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N E W S L E T T E R S - Summer 2003 |
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This newsletter is divided into the following articles. To read any one of these articles, please click on the text of the article title.
Letter from the Executive Director: Letter from the Executive Director Welcome to a new fiscal year at WMG and our summer issue of the quarterly newsletter!
Our largest fundraising event, the Spring Soirée Benefit Art Auction on May 9th, 2003 at the Three Arts Club was a wonderful event and a great success. All the hard work by so many individuals has paid off and we thank all contributors for their generosity. With their help we were able to raise over $41,000 and are very grateful. Acknowledgments can be found on our auction webpage. The tentative date for next year's auction is April 30th, 2004. We are in the process of looking for a new space in which to conduct this event as we recently learned that the Three Arts Club is experiencing difficulties and has to discontinue certain programs that have benefited women artists since 1912. Another well-known and respected organization, Artemisa Gallery has closed its doors last May after 30 years of providing exhibition opportunities to women artists. We will include an article with more details about Artemisia in our next issue. We are saddened and very concerned to see one organization after another being forced to end their activities. Years of work and sacrifices by thousands of supporters were apparently not enough to keep these cultural institutions alive. What does it take to build a strong and stable organization that can endure? I know very well that it takes the constant and continued devotion of many individuals to maintain the mission and vitality of any organization. For Woman Made, this mission is to continue to offer artists support, including exposure of their work, to educate the public about the creations of these living and breathing artists, and to prompt dialogue about issues imperative to our growth as compassionate human beings. The bottom line is that Art is essential to this living that we do. As of this writing, due to entry fee and gift shop sales declines and the loss of two major funders, we know that WMG will not reach its hoped-for budget of $208,000 for the 2003 fiscal year. So, we pulled together a last minute raffle of WMG staff artwork in June to boost our FY '03 budget. (The drawing will take place at WMG on July 7th, 2003.) We are rallying and hopeful, but money concerns are real. This is why I am constantly asking for support. At times it seems like pleading, and perhaps I am. One longtime supporter voiced frustration with my constant begging for money. The reality is that maintaining a space for art, for dialogue, for growth, requires money and an ongoing commitment to this cause. Watering this garden that is Woman Made provides such bounty! Visit us this summer to enjoy some exquisite exhibits: In July, artists explore the process of Documentation (real or imagined) through both visual art and through poetry (the first reading in our new space!). August will feature a lively summertime showcase of WMG members' artwork and in September, WMG delves into the wonders of technology in the Digitally Speaking exhibition. Thank you for your continued devotion to Woman Made Gallery. A beautiful summertime to you..... - Beate C. Minkovski (right) "Facing the Challenge of Karma #8" - artist's proof linoleum print donated to the WMG 2003 Auction - by Indira Freitas Johnson.  Board and Staff News We regret to lose Anita Flores, JuneFelicia Bennett and Sheila Malloy as board members. We are thankful that all three will continue to participate as members of the Gallery as well as occasional volunteers and ambassadors at-large in promotion of WMG's mission. Anita Flores and Sheila Malloy will both serve on the Advisory Board. 2004 WMG Officers Spring Soirée Benefit 2003
