 20 YEARS STRONG |
685 N MILWAUKEE AVE CHICAGO IL 60642
TEL: 312 738 0400 |
 |
|
 |
about us |
|
 |
|
Privacy Policy Copyright 1998-2012 © Woman Made Gallery |
|
|
P O E T R Y & P R O S E |
Welcome This POETRY & PROSE page was created because we wanted to share with a broader audience some of the words that have resonated in the gallery during readings and workshops. In the same way that our exhibitions present so many different visions around a common theme, these writings sound an amazing array of voices. Upcoming Readings and Calls for Poetry All poetry events are organized and hosted by noted writers and poets who are members of Woman Made Gallery. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin . Poetry events are free and open to the public with light refreshments served. For questions please contact WMG at gallery@womanmade.org.
Submissions for Woman Made Gallery Literary Series Theme: Consumer Culture In tandem with the concurrent art exhibit, poems might consider consumer culture “as it relates to natural or environmental resource issues, the financial and cultural impact of consumption, body/social image.” Additional topics could include (but need not be limited to) the following: Mass production, marketing and selling of consumer goodsDesire, status, competition, impulse, addiction Credit & debt Fashion & trend-setting Big-box vs. mom-and-pop and other economies of scale Economies dependent on waste and planned obsolescence Selected poets must be available to read in person. Please send five poems on the theme ALONG WITH a 50 to 75 word bio* IN THE BODY OF AN E-MAIL to: gallery (at) womanmade (dot) org by April 21, 2012. We will make every effort to inform those chosen of our decision by May 4, 2012. Although we can't afford to pay readers, this is a great opportunity to sell books, read with other talented people and, since we've developed a partnership for the gallery with WBEZ's Chicago Amplified, to have your reading archived for future listening (a really great publicity feature). * if you have a performance background, please include this or any other information that might assist us in putting together for a varied program.
Submission Guidelines for Woman Made Literary Events If you are interested AND available to attend the reading on the date/time specified, send three to four poems IN THE BODY of an e-mail (no attachments) AND a brief bio (150 word max) to gallery@womanmade.org with Reading Submission (specify theme) in the subject line. We will contact you if your work is chosen. If you have not heard from us within three to four weeks of the reading, it is safe to assume that your work has not been selected. That being said, we will try to respond to you in any case. If you are not selected, please understand that we are volunteers programming to meet several criteria as best possible, representing the best of a diversity of themes, styles etc. To that end, we will review the first 15 submissions sent to us, looking further only as needed to reach these ends. While we would love to pay our readers, please note that we are not able to do so at this time. Readers are welcome to bring books for sale at the time of the event. In the meantime, come to our readings. See what we're doing and support woman in the arts. 
Past Readings With permission of the poets we have included here some of the poetry that was read at Woman Made Gallery in the past. Please scroll down to view some of the themes and click on the titles of the poems to read the works. The photo shows poets who read at the "Myths, SHEroes and Revolutionaries" reading. Clockwise from left to right: Jenny Priego, Kristen Uyeda, Susan Slaviero, Ching-In Chen, Nina Corwin and Maureen Flannery; artwork behind poets by Constance DeMuth Berg. A History of Connection: Old Friends - 05/06/12 What Comes After 20 - 01/29/12 Solace in So Many Words - 12/11/11 Egg Money Poets - 11/13/11 Underground - 08/14/11 Poets Embodying Abstraction - 06/19/11 14th International Open - 04/10/11 The American Dream: A Juxtaposition - 02/20/2011 Girl, Please: Somewhere Over the Gender Spectrum - 11/14/2010 Myths, SHEroes and Revolutionaries - 10/3/2010 Women in Print - 08/01/2010 Beyond Audubon: Birds, Bees and Bona Fide Beasts - 05/16/2010 Women's History Month Reading - 03/21/2010 While in Class - 01/31/2010 Family Album - 12/13/09 Looking South - 11/8/09 Writing the Transdiasporic Experience - 10/4/09 Her Mark 2010 - 8/2/09 Interactive - 7/12/09 The Emotional Body - 5/17/09 International Open - 3/15/09 Icons - 12/07/08 Drawing on Experience - 7/20/08 From Sham to Shame - 2/11/07 Her Mark 2004 Release Party & Reading - 10/19/03 Documentation - 7/20/03 Her Mark 2003 Release Party & Reading - 10/20/02 The Political Woman - 9/29/02 RHINO 2002 - 9th Annual Member's Show - 8/11/02 Between the Heart & the Land - Amanecer de Mujeres - 7/14/02 Autobiographies - 6/9/02 Inhabiting the Body - The Invented Figure - 5/5/02 Her Mark 2002 Release Party & Reading - 10/21/01 Rhino 2001 - 8th Annual Member's Show - 8/5/01 Deal With It - 6/10/01 Beyond the Surface - 4/29/01 Prejudice - 2/11/01 |
May 14, 2012
Site Design & Maintenance by Galganov