pale of Settlement and their journey to Chicago. Through vivid character portrayals, the poems delve into themes of immigration, assimilation, and the struggle to maintain cultural traditions. Laughing in Yiddish offers a heartfelt reflection on Jewish heritage and the longing for connection to spiritual ancestors.

Laughing in Yiddish takes readers to the shtetls of Russia’s Pale of Settlement to look through various windows into the lives of Jewish women. Through persona and ekphrastic poems, readers meet cigarette makers, young mothers, rebellious children, shoemakers, and union laborers, some of whom are photographed as part of ethnographer S. An-Sky’s Russian expedition from 1912-1914. In addition, many of the characters in these persona poems are Wendt’s ancestors who emigrated to Chicago from the Pale of Settlement in the late nineteenth century, escaping religious persecution and economic hardships. These poems explore Jewish roots and culture in Chicago as well as the struggle of assimilation while holding on to tradition. At the heart of Laughing in Yiddish is a yearning for belonging to an ancient community and finding connection with spiritual ancestors. 

Jamie Wendt is the author of the poetry collection Laughing in Yiddish (Broadstone Books, March 2025), which was a finalist for the 2022 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry. Her first book, Fruit of the Earth (Main Street Rag, 2018), won the 2019 National Federation of Press Women Book Award in Poetry. Her poems and essays have been published and are forthcoming in various literary journals and anthologies, including Feminine Rising, Catamaran, Green Mountains Review, Lilith, Jet Fuel Review, the Forward, Clockhouse, Consequence, Minyan Magazine, and others. She contributes book reviews to the Jewish Book Council. She won third prize in the 2024 Reuben Rose Poetry Competition and won second prize for the 2024 Holloway Free Verse Award through the Illinois State Poetry Society. Wendt holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two kids. 


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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Under All is the Land, a group exhibition featuring 37 works by 23 artists. The exhibition explores the deep, complex relationships individuals and communities have with land. Juried by Donna R. Charging, the exhibition considers land as both a physical space and a symbol of continuity—connecting generations through memory, legacy, and identity.

In the United States, land is inseparable from histories of displacement, discriminatory housing practices, and ongoing wealth disparity. This exhibition addresses these themes while also engaging with environmental concerns and personal narratives. The selected works investigate the intersection of social, environmental, and historical dynamics, offering a rich and multifaceted view of land as both contested terrain and source of connection.

The phrase “Under All is the Land” originates from the preamble of the Code of Ethics by the National Association of REALTORS®, emphasizing land as a foundation for life and human connection.

Exhibition Events

The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, April 12, from 4 to 7 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, May 10, from 2 to 4 p.m., offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.

Exhibiting Artists

Angela Ales, Ahmari Benton, Leah Dalton, Rebekah Flowers, Amelia Foster, Bridgette Guerzon Mills, Katherine Lampert, Rosa Leff, Rosie Leventon, Lisa Lofgren, Nora Moore Lloyd, Suzanne Longo, Angela Adele McElwain, Valerie Mendoza, Eliana Miranda, Yasmin Noorbakhsh, Pamela Penney, Andrea Picard, Elise Racine, Leah Schretenthaler, Freda Shapiro, Suyun Son, David Villegas

About the Juror: Donna R. Charging is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara). Her mother is Eastern Shoshone. Donna grew up on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming and lives in Pittsburgh, PA. She has a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has an MFA in Studio Art and Design at the University of Louisville. Donna is a Visiting Lecturer of Drawing and Painting at the University of Pittsburgh. For more information visit Donna’s website: https://www.donnacharging.com/

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Photography Now, a group exhibition featuring 43 works by 41 artists. This exhibition invited submissions that explore how women and non-binary artists use photography to engage with the pressing issues of our time. The exhibition seeks to highlight how the photographic medium—whether central or complementary to an artist’s practice—can be used to confront, question, and navigate contemporary socio-political challenges, innovative processes, and evolving technologies. Artists were encouraged to reflect on the critical dynamics of this moment, exploring photography’s role in shaping and responding to global and personal narratives. 

Exhibition Events

The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery on Saturday, May 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.

