Woman Made Gallery
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Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to support women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy. It specifically accomplishes this through thematic exhibitions, corresponding poetry readings, and other events which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions. Interesting exhibition themes with calls for art to female artists of diverse cultures, ages, sexual orientations and ideas are juried by respected art professionals to ensure that women artists have the opportunity for quality artistic exposure, and that women’s works have a contemporary forum for challenging social norms.
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The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) was in town for its National Conference, bringing together some of the finest writers in the country.
In 2012, Woman Made Gallery celebrates its 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.
How can you find consolation? What sets your mind at ease? What can you hold on to when the world around you crumbles? Solace in So Many Words is an anthology featuring essays, poetry, and fiction on these vital questions.
Egg Money Poets is a collective of Chicago writers, begun 20 years ago, with new members joining as recently as this fall. "Egg money" is extra money—what a woman earned on her own and what allowed her a little luxury. Poetry enriches us in the same way.
"Underground: Reading and Performances" is guest curated by Uncalled for Readings in conjunction with the "Underground" exhibition of zines and other self-published works, which was on view at Woman Made Gallery from July 8 to August 14, 2011.
Abstraction in the visual arts brings to mind the composition of shapes, colors, and line untethered to “real world” imagery. In poetry, we encounter the unexpected: language run amok, fractured syntax, innovation and experimentation, taking us outside the world of logic and everyday experience.
Woman Made Gallery (WMG) supports, cultivates, and promotes the diverse contributions of women artists, performers, and writers who share an interest in the interaction of the arts in contemporary culture.
Woman Made Gallery’s 14th Annual International Open exhibit spans both Women’s History month and Poetry Month. While most WMG readings are organized around the theme of the concurrent art exhibit, this reading is an open celebration of women writers.
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