Woman Made Gallery: Poetry & Prose

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Welcome

This POETRY & PROSE page was created because we wanted to share with a broader audience some of the words that have resonated in the gallery during readings and workshops. In the same way that our exhibitions present so many different visions around a common theme, these writings sound an amazing array of voices.

The image on the right shows Nina Corwin presenting our Her Mark 2009 publication during the 'And You Think That's Funny?' reading which was held in conjunction with the group exhibition with the same title, and solo exhibitions by Nicole Hollander and Kathy Weaver on Sunday, February 8, 2009. Readers included Lois Marie Harrod, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Pamela Miller, Erika Mikkalo, Kristin Ravel, Christine Stark,and Donna Vorreyer.

Upcoming Readings and Calls for Poetry

All poetry events are organized and hosted by noted writers and poets who are members of Woman Made Gallery. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. Poetry events are free and open to the public with light refreshments served. For questions please contact WMG at gallery@womanmade.org.

What Comes After 20
Sunday, January 29, 2011 / 1:30-3:30 p.m.
In 2012, Woman Made Gallery celebrates it’s 20th anniversary. For a grass roots arts organization in these times, 20 years is an accomplishment reflecting the organization’s sturdiness, maturity and standing in the community. We begin our 21st year by celebrating poets in the 20s, a life stage in which the artist/poet is coming into her own, learning from the examples of those who came before, experimenting, finding and discovering her own voice. This program includes promising voices from both academic and performance arenas: Carina Finn, Meghan Foratjer, Hannah Gamble, Shelley Elaine Geiszler, Sara Jedd, Ji-Yoon Lee, Stephanie Lane Sutton, Teresa Veramendi, Ryann Wahl.

WMG is proud to have been selected as one of WBEZ's Chicago Amplified Partners for the 2009-2010-2011 season. Thank you to Kurt Heintz, WMG's audio recordist who is documenting WMG's poetry events. Please visit his websites www.e-poets.net and www.voices.e-poets.net.

Submission Guidelines for Woman Made Literary Events

If you are interested AND available to attend the reading on the date/time specified, send three to four poems IN THE BODY of an e-mail (no attachments) AND a brief bio (150 word max) to gallery@womanmade.org with Reading Submission (specify theme) in the subject line.

We will contact you if your work is chosen. If you have not heard from us within three to four weeks of the reading, it is safe to assume that your work has not been selected. That being said, we will try to respond to you in any case.

If you are not selected, please understand that we are volunteers programming to meet several criteria as best possible, representing the best of a diversity of themes, styles etc. To that end, we will review the first 15 submissions sent to us, looking further only as needed to reach these ends.

While we would love to pay our readers, please note that we are not able to do so at this time. Readers are welcome to bring books for sale at the time of the event. In the meantime, come to our readings. See what we're doing and support woman in the arts.

Myths, SHEroes and Revolutionaries Reading - clockwise from left to right: Jenny Priego, Kristen Uyeda, Susan Slaviero, Ching-In Chen, Nina Corwin and Maureen Flannery; artwork behind poets by Constance DeMuth Berg.

Past Readings

With permission of the poets we have included here some of the poetry that was read at Woman Made Gallery in the past. Please scroll down to view some of the themes and click on the titles of the poems to read the works.

The photo shows poets who read at the "Myths, SHEroes and Revolutionaries" reading. Clockwise from left to right: Jenny Priego, Kristen Uyeda, Susan Slaviero, Ching-In Chen, Nina Corwin and Maureen Flannery; artwork behind poets by Constance DeMuth Berg.

Solace in So Many Words - 12/11/11