The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, June 21, 2 – 4PM, offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.

Exhibiting Artists: ​Galit Aloni, Ines Bahr, Debbie Baxter, Nika Belianina, Joanna Biondolillo, Shweta Bist, Brittanie Bondie, Maria Burundarena, Airco Caravan, Grace Chialdikas, Hannah Louise Daigle, Eso Malflor, Atefeh Farajolahzadeh, Shoshana Fink, Sylvie Harrism Carlos Hernandez, Isabella Kahn, Zero Kelly Thompson, Annie Klein, Maria Macko, Megan Major, Erica McKeehen, Editha G Mesina, Gabrielle Morrison, Natasha Leonie Moustache, Jade Nguyen, Eleanor Oakes, Allison Plass, Corinne Pompéy, Liese A Ricketts, Kathryn Rodrigues, Ana M Rodriguez, Elizabeth Sarpong, Nalani Sexton, Anastasiia Terentieva, Ani Tung, Jayla Trenyce, Lynsey Weatherspoon, Madelaina Weinhardt, Chantal Zakari, Shuyuan Zhou

About the Juror: Whitney Bradshaw is an artist, activist, educator, curator and former social worker living in Chicago. Her work has been shown widely across the United States including solo shows at Atlanta Contemporary, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), the DePaul Art Museum, Villanova University Gallery, the Tarble Arts Center at EIU, the Epiphany Center for the Arts, Wave Pool Contemporary Art Fulfillment Center, Photographic Center Northwest and more. The Museum of Contemporary Photography, the DePaul Art Museum, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Agnes Scott College, the Hall Art and Technology Foundation and Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell collect her work which has been published in Ms. Magazine, GIRLS Magazine, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the BRIDGE Journal and Vogue. In Fall of 2023, Bradshaw was named one of NewCity Magazine’s top 50 Chicago Artists’ Artists. Both she and OUTCRY are the subject of a documentary film titled OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage directed by Clare Major which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in June 2024 and was shortlisted for Best Short Film by the International Documentary Association in 2024. Now curator at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, she was previously the chair of the visual art conservatory at ChiArts, an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago, and curator of the renowned LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, later Bank of America.

For more information visit:  https://www.whitneybradshaw.com/

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Juror: Kristen Carter is an assistant professor of art history at Florida Southern College. She holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art from the University of British Columbia and a BA in art history from DePaul University. Her research concerns different modes of relationality, care, and institutional critique with an emphasis on artistic praxis and pedagogy in the 1960s and 1970s. She has presented and published on a range of topics, including performance, body art, and dance, histories of art and pedagogy in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and the changing relationship between art and politics. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the University of British Columbia and the Getty Research Institute.

Committed to collaborative and inclusive pedagogy, Carter serves on the College Art Association’s Education Committee, advocating for undergraduate research and innovative teaching.

Exhibiting Artists: ​Lynne Breitfeller, Anna Brody, Oona Bruss, Ingrid Butterer, Maddie Casagranda, Christeina Nena, Krista Cibis, Jeanne Ciravolo, Kimberleigh Collins-Peynaud, Samantha Degucz, Leslie Drennan, Jessica Gomez Ferrer, Veronica Hicks, Rana Huwais, Blond Jenny, Lauren Johnston, Khin, Yuliya Klochan, Beth Lemerand, Anna Lentz, Annamaria Eleanor Loia, Lindsay Lion Lord, Ashley Mangum, Ashley Martin, Susan Messer McBride, Laura Lee McCartney, Lorena Molina, Mackenna Morse, Abbey Peters, Felicia L. Reed, Astrid Reichenbach, Elke Richter, Robyn Rozelle, Ramya Shenoy, Vivian Smith, Victoria Smits, Phoebe Snyder, Kelly Sturhahn, Gwynneth VanLaven, Julie Waltz-Stalker, and Danielle C. Wyckoff

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present “Drawing Resistance: The Artist’s Dilemma in Political Conflict,” a virtual group exhibition that explores the tensions artists face when navigating their creative practice in politically charged environments. The title plays on the dual meaning of “drawing”—as both a visual act and a metaphor for tracing boundaries, beliefs, or courage. In a world increasingly shaped by political unrest, censorship, and global crises, artists are often confronted with a critical question: What is my responsibility in the face of conflict? Must art speak truth to power—or is silence also a choice? Selections by WMG’s Program Committee include works that confront, reflect on, or challenge political realities—whether global or deeply personal.

