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Other Events - Nicole Hollander Reads at WMG  Milwaukee Avenue Arts Corridor (MAAC) is a collaboration of area arts organizations providing excellence in the arts through exhibitions, education and community programming. MAAC participants are ARC, Intuit and Woman Made. For the 2007-2008 calendar year, MAAC has developed programming in honor of The Feminist Art Project.
The Feminist Art Project is a collaborative national initiative celebrating the Feminist Art Movement and the aesthetic, intellectual and political impact of women on the visual arts, art history and art practice, past and present. The Feminist Art Project is a strategic intervention against the ongoing erasure of women from the cultural record. The Feminist Art Project re-focuses public attention on the signal achievements of the Feminist Art Movement and shines a spotlight on current Feminist Art influences, trends and accomplishments. MILWAUKEE AVENUE ARTS CORRIDOR GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM June 7, 2008 at Intuit Location and Transportation Information The www.rtachicago.com website is a great resource. You can type the address of where you are coming from and where you are headed and receive a quick response. There is no parking lot for Intuit. Street parking is available, but it can be difficult to find a spot. Participants are encouraged to take public transportation. If you are staying at a hotel downtown, Intuit would not be more than a $10 cab fare. Driving on 90/94 from the north, turn left onto Ogden, drive two blocks north and turn right on Milwaukee Ave. Intuit is immediately on your right. Driving on 90/94 from the south, exit at Milwaukee/Augusta, turn left onto Milwaukee, and continue for a few blocks (southeast) on Milwaukee Ave. Pass the Ogden/Milwaukee intersection. Intuit is on the right. Intuit is distinguishable by it bright green front door. Reception The reception will be held at Woman Made Gallery, located at 685 N. Milwaukee Avenue, just down the street from Intuit. During the reception, participants can view Woman Made's exhibitions: Other Things To Do While there is a great deal of art to see in Chicago, we encourage you to check out Feminist Interrogations at ARC Gallery. Joanna Gardner-Huggett served as the juror for this exhibition. There is an opening reception on June 6, 2008 from 6-9pm. The gallery is located at 832 W. Superior #204. All three organizations are located in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago and make up the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Corridor. Please feel free to contact Amy Galpin at Woman Made Gallery with any questions. Phone number: 312-738-0400 / Email: exhibits@womanmade.org 
As a result of successful art sessions in 2005, Woman Made Gallery repeated art programs at Chicago’s Goethe Elementary School in October 2006. Three 4th grade classes with an average of 20 students per class created tribute boxes as homage to a person or concept of importance to them. The art project was designed and guided by Carmen M. Perez who with the help of a WMG staff member and volunteers conducted classes once a week for three consecutive weeks per class. WMG sent out a call for donations and we are grateful for all the decoration materials that we received, including buttons, glitter, beads, fake flowers, ribbons and other goodies from many individuals. The children truly enjoyed the project and created unique and very personal artworks. Carmen M. Perez installed all Tribute Boxes made by the children at Goethe Elementary in November 2006 for students, teachers and parents to admire. In addition to the school project, WMG was able, through a grant from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation, to offer the same art program to the Women’s Treatment Center located in Chicago. The project resulted from a gallery visit in August 2006 by twenty clients from TWTC. This was the first time that most of the women had visited an art gallery or a museum. They were very impressed with the work of the women artists and the fact that the artists included statements about their work. 
WMG and TWTC staff presented to the clients the idea of making Tribute Boxes, which would require three sessions, once a week for 2 hours. This would allow the women to create a piece that pays tribute to a person or concept important to them. A group of twelve women participated and during the first session, participants explored and discussed the concepts of tribute, honor, and the Latin American tradition of recuerdos: Day of the Dead (altars, ex-votos, etc.) Carmen M. Perez presented a Powerpoint presentation showing samples of art by women artists including: Ana Mendieta, Alicia Penalba, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Elba Damast, Mari Mater O’Neil and Leonora Carrington. The presentation culminated with works by Betye Saar, which gave examples of Tribute Boxes and Altars by this important contemporary artist. The women were very creative and did some outstanding artworks. Tribute Boxes and statements made by the women from the Women’s Treatment Center will be on display at WMG during Women’s History Month in March 2007. Woman Made Gallery hopes to be able to continue these valuable art projects in Women’s Community Centers and in Chicago area schools. Woman Made Gallery gratefully acknowledges a grant from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation to make this program possible. Thanks to Chicago Communities in Schools for their help working with our neighborhood schools. Thank you to Carmen M. Perez for doing a wonderful job designing and teaching the project. We are grateful to her documentation and installation of the artworks. Thanks to Mary Stoppert for her help with the theme and to all those who donated materials for this worthy project. Our gratitude goes to all volunteers: Sadie Gerbic, Marilyn Mack (pictured above with two Goethe Elementary School students,) Sandra Garber, Karen Rechtschaffen and her friend Dorothy and Marlene Skolnik. 
