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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Group Exhibitions
Of the Land From the Earth
November 15 - December 22, 2013 Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 6-9 p.m.
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Chicago, IL - November 9, 2013
Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present two group exhibitions, "Of the Land" and "From the Earth." The opening reception on November 15 from 6 to 9 p.m. is free and open to the public.
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Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 6-9 p.m.
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Juried by Heidi Norton, "Of the Land" is a group exhibition with 30 works by 21 artists.
Throughout history and across the world, the word 'land' has ranged in its connotations to connect with political and economic concepts, as well as emotional and romantic ones.
Addressing the theme in a variety of media, including sculptural works, installations, video, and photography are Gwyneth Anderson, Kayla Anderson, Meghan Moe Beitiks, Jaime Bennati, Margaret Bobo-Dancy, Molly M. Brandt, Elaine Byrne, Azadeh Gholizadeh, Lydia Hunn, Hannah Ireland, Jessica Jacobs, Noelle Mason, Alisha McCurdy, Corinne D. Peterson, Sarah Pfohl, Amy Pleasant, Mike Rubin, Petya Shalamanova, Rachel Snack, Kimberly Webb, and Summer Zickefoose.
The exhibition, "Of the Land" is wheelchair accessible.
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Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 6-9 p.m.
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Juried by Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez, "From the Earth" is a group exhibition with 50 works by 27 artists. "The earliest crafts and functional objects were fabricated from locally available or traded natural (from the earth) materials: clay, wood, metal, fiber, stone, glass, leather, etc. This tradition continues today, enhanced by improved tools, techniques, processes."
Included in this exhibition are functional and decorative objects made from natural materials by Ilse Bolle, Sarah C. Chapman, Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Francine Gourguechon, Marcia Grubb, Barbara Grunewald, Karen Gubitz, Kimberly Gust, Juarez Hawkins, Lori Hess, Linda Hillman, Linda Hillman, Dorothy Hughes, Malika Jackson, Susan Messer McBride, Mary O'Connell, Kate Oggel, Alyssa Paulsen, Corinne D. Peterson, Ann Quinn, Michelle Rial, Gina Robbins, Laurie Shaman, Carryl Sher, Nancy VanKanegan, Marcia Winograd, and Marjorie Woodruff.
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Poetry Reading
What LAND Means
Sunday, December 8 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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Please join us for a reading at Woman Made Gallery on Sunday, December 8th from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Selections were made by curator, Nina Corwin with an eye to assembling a program that represents a diversity of poets, styles, and approaches to the theme.
"Through history, connotations of the word LAND have ranged from the political and economic, to the emotional and romantic.The afternoon will feature poems invoking landscape, environmentalism, ethnic/national identity, imperialism, wealth and ownership, revolution and redistribution, land as food source, home and community, inclusion and exclusion, and, of course, the physical/natural earth itself."
Readers include Jennifer Perrine, Donna Vorreyeur, Lea Graham, Divya Rajan, Michelle Deatrick, Sharon Dornberg-Lee, and Sue Blaustein.
All events are free and open to the public.
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Artwork by
Francine Gourguechon
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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 staff, interns and volunteers, and a dedicated group of board members and advisers 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.
Please note that we cannot do our important work without your help.
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Beate C. Minkovski, Executive Director
Ruby Thorkelson, Gallery Coordinator
Sydney Stoudmire, Gallery Assistant
Emanuel Aguilar, Exhibition Preparator
Volunteer Staff
Emanuel Aguilar, Marketing Support
Mary Ann Anthony, Exhibition and Fundraising
Deb Flagel, Her Group
Mary King, Exhibition Layout Marty Bash & Melanie Deal, Editing Support
Tammi Franke, President Mary Keefe, Interim Treasurer
Erin Waser, Secretary
Marcia Grubb Linda Hillman Gail Holmberg Andrea Leets
Janet Snow-Godfrey Monica Staco Ginny Sykes
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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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