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September 2011 Welcome to New and Renewing WMG Members
We welcome and thank all who became members or renewed their membership since September 1, 2010. Thanks to Enee Abelman, Pilar Acevedo, Ulla Anobile, Carol Augustine, Robin Barcus-Slonina, Anoush Bargamian, Barbara Barnard, Marty Bash, Ina Beierle, Patricia Bellan Gillen, Carolyn Bellis, Jean Benabou, Ann Berg, Marie Bergstedt, Julia Berry, Rexene Bertolino, Barbara Blacharczyk, Morgan Mills Blank, Mary-Glynn Boies, Eyenga Bokamba, Ilse Bolle, Karen Bondarchuk, Gretchen Glynn Boies, Lucie Boswell, Sharon Bourke, Mary Jo Bowers, Heather Brammeier, Jan Brandt, Sherry Brenner, Mary Broccolo-Derr, Sylvia Petra Broubalow, Monica J. Brown, Andrea Broyles, Courtney Buckland, Galya Bukova-Rangelova, Mary Button, Charlotte Bynar, Jo Anne Cairo, Catherine Cajandig, Patricia Callahan, Emily Calvo, Caryl Carlsen, Margaret Carsello, Jan Brown Checco, L. Corwin Christie, Michelle Coakes, Diane Cooper, Alice Cooperman, Nina Corwin, Judith Covington, Priti Cox, Gail Flack Crandus, Patricia Cudd, Amy Stacey Curtis, Vicki Curtis, Marykay Czerwiec, Alice Dan, Melanie Deal, Pamela Deitrich, Cat Del Buono, Joanne Dero, Ellen Roth Deutsch, Savina Djoreva, Stephanie Doty, Eileen Downes, Shannon Downey, Char Downs, Henrietta DuBois, Nicole Duet, Linda Durkee, Ruth Eckstein, Alexandra Edmonds, Karen Egerer, Anne Elizabeth, Edie Emmenegger, Frederick Fechtner, Sandra Fernandez, Clairan Ferrono, Andrea Finnegan, Rhea Fitzgerald, Jan Flapan, Claire Foreman, Julie Foreman, Susan Etcoff Fraerman, Tammi Franke, Natalie Friedman, Ellen Friedman, Sarah Gabel, Patricia Karen Gagich, Irma Garza Garcia, Kathryn Gauthier, Alice George, Janet Gerske, Billie Giese, Shelley Gilchrist, Andrea Ginsburg, Audrey Godwin, Lisa Goesling, Sue Goldsmith, Lucia Gomez, Nicole Gotthelf, Kelly Gough, Kathy Greenholdt, Alice Greenhouse, Marcia Grubb, Sarah Hahne, Karen Hanmer, Deborah Hansen, Sharon Harper, Andrea Harris, Barbara Harris, Juarez Hawkins, Marilyn Hayes, Birte Hella, Maureen Hellwig, Barbara Kay Herring, Linda Hillman, Carol Vihon Hirsch, Pearl Hirshfield, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Woody Hoffman, Teresa Hofheimer, Ellen Holtzblatt, Dorothy Hughes, Dianna Huxhold, Fujiko Isomura, Anita Jenke, Krista Jiannacopoulos, Indira Freitas Johnson, Savina Joreva, Pamela Joseph, Ursula Kammer-Fox, Julie Karabenick, Julia Katz, Elka Kazmierczak, Catherine Keebler, Mary Keefe, Alessandra Kelley, Mary King, Kathleen Kirk, Claudia Kleefeld, Pauline Kochanski, Maria Kompare, Sheryl Kosovski, Julia Kottal, Jacqueline Kotz, Nancy Kramer, Mara Krumins, Haeley Kyong, Itala Langmar, Jennifer Larson, Louie Laskowski, Kim Laurel, Kelley Lavin, CC Lawhon, Beth LeFauve, Bert Leveille, Peggy Lipschutz, Suzanne Keith Loechl, Rosemary Luckett, Catherine Lundgren, Mary-Ann Lupa, Anthony Madrid, Jody Magrady, Alexis Mansfield, Jennifer Marling, Dianne Masi, Linda Massey, Suzanne Massey, Lily Mayfield, Barbara McIntyre, Marian McNair, Linda Mehnert, Bobbi Meier, Bert Menco, Roberta Mezinskas, Jane Michalski, Donna Gehl Miller, Pamela Miller, Merrina Millsapp, Barbara Mittman, Brenda Dulan Moore, Joyce Morishita, Chris Motley, Dora Natella, Katherine Nemanich, Judy Nemer Sklar, Janice Nesser, Sandy Newell, Kim Nikolaev Bollinger, Jumaane N'Namdi, Regina Noakes, Sharyl Noday, Letitia Noel, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Mary O'Shaughnessy, Uli Ostermann, Joyce Owens, Cathey Pabst, PD Packard, Joan Painter Jones, Louise Pappageorge, Jacqueline Patinkin, Jodi Patterson, Wendy Peer, Sandra Perlow, Gisele Perreault, Myra Perrin, Deanna Persson, Corinne D. Peterson, Dina Petrakis, Fran Petro, VA de Pintor, Julie Pitzen, Gosia Podosek, Judith Pollock, Rosemary Porter, Sonia Pratt, Felicia Grant Preston, Barbara Puechler, Kimberly Raber, Cherry Rahn, Silvana Ravena, Roberta Reb Allen, Karen Rechtschaffen, Susan Redeker, Patricia Reilly Davis, Jennifer Reis, Jennifer Reitmeyer, Alice Revelski, Christiane Rey, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, Jacqueline Rieder Hud, Julia Ris, Carol Rizzolo, Mary Rock-Watson, Marah Rohovit, Carol Ross, Lisa Ross-Miller, Penelope Rothfield, Sally Ruddy, Caren Helene Rudman, Catherine Ruhl-Benda, Peggy Ryan, Darlene Wesenberg Rzezotarski, Marcia Sabesin, Marjett Schille, Catherine Schwalbe-Bouzide, Maureen Seaton, Beth Shadur, Hilary Shank-Kuhl, Sandy Sheagren, Su Sheedy, Carol Shikany, Ruth Sikes, Rebecca Sive, Marlene Skolnik, Marcia Soderman, Linda Sommerfeld, Beth Ann St. George, Marian Staats, Rosa Maria Staben, Jody Stadler, Cynthia Staples, Ann Starr, Anne Stephan, Wilma Stevens, Amy Stoeffler, Michelle Stone, Sue Straus, Katherine Strause, Gwendolyn Sund, Allison Svoboda, Linda Erf Swift, Ginny Sykes, Elena Sznajder, MaryRoss Taylor, Michelle Templeton, Susan Tennenbaum, Maria Testaguzza, Michele Thrane, Yolanda Tooley, Barbara Trentham, Mary VanGieson, Sylva Dean Ventiko, Michela Verani, Robin Ann Walker, Arlene Wanetick, Margaret Ware, Erin Waser, Lari Washburn, Kathleen Waterloo, Deborah Weber, Jackie White, Max White, LaDawna Whiteside, Karen Wilcox, Gail Willert, Nancy Williams, Julie Wight, Marcia Winograd, Marjorie Woodruff, Sharon Wright, Ellen Wright, Marian Yap, and Darlyn Susan Yee, and Raina Zaid. As part of our benefits to members, we include two images with links to artist's website and email address for the basic membership, and up to eight images with links to website and email address for the advanced membership on our Gallery Page .About Membership