WMG's major annual fundraising event, the Spring Soirée & Art Auction Benefit was a huge success! Held on May 9th, 2003 from 6:30 to 10:00pm at the Three Arts Club, 1300 N. Dearborn Parkway in Chicago, and attended by over 200 people, it presented hundreds of artworks, crafts items and gift certificates for valuable services in the silent auction. WMG's senior advsisor, Janet Bloch was the perfect auctioneer, offering 14 exciting items in the live auction event. Led by auction chairs, Amy Stoeffler and Margo Jeanchild, and with the help of hundreds of individuals we were able to raise over $41,000. Sincere thanks to each and everyone who made this success possible! Thank you to our Auction Sponsors Art Angels-$1000 - Suzanne Massey and Ann Regan Visionaries-$500 - Rick Anderson, Cali Bergold and George Gehrken, Pamela Callahan and John Walte, Mary K. Haag, Tim Hart, Margo Jeanchild, Michael Minkovski, Zareen Sirajullah, Amy Stoeffler, Gary Waters, Charles Yager Patrons-$250 - Paul Breidenbach, Fran Bull, Karen Deighan, Andi and Dick Ginsburg, Kathy Greenholdt and Paul Coady, Susan Ifergan, Mark Eli Kosanovich, Susan Pritzker, Janet Schumacher, Rebecca Sive, Solveig Sullivan, Sondra Summers, Annette and Scott Turow, Cleo F. Wilson Friends-$100 - Carol Augustine, Barbara Bertsche, Patricia Callahan, Patricia Dupont, Barbara Dwyer, Mallory Frjelich, Pearl Hirshfield, Sandra Holubow, Jean Houlihan, Setsuko Isomura, Marian Jones, Laura McGrew, Sri Reddy, Sally Ruddy, Shirley Senior Sallas, Violetta Simov, Wilma Stevens, Sandra Vega
Thank you to additional monetary contributions by: Marcy Baim, Stella Basoukeas, Janet Beals, Mary Brandon, Elizabeth Ann Bryant-Richards, Thomas Clark, Judith McLaughlin Gall, Diane Greenholdt, Alex Hebda, Marva Jolly, Jeanna Moyer, Nancy Schaefer, Lucinda Stewart, Pamela Stoeffler, Arlene Wanetick, Deborah Weber, Susan Weininger. Thank you to our hosts: Roberta Reb Allen, Sarah Bell, JuneFelicia Bennett, Cali Bergold, Mo Cahill, Consuelo Alonzo Gillock, Kathy Greenholdt, Mary K. Haag, Jean Houlihan-Henderson, Margo Jeanchild, Sheila Malloy. Lauren Mathews, Michael Minkovski, Susan Pergentini Rice, Aimée Picard, Carol Rizzolo , Rebecca Sive, Wilma Stevens, Amy Stoeffler, Mary Stoppert, Ginny Sykes, Karen Szymanski, Arlene Wanetick, Kathleen Waterloo, and Alison Zehr.
Thank you to all those who donated artwork, craft items, services and anything else for our Live and Silent Auction: Karen Abbott, Joanna Amberger, Eleanna Anagnose, Ulla Anobile, Barbara Aubin, Beverly Bailey, Robin Barcus, Anna Barnes, Kim Basile and Linda Silber, JuneFelicia Bennett, Andrea Bird, Stephanie Rose Bird, Janet Bloch, The Mind Body Connection, Mary-Glynn Boies, Paulette Boyd, Kim Brenner, Kris Brody, Jill Buckingham, Angela Burkhardt, Helen Buturma, Pamela Callahan, Mo Cahill, Jan Brown Checco, Judy Cooperman, Melanie Deal, Elizabeth Dekker, Susan Dupor, Anne Elizabeth, Janice Elkins, Skye Enyeart, Epoch Floral, Dawn Ferencak, Playboy Enterprises, Erika Franz, Pam Frederick, Yvonne Gajewski, Consuelo Alonzo Gillock, Andrea Ginsburg, Jan Gipple, Jan Hart, Warren Hazelton, Held Floral, Angela Hopkins, Sarah Hauser, Margo Jeanchild, Indira Freitas Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Patty Johnston, Marian Jones, Nina Jones, Erica Judd, Keri Kaczmarek, Ursula Kammer-Fox, Lois Keller, Laura Kochevar, Kopi Cafe, Zak Kroeger, Sonja Kruitwagen, Archana Lal-Tabak, Jim Lal-Tabak, Lapin Systems, Bonnie Lopez, Donna Magnani, Regina Maniaci, Lauren Mathews, Bert Menco, Ellen Miles, Cybele Moon, Susan Strong Muir, Kristen Neveu, Kimberly Nikolaev, Regina Noakes, Laura Nugent, Jeanette Nyberg, Andreea Davidescu O'Hara, Staci Page Oien, Monica Ong, Lisa Orgler, Colleen O'Rourke, Joyce Owens, Carmen Perez, Corinne Peterson, Aimée Picard, Ima Picó, Joyce Polance, Mary Ellen Ponsford, Karen Rechtschaffen, Juanita Richeson, Pam Rossi, Paula Ross, Laurie Rubin, Linda Sharpe, Jenny Steinman, Rebecca Steinmetz, Wilma Stevens, Angelika Maria Stiegler, Stoppert Perez Ltd., Swedish Bakery, Karen Szymanski, Bobby Talamine, Ayu Tomikawa, Cindy Trim, Liz Vercruysse, S. Gayle Stevens, Cherryl Troy, Walsh Homeopathics, John F. Walté, Lari Washburn, Eileen Wasserman, Kathleen Waterloo and Deborah Weber. Special thank go to board member, Mo Cahill who sold more ads for our adbook than we ever had before. We are grateful to both Roxana Pereira and Mo Cahill for designing the adbook together and we thank Jerry Piaskowy from PSN for discounting the printing fees for the auction invitations and for the adbook.
