All Manner of Glass (Click Here for an online preview of this exhibit)

The Artisan Gallery's exhibition All Manner of Glass solicited women glass artists whose art uses hot glass techniques: free-blown, kiln forming (fusing and slumping) and casting.

Entry Due Date†: February 20, 2008
Notifications Sent: February 27, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: March 26-28, 2008, 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: March 26-28, 2008, 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: April 4 - June 19, 2008
Opening Reception: April 4, 2008, 6-9 pm
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Juror(s): Artisan Committee Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez

Her Mark 2009

Call for Art by women for the annual HER MARK publication and exhibition featuring Artwork & Poetry. All themes, styles and media are welcome. Artists may submit low quality jpgs for jury purposes, but if accepted must be able to email high-resolution CMYK files suitable for printing. Please submit images of up to three artworks, artist statement plus entry fee: $24.
Online Entries: Submit works on our website with your jpgs.
Mailed Entries: Mail slides or CD of your work to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. Visit www.womanmade.org/entryform.html for details about Her Mark 2009 poetry entries.

Entry Due Date†: March 7, 2008
Notifications Sent: March 28, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: July 23-25, noon-7 pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: July 23-25, noon-7 pm
Exhibition Dates: August 1 - 28, 2008
Opening Reception: August 1, 6 - 9 pm / Release Party and Reading: August 3, 2-4pm
Pick Up Work: August 29, noon-7 pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: September 3, noon-7pm

Juror(s): Art: Julie Rodrigues Wildholm, Associate Curator, MCA; Poetry: Kathleen Kirk and Orick Peterson

Drawing on Experience (Click Here for an online preview of this exhibit)

The exhibition "Drawing on Experience" includes work by 36 artists in a variety of media, drawing methods and tools on different substrates, including three-dimensional materials, that directly evidence the hand and thought of the artist. The Artist Reception is on June 27 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Entry Due Date†: March 28, 2008
Notifications Sent: April 16, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: June 18-20, noon-7 pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: June 18-20, noon-7 pm
Exhibition Dates: June 27 - July 24, 2008
Opening Reception: June 27, 6-9 pm
Pick Up Work: July 25, noon-7 pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: July 30, noon-7 pm

Juror(s): Nancy Charak
Nancy Charak is a native Chicagoan who studied photography and design at the University of Illinois at Chicago and acquired an MFA in painting and drawing at Northern Illinois University. Her current work can be seen at The Nines Gallery in Holland, Michigan. She is an affiliate member of the ARC Gallery of Chicago, Illinois, one of the oldest women’s art cooperatives in the country.

The Secret (Click Here for an online preview of this exhibit)

There is nothing as titillating as a secret, because by its very nature a secret should not be revealed, which makes us want to know it even more. Artists were asked to submit work/s that somehow, someway embody or incorporate a secret. This secret should be able to be accessed or discovered by viewer interaction or exploration. It can take form in a physical or conceptual manner.

Entry Due Date†: May 16, 2008
Notifications Sent: May 23, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: June 18-20, 2008 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: June 18-20, 2008 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: June 27 - August 28, 2008
Opening Reception: June 27 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: August 29 / 12-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: September 3 / 12-7pm

Juror(s): Artisan Committee Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez

Annual Member’s Show

The exhibition includes work in a variety of media be 58 artists who are current members of Woman Made Gallery.

Entry Due Date†: May 24, 2008
Notifications Sent: June 4, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: July 23-25, 2008 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: July 23-25, 2008 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: August 1 - August 28, 2008
Opening Reception: August 1 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: August 29 / 12-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: September 3 / 12-7pm

Juror(s): Corinne D. Peterson
Corinne D. Peterson is a Chicago artist who divides her time between studio work, commissions, teaching, and community public art. Her primary medium is clay. She also uses bronze, encaustic, and found objects. Local and national exhibitions of her work include solo shows in Northwestern’s Dittmar Gallery and Notre Dame’s Isis Gallery and group shows at Perimeter and Flatfile in Chicago. Works from her “Marker” series will be shown on the grounds in the Krasl 2008-09 Biennial Sculpture Invitational in St. Joseph, Michigan. Her work is included in collections of Kirkland & Ellis, Deloitte, and Amoco. See more at www.cdpeterson.com.

Juror’s Statement “The 58 works in this exhibit stood up to long looking. They moved me, drew me into dialogue, raised questions and offered multiple possibilities for understanding. They challenged me, hinted at mystery and suggested deep truths. I was greatly rewarded for the time I took to look at these wonderful artworks.

Making choices was very difficult. Many of the nearly 300 entries fit the above description, but could not be included due to the limits of space. I was motivated to show the variety of media, sizes and approaches of Woman Made’s members to their art making. This helped me choose and bring it down to size. .

As a long time member enriched and encouraged in my artistic life by Woman Made Gallery, I appreciate the opportunity to jury this show of members’ art.”

One Planet, One Experiment

*The title of this exhibition "One Planet, One Experiment" is inspired by E.O. Wilson (Edward Osborne Wilson,) US entomologist, ecologist and sociobiologist (1929–.) In The Diversity of Life (1992) and The Future of Life (2001), Wilson examined the threat to biodiversity posed by human activity.

The idea of our planet as an experiment isn't how we usually think of it. Woman Made Gallery invites environmentally themed work in any media except video by women from the international community.

