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For Immediate Release |
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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Group and Solo Shows and Other Events January 22- February 25, 2010
Chicago, IL - January 12, 2010
Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of two group shows, "From the Center: Now!" sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art and juried by Lucy Lippard, and "While in Class...," juried by Lily Mayfield. In addition, WMG will host a poetry reading on Sunday, January 31, 2010. |
FROM THE CENTER: NOW!
WMG Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-9 p.m.
WCA Reception: Friday: February 12, 6-9 p.m. 
The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) is pleased to announce its national exhibition 'From the Center: Now!' juried by feminist author and art historian Lucy Lippard. The show is on display from Jauary 22 to February 25, 2010 at Woman Made Gallery. The exhibition includes a variety of artwork in all media by more than 75 women. The show's theme is a play on words taking in account Lippard's groundbreaking volume of feminist art criticism "From the Center." This exhibition looks at both the history of women's art and its current state as we move past the first decade of the 21st century.
Lucy Lippard is an internationally known writer, activist and curator. An early champion of feminist art, she was among the first writers to recognize the dematerialization at work in conceptual art. She is the author of 18 books on contemporary art, including "From the Center" and "The Pink Glass Swan." Lippard has received the 1968 Guggenheim Fellowship, the Frank Mather Award for Criticism from the College Art Association and two National Endowment of the Arts grants in criticism. She has written art criticism for Art in America, The Village Voice, In These Times, and Z Magazine. Lippard received the Women's Caucus for Art's LifeTime Achievement Award in 2007.
A complete list of artists and their work can be found on our website at:
Exhibition Dates: January 22 - February 25, 2010
WMG Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-9 p.m.
WCA Reception: Friday: February 12, 6-9 p.m.
Artworks: (top) Video Still by Linda Stein / (bottom) Found Object by Deborah Alma Wheeler.
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WHILE IN CLASS...
Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-9 p.m.
"While in Class..." juried by Lily Mayfield, features work by 35 emerging women artists. Though the media, style, and content are all varied, a constant theme resonates: this work, produced while in class, illustrates a struggle and developmental process of discovering who they are and what they do as artists.
Juror Lily Mayfield is a photographic artist and educator. She teaches photography at Columbia College Chicago and College of DuPage. Mayfield has an MFA in photography from Columbia College, and a BFA from University of Florida. Her work has been exhibited nationally.
A complete list of artists and their work can be found on our website at:
Exhibition Dates: January 22 - February 25, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 6-9 p.m.
Artwork: Inkjet Print by Kelsey Curkeet.
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Please join us for a reading curated by Nina Corwin on Jan. 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery. Refreshments will be served.
Faculty and students of local writing programs respond to an array of writing prompts and assignments. These include School of the Art Institute faculty: Elise Paschen with students LeAnne Ray, Aja Bacquie, Kristine Domingo, Avery Lee and Hao-yuan Lo. Columbia College faculty: Susen James with students Hannah Harris, Abi Stokes, and Stephanie Lee Sutton.
In addition, Sharon Warner reads poetry on the experience of being a teacher and Lily Diego reads Debbie Kent's wry account of her early experiences as a "special" student. |
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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; Nuveen Investments, 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
Emanuel Aguilar, Marketing Support
Mary Ann Anthony, Exhibition and Fundraising
Margaret Denny, Artisan Gallery Curator
Deb Flagel and LuEllen Joy Giera, Her Group
Mary King, Exhibtion Layout
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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