Thank you to all individuals and businesses who placed ads in our auction brochure: The Apartment People, Marianne Biagi, Marge Candies, Unique Freaque, Carolyn Grisko & Associates, Margo Jeanchild, JuneFelica Bennett, Eves Circle, Sarah Simmons, House Calls Counseling, Nanc Meinhardt Studio, Loyola University Health System, Granville Gallery, Progressive Systems Network, Inc., Melanee Cooper Gallery, Las Manos Gallery, Andersonville Neighbors for Peace, Nicole Gallery, Art Odyssey, Goods of Evanston, MaryRoss Taylor, Starla R. Sholl, Karen Szymanski, Early to Bed, Chicago Gallery News, Animal House of Chicago, ...and Feathers and Bird Studio, EzMail Services, and Anne DeClue. Thanks to Julie Goldberg who entertained auction guests with her beautiful music. Julie is an exciting and critically acclaimed classical guitarist. Based in Chicago, Julie is an active recitalist and teacher and anyone in search of a superb guitarist for a concert, workshop or other special event can find out more about Julie Goldberg on her website: www.juliegoldberg.com Food for this great event was provided by Lettuce Entertain You with special thanks to Rich Melman and Dr. Mark Kosanovich. Zareen Sirajullah with the help of the Corner Bakery and Roeser's Bakery, Randy Raaflaub, Mo Cahill and Sheila Malloy helped to fill the sweet table. Thank you to Goose Island - www.gooseisland.com who donated beer.
Raffle Results Thank you to Fose Ciciora, Graeme Ciciora, Eleanor Cahill and Victor Johnson for helping to see raffle tickets. We are grateful to all who purchased them! (Auction photos from top to bottom) Photo #1 left to right: Kelly Welindt, Michelle Egidio, Amy Stoeffler, Karen Deighan, Carla Kennedy - Photo #2: Tiffanie Berry in a bidding frenzy - Photo #3: Sponsor, donator and volunteer Andrea Ginsburg - Photo #4 left to right: Steve and Bobbi Meyer, Dan and Kathy Waterloo Your Artist Statement by Ariane Goodwin: Your Artist Statement: Getting Started
Why bother? Because an artist statement builds a compelling bridge between you and your audience. An inspiring statement gives the people who see your work another reason to remember you. Equally important, an artist statement gives you the opportunity to see what you do through the eyes of language, to validate your creation from a new perspective. Creative juices flow best when challenged, when offered the opportunity to dive into the unknown. What is an artist statement? It is two to three brief paragraphs of prose (300 to 500 words, approx.), always in first person, that offers your audience a peek “behind the canvass” and into your world of art making. It answers three basic questions: what, how, and why you do what you do. It speaks to your relationship to your art, which is why it serves both you and your audience. The very nature of writing about your relationship to your work offers you a chance to deepen and expand your own creative boundaries.You also need to know that an artist statement is not even a kissing cousin to: résumés, biographical statements, or critiques. These deal with the impersonal external world of events, including the opinions of others. An artist statement is, above all, personal and reflective. Where can I use it? Here are 12 places where you can use an artist statement:
How do I begin?
What do I do next?
How should I present it? Do your research. Whatever the venue, ask if they have guidelines for an artist statement, then follow them. Once it’s written:
Poetry is back at Woman Made Gallery!: Poetry is back at Woman Made Gallery! After taking a break and focusing all our efforts on our transition into our new space at 2418 W. Bloomington, WMG is now gearing up for some exciting poetry events. Scheduled and coordinated by board member, Lauren Mathews, our first reading will be on July 20, from 2 - 4 p.m. It is hosted by Chicago poet Arlyn Miller and will take place during the Documentation show. The Her Mark 2004 release party & reading is scheduled for October 19 and a reading during the Women, Trauma & Visual Expression exhibition is tentatively to be held on Sunday, November 9, 2003. Please note: WMG is looking for word entries for the WAR FORUM: Images & Words show, planned from January 23 - February 19, 2004. The entry deadline is September 24, 2003. Download the entry form from HERE Poetry Corner Mother Bean Eater (for ms. Gwendolyn Brooks) All I know about her When I see I can learn across How fair her exclamation I hope to rupture one day From Stumphole Aunthology of Bakwoods Blood, Shirlette Ammons (Big Drum Press, Chapel Hill, NC) Her Mark 2004 Jurying and production of the HER MARK 2004 Datebook is well under way. Our new designer for the HER MARK project is Karin Kuzniar, an artist and member of WMG. Look forward to another beautiful and inspiring calendar filled with art and poetry (postcards too!) to keep you on track throughout the year. Pre-order your calendars now at only $15 per copy by emailing WMG at gallery@womanmade.org (special early bird rate valid only until October 1st, 2003.)
