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Letter from the Directors:

Few things are as delightful and inspiring as sitting around a table with a group of women sharing their stories, exchanging ideas, and coming up with the most creative solutions to make something even better than it is already. Our board retreat in January was just such an experience: uplifting, emotional, inspirational, and motivating. It was a unique yet familiar feeling; it was one of connecting.

Snow Crone, created by devoted WMG workers Sheila Scacco and Kim Brenner, graces the snowy front lawn on a sunny winter day. Don’t look for her but visit the Gallery to admire all the other really great art by women.

Connections keep our dreams and ourselves alive and alert; they help us take action and grow or take note and learn. Linking to others who share ideas and goals, who have similar philosophies and face similar obstacles, helps us to be accepting of who we are, and to realize that we are indeed not alone, but a vital part of an energy-filled world. And the fact that we are all distinct individuals, each searching for answers in our own unique way, keeps us forever open to new possibilities. Woman Made Gallery is not just a place where new art is seen at certain intervals and new faces change places with the former; it is an ongoing exchange: a social, down-to-earth place where new energy and ideas add breadth, color and life to the existing tapestry, a tapestry with many layers and patterns.

We would like to mention just a few of the many connections, which have provided rewarding opportunities for all involved. A good example is our slide registry, maintained by Elizabeth Harms, which serves the wonderful purpose of making art available to curators, gallery owners and art collectors. Last summer, Melanee Cooper searched our registry for appropriate art for her commercial gallery 'Art Mecca,' located in Chicago. We are happy to report that as a result of this connection, Art Mecca is showcasing and selling artwork by four artists from WMG's registry. In addition, Art Mecca will be featuring a solo show by one of the artists, Sandy Parris, in May, and will be one of the stops on our Art Bus Tour. This connection has sparked an added bonus as Melanee Cooper has agreed to serve Woman Made Gallery's mission in the role of Advisory Board member.

Another example is our website www.womanmade.org, designed and maintained by Galganov & Associates in Ontario, Canada. It has become an incredibly valuable tool, connecting Woman Made to a larger audience in a very fast and efficient way. The immediacy of the web gives us a very real and personal connection to women artists from around the world who are yearning to connect, who have information to share and views to exchange. Our website is to the world as the Gallery is to its neighborhood; it is a hub from which energy is emanating and to which energy is flowing, where people can link to each other no matter where they are. To make full use of the Internet's potential connecting power, WMG is in the process of building a professional high quality on-line artist registry, giving world-wide access to participating artists. We are also researching the possibilities of a virtual gallery that would explore themes on diversity, peace, human rights issues and women's experiences and would include participants from the international community.

Back at the Gallery, we connect to people every day via letters, email, phone and face to face. We speak to artists about exhibitions, creating, artwork, roadblocks and hopes. We talk with visitors about the artwork on display, their reactions to it, what emotions it triggers and why. In these busy days it is too easy to overlook the value of such encounters, what we can learn by listening and then offering our own thoughts in return. We try to remember that each interaction is a connection, a chance to expand our views, open our minds and hearts and to share what we see. Spring seems timely for such awareness as we open our eyes to not only the budding flowers, trees and earth, but to all of the promising opportunities for connecting….

Special Mother's Day Membership Offer:

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 14
Let Mom Know She's a True "Work of Art"

Surprise your mother this year with the gift of art ... plus newsletters, special Gallery events and invitations plus shopping discounts and previews. For a limited time, Woman Made Gallery is offering a special "Mother's Day Membership" for $25.00. This year, buy your mom a gift that says she's creative, special and a true "work of art."

It's simple ... just fill in the section on the membership form that reads, "Gift Membership" and we'll do the rest. First, your mom will receive a one-of-a-kind hand crafted card made exclusively by a Woman Made artist. The card will explain the gift of membership and all the benefits she will receive. In addition to the greeting card she will receive her WMG membership card that entitles her to a year of discounts in our Gallery shop, as well as discounts to many of Chicago's finest artist services, health and to a variety of other establishments.

Don't forget those other special women in your life ... daughters, aunts, grandmothers and friends ... surprise them with the gift of art … a membership to Woman Made. Include the name and address of both the membership recipient's and the gift-giver's and how the card should be signed when you fill out the membership form.