WMG offers women artists three different membership levels: Basic Membership at $40; Advanced Membership at $100; and Online Registry Membership at $200 with an additional one-time $100 setup fee for the webpage. All members receive discounts for select Workshops and Events and may participate in the free Her Group session from 1 to 4 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month. All Members receive a 10% discount on all arts and crafts purchases (except fundraising items), calls for art, email notifications of upcoming exhibitions and other WMG events, and forwarding opportunities for artists that are sent to us. All members are included on the Gallery Page with up to two images for the basic membership, and up to eight images, statement, email and website address for the advanced membership. Online Registry Members are given a webpage on www.womanmade.net with 16 images, a detailed bio and exhibition history, plus email and links to other personal websites. We do not share our members' email addresses or any other personal information with others, but forward requests to them. Membership contributions are deductible as a business expense only. Special Bonus: Members at any level will receive our "Exhibiting Professionalism" manual as a pdf file by email. It has been designed to provide artists with some basic knowledge to help them in their artistic endeavors. Practical information includes how to approach galleries, tips for photographing your artwork, tips for a successful resume and artist statement, pricing artwork, presentation of artwork, and much more. Read details or become a member HERE. Opportunities for WMG Members All our calls for art are on this Page. We also forward calls for art that we receive from other organizations, or those that we find most interesting to share. Some sources that publish calls for art and other interesting information for artists include: Find out about other Arts Organizations on our Linkspage. Approaching Galleries
When approaching a gallery you should familiarize yourself with the work they show. If you live in the city where the gallery is located, try to attend between three and six different exhibits in one year before deciding if your work fits their direction. Example: if your work is representational don't send it to a gallery that specializes in abstract art. If the gallery is out of your area, research it by visiting the website each month and checking out the new exhibit and reading reviews in regional and national art publications. We don't believe that you should bring your packet or your actual work to a gallery owner without an invitation. The proper method is to send:
Be patient! You might not hear a response for three months to one year so make sure you have duplicate slides. We feel that an artist needs to have a strong direction and commitment to their art before she is ready to approach a commercial gallery. Do not be premature in the approach stage; wait until your work and your attitude can live up to the responsibilities required at this stage of your career. Expect rejection as part of the process. Don't give up because successes are sure to come if you have sustained commitment and are serious about being an artist. As in any profession, investing your time and your money in your art is an essential step in becoming an artist who will be taken seriously. Overcoming Artist’s Block Don’t be isolated, but join an artists’ group to be inspired, share your work, thoughts, ideas, or give feedback to others. WMG offers a free Her Group art session for members every fourth Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m. except in December. Interact with other WMG members. This a a warm, creative and inspiring community. Be part of it! Regularly visit artists’ studios or galleries. View artwork Online, by those who have exhibited at WMG in the past, or go through art books and art magazines. If possible watch other artists as they create their work. Have an area, no matter how small, with a card table, chair, paper, canvas, paints, brushes, etc. always ready whenever the creative urge comes over you. Just put something down, a line, a scribble, a painted form, a little here and there, to keep you connected to your creative spirit. Take photos of interesting topics, or cut out images from magazines that look interesting to you, and incorporate them in your paintings or drawings, and let them guide you. Let us know what you are doing to get the creative juices flowing. You may email us at gallery@womanmade.org for any input or questions. Thank you. Images from top to bottom: Installation by Rachel Dawson in "The Project" group show; artwork by Barbara Mittman; artwork by LaDawna Whiteside.
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