Seeding the Snow Seeding the Snow is a journal of women's writing and artwork that celebrates the midwestern landscape. We are always looking for submissions of poetry and prose related to the connection between women and nature in the midwest. We also are interested in artwork that reproduces well in black and white. To subscribe, please send $14 to Seeding the Snow, 2534 N. St. Louis, Chicago, IL 60647. You can get more information at this address or through email at karengeorge17@cs.com A Woman Artist You Should Know: Amrita Sher-Gil by Pritika Chowdry: A Woman Artist You Should Know Amrita Sher-Gil: the Woman and her Legend
Pritika Chowdry, originally from India, is currently residing in Madison, Wisconsin. She exhibits her paintings regularly and has two master degrees - an MBA and an MS(Computers). Her website is www.artbypritika.com Daughter of a Sikh aristocrat, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, and a Hungarian pianist, Marie Antoinette, Amrita Sher-Gil was born in Budapest on Friday, 30th January 1913. Almost a century later, her legend still endures. Beautiful, feisty, fragile, haughty - people respond to Amrita Sher-gil and her paintings at various levels. Amrita died suddenly on the 5th of December 1941, before she had reached the age of twenty-nine. From the age of five, Amrita started drawing and painting. By the age of eight, Amrita had become a serious and withdrawn child, who preferred books to toys and the company of adults to that of children. The drawings and paintings that Amrita did between the ages of eleven and fourteen show a growing awareness of herself. Her characters, the women in particular, are shown with their faces tense with suppressed emotion, either attempting suicide or threatening to stab the men they are with. At sixteen, she set out for the capital of European culture, Paris. Initially, she trained at the Grand Chaumiere, under Pierre Vallant, and later at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Lucian Simon. She also exhibited at the Salon de Tuilleries. For a few months, she was admitted to the Ecole Normale de Musique for piano lessons in which she was quite accomplished, but gave it up saying that she didn't believe in being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.
In a matter of months, Amrita had learnt to speak French fluently and with great ease adapted herself to the bohemian ways of Paris life. Amrita blossomed into an uninhibited, vivacious and happy woman, an extrovert whose life became an eternal round of parties, concerts, theatres, films and exhibitions. During these years, she also painted diligently, producing over sixty paintings that were highly acclaimed in the Beaux Arts. Her painting Young Girls won the Gold Medal in 1933, leading to her election as an Associate of the Grand Salon. A romantic desire to return to India started surfacing, as she had said `towards the end of 1933, I began to be haunted by an intense longing to return to India, feeling in some strange inexplicable way that there lay my destiny as a painter.' At the end of 1934, Amrita returned to India. Before the end of the summer season, Amrita had caused an enormous stir in the art world, with the unprecedented action of returning a prize to the Simla Fine Art Society because they had rejected what she considered her best work and given the award for an inferior painting. In 1940, she won the award of the Bombay Art Society, which she accepted. Her real artistic mission, she proclaimed, 'was to interpret the life of Indians and particularly the poor Indians, pictorially'. She found them `strangely beautiful in their ugliness'. She developed a certain personal facial type with whose expression she identified her own feelings. In the large-eyed, dark and angular faces with their pouting lips, which can be seen in much of her work until 1937. This is even a vague reminder of the way she did her own make up. She exhibited her works nationally in the major cities of India from 1935 onwards. She traveled extensively through India and was influenced deeply by the richness and variety of the Rajput and Basohli miniature painters, the magnificent sculptures of Ajanta and Ellora, the frescoes of Mattancheri and the Kushan sculpture of Mahabalipuram and Mathura, to