Art Bus Tour:

On Saturday, May 6, 2000 Woman Made Gallery supporters will join together for the 2nd Annual Art Bus Tour -- a day on which to celebrate the female spirit through art as we visit Chicago's premiere galleries. This day-long event, designed to raise awareness of women's art, foster community among a variety of arts organizations and raise funds for WMG, is the perfect way to meet new friends and celebrate the creative, empowered female spirit.

The day will begin at 9 am with a private Woman Made Gallery tour and continental breakfast. Next, participants will board a luxury coach and visit some of Chicago's premiere woman-based galleries, such as Textile Arts Centre, ARC, Art Mecca, Artemisia and Gallery Egg. Along the way, a buffet, catered lunch will be served and back by popular demand, Board of Director's Secretary and event Co-Chair Cathleen Nagle, will lead the group in soul-rousing rituals and energizing exercises to harness our creative power.

"We're really excited about this year's event," said Board Member and Event Co-Chair Marianne Biagi. "We've added even more galleries to this year's tour, are going to have an extraordinary catered lunch and we're hoping that all of the Goddesses (see below) show up to make this day incredible."

The event is $60 per person ... or bring a friend and pay the "bus buddy" price of $100 (that's a $20 savings!!) Plus… this year, show Woman Made just how much you care and join the Bus Tour at the special "Goddess" level of support. Goddess tickets are $100 per person and include a commemorative, one-of-a-kind woman crafted pin for you to wear on the day of the event. Space is limited, so send in the registration form or call 312-328-0038 to reserve your place.

Letters to Woman Made:

Dear Woman Made,
I was very pleased to discover your website. On browsing your site, I noticed your comments on the MOMA show. As it happens, I was in New York in December and went to this show. The one good thing about it is that it made me so angry that I came home with a head full of creative steam and I started searching the web for sites where, as a woman artist, I could feel some sense of connection. That is how I found you. As you suggested in your notice, I have written to MOMA and a copy of my letter is given below. I am mailing my request for membership and the check to WMG today. Cheers, Moira Carlson

(Copy of Moira's letter to MOMA)
I was in New York in December (the first time in twenty years) and made a point of going to see the current MOMA show. As I went from floor to floor I became more and more confused--where were the women? Oh, there were lots of Women on the "People floor", but only as object and subject, not as producers of the art, not with their points of view included. I am dismayed that a Museum as influential as MOMA could put together a show like this with such an obvious lack of perspective. I will be back in New York in early February but this time I won't bother to waste my time going to MOMA. I wonder how many other people you have turned off and whose admission fees you will no longer collect.

Dear Woman Made Gallery,
I found your information in Art Calendar and was debating whether or not to enter your upcoming 3rd International Open. After spending time reading and viewing your website, I definitely will enter. I spent the last ten years in Japan and am just getting the hang of being American again, let alone being an American WOMAN again. So refreshing to find a place to express myself after doing the opposite for ten years. Hurrah! Marilyn Leuszler, Trinidad, CO

Program For Kids:

Keyona Harris who came with her teacher and four other girls from William Penn Elementary School is decorating her quilt square à la Faith Ringgold at the Children’s Herstory Hour on February 13th. Check the calendar for the next Workshop.

Our children's workshop in February was a great success. Twelve girls and some of their parents learned about Faith Ringgold, the famous African-American artist and quilter in "Warming Up With Quilts" while making their own quilt square. Our next session, Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs!© produced and led by artist and member, Jennifer La Civita Kimbrough, will be held on Sunday, April 9, 2000 from 2 - 3 pm. Children age 6-12 (and their parents) will take home their very own decorated egg while learning about the traditionally female art form of decorating eggs. In Poland this art form is called Pisanski. Registration is required and all materials are provided.

Woman Made News Briefs:

WMG Board News
Cassandra Smith and Susan Ifergan have completed their terms as members on the Board of Directors. We thank them dearly for their work to help make Woman Made grow and prosper and are glad that both women will continue their support on the Advisory Board. We are very pleased to welcome Roberta Reb Allen to the Board and look forward to a productive interaction. We also officially welcome Melanee Cooper from gallery Art Mecca, Heywood Hoffman from the Chicago News Agency, Lori Pastuszak and Tiffany York from Signs Now, Dr. Amy Stoeffler and Alison Zehr from the Nonprofit Finance Fund as Advisory Board Members. We are still looking to add more diversity and talents to both our growing Board of Directors and Advisory Board. Pease call 312-328-0038 if you would like to become involved.

