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WOMAN MADE GALLERY PRESENTS
Exhibitions and Other Events
May 6 - June 30, 2011
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Artwork by Peggy Johnston |
Chicago, IL - April 19, 2011 Woman Made Gallery is proud to present Abstractions with work by 35 women, and solo shows by Ruth Eckstein and Sandra Perlow. The opening reception is on May 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Artwork by Ginny Sykes |
Woman Made Gallery is proud to present painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, book art, and video by 35 women.
On view are two-dimensional works in acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, ink, pencil, screen printing, spray paint, encaustic, and mixed media. Both Chicago artists Urszula Gogol and Ann Maki use fiber to create their abstract works; Peggy Johnston from Iowa works with paper, straws, and copper pins in her artist's book 'Spirula'; and Jennifer Grote employs porcelain and wood for her work 'Squareness and Roundness' .
Artists represented in this exhibition are Deborah Adams, Liz Albertson, Carla Aurich, Barbara Sistak Baur, Marianne Biagi, Barbara Blacharczyk, Heather Brammeier, Brianna Burnett, Margaret Carsello, Maria Dimanshtein, Gayle Gerson, Tiffany Gholar, Beverly Gimlin, Urszula Gogol, Eileen Goldenberg, Jennifer Grote, Nancy Hlavacek, Peggy Johnston, Joan Painter Jones, Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, Agnieszka Kubiak, Haeley Kyong, Ann Maki, Baila Miller, Kacey Morrow, Penny Perkins, Cherry Rahn, Silvana LaCreta Ravena, Julia Ris, Charlotte Segal, Raquel Stallworth, Ginny Sykes, Anna Timmerman, Kathleen Waterloo, and Betsy Zacsek.
Exhibition Juror: Sandra Perlow
Sandra Perlow is a Chicago area artist interested in abstraction and pictorial space. She earned her BA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MA from the Illinois Institute of Design. Perlow has shown her work internationally, including at Linda Warren Gallery, Harper College, Jean Albano Gallery, and the Rockford Art Museum. She is an active contributor to WMG and serves on its Advisory Board.
May 6 - June 30, 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m.
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Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m
May 6 - June 30, 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m.
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Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m
May 6 - June 30, 2011 - Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m.
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Poetry Reading:
Women of Woman Made: A Gallery Showcase
Poetry Fest at Harold Washington Public Library/ 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Video Theater (Nikki Giovanni will be reading at 2pm)
Come and hear the diversity of women's voices that you can find at Woman Made Gallery which offers themed poetry readings based on the concurrent running art exhibit. The event will take place at Harold Washington Library at their Video Theater. Readers are Coya Paz, Susanna Lang, Parneshia Jones, LinaRamona Vitkauskas, and Nina Corwin.
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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 monthly 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 help 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
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
Woman Made Board of Directors Anita Jenke, President
Mary Keefe, Treasurer
Marty Bash, Secretary
Shannon Downey, Deb Flagel,
Tammi Franke, Audrey Godwin,
Marcia Grubb, Linda Hillman,
Elena Aguirre Sznajder, 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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