What's New at Woman Made Gallery

On this page we include news about exhibitions: who got into a show, what does the juror have to say, etc. We try to update the information as soon as we receive it and it's good to check here frequently to see if your work has been included into an exhibition.

While membership is not required for submitting work for shows and to exhibit art at Woman Made Gallery, membership is encouraged for those women artists who wish to benefit from our extensive services.

Please direct any questions about about Membership and Website Links requests to Kristen Carter: admin@womanmade.org

Artist Membership Levels

Basic Membership $40:
Receives 10% off on purchases, 20% discount at Workshops, and participation in "Her Group," a monthly art group session. Member will receive notices about exhibitions, calls for art, poetry readings, and other events at WMG. Member may request a link to artist’s personal website.

OTHER ARTISTS' MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

13th International Open

We thank Laura Kina for making the selections for the "13th International Open" on exhibit from March 5 to April 22, 2010. After reviewing 642 artworks, she included 34 works by 27 artists.

Congratulations to Gina Adams, Setsuko Aihara, Linda Alterwitz, Carla Aurich, Marcia Babler, Ilse Bolle, Cat Del Buono, Priti Cox, Amanda Dandeneau, Yana Dimitrova, Charlotte Freed, Kate Hampel, Ting Ying Han, Sara Holwerda, Alison Horvitz, Hall Jameson, Shelly Jyoti, Salma Khalil, Lory Lockwood, Nichole Maury, Rachel Perrine, Carrie Ballinger Porter, Kate Shannon, Ann Fanciullo Sperling, Susan SPonsler, Susan Tennenbaum, and Colette Veasey-Cullors.

While in Class

Thanks to Lily Mayfield for jurying the entries for the "While in Class" group exhibition on display from January 22 to February 25, 2010. She viewed close to 200 artworks and selected the work by 35 artists.

Congratulations to Kristyna Archer, Margaret Carsello, Mary Chiaramonte, In Kyoung Chun, Renee Couture, Kelsey Curkeet, Hope Esser, Anna Gratovich, Erin Hernsberger, Elise Hibbard, Gwynne Johnson, Julie Jones, Robin Juan, Mel Keiser, Kaitlin Kostus, Susan Kwon, Elizabeth Larew, Mary Laube, Laurie LeBreton, Miranda Maher, Molly Nuzzo, Rachael Olmstead, Megan Ory, Katherine Perryman, Nirmal Raja, Rebecca Sonnack, Elizabeth Start, Jamie Steele, Sara Stubblefield, Olivia Swider, Katie Swietlik, Anna Timmerman, Davana Wilkins, Nicole Wingate, and Rachel Wunsch.

Family Album

We are grateful to Karen Irvine who juried the 173 entries with a total of 476 images that were submitted for "Family Album." The exhibition will be on display from November 20 to December 23, 2009.

We congratulate Kristin Anderson, Sarah Baranski, Jacqueline Bates, Cynthia Bittenfield, Stephanie Booth, Marion Coleman, Sara Peak Convery, Amanda Dandeneau, Barbara Diener, Kia Hui Er, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Charlotte Freed, Niki Grangruth, Joanie Holleb, Kitty Hubbard, Heather Klinkhamer, Megan Martens, Mary Mihelic, Sandi Miot, Jennifer Murray, Anna Ogier-Bloomer, S. Patricia Patterson, Amy Pleasant, Dawn Roscoe, Sola Sawyerr, Helene Smith-Romer, Penelope Comfort Starr, Katherine Strause, Kimberly Strom, Yeachin Tsai, and Kelly Weime.

Cross Pollination

We thank Laurel Delaney for selecting works by 31 artists for the "Cross Pollination" group show on exhibit from November 20 to December 23, 2009. In her statement Delaney writes: "I was happy to see such a diverse body of work for the Cross Pollination show with many including photography, printmaking and handmade papers. I truly enjoyed the process and am sorry that more could not be included. In evaluating the work, I attempted to fairly balance the imagery with considerations of consistency within the works submitted and the artist’s statement in relation to either the show title or the work itself. Naturally the photographs are very important as the nuances of encaustic are difficult to capture. In some cases, without a detail shot, I could not see the textures or experience the luminosity of the piece. In some cases I looked at the potential for the work in the relationship to the artist’s statement though the technique might still need some improvement. Finally, I attempted to pull together a diverse group of styles and techniques.

Congratulations to the following artists: Beth Billups, Barbara Cone, Janet Bartlett Goodman, Cari Hernandez, Melissa Hhronkin, Linda Kelly, Diane Kleiss, Kelly Koehler, Julia Koivumaa, Sharon Kyle Kuhn, Rosemary Luckett, Allyson Malek, Michelle Marcuse, Nikki May, Susan McDonald, Jane Michalski, Barbara Miner, Gretchen Morrissey, Sharyl Noday, Patricia Otto, Louise Pappageorge, Va de Pintor, Sonia L. Pratt, Cherry Rohe, Victoria Szilagyi, Harriette Tsosie, Sandra M. Unrein, Maggie Venn, Mona Waterhouse, Kathleen Waterloo, and Elenor Wilson.

