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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Group and Solo Exhibitions
July 8 - August 18, 2011
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Artwork by Edie Fake
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Chicago, IL, June 21, 2011 Woman Made Gallery is proud to present the group exhibitions "Underground" and "Seriously Funny," and a solo show by Ruby Thorkelson. The opening reception is on July 8 from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Underground
Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.
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Artwork by Robin Hustle
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Woman Made Gallery is proud to present a self-published art exhibition featuring the work of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists from all over the United States. The show includes both a pop-up library of zines, comics, and other self-published works by over 50 artists and writers organized in collaboration with Chicago Underground Library, as well as a show of installed artworks in all media by 12 self-publishing artists.
Artists represented in the exhibition are Liz Born, Alexandra Blom, Anya Davidson, Megan Diddie, Meredith Eastburn, Edie Fake, Sanya Glisic, Robin Hustle, Lee Relvas, Laura Szumowski, Anne Elizabeth Moore, and Esther Pearl Watson.
Pop-Up Library Contributors are Aria Boutet, Mia Beatrice, Alexandra Blom, Vanessa Capshaw, Mairead Case, Caitlin Cass, Sabrina Chap, Chicago Underground Library, Carrie Colpitts, Gabrielle Congrave, Dancing Girl Press and Studio, Enola D, Anya Davidson, Sarah Drake, Edie Fake, Betty Heredia, Robin Hustle, Marie Hunt, Curious Jane, Jessica Justice, Aidan Koch, Kate Larson, LB, Angee Lennard, Max Mandax, Kira Mardikes, Liz Mason, Sam Merritt, Mildred Pierce Zine, Hannah Melton, Louisa Parker, Jeannette Perkal, Emilie Lis Pradera and Natalie Bowers, Lee Relvas, Rose Metal Press, Jami Sailor, Kara Sievewright, Dean Spade, Simon Strikeback, Students for Justice in Palestine at SAIC, and Sy Wagon.
Exhibition Curator: Ruby Thorkelson
Ruby Thorkelson is WMG's Gallery Coordinator. She is also a visual artist working in drawing, comics, mixed-media, and collaborative projects, as well as a 2010 recipient of a Community Arts Assistance Program Grant from the City of Chicago.
July 8 - August 18 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.
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Artwork by Estelle Carol (Carol Simpson)
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"Seriously Funny," is a group exhibition juried by cartoonist Isabella Bannerman, who is 1/6th of Six Chix, an all-women daily comic strip syndicated by King Features.
Bannerman selected humorous work in a variety of media, most of it in cartoon format. Artists represented in the exhibition are Rita Alves, Larissa Borteh, Estelle Carol, Mary Anne Case, Caitlin Cass, Amy Chace, Rona Chadwick, Robyn Chapman, Vera Curnow, Diane English, Mary Frisbee Johnson, Heather Klinkhamer, Kati Fernandez Lambert, Adrienne Lesperance, Emily Lindskoog, Peggy Lipschutz, Alisa McQuaid, Merrina Millsapp, Maria Scrivan, Sonya Stockton, and Ann Wilberton.
Exhibition Curator: Isabella Bannerman
Isabella Bannerman has been a cartoonist since 1987, when she won first prize in The San Francisco Bay Guardian Cartoon Contest. Her work has appeared in many publications, including Good Housekeeping, Glamour, The Funny Times, Mamapalooza, and World War 3 Illustrated. A collection of her work, Pacifists in Bomber Jackets, was published in 1999 by Laugh Lines Press. Isabella has also worked as an animator, contributing to MTV, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and the children's TV show Doug. For more information, visit the http://thesixchix.com.
July 8 - August 18 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.
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Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-9 p.m
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Artwork by Ruby Thorkelson
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In "Bodily Functions" Ruby Thorkelson presents an abstracted but salacious post-adolescent reawakening. Exploring the concept of input and output in relation to the human body, she constructs drawings, comics, and mixed-media work about understanding and overcoming dominant cultural standards of beauty, sexuality, and gender.
Click here for Press Release / Click here to view the exhibition online.
July 8 - August 18, 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-9 p.m.
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Reading: Underground
Guest Curated by Uncalled For Readings
Sunday, August 14, 2:00 p.m
Presenting artists and writers who self publish:
Mairead Case
Marie Hunt
Robin Hustle
Liz Mason
Jami Sailor
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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 thematic exhibitions that help 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 support our work to exhibit art by women and to educate
the public about women's artistic contributions.
Click here to make a gift to Woman Made Gallery.
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Woman Made Staff
Beate C. Minkovski, Executive Director
Ruby Thorkelson, Gallery Coordinator
Emanuel Aguilar, Exhibition Preparator
Volunteer Staff
Emanuel Aguilar, Marketing Support
Mary Ann Anthony, Exhibition and Fundraising
LuEllen Joy Giera, Her Group
Mary King, Exhibtion Layout
Marty Bash & Melanie Deal, Editing Support
Audrey Godwin, President
Tammi Franke, Treasurer
Marty Bash, Secretary
Shannon Downey, Deb Flagel,
Marcia Grubb, Linda Hillman,
Anita Jenke, Mary Keefe,
Erin Waser, Kathleen Waterloo
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Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642
Memberhip: www.womanmade.org/membership.html
Call for Art: www.womanmade.org/entryform.html
Gallery Hours
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday noon-7 p.m.
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