The Gallery is always open to tours and has received numerous visits from university and high-school students and clients from a variety of service organizations. There is no charge if the group visits happen during regular gallery hours and a WMG staff member will guide the group, explain about the organization's mission, the exhibition on display and answer all questions. On November 8th, 2006 Pam Grout, Coordinator at the Council for Jewish Elderly, Adult Day Service @ Breakers Retirement Home @ Edgewater Beach All For One Club arranged a group visit to WMG's "Signatures of Age" exhibit. Attended by 5 seniors and 3 staff members, Gallery Assistant, Amy Galpin presented information about Woman Made Gallery, its mission and the various artworks in the 'Signatures of Age' exhibition to interested visitors. We have received appreciation from Pam Grout and the seniors who had enjoyed their visit to Woman Made Gallery. Plans to schedule another field trip are in the works. We are including a photo of the group with their permission: (left to right) Jeanne Walker, John Wallace, Mary Jenkins, Pam Grout (Coordinator-standing,) Mollie West, Mary Ann Lindem, Lane Simon and Nevin Carman. The All For One Club is a unique daytime program offered by the Council for Jewish Elderly to the residents of the Breakers Retirement Home that have memory loss or feel isolated. The program offers a more active and structured environment and opportunities for more active socialization. The program also offers educational, therapeutic, recreational, spiritual and creative activities with experienced staff who understand participant's needs and welcome their contributions. 
Woman Made Gallery is proud to present its annual publication, the Her Mark 2008 datebook with voices and visions by 42 women. Select work will be on exhibit from August 3rd to 30th. The Artist Reception will be on August 3 from 6 to 9 pm. The Release Party with readings by select poets is scheduled for Sunday, August 5th from 2 to 4pm. Datebooks are available at the Artist Reception and Release Party or may ordered to be shipped for $12 per copy plus shipping. Offering a space to record special events and everyday appointments, the annual Her Mark datebook celebrates both poetry and the visual arts while serving as a practical tool for daily use. Some of the works evoke surprise while others represent lyrical recollections. Diverse in form and content, the works in the datebook offer something for everyone. Open to women worldwide, contributors are selected via annual poetry and art competitions. This year's poetry jurors included Mars Gamba-Adisa Caulton, Ellen Kort and Simone Muench. Janet Bloch, Pamela Callahan and Beate Minkovski juried the artwork entries. The cover artwork is by Ellen Miret and the datebook was designed by Karin Kuzniar - www.kk-studios.com.Please call or email WMG to order Her Mark 2008: 312-738-0400 / gallery@womanmade.org or order and pay through Paypal. Shipping Rates 1 datebook - $2 S/H 2 datebooks - $4 S/H 3-5 datebooks - $6 S/H 6-10 datebooks - $8 S/H 11-20 datebooks - $10 S/H
Email gallery@womanmade.org to order more than three Her Mark 2008 datebooks and we'll email you an invoice for the correct total amount including shipping. View current and previous Her Mark Datebooks: Her Mark 2009 Datebook Entry deadline for both poetry and art for our HER MARK 2009 publication, exhibition and reading is March 7, 2008. All themes, styles and media are welcome. Selected artwork will be featured together with poetry in a color, spiral bound, appointment book with weekly calendar pages. Accepted artists will also be invited to exhibit the selected artwork at WMG during August 2008. Accepted poets are invited to present their poems at a Reading and Release Party at WMG on Sunday, August 3, 2008. Poetry and Artwork entries are juried separately. Jurors will be listed here by fall 2007. Woman Made holds poetry readings in tandem with select exhibitions. The spoken word adds another dimension to the themes explored visually in the Gallery's group and solo shows. For details on upcoming Readings and Calls for Poetry, and to read excerpts from past poetry events, please visit our Poetry Page. If you are interested or have an idea for an event or reading, please contact Lauren Levato at womanmadepoetry@hotmail.com  Other Events
Nicole Hollander Reads at WMG Please join us on Sunday, June 1, 2008 from 2 to 4 p.m. to hear Nicole Hollander read from her most recent book, Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial published by Broadway Books. The reading is free to the public and signed books may be purchased at the event. Besides delighting us with her presence on June 1st, the famous creator of comic strip Sylvia has agreed to jury an exhibition for WMG in 2009. We are excited that she will also have her own solo show up during the same time frame and look forward to some funny stuff at our Gallery. For more information about Nicole Hollander, Sylvia and Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial visit: www.nicolehollander.com
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