Exhibiting Artists: Ellis Angel, Lucy Aragon, Amal Azzam, Jenny Balisle, Jesper Beckholt, Carol Bivins, Blackmedu$a, Sally Jane Brown, Lulu Luyao Chang, Violet Costello, Rosemary Ann Davis, Graciela DeAnda, Mary Rose Deraco, Jena Doolas, Julianna Finch, Claire Flath, Shawna Gibbs, Julie Glass, Renee Golway, Farah Art Griffin, Deborah Hirshfield, Joanna Hoge, Maggy Hovden, Doina Mihaela Iacob, Meg Katherine Johnson, Tumí Johnson, Elizabeth Kelly, Helen Klebesadel, Kim Laurel, Michelle Louis, Ruth Marchese, Kristen Martin-Aarnio, Clarissa Martinez, Lineadeluz, Heather Mawson, Lori McCoy, Angela A. McElwain, Shanna Merola, Amy L Misurelli Sorensen, Jacie Morgan, Ena Mork, Yue Nakayama, Kelsey Nichols, Laura O’Connor, Olivia Outlaw, Monika Andrew Poray, Nina Rastgar, Ippy, Kathy Sayad Zatari, Mary Senter, Rosa Silver, Sarah Sipling, Talon, Alexandra Rey, Susanne McKenzie Swanson, Jacqueline E. Tirey, Rhonda Urdang, Ria Vanden Eynde, Vikkokoro, Denise Weaver Ross, Lisa Wright, Denise Yaghmourian, Jane Zich.

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Juried by Kimberly Oliva

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to unveil the 8th Midwest Open, a dynamic group exhibition featuring work by 33 women and nonbinary artists from across the American Midwest. Juried by the visionary Kimberly Oliva, this annual showcase is a bold testament to the vibrancy and innovation flourishing in the heartland’s art scene.

Spanning artists from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota, the exhibition dives deep into contemporary themes through a wide range of media, textures, and conceptual explorations. Each piece was selected for its power to challenge norms, stir conversation, and push creative boundaries.

“I want to see artists expand their materials, push the boundaries of medium and texture, and explore innovative approaches,” says juror Kimberly Oliva. “Essentially, I want to see the most provocative work each artist has to offer—creating a Midwest exhibition that challenges perspectives, sparks dialogue and leaves a lasting impact. At the same time, the exhibition should maintain a clear vision for the future of Woman Made Gallery as it celebrates its third decade.” -Kimberly Oliva

Exhibition Events

The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, August 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. Current gallery hours are Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

The Closing Reception includes an Artist Walkthrough on Saturday, September 27 from 2 to 4 p.m., offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.

Exhibiting Artists: Ainaz Alipourbaghal, Maïa Isabelle Brunel, Lulu Luyao Chang, Antonia Constantine, Melissa Dorn, Jamie Freedman, Mirentxu Ganzarain, Isabelle Gougenheim, Ann Marie Greenberg, Sammie Jane Hardewig, Lilli Hungerman, Jee Hwang, Andrea Jablonski, Kirin Kane, Julia Kemerer, Mary King, Epiphany Knedler, Laura LeBreton, J Myszka Lewis, Maria Mariottini, Susan Messer McBride, Georgie Miller, Deborah Newmark, Donny Nie, Haven Overton, Tara Sabini, Juliane Shibata, Amanda Smithivas, Connie Toebe, Bari Wieselman Schulman, Madeline Winter, Veronica Bruce Woodward, Jennifer Yorke.