name a few. In June 1938, much against her parent's wishes, Amrita married her cousin Dr. Victor Egan. She felt that Victor was the only person who understood her, and accepted her as she was. Amrita did very few paintings in 1941 - the last year of her life. Her last works are village women in domestic rural scenes, in which she seems to be even more involved in expressing her love for India in a direct and simple form. A retrospective of her work is installed at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, India and can be viewed online at www.ngma-india.com/amrita.html. Her works are represented in important national and international private and public collections and museums and have now been declared as National Art Treasures Paintings of Amrita Sher-Gil
In 1938, Amrita began a canvas, large in size and stark in the simplicity of its formal conception. It is a painting of Two Girls - a dark girl and a light girl. But it is more. It is a picture loaded with overtones of both a personal and a social nature, and it touches upon the 'quick' of Amrita's consciousness. It is a painting of the physical and emotional longing of two women for one another. Yet it is also a rejection and a misunderstanding - the rejection of an impossible desire, not by either individual but by invisible forces within themselves, which neither understands. The white woman stands erect and coolly unabashed, her legs frankly apart and her whole presence suffused with the confidence, which her cultural background allows her. The black girl is no less beautiful, in fact she has a charm which is all her own, but she seems to exist on a different level of consciousness. As she sits demurely on the edge of a chair with a cloth pulled tightly around her, she seems to be the epitome of a feudal Indian woman. It is as if the dynamism of Greek sculpture had been suddenly brought into juxtaposition with the static simplicity of an ancient Egyptian figure with a shock of awareness. Transposed to a structure in which the boldness of its simple yet powerful design seems to be searching for a synthesis between dark and light - between black and white. Four of her most important works were in fact done in the first half of 1940 - The Ancient Story Teller, The Swing, The Bride, and Woman Resting on Charpoy. The latter three paintings are about women. Woman Resting on Charpoy seems to exude a quiet perceptive understanding of the psychology of the feudal Indian woman. We sense that beneath her apparently restful pose there is turmoil of suppressed desires. We are made to feel a shocking intimacy with the woman by her erotically suggestive pose and by the tilted charpoy, which puts us immediately above her. Yet though she seems to lie passively, there is a restless movement in the woman, which suggests the painful birth of awareness. A consciousness of the restraints imposed on her by her social environment. During her country-wide travels of 1936/37, she executed the Fruit Vendors, followed by her South Indian Trilogy: The Bride's Toilet, The Brahmacharis and South Indian Villagers going to Market. (above left) Photograph of Amrita_Sher-Gil - center right 'Two Girls' - oil on canvas by Amrita_Sher-Gil - bottom left 'Woman Resting on Charpoy' - oil on canvas by Amrita_Sher-Gil Please check our WOMAN MADE GALLERY CALENDAR for all events throughout the year. Sponsor An Exhibit Or Purchase Award : Sponsor An Exhibit Or Purchase Award Please become an exhibit sponsor or give an exhibit purchase award for future shows. An example of exhibit sponsorship is providing money for printing and mailing expenses of invitations. Your name would be printed on the invitations and in our newsletter. You might also want to give a purchase prize for a select exhibition. This means that you would commit to buying one artwork from one exhibition. Your name and /or company would be credited on all printed materials and on our Web site. For more information contact WMG at (312) 328-0038. Businesses We Support 4439 Design Working with independent artists, nonprofit organizations and corporations, 4439 Design offers creative design solutions to any project, small or large. Call for further information and samples. Contact Jeanne Nemcek at 773 539-9270 or email her at nemcek@flash.net EZMAIL services PSN - Progressive Systems Network Please & Thank You