Hearts-A-Plenty!
There truly were Hearts-A-Plenty at Woman Made Gallery's February fund-raising event. The partygoers celebrated sumptuously on fancy finger foods, luscious cakes and decadent deserts. The High Priestess of Love imparted her wisdom on the lovelorn and fake tattoos were applied and worn with style. The highlight of the evening was the check presentation from Woman Made Gallery to Genesis House, a local non-profit organization that provides a safe place for women wanting to quit the life of prostitution. This outreach is the beginning of a coming together between the two organizations. Gallery member and artist Nancy Hild is interested to help with a program where artists will work with women at Genesis House. Please contact the Gallery for more information or if you want to volunteer. From the celebration of Shirley Guay's birthday to the love poems spontaneously penned, the evening confirmed how much our members care for each other and for Woman Made. Thanks to everyone who made the night a success!

Coming Soon!!
An album to feature emerging women in Chicago music, the profits of which will be used to support Woman Made Gallery, is due for release this summer. The CD, entitled "Big Fish ~ Little Fish, Volume 1: Emerging Women in Chicago Music", represents the present state of pop music in Chicago and is being released on Chicago indie label Sweet Pickle Music. WMG is very proud to have sponsored a contest for the cover art and to have chosen "Puddle Fish", a colorful piece by artist Kim Hoffmann of South Bend, Indiana (who is also a musician herself and has other album covers in her credits). Stay tuned for more information.

WMG Needs You:

Do you have some time or talent to share with WMG members? Do you live in the Chicago area or far away? The Gallery is looking for volunteers no matter how close or how far you are. For more information on what we need please call us at 312-328-0038.

Worthy Organizations + Worthy Causes:

TallGrass Writers Guild provides publishing and performance opportunities for beginning and established writers via monthly Open Mics; formal, themed readings twice a year; and an annual anthology of worldwide writings published by Outrider Press, Inc. on a different theme each year. It publishes a bi-monthly event/opportunity filled newsletter for its members. For information call TallGrass President Whitney Scott at 708-672-6630 or visit http://www.outriderpress.com

Southwest Women Working Together is a not-for-profit, community-based women's organization that serves women and children primarily from the southwest side of Chicago. Their mission is to empower women, expand their options and promote women's fundamental rights. In their own words: " We respect the dignity and worth of women without regard to race, age religion, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation. We believe that through empowerment and expansion of options, women are best able to make decisions affecting their lives. We encourage and value full participation of women at all levels of the organization." For more information please visit http://www.swwt.org or call 773.582.0550.

Woman Craft, Inc., owned by Deborah's Place, is a not-for profit corporation that provides a supportive, realistic workplace where low-income women can engage in meaningful work, improve job skills, build a work history and earn income. Woman Made Gallery's gift shop carries beautiful hand-crafted gift items made by artisans from Woman Craft Inc. And all the attractive wrappings for the soaps made by another worthy organization, "Enterprising Kitchens", are done by the women from Woman Craft, Inc. For information call Nancy Phillips at 773-292-1226.

Help Stamp Out Breast Cancer
Women across the country are uniting to raise $16 million for breast cancer research by simply buying a book of stamps that the US Postal Service released as the "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, costs 40 cents instead of the regular 33 cents. The additional 7 cents will go to breast cancer research. If all the stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $16 million for vital research. Gwen Nordgren who circulated the e-mail on the "Fund the Cure" stamp writes, "Many of us know women and their families whose lives are turned upside down by breast cancer. It takes so little to do so much in this drive. Please do these two things… buy the stamps and encourage your friends to do the same."

Artist Profile:

Venus on the Half Shell sculpture by Jo Owens Murray was on display in the Reflections show in September of 1999.

Jo Owens Murray, a member of WMG, has exhibited her artwork numerous times at the gallery and has donated two of her pieces to our last art auction. We thank her for her spirit, creative drive and support.

Raised in Florence, South Carolina, one of nine children, Jo Owens Murray has resided in Pennsylvania for the past nine years where she is currently the Director of the Women's Center at Rosemont College. Her sculptures are found in four museum's permanent collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC. At this time there are more than 50 sculptures in Owens Murray's collection.

