Opening Reception: June 23, 2006 from 6-9pm Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce four new exhibitions, opening with an artist reception on June 23, 2006 from 6-9pm at 685 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. The Gallery is open and free to the public on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12-7pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm.

"Pure Painting" group show with art by 34 women; “Ordinary Landscape” with paintings by Suzanne Keith Loechl; “Frescos Et Al.” with paintings and sculptures by Judith Schubert Mullen; "All Things Woven" at the Artisan Gallery from June 23 through July 20, 2006 at Woman Made Gallery.

The content is as diverse as the place the artists call home: two Canadian artists, painters from nine US states with eighteen artists are from Illinois. Included are works by Lauren Acton, Beverly L. Bailey, Mary Barnes-Gingrich, Louise Bloom, Charlotte Bynar, Lucienne Canet, Peggy Dee, Pat Dumas- Hudecki, Jane Cress Edgar, Surabhi Ghosh, Carol Griffith, Clare Grill, Nikkole Huss, Verlena Johnson, Lori Beth Katz, Mary King, Erdmut Lerner, Anna Liljas, Court Lurie, Bobbi Meier, Margaret Nomentana, Karen Phipps, Ann Ponce, Lynda Ray, Maron Chance Resur, Rachel Weaver Rivera, Nancy Rosen, Beth Shadur, Carol Shikany, Johanna Silva, Anne Taft, Lisa Tubach, Jacqueline Unanue and Kathleen Waterloo.

Image: 'Women Orchestral Musicians Series Symphony Nr. 1 - The Four Women Violists of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra' - oil on linen - 50 x 72" - by Mary Barnes-Gingrich

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Suzanne endeavors to merge her perceptions as a landscape architect with her deep sense of vulnerability as a mother into her work by exploring ordinary human marks on the landscape.

Suzanne Keith Loechl's exhibition: "Pure Painting" will be on display from June 23 - July 20, 2006.

Image: 'The Days of Her' - oil on panel, 12 x 12" by Suzanne Keith Loechl

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In 2005 Mullen won lst Place in the 2005 International Open at Woman Made Gallery, juried by Lynne Warren, curator at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work is represented by Giola Gallery in Chicago.

Judith Schubert Mullen's exhibition: "Frescos Et Al." will be on display from June 23 - July 20, 2006.

Image: 'Sacred Ground I' - pigment, ink, tea on plaster, 12 x 12" by Judith Schubert Mullen

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"All Things Woven" continues the Artisan Gallery exhibition series intended to explore the many diverse materials, processes and techniques being used by artists in craft disciplines today. We deliberately allow a great deal of latitude with our exhibition concepts and calls for art because we want to be as inclusive as possible, selecting artists using traditional, contemporary and conceptual, or combinations of approaches, in order to develop their ideas. We are never sure what to expect, but thus far, wonderful and very talented artists have not disappointed us.

Participating artisans are Karen Gubitz, Sarah Hartshorn, Jana Hassett, Jeanne Heifetz, Rosemarie Hohol, Yura Ilieva, Kristine Kadlec, Lialia Kuchma, Barbara Kubala, Claire Marcus, Rebecca McEntee, Laurie M. Peters, Jane Raissle, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, Susanne Shafer-Wilson, Regina Vorgang, Patrice Wernlund and Eugenia Zazowska.

Image: "Nature Imitates Man" - Angora wool yarn, willow branches, 32" x 9 1/2" x 3" by Suzanne Shafer- Wilson.

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Kristy Bowen, Kathleen Kirk, Elizabeth Marino, and Simone Muench will each read from their most recently released publications (and more) during the Pure Paintings exhibit. Muench will read from Lampblack & Ash (Sarabande), Kirk will read from Selected Roles (Moon Journal Press), and Marino will read from Debris: Poems & Memoit (Moon Journal Press), and Bowen from Errata (Dancing Girl Press). July 9, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery. Free and open to the public.

For more information, contact:
Lauren Levato at 773.640.4522
womanmadepoetry@hotmail.com
Gallery: 312.738.0400 or gallery@womanmade.org

About Woman Made Gallery

Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not for profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to support women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy. It specifically accomplishes this through monthly thematic exhibitions which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions.

Woman Made Gallery is supported in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; a CityArts Program II grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs; the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; the Polk Bros Foundation; the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation, the Efroymson Fund, a CICF Fund and the generosity of its members and contributors.