Events at Woman Made Gallery

	Events at Woman Made Gallery

Group and Solo Shows and Other Events

May 1 - June 11, 2009 / Artist Reception: Friday, May 1 / 6-9 p.m.

Chicago, Illinois - Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a new group exhibition, "The Emotional Body," plus solo shows by Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak and Lily Mayfield, and a collection by Jean Cozier. The Artisan Gallery presents "Physicality: Body, Shape and Form" with fine craft work by nine women.

Please join us at the artist reception on Friday, May 1, from 6 to 9 p.m., at 685 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. Works will be on display until June 11, 2009.

In addition to group and solo exhibitions, Woman Made presents a poetry readings hosted by Nina Corwin on Sunday, May 17, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Regular Gallery hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12 to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m.

Group Show: The Emotional Body

Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new juried group show, "The Emotional Body," juried by Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak. The exhibition includes work in all media, including video, that portray "The Emotional Body" of a woman's journey in search of the boundaries of body, personality, and strength. Included are works that render "the body" expressively, relying on compositional and figurative dramatizations: works that focus on the complexity and significance of a woman's journey to emotional independence, and works that recognize the richness of her life.

Kazmierczak is a printmaker, book artist, and designer who emigrated from Poland in 1990. She is a fellow of the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art (1987/88). For seven years she was Head of the Illustration Program at the University at Buffalo, NY. She is currently studying for a doctorate in Art Education at the University of Illinois.

Juliet Araujo, Nicoletta Braccioni, Fran Bull, Luanne Burke, Emily Cameron, Kira Campbell, Kimberly Carroll-Raber, Laura Cerf-Dahl, Esther Charbit, Irene Chendra, Cécile Comblen, Judy Cooperman, Heather Doyle-Maier, Iwona Duszek, Dena Eber, Mary Rachel Fanning, Sarah Gabel, Tina Garcia, Carolyn Halliday, Beata Rafflewska Jacobs, JoAnna Johnson, Amber Johnston, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Angela Lee, Shin Lim, Kim Maurer, Ruth Aizuss Migdal, Dora Natella, Meg Oakley, Yoonshin Park, Carrie Porter, Marci Rubin, W.F. Weill, Pamela Zimmerman, Cynthia Zordich.

The Artist Reception is on May 1 from 6 to 9 p.m., and works will be up through June 11, 2009.

Images: (top to bottom) Artworks by JoAnna Johnson and and Kira Campbell

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Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak: The Emotional Body

In her solo show "The Emotional Body," Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak is presenting a series of quilted linocuts that portrays womanhood by depicting a journey in search of the boundaries of body, personality, and strength. This series is about the emotional body rather than the logical one. Kazmierczak uses the competition between positive and negative space to form images that do not quickly disclose themselves, but capture attention for the time required to interpret them.

About the Artist:
Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak has exhibited her work nationally and overseas. Her prints and artist's books are in public collections of the National Library in Warsaw, Poland; the Holocaust Museum at Majdanek, Poland; and the Rare Book Collections of several universities in the U.S.

Exhibition Dates: May 1 - June 11, 2009

Image: "Mother and Her Little Army" - digital print on cotton, machine-quilted, filled with down, sand, and rice, by Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak

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Lily Mayfield: Intimate Distance

"The photographs in Intimate Distance depict myself and my husband and the space of home. These photographs describe a sense of intimacy and yet a feeling of restraint. There is a desire to connect to each other, while simultaneously desiring to be separate. Intimate Distance reflects a fascination with the emotional or psychological distance between two people despite physical proximity."

Lily Mayfield completed an MFA degree in photography from Columbia College in 2007, after receiving a BFA degree in photography with a minor in art history from the University of Florida in 2003. She is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia College and College of Dupage, and a co-instructor for After School Matters at a local high school.

Her work has been exhibited nationally in group exhibitions. Lily has received numerous awards including the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Student Award, the Stuart and Iris Baum Project Completion Grant, and several Getz Graduate Awards. For more information visit www.lilymayfield.com.

Exhibition Dates: May 1 - June 11, 2009

Image: "Coffee in Bed" - archival inkjet print by Lily Mayfield

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Artisan Gallery: Physicality

Elements of body, shape, and form are the foundations of exquisite design. Physicality: Body, Shape, Form includes submissions that investigate the essence of these foundations through conceptual, decorative, or functional objects.

The Artisan Gallery exhibition "Physicality" was curated by Margaret Denny, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She teaches at both Columbia College and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Denny is a former Terra Foundation fellow and has worked at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.

Linda Brant, Sue Canizares, Annie Duffy, Rhonda Gushee, Laura C. Hewitt, Deborah Kruger, Carmen M. Perez, Roberta Polfus, Kelly Rush.

Exhibition Dates: May 1 - July 23, 2009

Image: Artwork by Roberta Polfus

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Poetry Reading: The Emotional Body
May 17 / 2-4 p.m.

Join curator Nina Corwin and a body of fabulous writers: Allison Joseph, author of Wordly Pleasures, S.L. Wisenberg, author of Cancer Bitch, Nikki Patin, Laura Dixon, Sara Parrell, Cynthia Gallaher, Kristin LaTour, and a special guest appearance by Marty McConnell, recently returned from NYC.

The reading takes place on May 17, 2009 from 2 to 4 p.m at Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642. The event is free to the public, and refreshments will be served.