"My sculptures reflect my own upbringing as a young girl, my fantasies combined with the realities of today. My work tells of the myth of how women should be seen and not heard and they should reflect on their external beauty. Each of us has come to be more concerned with our outer appearance. That is why my girls are nothing more than empty hollow shells and beautiful on the outside. Like the surrealists, I have transformed women into fixtures. They are only parts and never whole," says Owens Murray. "In Murray's world of art," writes Burton Wasserman for the January 2000 issue of Art Matters, "miracles that would never turn up in the ordinary, everyday environment occur with bold frequency. By and large, her pieces are made by joining beads, baubles and bangles to foundations provided by display mannequins or figure forms used for dressmaking. What emerges are deeply moving statements about externally decorated women who receive no credit for the complex thoughts and emotions they live with inside the envelope of their skin."

Over the past 20 years, Owens Murray, a self-taught artist, has watched herself evolve from a black and white photographer to a sculptor whose media is discarded beads, antique jewelry and tons of sequins and sparkles.

"To me, the jewelry provides a temporal history to women through different style periods. We can look back to the earliest drawings, carvings and paintings and you will always find women adorned with jewelry. We are always trying to enhance our appearance by adding pretty objects to cover our bodies. Has jewelry been used to help cover up what we really look like, are we stopping the viewer from seeing us, our true selves? Are we catching the eye of the viewer with glitter and gold as if that makes us look better? Has time made us what society shows us to be? Objects? Have we turned ourselves into the objects we wear?"

Woman Made Calendar:

APRIL

7	Sculptor - Baker (clay, wood, flour) is part of an installation by Nazare Feliciano titled “Breaking Bread”. Her solo show opens at Woman Made on April 7 from 6-9pm together with the group show “Cleaning House”. Friday, 6-9 p.m.; Free; Through May 12 Opening Reception: Cleaning House group exhibition & solo show: Breaking Bread mixed media installation by Nazare Feliciano Cleaning House focuses on the concept of "home" as an arena for art production and inspiration. Stephanie Rose Bird, a Fulbright scholar and educator at the School of the Art Institute, has curated this show with the philosophy that art can be created wherever we are at any time with whatever materials are at hand. Nazare Feliciano's installation highlights bread as the "stuff of life". Her work reflects revulsion for the commodification of bread and a deep sense of loss of one of the most cherished family rituals: Breaking Bread. Both exhibitions continue through May 12 / Free
9	Sunday, 2-3 p.m.; Free; (Please Pre-Register) Children's Program: HerstoryTime: Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs! Jennifer La Civita Kimbrough presents a fun and educational workshop for children (and their parents), teaching the traditionally female art form of egg decorating in Eastern Europe through music, storytelling and art-making.
16	Sunday, 2-4 p.m.; Free; (Donations encouraged) Reading: Cleaning House Continuation of WMG's Reading Series 2000. Juried by Kathleen Kirk of the literary journal Rhino, the poetry and prose read today will address the ideas of found objects, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Cleaning House. Featured readers and open mic.
30	Sunday; 2-3 p.m.; Free; (Please Pre-Register) Slide Lecture: Two Artists You Should Know Stephanie Rose Bird, curator of the current exhibition Cleaning House, will discuss her work as well as the work of artist, Magdalena Abakanowicz who is best known for her "Abakans", enormous woven sculptures which are a "new genre she created somewhere between the wall and the floor"

MAY

JUNE

Please note that the Gallery is closed on Easter Sunday, April 23rd and on Sunday, May 28th for Memorial Day.

Two Artists You Should Know:

WMG is honored to welcome artist Stephanie Rose Bird as the featured speaker in our slide and lecture series: "Two Artists You Should Know." Stephanie Rose Bird will speak of the inspiration for her art as well as share insights of the work of Magdalena Abakanowicz, leading sculptor and fiber artist from Poland. A Chicago artist and teacher, Ms. Bird has taught at the School of the Art Institute since 1986. She is a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award recipient and has exhibited her own artwork widely. Through an immersion in the traditional arts, she became cognizant of the fact that art is all around us and that it can be created wherever we are at any time. Please join us on Sunday, April 30 from 2 to 3pm followed by discussion

A Great Mother's Day Gift:

WOMAN MADE GALLERY T-SHIRTS
Our classy white cotton T-Shirts get the message across: We are all Woman Made!!! Our beautiful Hand logo graces the front with the words: Woman Made and on the backside it states: "where every month is Women's History Month. Order your T-Shirt in sizes: Small, Medium, Large, X-Large or XX-Large for $15 and $12 for members plus $3 for shipping. Please use the order form. WMG accepts Checks, Visa or MasterCard.

