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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
20th Anniversary Exhibition: 20 Jurors
WMG Archives + Permanent Collection Show Reading: Poets Who Open Doors
July 13- August 16, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m.
 | | Artwork by Barbara Crane |
Chicago, IL - July 7, 2012 In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, Woman Made Gallery (WMG) presents a group exhibition with works by 20 artists who have juried past WMG group shows, plus WMG's Archives + Permanent Collection, from July 13 to August 16, 2012. Celebrations include a reading on July 22, curated by Nina Corwin.
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20th Anniversary Exhibition: 20 Jurors
Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m.
 | | Artwork by Monica Ong |
What better way to celebrate 20 years of work for women artists than to highlight the creations of 20 past jurors who have helped put some of the Gallery's fine shows together?
There have been hundreds of exhibitions, with numerous jurors, who all play an important part in WMG's history. This exhibition is just a small example of the rich and diverse artistic repertoire WMG is pleased to showcase.
Included are paintings by Julie Karabenick, Joyce Owens, and Kathleen Waterloo; photography by Barbara Crane, Whitney Bradshaw, and Leah Oates; sculpture and fiber works by Pritika Chowdhry, Melissa Jay Craig, Betsy Odom, Corinne D. Peterson, and Indira Freitas Johnson; mixed media works by Karen Bondarchuk, Cat Chown, Fujiko Isomura, Monica Ong, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Catherine Blackwell Peņa, and Mary Stoppert; and video and new media works by Colette Gaiter and Laura Anderson Barbata.
July 13 - August 16, 2012 - Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m.
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WMG Archives + Permanent Collection Show
Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m.
 | Artwork by Jan Brown Checco: Our Lady of Obsessive Compulsion
Originally exhibited in the 'Annual Members' Show 2001' WMG PERMANENT COLLECTION |
In addition to artwork by the "20 Jurors" exhibition, WMG is exhibiting documentation of its 20-year service to women artists with a timeline of more than 300 exhibitions. Included is WMG's Permanent Collection, with work by Judy Chicago, Mary Ellen Croteau, Jan Brown Checco, Anne Elizabeth, Beatrice Fisher, and other women who have exhibited at the Gallery.
From the earliest exhibition, "Women Do Women" in July 1992, to the most recent May/June group show, "Consumer Culture," WMG is displaying exhibition and event announcements, catalogs, Her Mark datebooks, videos, photos, and letters to share its significant accomplishments, all in service to women artists.
From 1992 through 2011 WMG has hosted 312 exhibitions, made up of 165 group shows, 103 invitational/solo shows, 36 Artisan Gallery exhibitions, and nine off-site shows. More than 7,000 women artists have exhibited their work since WMG was established.
July 13 - August 16, 2012 - Opening Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m.
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Sunday, July 22, 2012 / 1:30-3:30 p.m. / Free
There are people who work tirelessly to create opportunities for other artists and writers to get their work out in front of the world - the editors, curators and people who staff arts organizations. Although some are better known for opening doors, many of these people have vibrant writing practices of their own. This reading will provide an opportunity to get to know the poetry of several such women.
Featured readers include Kristy Bowen (dancing girl press), Shanny Jean Maney (the Encyclopedia Show), Jennifer Karmin (Red Rover Series), Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan (Mental Graffiti, Real Talk Live), Johanny Vazquez Paz (Palabra Pura, Guild Complex, and Susan Yount (Arsenic Lobster, Chicago Poetry Bordello).
Please join us for this free event on Sunday, July 22, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Woman Made Gallery.
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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to support, cultivate, and promote the diverse contributions of women in the arts through exhibitions and other programs that serve, educate and enrich our community.
A small but hard-working staff, helpful interns and volunteers, and a dedicated group of board members and advisors are the heart and soul of the Gallery. WMG relies on membership contributions and individual donations to create the programs that support its mission.
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.
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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, Exhibition Layout
Marty Bash & Melanie Deal, Editing Support
Audrey Godwin, President
Kathleen Waterloo, Vice President
Tammi Franke, Treasurer
Marty Bash, Secretary
Marcia Grubb,Linda Hillman
Gail Holmberg, Mary Keefe
Janet Snow-Godfrey, Ginny Sykes
Erin Waser
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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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