Congratulations to the 8th Midwest Open Award Recipients: 

First Prize: Tara Sabini | 2nd Prize: Lulu Luyao Chang | 3rd Prize: Sammie Jane Hardewig | Honorable Mention: Susan Messer McBride | Juror’s Choice: Mirentxu Ganzarain

About the Juror: Kimberly Oliva (b. 1978, Chicago) is a Chicago-based Midwest curator. She received her Bachelor of Art degree from Loyola University in 2001. She is the owner of Oliva Gallery and has curated over 150 interdisciplinary exhibitions. In 2019, Oliva Gallery exhibited at SOFA, and in June 2025, it presented at Door County Contemporary. Kimberly is the founder of the Mozart Park Mural Program and co-chair of Mozart Park, Chicago Park District.

Kimberly focuses on established Midwest artists and has been immersed in the art scene for over two decades. For more information, visit https://www.olivagallery.com.


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22 W. Washington St, Morningstar's venue & patio

ART AND THE CITY is Woman Made Gallery’s largest annual fundraiser, supporting the underrepresented voices of women and non-binary artists. Surprises and delights await on Morningstar’s sleek 7th-floor venue and outdoor patio: Silent auction, drinks and bites, mystery bags, music and unique performances and guests experiences.

Our goal is to raise $35,000. Your presence and contributions will make a huge impact to support Woman Made Gallery’s exhibitions, workshops, artist programs. (pictured below left to right: Jae Green, Kim Potowski, Beate Minkovski, Usha Raj at WMG's 2024 fundraiser)

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce Finding My Way, a curated exhibition featuring the work of undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in universities in Illinois and Indiana, as well as Spring 2025 graduates. The exhibition will run from October 11 through November 8, 2025, with a public artist reception on Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 4–7 PM, and an Artist Walkthrough on Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 2–4 PM.

Finding My Way explores the profound transformations that shape our lives—especially the pivotal journey from childhood to adulthood. Through this theme, the exhibition invites artwork that captures the physical, emotional, and psychological changes defining these formative years.

The diversity of student voices creates a compelling portrait of resilience, vulnerability, and discovery. All mediums are represented, from painting, drawing, and photography to sculpture, mixed media, and installation. 

Exhibiting Artists: Vianée Anahil, Presley Baldwin, Elan Bareket, Summer Boezeman, Celeste Botello, Cait, Lucas Cordes, Dashi, Lulu Franke Barker, Rosalie Gengras, Julia Goldberg, Lily Gregoire, Kennedy Hardy, Sophia Hasmonek, Brianna Ho, Myrkul Holly-Meadowcroft, Cherin Kim, Ilhana Kisija, Becca Krusza, Jen LaMastra, Maddie Lee, MAC, Katelyn Nee, Samaya Norman, Avery O’Brien, Fumika Okumura, Emy Ori, Madeline Penzel, Abigail Potter-James, Maryam Rodgers, Mia Rose, Josie Ross, Ted Roth, Abigail Svitko, Nehir Uslu, Step Walkowiak, Elise Wentzel, Jozlyn Skye White, Nia Wilson, Huiqi Zhou

Curatorial Team: Finding My Way is made possible through the collaborative efforts of Corinne Pompéy and Diana Vallera, co-creators of For Women, By Women at Columbia College Chicago, together with Rebekah Baker, Gallery Director at Woman Made Gallery. 

Woman Made Gallery thanks Indiana University for sponsoring the Finding My Way exhibition program.

View the exhibition online: https://womanmade.org/finding-my-way/


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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is delighted to announce the 2025 Small Works Members Show, an annual exhibition celebrating the creativity and achievements of WMG’s vibrant community of artists. Curated by Astrid Houzé de l’Aulnoit and Mary King, this year’s exhibition features an exceptional selection of small-scale works by 107 member artists.

Artworks measure under 20 inches, showcasing the power of intimate expression across diverse mediums—including painting, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, fiber, and photography. All works are priced at $400 or less, offering an ideal opportunity for art lovers and new collectors to acquire original pieces from local and regional artists.

Join us in celebrating small-scale art with big impact—and the talented artists who make Woman Made Gallery’s community so extraordinary.

View the exhibition here. 