Cathleen Nagle wearing her WMG T-Shirt

Member Profile:

Meet Cathleen Nagle, WMG Member and Board of Directors Secretary
Profession: Furniture and clothing designer

I became interested in WMG because ... I read about Woman Made in the weekend section of the newspaper. I went to an opening and felt such an affinity to the Gallery and patrons. That was three or four years ago and I have been hooked on it ever since.

No one would ever guess it but I love to ... go for long car rides. It is something I look forward to on the weekends. I love it!

If I could go back in time, the woman I would most want to meet would be ... Joan or Arc because she was fearless.

When I'm 100 years old, I will look back and say ... I have added to the betterment of womanhood and mankind.

In ten years, I see WMG as being ... a hub for smart, creative visionaries.

If I could have my dream Friday night, you could find me ... front row seats for Annie Lenox and the Eurythmics concert then to a cool hip restaurant to people watch.

No one knows that I can ... twirl the baton.

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think is ... I am prosperous and the universe loves me and wants only the best for me.

When I was a girl, one of the most inspirational things my mother taught me was to ... be creative. I feel she always supported all of my dreams.

The three words that describe WMG are ... soul-power, vision, creative.

When I was 12 years old, I thought I would become ... a nurse.

If I could have lunch with three women artists they would be ... Marilyn Maas, Georgia O'Keefe and Gertrude Stein because to me they represent love, beauty and power.

Tomorrow, I will ... try something new and different.

Yesterday, I wish I had ... started to collect art sooner.

Sylvia Wagensberg won 2nd prize in the Third International Open which was on display in March. Her work La Diabla is mixed media work on canvas

Call for Words:

WMG invites contributions of poetry by women writers for our 2001 appointment book calendar (released in Fall 2000) featuring words and artwork by women. Please send 2-4 poems with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: WORDS, Woman Made Gallery, 1900 S. Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616. Entry Deadline: June 15, 2000. Space Consideration: Each poem entered should fit within a single 8.5”x11” page.

Poetry:

Ego-Trippin Revisited
©Tara Betts

If you must ask
what makes she
spectacle of starlit curve, you
clearly can’t see
it is not the perfect fold & crease
of pants in the dresser
not the dishes glinting in the rack

She bent letters
like blacksmith so
they become steel henchmen
cutting through crops like scythes

She formed chants echoing
across continents in
yawn & sighs

When she wink
every drone fall to the ground
paralyzed by his own stinger

She sheathed boy-like hips
In the grip of thighs
that Europe could not comprehend
as easily as she peel
mango skin from its flesh
She tear truth from façade

In fact, She shift to
the lighter cousin of Kali
stringing necklaces of
tender skulls stripped clean
hanging around she neck

She palms, cups Lucifer’s scalp
because this outcast becomes
trinket charm at She whim

He too wish he remembered
like the others
where he was
what he wore
the last song he heard
the last dream lingering
the morning he met She

After hearing She voice blast
like trumpet arching into twilight
No one can doubt the testament
witnessed by She
first name Unbent
last name Woman

Poetry Readings...

are a great way to spend Sunday afternoons and a superb opportunity to not only see what fabulous current art is showcased at the Gallery, but to hear a myriad of voices in themes relating to those exhibitions. These readings are FREE and spotlight both featured readers and an open mic (so bring your own words and sign up to read in the welcoming environment of Woman Made). If you have questions or wish to be put on the mailing list for poetry events, call the Gallery at 312-328-0038. Upcoming this spring:the Cleaning House reading on Sunday, April 16 from 2-4pm and Women Outloud (during the Women Under Thirty exhibition) on Sunday, June 11 from 2-4pm.

Book Reviews:

WMG Members Roy and Kathy Bergold’s book pic… A Country Year - living the questions, by Sue Hubbell,” is one of the few books that is so calm, honest, insightful and beautiful one can’t help but recommend it to people, especially those who live life at a frantic speed. The author of six books, Hubbell found herself alone and broke on a small farm in the Ozarks after her 30-year marriage broke up. Keeping bees, she found solace in the natural world. She began to write, challenging herself to tell the absolute truth about her life and the things she cared for. The result is one of the best-loved books ever written about life on the land and about a woman finding her way in middle age. “Over the past 12 years I have learned that a tree needs space to grow, that coyotes sing down by the creek in January, that I can drive a nail into oak only when it is green, the bees know more about making honey than I do, that love can become sadness, and that there are more questions than answers, “ writes Hubbell. A wonderful book to have with you as you welcome the spring season and prepare for renewal.