Woman Made appreciates the following individuals and organizations for their ongoing support of the Gallery:
We would like to thank the following individuals who have become members or renewed their memberships and all those who have donated money, items, time and talents. We apologize for any misspellings and appreciate if you would let us know. Please check in our next newsletter if your name has not yet been listed here. Marcia V Adler, Sandra Ahten, Tiffanie Amirante, Linda Ammons, Kathi Anderson, Mary Ann Anthony, Barbara Aubin, Jocelyn Audette, Susan Aurinko, Beverly Bailey, Tracy Beaver, JuneFelicia Bennett, Lindsey Berkun, Rudi RL. Berlin, Patricia Biesen, Dayna Block, Gretchen Boies, Mary-Glynn Boies, Edna Boksenbaum, Mary Jo Bowers, Peggy Brace, Sarah Marie Brokke, Debra Brown, Heidi Brueckner, Kirstin Bruner, Lynne Burgess, Caryl Carlsen, Pritika Chowdhry, Anna Chupa, Jennifer La Civita, Linda Davis Coghill, Anne Crow, Marilyn Cullen, Deborah Rustin Cyr, P R Davis, Melanie Deal, Denise Despres, Cheil Diamant, Jude DiPaolo, Edith Emmenegger, Claire Prucher Epperly, Sheila Ernst-Bifano, Norma Essex, Susana Estrada-Berg, Mary Farmer, Frederick Robert Kukun Fechtner, Brandon Ferebee, Betty Finkbeiner, Beatrice Fisher, Sylvette Frazier, Pat Gallant, Sheila Ganch, Claudia Van Gerven, Arlene Sue Gianni, Diane Girardi, Frances Giron, Ellen Glassmeyer, Christine Grant, Kathy Greenholdt & Paul Cody, Constance Hall, Jan Hart, Juarez Hawkins, Amy Hitt, Carol Vihon Hirsch, Heywood Hoffman, Julianne Ingles, Lorraine Inzalaco, Beth Irwin, Missy Isley-Poltrock, Margo Jeanchild, Kia Johnson, Joan Painter Jones, Liz Kalloch, Carol Mudloff Kazwick, Susan Keale, Gloria Kemper-O'Neil, Joy Kloman, Victoria Kowalczyk, Loralyn Kumlin, Karin Kuzniar, Stephanie Land, Denise Landry, Louie Laskowski, Beth Laurin, Agnes Ting Yee Lee, Linda LeMar, Jori Lewis, Judy Lewis, Suzanne Loechl, Donna LoGrasso, Margaret Madrid, Donna Magnani, Nina Marshall, Jeanette Martone, Lauren Mathews, Deanna McIntyre, Patricia McMillen, Barbara McNamara, Annani Mercardo, Corrine Miller, Annani Mircardo, Doris Monti, Cybele Moon, Dianne Moore, Melanie Moore, Joyce Morishita, Judith Mullen, Susan Muir, Kristen Neveu, Candace Nicol, Synthia Noble, Eileen Meindl O'Hagan, Rita O'Hara, Helen Otterson, Pat Otto, Paula Patterson, Bonnie Peterson, Aimee Picard, Jennifer Polasek, Ann Porter, Mary Radcliff, Erena Rae, Rosemary Rauber, Lynda Ray, Kelly Reedy, Catherine Reynolds, Valerie Richards, Carol Rizzolo, Lois Roberts, Laurayne Robinette, Heather Robinson, Susan Rodwan, Nancy Rosen, Miriam Schaer, Susan Schraft, Christine Schreuder, Sarah Schwartz (Suzanne Harland), Sallie Schwartzkopf, Melanie Scott, Liane Sebastian (Michael Light), Donna Service, Christine Shank, Jeanne Siegel, Michaline Siera, Samantha Slade, Norine Spurling, Helen G. Squires, Gayle Stevens, Leah Stoffel, Earlene Strickland, Hee Jae Suh, Karla Sunn, Ginny Sykes, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, Benjye Troob, Saverio Truglia, Ya-Ling Tsai, Anna & Al Tyler, Jessica Walters, Serena Weits, Gail Willert, Shana Wittenwyler, Sigrid Wonsil Thanks to Auction Volunteer Coordinator, Roberta Reb Allen and to all Volunteers who helped us at various tasks at the Gallery and at the Auction Fundraiser: Karen Abbott, Mark Allen, Neil Allen, Eleanna Anagnose, Aleitheia Anderson, Danielle Anderson, Janet Beals, Tiffany Berry, Joyce Blackburn, Paulette Boyd, Gina Buccola, Diana Buckley, Mo Cahill, Paul Cahill, Pamela Callahan, George DeHesus, Valery DeLong, Dana Dzieken, Skye Enyeart, Kathryn Ferrell, Anita Flores, George Gehrken, Andrea Ginsburg, Allison Hill, Cara Hladky, Liz Holland, Deborah Hughes, Mary King, Helen Kopec, Mary Beth Lemay, Miki Leventhal, Sioban Lombardi, Rob Longfellow, Karen Mendiola, Roberta Mezinkas, Michael Minkovski, Peter Minkovski, Lyz Nagan, Sylvia Ohlrich, Stacy Owens, Time Owens, Gil Orejudos, Joan Pantsios, Roxana Pereira, Brit Peterson, Dina Petrakis, Carmen Perez, Barbara Puechler, Karen Rechtschaffen, Ann Regan, Eva Roa, Barbara Schmidt, Zaffy Sirajullah, Zareen Sirajullah Lisa Smith, Laura Stempel, Mary Stoppert, Shari Embo Swartz, Rafael (Rick) Torres, Cherryl Troy, Kathleen Waterloo, Shawnda Wilde, Keith Witham, Marta Wojcik and Alison Zehr. Thank you to Eleanor Cahill, Rose Ciciora, Graeme Ciciora, Daniel and Stephanie for a great job selling raffle tickets at the event Please check our next newsletter if your name is not included here. Donate Your Art Supplies! Clean out your studio! Donate any unused materials cluttering up your space to disabled artists in need of supplies. Especially needed are paintbrushes (old ones OK!), stretched canvas and framing materials... but ANYTHING will be appreciated! We will pick up! Please call Robin at 773.456.8460 or email robinbarcus@hotmail.com. WMG Wish List