Regular Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) presents The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord, a national juried exhibition examining the role of artists as witnesses, truth-tellers, and catalysts for civic dialogue during a time of profound social division. Opening January 17, 2026, the show features 34 artists from across the United States whose work confronts the emotional and political tensions shaping contemporary life. The artists use painting, fiber, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, collage, mixed media, and installation to challenge harmful narratives and elevate voices often pushed aside.


Juror: Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator, artist, and consultant focused on feminist and social justice art. She has held positions at MoMA, leading galleries, and the Pacific Art League, and served as National Exhibitions Director and board member for the Women’s Caucus for Art. She has

organized 50+ national exhibitions, curated the book Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, exhibits widely, and lives in California’s Sierra Foothills.


Exhibiting Artists: Elaine Alibrandi, Salma Arastu, Nicci Arnold, Bianca Bisej, Lorraine Bonner, Nancy Calef, Dagny Rayn Chika, Patricia Dahlman, Sally Edelstein, Pamela Flynn, Lisa Freeman, Libby Gamble, Kelly Hartigan Goldstein, Tonia Indigo Hughes, Cynthia Kerby, Beth Lakamp, Toni Martinez, Clarissa Martinez, Jessica McKenzie, Melisa of MWY Pottery, Judith Mogul, Lori Moretti, Priscilla Otani, Recka, Donna Ruff, Gigi Salij, Adrienne Sloane, Siana Smith, Lucy VanRegenmorter, Lisa Venditelli, Jeane Vogel, Emily Weddle, Michelle Wilkie, Teresa Greve Wolf


Together, these artists illuminate the social forces shaping American life while affirming art’s capacity to connect, provoke, and build community across differences.


Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Sunday | 12–5 PM

Location: Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607, Street parking and nearby garage available.


Exhibition Events

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 4–7 PM

Closing Reception + Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 2–4 PM


About Woman Made Gallery

Founded in 1992, Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting women and non-binary artists through exhibitions, professional development, and community programming. WMG provides vital visibility for artists marginalized by gender and creates space for critical, inclusive, and transformative conversations in contemporary art.


Organizational Neutrality Statement

As a registered Illinois 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Woman Made Gallery does not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties and refrains from promoting individual ideological or religious beliefs. All programming and communications are mission-driven and focused on artistic merit, diversity of perspective, and constructive dialogue.


Support

Woman Made Gallery is supported in part by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Illinois Arts Council Agency; a major anonymous donor; and the generosity of members and contributors.


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Woman Made Gallery proudly presents its 27th International Open, a juried exhibition held during Women's History Month featuring 41 women and non-binary artists from the US, Canada, Europe, and Hong Kong. Juror Nirmal Raja selected works that push conceptual and material boundaries across a wide range of mediums.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Katalina Barrera, Shweta Bist, Lauren Petrick Brooks, Amy Cannestra, Julie Carcione, Marcy Chevali, Shannon Cleere, Isabella Covert, Geornica Daniels, Jenie Gao, Lilly Handley, Fion C. Y. Hung, Andrea Jablonski, Natalie Jackson, Indira Freitas Johnson, Jori Jori, Kanishka, Yuliya Klochan, Ling-lin Ku, Xinchen Li, Lue LIKETHEHIGHWAY Khoury, Kimberly Lyle, Valerie Mann, Asia Mathis, Caroline McAuliffe, Kiki McGrath, Naomi Middelmann, Kim Miller, Rebecca Oehler, Gina Lee Robbins, Emma Scarafiotti, Sandrine Schaefer, Andrea Seguraz, Rahimat Onize Shaibu, Meg Stein, Stevia Roxanne, Jessica Swank, Yidi Wang, Lydia Wickham, Isabel Zeng, Sihan Zhang  See their works and statements.  THE JUROR 

Nirmal Raja holds a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and an MFA from UW–Milwaukee, where she was named Graduate of the Decade. Her honors include the 2020 Mary L. Nohl Fellowship and the 2022 Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year Award. Her work explores migration, women, and cultural memory.

VISIT THIS EXHIBIT AT WOMAN MADE GALLERY

Address: 1332 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce Seeds of Resilience, a multidisciplinary art exhibition featuring work by 41 artists. 