Did you know that the Woman Made Gallery Shop carries numerous art books and books produced by local authors? Be sure to check out these picks next time you visit us … Women and Art - Contested Territory by Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith, The Lost Soul Companion - comfort and constructive advice for struggling actors, musicians, artists, writers and other free spirits by Susan M. Brackney.

The Woman Made Gallery newsletter welcomes your thoughts, comments and suggestions about Word Art. If you would like to submit a review, please send it to: Woman Made Gallery at 1900 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago, IL 60616 or e-mail to: gallery@womanmade.org. Until then, happy reading!

Wedding Belle Blues:

A night of stories, poetry and music celebrating the wedding day, hosted by Cassandra Fay Smith, at the Guild Complex, Wednesday, May 3rd, 2000. For information call 773-296-1268 x26

Call for Artists:

You have two options for obtaining guidelines for shows:

1. Send a note (with a self-addressed-stamped envelope) requesting the show prospectus of your choice to: Woman Made Gallery, 1900 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616.

2. Click on http://www.womanmade.org/calexhibits.html and print out entry forms in pdf format for the exhibition you wish to enter or print out a generic Entry Form: http://womanmade.org/entryform.html. All 2000 shows, except for the Members' Show, are for women only.

April 5, Deadline for entries HER MARK June 23 - July 28, 2000
Prints and drawings by women. Open theme.
Juror: Mary King

May 3, Deadline for entries MEMBERS’ SHOW August 4 -25, 2000
Artwork by Woman Made Gallery members. All media.
Jurors: WMG Directors

June 7, Deadline for entries GARMENTS September 8 - October 6, 2000
Artwork that explores aspects of dress. All media.
Juror: Fern Samuels

July 30, Deadline for entries SCIENCE/FICTION October 13 - November 10, 2000
Artwork inspired by science or containing scientific elements or references. All media
Jurors: Marianne Taylor-Leppanen and Analisa Leppanen, artists and co-owners of Gallery E.G.G.

October 4, Deadline for entries HOLIDAY BAZAAR November 24 - December 23, 2000
Unique hand made crafts, jewelry and small-scale artworks by women.
Jurors: WMG Directors

Become an Exhibit Sponsor:

or give a purchase award for any of our upcoming exhibits to help us with our expenses. For example: $500 will pay for printing and mailing expenses of invitations for the show of your choice. Your name will be printed on the invitations and in our newsletter. You may also want to give a purchase prize for a select exhibition. This means that you will commit to buy one artwork from your choice of exhibition for the amount you decide on (example: price not to exceed $500.) Your name and/or company will be credited on all printed materials and on our webpage.

Please and Thank You:

We would like to thank all those who have renewed their membership or who have become new members since the last newsletter printing. Thanks to all who have donated money, resources and time to help this organization. We like to correct an error in our Winter Newsletter and give special thanks to Judith Anderson for renewing her membership in support of Woman Made.

