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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Group and Solo Shows and Other Events November 20 - December 23, 2009
Chicago, IL - Nov. 15, 2009
Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of two group shows, "Family Album" and "Cross Pollination," and a solo show with encaustic works by Laurel Delaney. The Artisan Gallery is offering fine arts and crafts through December 23, 2009. In addition WMG will host a poetry reading on Sunday, December 13, 2009. |
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FAMILY ALBUM
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-9 p.m.
 "Family Album" seeks to illustrate the many ways that family can be interpreted, through varied media and styles. Just as notions of family are malleable, the ways in which the idea of a "family album" is conceived are flexible and individual. This exhibition includes works by 31 artists and subsequently divulges 31 different interpretations on how we define family, but also on how family defines us.
The exhibition is juried by Karen Irvine, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, where she also teaches Photography.
Exhibiting artists are Kristin Anderson, Sarah Baranski, Jacqueline Bates, Cynthia Bittenfield, Stephanie Booth, Marion Coleman, Sara Peak Convery, Amanda Dandeneau, Barbara Diener, Kia Hui Er, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Charlotte Freed, Niki Grangruth, Joanie Holleb, Kitty Hubbard, Heather Klinkhamer, Megan Martens, Mary Mihelic, Sandi Miot, Jennifer Murray, Anna Ogier-Bloomer, S. Patricia Patterson, Amy Pleasant, Dawn Roscoe, Sola Sawyerr, Helene Smith-Romer, Penelope Comfort Starr, Katherine Strause, Kimberly Strom, Yeachin Tsai, and Kelly Weime.
Exhibition Dates: November 20 - December 23, 2009
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CROSS POLLINATION
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-9 p.m.
 "Cross Pollination," a group juried by Laurel Delaney, is consisting entirely of works in encaustic wax or encaustic as a component of mixed media.
Thirty-one women utilize what is known as the oldest painting technique, dating back to the 4th Century B.C. Pigment is added to molten beeswax, or sometimes animal or vegetable wax. The technique of mixing paint with wax produces highly textured works with many layers fused together, resulting in an organic and ephemeral aesthetic.
Artists whose work is included in this show are Beth Billups, Barbara Cone, VA. dePintor, Janet Bartlett Goodman, Cari Hernandez, Melissa Hronkin, Linda Kelly, Diane Aldrich Kleiss, Kelly Koehler, Julia Koivumaa, Sharon Kyle Kuhn, Rosemary Luckett, Allyson Malek, Michelle Marcuse, Nikki May, Susan McDonald, Jane Michalski, Barbara Miner, Gretchen Morrissey, Sharyl Noday, Patricia Otto, Louise Pappageorge, Sonia L. Pratt, Cherry Rohe, Victoria Szilagyi, Harriette Tsosie, Sandra M. Unrein, Maggie Venn, Mona Waterhouse, Kathleen Waterloo, and Elenor Wilson.
Laurel Delaney will demonstrate the use of encaustic techniques on Saturday November 28, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at Woman Made Gallery.
Exhibition Dates: November 20 - December 23, 2009
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LAUREL DELANEY: MYTH - ILLOGICAL
With Guest Artists Mary Jo O'Hearn and Galen Garapolo
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-9 p.m 
Artist Laurel Delany's exhibition of paintings and sculptures in encaustic is truly a treat for the senses. Mixing her interest in mythology, psychology, and the metaphysical with the ancient medium of encaustic has produced visual magic in her solo exhibition "Myth-Illogical" at Woman Made Gallery.
Traveling and experiencing other cultures has had a major impact on Laurel Delaney's art. She studied Renaissance Art in Italy and ancient Mayan cultures and the influences of Spanish art in Mexico. She is an exhibiting artist and writer with a BA from Dominican University in River Forest, and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. She also teaches workshops in encaustic wax techniques as an affiliate of R&F Paints in Kingston, New York. For more information visit www.laureldelaney.net.
Free demonstration of encaustic techniques by Laurel Delaney at Woman Made Gallery on Saturday, November 28, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: November 20 - December 23, 2009
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ARTISAN GALLERY: INVITATIONAL
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6-9 p.m.
It's time for gift-giving, and the Artisan Gallery at Woman Made is a treasure-trove of one-of-a-kind craft works from which to choose. We carry a variety of jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, small-scalle two-dimensional works, ornaments, and much more. All items are originals that are well designed and fabricated by the artists. We also carry a limited edition of mugs with the WMG logo, Nicole Hollander recycle totes, and Her Mark 2010, a datebook with artwork and poetry by 48 women.
The mission of the Artisan Gallery is to honor women working in traditional and untraditional craft disciplines, by offering expanded exhibiting, marketing and selling opportunities to women artists and artisans.
Exhibition Dates: November 20 - December 23, 2009
Gallery Hours: Wed., Turs., Fri. 12-7 p.m. / Sat., Sun. 12-4 p.m.
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Please join us for a reading at Woman Made Gallery hosted by Nina Corwin with Co-Curators Toni-Asanti Lightfoot (with readers from Young Chicago Authors) and Shelly Nation, co-host of Loyola Radio's poetry show, Wordslingers. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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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.
Please help to support our work to exhibit art by women and to educate the public about women's artistic contributions by giving a tax-deductible donation to Woman Made Gallery.
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Woman Made Staff
Beate C. Minkovski, Executive Director
Kristen Carter, Gallery Assistant
Emanuel Aguilar, Exhibition Preparator
Volunteer Staff
Margaret Denny, Artisan Gallery Curator
Mary Ann Anthony, Exhibition and Fundraising
Mary King, Exhibtion Layout
Deb Flagel and LuEllen Joy Giera, Her Group
Woman Made Board of Directors Anita Jenke, President
Mary Keefe, Treasurer
Marty Bash, 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
Gallery Hours
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 12-7 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday - 12-4 p.m. |
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