Images of up to three artworks plus one detail image per submission if needed. Please include a statement about the submitted work and a $24 entry fee.

Entry Due Date†: June 18, 2008 (Final Extension)
Notifications Sent: June 30, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: Aug. 27-29, 08 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: Aug. 27-29, 08 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: September 5 - October 2, 2008
Opening Reception: September 5 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: October 3 / 12-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: October 9, 2008 / 12-7pm

Juror(s): Leslie Sobel & Lynda Cole
Lynda Cole received a B.S. in Textiles and Clothing Design from Michigan State University after which she lived and worked in New York City. She attended the University of Michigan to study Botany. From 1976 to 1990 she ran her own landscaping company. From 1990 to 1995 she lived in England experimenting with 3-D forms made of new materials and developing her art. She shows work nationally and is a member of WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor, MI. Visit www.lcole.com for more information.

Leslie Sobel is an artist working with her relationship to the natural world. She is interested in the intersection between artistic, personal understanding and scientific knowledge. Her work incorporates data and scientific visualization alongside painting, words and mixed media. She exhibits her work nationally and has most recently curated H2O, a digital & mixed media group exhibition. She is one of the founders of the Art Alchemists, a collective of artists who use digital technology in some aspect of their art making. Visit www.lesliesobel.com for more information.

Object of Desire at The Artisan Gallery

Open to all craft media decorative, functional, or conceptual by women. The concept of desire is a subjective one, so we expect everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. As implied by the title, there should be an object. Send with your entry a statement explaining what makes the work or each work, an object of desire. Click Here for details.

Entry Due Date†: July 11, 2008
Notifications Sent: July 18 2008
Hand-deliver Work: August 27-29, 2008 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: August 27-29, 2008 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: September 5 - November 13, 2008
Opening Reception: September 5, 2008 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: November 14, 2008 / 12-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: November 19, 2008 / 12-7pm

Juror(s): Artisan Committee Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez

Object of Desire

Woman Made Gallery invites women artists to submit work in either 3-D or 2-D and in a variety of media for "Object of Desire." Juried by Claire Wolf Krantz, the exhibition will focus on well designed works in wood, glass, metal, fiber, stone, clay, paper and fiber as well as in non-traditional materials, techniques and processes. Objects may be representational, functional, decorative, abstract. or conceptual. While emphasis is on 3-D objects, the exhibition is also open to 2-D works which display 3-D objects in a realistic and imaginative way.

Images of up to three artworks plus one detail image per submission if needed. Please include a statement about the submitted work and a $24 entry fee.

Entry Due Date†: August 5, 2008
Notifications Sent: September 5, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: October 1-3, 08 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: October 1-3, 08 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: October 10 - November 13, 2008
Opening Reception: October 10 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: November 14, noon-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: November 19, noon-7pm

Juror(s): Claire Wolf Krantz
In addition to being an artist, Claire Wolf Krantz is an art critic, contributing to Art in America, Sculpture, Flash Art, ArtPapers, and other publications. She has curated exhibits for such institutions as The Spertus Museum, The State of Illinois Museums, Wood Street Gallery, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. She has lectured at various institutions and universities in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and Indonesia.

Woman Made and Artisan Gallery - Holiday Bazaar

More than 90 artisans from Chicago and across the U.S. are offering their wares in this year’s Holiday Bazaar with items ranging from novel to collectible pieces, priced from $5 to $1,000. A featured item is Woman Made Gallery’s HER MARK, a Journal of Art + Poetry. The beautiful publication with art and poetry by 42 women is priced at $12.

An artist reception on Friday, December 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. is free and open to the public. Holiday refreshments will be served, and shoppers will have the opportunity to meet some of the artists whose works are included in the Bazaar. Become a WMG member and receive 10% off Holiday Bazaar purchases.

Entry Due Date†: October 22, 2008
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Exhibition Dates: November 28 - December 21, 2008
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Juror(s): Woman Made and Artisan Gallery Committee

And You Think That's Funny??

Open to women artists from the international community whose work has to do with humor. All themes, styles and media will be considered, as long as they are expressed in a humorous way. Of course what’s funny to the artist might not be funny to the juror

Images of up to three artworks plus one detail image per submission if needed. Please include a statement about the submitted work and a $24 entry fee.

Entry Due Date†: September 17, 2008
Notifications Sent: October 15, 2008
Hand-deliver Work: Jan. 14-16, 2009 / 12-7pm
Shipped Work to Arrive: Jan. 14-16, 2009 / 12-7pm
Exhibition Dates: January 23 - February 26, 2009
Opening Reception: Jan. 23, 2009 / 6-9pm
Pick Up Work: February 27 / noon-7pm
UPS Pick Up Date‡: March 4, 2009

Juror(s): Nicole Hollander
Nicole Hollander is a cartoonist best know for her nationally syndicated comic strip Sylvia, distributed by Tribune Media Services and appearing in over 50 newspapers. Hollander has also published numerous cartoon collections, including, My Cat's not Fat He's Just Big Boned and The ABC of Vice with Regina Barreca. She has illustrated the children's books I'm So Mad, “I'm All Dressed, I Love Messes and I'm Not Sleepy. She has written two musicals: Sylvia's Real Good Advice and Female Problems. Her most recent book is Tales Of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial, published by Broadway Books. Hollander earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and holds a M.F.A. degree from Boston University.