Her Mark 2010 Art

Much gratitude to Maria Buszek for making the art selections for Her Mark 2010. She comments: " What a TOUGH job jurying this excellent, eclectic group of submissions! It was a particularly difficult job when considering the print format of the "exhibition." Because the work will be viewed as reproductions, and in a very specific format, I found myself having to eliminate work that needed to be part of a series, or that was performative in nature, large-scale or installation work, etc., as much of the work would have been very difficult to understand as a single reproduction in a small, bound book. So, I found myself coming back to work that had a strong, graphic sensibility due to the particularities of the project. But, I do want to stress to the artists that these limitations, rather than the inherent quality of the work, was what drove most of my choices."

Congratulations to: Grazyna Adamska-Jarecka, Adriana Baltazar, Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, Crisanta de Guzman, Kathleen Elliot, Rebecca Greene, Judithe Hernández, Anjani Khanna, Margaret LeJeune, Aliza Lelah, Suyeon Na, Bonnie Peterson, Shari Pettis, Tara Polansky, Melissa Shook, Alice Simpson, Sylvia Steen, Verna Todd, Kate True, Iris Vazquez, Amy Wainwright, Angilee Wilkerson, Beatrice Wolert, Elizabeth Wuerffel.

Her Mark 2010 Poetry

Decisions regarding the poetry for Woman Made Gallery's Her Mark 2010 have been made. With over 500 poems to choose from (a record) and only 24 slots, it was challenging, to be sure-but also incredibly rewarding to see what women writers are concerned with and about in 2009. We thank Maureen Seaton for the difficult jury work, and we appreciate her thoughtful and most considerate selections.

Susan Richardson - The Pen is Mightier
Judith Valente - Lunar Eclipse
Ona Gritz - In a Campus Library
Rachel Jamison Webster - Fighting Fever
Anna Leahy - Incantation
Kiki Vera Johnson - Madame Bovary
JC Reilly - On Sanitizing Official Versions
Elizabeth Kerlikowske - Beetrail
Cin Salach - Your Hands
Judith Terzi - Amor on the Keyboard
Coco (Carol) Owen - Balm 23
Mary Kolada Scott - Yellow Rubber Gloves
Kelly Evans - Winter Walk III
Rosemary Ann Davis - Flapping between the Hands
Laurie Junkins - Uncertain Balance
Maureen Piggins - The Visit
Sheri Sorvillo - Being
Beverly Boyd - Still Point
Veer-Tess Frost - Mammo
Andrena Zawinski - Losing the Balance
Jane Ellen Glasser - The Imagined Man
Heather Hummel - Ecofeminism 101
Gale Walden - Good Friday (Yaqui Reservation, Tucson, Arizona)
Christine McKee - Epitaph

Get On-Line!

Have Your Own Affordable Website

Be part of our on-line registry even if you have a website already. Why? Because we have the name and we get the traffic. The price is $250 (which includes $100 hosting fee). For more information please visit www.womanmade.net and view the websites by artists who are already part of this service. Many of the artists whose work is in the on-line registry and whose images appear on this website, have been 'discovered' by commercial galleries, curators and private collectors. Here is a letter by artist, Kathleen Waterloo's which we published in our Fall 2001 Newsletter that relates her experiences since she joined the On-line Registry:

Dear WMG-
I would like to encourage fellow members to join your online artist registry. Upon doing so a year ago, I have received many ‘hits’ on my link.

Several sources have requested slide packets/resumes for inclusion of my original artwork in the print market. A Washington, D.C. art consultant/gallery working with commercial interior designers, architects, and corporate clients also requested a complete slide packet with the potential for commission work. An author in the Atlanta area would like to include me in a book she is writing on creativity amongst artists that she terms ‘late bloomers’. Most recently I have been included in an international exhibition of women artists that will take place in Italy this September.

Woman Made has established itself on the national and international level as a resource for artists, advocates, and aficionados. None of the above would have occurred without my exposure on the WMG online artist registry. Whereas artists may have their own website (I do) and feel no need for this service, people unfamiliar with their work will never opt to look at that site as they do not know a name to begin with. Being viewed on the Woman Made registry vs. one’s own website holds much greater odds.

Kudos to WMG for being a frontrunner in this area with a most enjoyable, resourceful, professional, and user friendly website. Their 21st century vision has put Woman Made Gallery ahead of the pack. Similar galleries sprouting in other major cities have recently been sending me membership information!

Debates still persist about the legitimacy of showing one’s work on the Internet. While the many debates continue, those using it are professional enough to know that they are viewing an image that undoubtedly is better seen in person. And in using it, they are able to conduct their art business and affairs in a more economic and efficient manner. The computer is the visual tool of the art community today. It is not going away. Use it and be seen! - - Kathleen Waterloo - 8-22-01

(top right) 'Earth Day 2009', encaustic on wood, by Catherine Ruhl-Benda
(bottom right) 'Tornado', oil on wood by Pamela Callahan