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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Group and Solo Shows and Other Events October 16 - November 12, 2009
Chicago, IL - Oct. 1, 2009 - Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of "Mirando Al Sur: Looking South," a colorful group show juried by Dolores Mercado, who is Associate Curator and Associate Director of Education at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, and a "Retrospective Solo Show by Beatrice Fisher." Both exhibitions will be up from October 16 to November 12, 2009. In addition to group and solo shows WMG will host a poetry reading on Sunday, November 8, 2009. |
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MIRANDO AL SUR: LOOKING SOUTH - GROUP SHOW
Opening Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-9 p.m.
Latin America's diverse places, histories and cultures, and the artwork informed by them, are the inspiration for this vibrant exhibition. Forty-two women from varied backgrounds, not all of Latin American decent, but all influenced by Latin America, will share the gallery space to exhibit their creations in various media, from painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography to assemblages and video work.
Exhibiting artists are Pilar Acevedo, Zora Anaya, Jessica Beagan Archer, Lisa Marie Barber, Carolyn Bellis, Tamara Bogolasky, Carrie-Ann Bracco, Barbara Bruneau-Cleaver, Magué Calanche, Camille Canales, Margaret Carsello, Kristen Carter, Melanie Cervantes, Henri Doner-Hedrick, Jill Flyer, Esperanza Gama, Jessie Hernandez, Gwynne Johnson, Heather Ryan Kelley, Julia Larrañaga, Luz-Maria Lopez, Miriam Martinez, Lily Mayfield, Melissa McCutcheon, Susann Minton, Viviana (Viva) Paredes, Patricia Park, Patricia Pena, Linnea Pergola, Maria Jose Prenafeta, Silvana LaCreta Ravena, Karen Rechtschaffen, Jennifer Reis, Wilka Roig, Eva Soliz, Carla Stetson, Elena Aguirre Sznajder, Arianna Taboada, Marilyn Avery Turner, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Lynette Vought, and Cathy Wysocki.
Top image: Artwork by Wilka Roig |
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BEATRICE FISHER: A RETROSPECTIVE
Opening Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-9 p.m.
 Woman Made Gallery is pleased to present a retrospective solo exhibition by artist Beatrice Fisher.
This is Beatrice Fisher's first solo show, although she has produced art for more than five decades. Her most influential teachers were Don Baum and Karl Wirsum, and one can certainly see the Chicago Imagist tendencies take various incarnations throughout her work.
Her career spiked in the 1970's when she enjoyed brief representation at the Phyllis Kind Gallery, and one of her paintings won a top award at the Chicago and Vicinity show, held at the Art Institute. That painting, included in this retrospective, is of an 8 foot tall, cross-shaped structure whose crest resembles a penis. The form is draped with pieces of fabric that look similar to white pillow cases. The ambiguity, the sexuality, the threatening yet humorous tone and the technical precision of the outlines and smooth paint finish, all embody the Chicago art style of the seventies.
Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 16 - November 12, 2009
Artist Reception: Friday, October 16, 6-9 p.m.
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POETRY READING: LOOKING SOUTH
Sunday, November 8, 2-4 p.m.
Please join us for a reading at Woman Made Gallery hosted by Nina Corwin with curator Kelly Norman Ellis, associate professor of English and creative writing at Chicago State University and one of the founding members of the Affrilachian Poets. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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The Perfect Gift for all Art and Poetry Lovers:
HER MARK 2010 DATEBOOK
Woman Made Gallery is proud to present its annual publication, Her Mark 2010, with art and poetry by 48 women. Included are full-color reproductions of artwork, poetry on separate pages, and weekly calendar pages with full moon cycles and holidays. Diverse in form and content, the works offer something for everyone. The publication was designed by Karin Kuzniar.
Please call or email WMG to order Her Mark 2010 for 17.00 including shipping: 312-738-0400 / gallery@womanmade.org or order and pay through Paypal.
Purchase Her Mark 2010: $17.00
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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 Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development, a donor advised fund of the Chicago Community Trust; the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund; a major anonymous donor; and the generosity of its members and contributors.
Your support enables Woman Made Gallery to provide the community with the art exhibits and programming that uniquely showcase women artists.
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Woman Made Staff
Beate C. Minkovski, Executive Director
Kristen Carter, Gallery Assistant
Woman Made Board of Directors Anita Jenke, Board President
Mary Keefe, Board Treasurer
Marty Bash, Board Secretary
Deb Flagel, Elena Aguirre Sznajder, Amy Stoeffler, Cheryl Toles, Kathleen Waterloo, Cassandra West |
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642
312-738-0400
Memberhip: www.womanmade.org/membership.html |
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