Donated items should be in workable condition and are tax-deductible. Order/Reservations Please use our MAIL-IN ORDER FORM or visit our ONLINE SECURE SITE where you can order various items, like Her-story T-shirts, WMG mugs and the Big Fish CD or register for workshops and pay with Visa or Mastercard. Worthy Organizations The Neighborhood Writing Alliance believes in the power of the written word. They sponsor writing workshops across the city, free and open to all adult residents. They publish pieces by each writer in the Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT), which has as its motto, Every Person Is a Philosopher Come to a JOT workshop and be surprised. You'll find a supportive group of writers who welcome in people of all backgrounds, ages, and writing levels. Find inspiration in other writers' work; learn about yourself, your community, and those who are different (and similar!) to you. Gather together to write, have lively discussions, and read your work to others. Workshops are held weekly and have on-going, open enrollment. Visit their website: www.jot.org or call (773) 684-2742 for more information. Membership Form/Volunteer Opportunities : Membership Form/Volunteer Opportunities Please go to our MEMBERSHIP PAGE to find out how you can support our efforts with your membership and volunteer services. Regular membership is only $35 per year and can be charged with Visa or Mastercard from our Secure Site. Membership Discounts Please check our MEMBER'S DISCOUNT PAGE for businesses that give discounts to our members. 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 the title of the exhibition you are interested in and print out entry forms in pdf format. You may also use the Generic Form: http://womanmade.org/entryform.html. CALL FOR ARTWORK: Women, Trauma & Visual Expression Juror: Amy Stacey Curtis Open to work by women artists who have experienced trauma. All media, except performance will be considered. Artists can submit up to three professional slides or digital files of original work, which has been created at any time, but has not been previously exhibited at WMG. Email the Gallery to participate in an optional and confidential survey: gallery@womanmade.org Extended Entry Deadline: August 6, 2003 CALL FOR ARTWORK: War Forum: Images & Words This exhibition is a forum for expression about the subject of war. All artists are invited to submit visual images and/or words about the war activities of the United States and about war in general. Submit up to three visual entries in all media per artist and/or up to three word entries per writer. Art Juror: Maureen Burdock Word Juror: Cynthia Green Entry Deadline: September 24, 2003 CALL FOR ARTWORK: Seventh International Open WMG invites women from the international community to submit artwork for this open exhibition. All themes, styles and media, except performance, will be considered. 1st Prize: Solo Show in 2004 at WMG. 2nd prize: $500. 3rd prize: $250. Juror: Claudia DeMonte Entry Deadline: November 12, 2003 Good luck to all exhibition entrants. Remember to enter shows in the most professional way with the best slides possible. Newsletter Contributions Woman Made News is produced quarterly. Send newsletter contributions to Mary Ann Anthony, Woman Made Gallery, 2418 West Bloomingdale, Chicago, IL 60647. You may e-mail your entries to gallery@womanmade.org. Woman Made Gallery reserves the right to edit articles for clarity and brevity. Entries for the Fall 2003 Newsletter must be received by August 15th, 2003. Previous Newsletters Click here to read our previous newsletters. |
May 28, 2005
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