M. Elizabeth Bacon, Janet Beals, Tamie H. Bellavia, Ina Beierle, Cali Bergold, Rexene Bertolino, Stephanie Rose Bird, Janet Bloch, Barbara Bolser, Denise Bonesteel, Rachael Ann Bottorff, Kim Brenner, Monika Brown, Fran Bull, Helene Buturma, Julie Caffey, Rose Camastro-Pritchett, Moira Carlson, Susan Cherco, Paul Coady, Gail Flack Crandus, Kerry Doyle, Aileen Dy, Anne Elizabeth, Nazare Feliciano, Jane Ferris, Staci Page Fischer, Jan Flapan, Claire Foreman, Vera Gassner-Wollwage, Linda Genet, Andrea Ginsburg, Marjorie Graham, Kathy Greenholdt, Jim Hansen, Rebecca Harder, Linda Beth Harris, Jennifer Henbest de Calvillo, Pearl Hirshfield, Teresa Hofheimer, Susan House, Amy Huisinga, Lisa Hutler, Pete Insley, Carla Inwood, Margaret Jones, Pamela Joseph, Susan Kavicky, Lois Keller, Alessandra Kelley, Molly Knappen, Teresa Galas Kovar, Helga Krueger, Gina Litherland, Bernell Loeb, Barbara Lynne, Dara Malkuch, Eva Marques, Elizabeth Martens, Con d. Youngberg McConaughy, Beth Miller, Kendra Miller, Daisy Mitchell, Cybele Moon for Elaine Moon, Rosemary Mulryan, Hua Nian, Leah Oates, Laurel Paul, Diane Pecnick, Carmen Perez, Michelle Perkins, Ellen Petraits, Leslie Ptok, Cherry M. Rahn, Jeni Reeves, Connie Rendon, Mari D. Rice, Alyce Ritti, Bonnie Rubin, Sally Ruddy, Jackie Ruttinger, S. Senior Sallas, Wendy Lapidus Saltz, Lauren Savaika, Sheila Farley Scacco, Deborah Schlouch, Donna Schudel, Stephanie Seyller, Alison Spiesman, Norine Spurling, Olga Stamation, Jenny Steinman, Mary Stoppert, Leslie Swieck, Kimberly Rae Taylor, MaryRoss Taylor, Gale Maureen Tolf, Cheryl Troy, Al and Anna Tyler, Silvia Wagensberg, Elaine Wagner, Shannon Waters, Rachel Weaver, Deborah Weber, Susan White, Irene Wilson, Kellee Wilson, Sundee Wislow, Peggy Wolff, Vera Ximenes, Ranal Harrell Young (please look for your name in the next newsletter if you haven’t been thanked in this issue)

Your contribution plays an important role in our success. Please become a member of WMG if you have not joined yet. Be part of a strong network that supports women in the arts and empowers all women. Thanks.

Thank you to Elizabeth Harms for organizing the Hearts-a-Plenty Valentine’s Party and to the following contributors:
Janet Bloch, Kim Brenner and Jenny Steinman for the design and donation of hand-made valentine’s cards, with personalized messages by Roberta Reb Allen.
Fritz & Zoe’s in Evanston for donations of delicious appetizers.
Flo’s on Chicago Avenue for Salsa & Chips.
Cheesecakes by J.R. on Howard.
Café Selmarie on Lincoln Avenue for the best cookies ever.
Rosalie Koldan in celebration of Shirley Guay’s birthday for 4 mouth-watering tortes
Jim Bartholomew for singing the most beautiful songs in the gentlest voice.
Roberta Reb Allen for donating a gift-certificate to Marshall Fields for which we got the best wine.
Cassandra Smith for reading our guest’s love lines.
Micki Leventhal for being the Priestess of Love.
Janet Bloch and Elizabeth Bowles for decorating willing participants with tattoos.
Mike Acaras for being our cool bartender.
Kerry Doyle, Suzen Riley, Laila Rodriguez, Gwyn Roland, Liz Staller and Sherri Troy for volunteering.

A Special Thanks to:

Our Board members for their continued hard work, devotion and board pledges.
All Advisory Board Members and their support.
Fran Bull for donating $200 above individual membership.
Bernell Loeb and Peggy Wolff for donating $50 each above individual membership.
Dan Fensin from Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, 300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago 60606 for free tax and audit services.
Yvonne & Mason Galganov from Galganov & Associates in Cambridge, Ontario for design and upkeep of our web-page.
George Gehrken from Telpoint Communications for donations and maintenance of computer equipment. Thanks to his talents and good-will we have a computer network at Woman Made and a new data base system.
Kathy Greenholdt for designing the Woman Made Newsletter.
Laura Hirshfield, Audiovisual Librarian at the Evanston Public Library for reference work.
McDonald Corporation and Mr. Bergold for generous matching donations.
Rebecca Targ for designing our exhibition invitations.
The Sara Lee Foundation and the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation for general operating funds.

Wish List:

1. A vehicle in good working condition
2. Books and videos about women artists for our research library.
3. Exhibit sponsors or people to give purchase awards
4. Folding chairs and folding tables
5. Membership from everyone who reads this so all our wishes can come true!
6. Office supplies (pens, laser and copy paper, etc)
7. Our own Women’s building in Chicago
8. Wine, soft drinks and/or cheese/crackers for event

Donated items have to be in working condition and are tax-deductible.

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