Art Entry Forms & Applications

This page is intended to give artists a fast look at our upcoming exhibitions for which applications are required. Exhibitions are open to women from around the world. Artists may submit their entry with traditional slides, cd or video works by mail to: Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642. Artists may submit their entry with jpgs, including video stills on our website Online Art Entries.

Please direct any questions about exhibitions, membership and links requests to: admin@womanmade.org. Please note that we include links to members' websites only.

JURY RESULTS

How to Submit for Juried Competitions at WMG

Artists may submit to any of our group shows with either slides or jpgs by mail or with jpgs on this website. If you wish to submit by mail, please print out and complete the entry form to mail with your slides or CD.

Important: While we tried to make our online art entry system as easy as possible, if you have problems because of your computer and/or technical limitations, please email your entry with jpgs with image information and related statement to gallery@womanmade.org and we do the work for you. We'll invoice you for the regular $30.00 entry fee after we have completed the entry for you.

How to pay the Entry Fee

The regular entry fee for all juried group exhibitions is $30. You may submit up to three images plus one detail view per image.

You may pay with Credit Card from our Secure Page. Just indicate the title of the WMG exhibition that you wish to enter and complete the form. This service is especially helpful to all who live outside of the United States where other currencies are used. If you are using the WMG secure service please indicate in your mailed entry that you have prepaid the entry fee with your credit card.

You may pay with a check and/or money order (international money order if outside the US) and include it with your mailed slide entry to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642.

You may be exempt from paying the entry fee or pay less if you cannot afford the full fee. Please let us know about that. To be able to pay or not has no influence on the juror's decision.

Please direct any questions in regards to Exhibitions and Workshops at WMG to: admin@womanmade.org

Call for Art

Please note: By submitting their work to Woman Made Gallery exhibitions, all artists agree to allow reproduction of their slides, digital files and/or photographs taken of their art for educational, publicity, and archival purposes.

Artwork is not insured while on exhibit at Woman Made Gallery. Accepted artists must take care of their own insurance needs while artwork is being shipped and on exhibit at Woman Made Gallery.

CALL FOR ARTWORK: The American Dream: A Juxtaposition (pdf)
Exhibition Dates: January 21 – February 24, 2011
It has been since the Founding Fathers declared in 1776 that, “all men are created equal,” and we were granted the privilege of, “certain unalienable rights” such as, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” that we began to search for the abstract notion of 'The American Dream'. It is a philosophy that has grown out of the perspective of the people living it and has become as individual as those who still seek to pursue it and understand it.
'The American Dream: a Juxtaposition' seeks to define our current interpretation of 'The American Dream' while acknowledging what this dream exposes our minds, bodies, and environment to. This exhibition is open to all media that address the hopes, promises, and prosperity of 'The American Dream' as well as the inconsistencies and consequences of 'The American Dream'.
Please include an artist statement and a $30 entry fee.
Online Entries Submit jpgs of up to three of your works on our website.
Mailed Entries Mail slides or cd with images of three of your works, completed entry form, and a $30 entry fee to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642.
Juror: Catherine Blackwell Peña
Catherine Blackwell Peña (BFA/MFA) is a working artist and educator. Her artwork blends photography, installation, public art, and sculptural elements in works that challenge the viewer to reposition their perspective physically and mentally. Reoccurring themes in her work are humans altered relationship with nature and the boundaries and limits of our built environment.
Peña’s work has been exhibited in-group shows in Seattle, New York, Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis, Boulder, Las Vegas, and Kansas City.
Outside of her studio practice, Peña is dedicated to teaching, and exploring Public Art and Social Practices not only through educational settings but also in collaborations with nonprofits and community organizations.
Peña currently teaches at Memphis College of Art and Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN and also acts as a Public Art Workshop Coordinator for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit www.catherineblackwellpena.com.
Entry Deadline: October 20, 2010
Notifications: November 10, 2010

CALL FOR ARTWORK: 14th International Open (pdf)
Exhibition Dates: March 4 – April 28, 2011
Invitation to all women artists worldwide to submit artwork in all media for this open exhibition. All themes, styles, and media will be considered. Please include an artist statement and a $30 entry fee.
Online Entries Submit jpgs of three of your works on our website.
Mailed Entries Mail slides or cd with images of up to three of your works, completed entry form, and a $30 entry fee to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642.
Juror: Laura Anderson Barbata
Born in Mexico City, Laura Anderson Barbata has exhibited internationally since 1986. She currently lives and works in New York City, Venezuela, and Mexico City, where she is Professor at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes—Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado la Esmeralda.
Her work is included in various private and public collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany.
Anderson Barbata has received several awards from the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes for her drawings, photographs, and children's rehabilitation toys. In 1999 she was the recipient of a six-year artist grant from the Fund for Culture and Arts of Mexico.
Since 1992 Anderson Barbata has worked primarily in the social realm, initiating projects in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and the U.S.. Among these projects is her collaboration with Moko Jumbies stilt walkers. This project has been presented at various museums and schools, among them the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; on 24th Street in Chelsea, Brooklyn, New York; and in Oaxaca, Mexico. For more information, visit www.lauraandersonbarbata.com.
Entry Deadline: November 10, 2010
Notifications: December 10, 2010

CALL FOR ARTWORK: True Poetry: Abstractions (pdf)
Exhibition Dates: May 6 – June 30, 2011
Open to two- and three-dimensional semi-abstract, non-objective to pure abstract works in all media by women artists from the international community. Please include an artist statement and a $30 entry fee.
Online Entries Submit jpgs of three of your works on our website.
Mailed Entries Mail slides or cd with images of up to three of your works, completed entry form, and a $30 entry fee to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642.
Juror: Sandra Perlow
Sandra Perlow is a prolific artist interested in abstraction and pictorial space. She earned her BA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MA from the Illinois Institute of Design. Perlow has shown her work internationally, including at Linda Warren Gallery, Harper College, Jean Albano Gallery, and the Rockford Art Museum. She is an active contributor to WMG and serves on its Advisory Board. For more information, visit www.sandraperlow.net
Entry Deadline: February 9, 2011
Notifications: March 12, 2011

(image top right) 'Africa,' mixed media assemblage, 8.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches by Ursula Kammer-Fox