Curated by Monica J. Brown and Nora Moore Lloyd, Seeds of Resilience brings together women and non-binary artists whose works explore how personal, cultural, and ecological survival are deeply intertwined. Centered on themes of environmental justice, ancestral memory, and the intimate relationship between care and resistance, the exhibition takes the seed as its guiding metaphor.


EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Brooke Bartholomew, Sharon L Bjyrd, Sharon Bladholm, Gabriella Boros, Julia Bustos-Vasquez, Julie Carpenter, Emily C-D, Lynn Cox-Winston, Sharmon Davidson, Victoria Fuller, DiDi Grimm, Senyah Haynes, Lisa Marie Phoenix Jackson, Natalie Jackson, Adia Jamille, Linye Jiang 江麟冶, Joi, Lilly Kim, Yuliya Klochan, Sarita Kvam, Tulika Ladsariya, Beatriz Ledesma, Andi Linden, Marian Lyndgaard, Lauren Macklin, Erica Moriarty, Stephanie Mulvihill, Andryea Natkin, Courtney Nzeribe, Pamela Penney, Laurie Peters, Leah Schenbaum, Erin K. Schmidt, Piper Snowber, Dorothy C. Straughter, Harriette Tsosie, Chanya Vitayakul, Gail Wagner, Joan Wheeler, Marjorie Woodruff, Stella Zee


CURATING TEAM

Monica J. Brown is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, history, and personal mythology through visual art, sound, movement, writing, and performance. She has exhibited widely across the U.S. and internationally, completed prestigious residencies, and received grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, born 1947) is a multidisciplinary artist whose photography and videography center Indigenous storytelling, elder voices, and traditional cultural practices. A longtime member of Chicago's Native American community, she has exhibited at major institutions including the Field Museum, the Chicago History Museum, and The Block Museum of Art.


VISIT THIS EXHIBIT AT WOMAN MADE GALLERY

Address: 1332 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.


Image: artwork by Emily C-D)



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Woman Made Gallery presents \"Routes & Roots,\" a juried virtual exhibition exploring immigration and migration through the work of women and non-binary artists. On view May 18–June 30, 2026.

Juried by Eliana Miranda, the exhibition takes its name from the two forces shaping every immigrant story: the paths we travel and the ties we carry. Selected works span border crossings and ordeals, exile and quiet acts of belonging, cultural hybridity, intergenerational memory, and more.


EXPLORE THE EXHIBITION


Exhibiting Artists: Patricia Anderson-Turner, Alexandra Buxbaum, Mandel Cameron, Melisa Celaya, Colleen Coleman, Lauren Doorish, Michel Flores, Jennifer Godinez, Javiera González Velásquez, Sol Henriquez, Jee Hwang, Doina Iacob, Kelly Johnson, Yian Lin, Crystal Marshall, Danielle Muzina, Carol Neiger, Priscilla Otani, Jennie E. Park, Isabella Picardi, Julianna Sanroman, Jo Scheder, Marie Scherpe, Stephanie Tirado, Sharmeen Uqaili, Lucero Vargas, Alyssa Wilson, Jenn Wright, Elmira Yousefi, Amo Zeng

SEE THEIR WORK AND STATEMENTS

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce Bodies Luminous is a group exhibition bringing together 27 women and non-binary artists whose work was inspired by Diamond Forde's poem \"Fat Girl Dances with a Stranger at a Block Party.\"

Curated by Madeline McConico, Sarah Peecher, and Ren Buchness, the exhibition also features six artist-poet collaborations creating installations that explore our complex, evolving, and deeply personal relationships to our bodies. Embracing expressions of joy, Bodies Luminous fosters a space where all bodies are seen, celebrated, and luminous.

All events are free and open to the public.

Exhibiting Artists: Julieta Beltran Lazo, Maura Benson, Molly Borth, Liya Du, Sarah Gerbasi, Julie Glass, Erin Gleason, Amy Hanks, London Heist, Hippo Artz, Anke Huyben, Mia Johnson, Lili Jones, Dahye Jung, Yuliya Klochan, Laurie LeBreton, Teresa Magana, Glenda Mah, Kathie Foley-Meyer, Mercury.N, Jacqueline W. Nuzzo, Kayla D. Smith, Daun Suh, Susanne Swanson Bernard, Skye Terry, Jennifer Warren, Leni Mae Wiegand

Art and Poetry Pairs: Izzy Cho & Dawn Angelicca Barcelona, Xakilah Daniel & Deanna Whitlow, Nitya Mehrotra & Tanya Leon-Moreno, Kinsey Nelson & Kala Wahl, Mariana Noreña & Alyx Chandler, Emi O’Brochta & Bea Forkan

SEE THEIR WORK AND STATEMENTS

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Reserve your free ticket here

Join us for a free, collaborative gallery tour celebrating the body through two powerful exhibitions.

Gallery Exchange: Body Sovereignty & Bodies Luminous

Join us on June 13 for a free walking exchange between ARC Gallery and Woman Made Gallery — two neighboring spaces bringing their summer exhibitions into conversation.

We'll begin at ARC Gallery (1463 W Chicago Ave), where ARC member Raissa Bailey leads us through Body Sovereignty — an invitation to reclaim and reexamine what it means to inhabit our own bodies. Then we'll make our way to Woman Made Gallery (1332 S Halsted St), where Rebekah Baker guides us through Bodies Luminous, a radiant exploration of the body as a site of light, identity, and expression. 

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Woman Made Gallery presents Pro/Fuse, a juried exhibition celebrating the art of encaustic, featuring 48 women and non-binary artists from across the United States. Derived from the Greek enkaustikos, meaning “to burn in,” encaustic is a versatile medium traditionally composed of beeswax, damar resin, and pigment, fused through the application of heat. Juried by Kathleen Waterloo, this exhibition showcases the breadth of the medium’s expressive range, from luminous, translucent surfaces to richly textured, sculptural forms, spanning painting, mixed media, assemblage, and experimental works that push the boundaries of wax as an artistic material.

Opening Reception: July 11, 2026 | 4–7 p.m.

Artist Walkthrough & Closing: August 13, 2026 | 2–4 p.m.

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Woman Made Gallery is pleased to spotlight ten sellable works from Feminism 250: Woman Made America, on view through September 26. Anchored in America 250, the nationwide commemoration of the United States' 250th anniversary, Feminism 250 looks back at 250 years of feminist thought and action, from early demands for basic rights to today's movements for gender justice, and asks how that history can guide the feminist futures still being built. The works in the exhibition engage themes including erasure and visibility, reclamation of authorship and narrative power, intersectional experience, art as resistance, and personal narratives that speak to broader struggles for equity and representation.

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) proudly announces the launch of its inaugural Makers & Shakers Bash, a new annual celebration honoring the artists and activists who are reshaping culture and driving equity across the nation. The event will take place Friday, September 18, 2026, from 6 to 9 PM at the stunning indoor/outdoor venue at Morningstar’s Headquarters, 22W Washington St., 7th Floor, Chicago, IL.

As the United States reflects on 250 years of history, WMG poses a vital question: Who is writing the next chapter? The Makers & Shakers Bash recognizes those already forging the future. In this inaugural year, WMG honors:

Scheherazade Tillet — 2026 Maker, an artist whose visionary work shifts culture and expands the possibilities of creative expression. 

Jane Ruby — 2026 Shaker, an activist whose leadership as President of the League of Women Voters Chicago moves communities toward justice, equity, and shared freedom.

The Bash is presented alongside WMG’s exhibition, Feminism 250: Woman Made America, marking both the nation’s semi-quincentennial and 34 years of WMG’s commitment to uplifting women and non?binary artists.

2026 Event Highlights

WMG Member Tickets: $95 for one | $160 for two

General Admission: $125 for one | $200 for two

For more details on how to get involved, purchase tickets, or sponsor the event, visit https://womanmade.org/makers-shakers-bash-2026-fundraiser/

Woman Made Gallery | 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60607

312-738-0400 | general@womanmade.org | https://womanmade.org/

Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday 12–5 PM CST

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