Press Releases

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2010:

Group and Solo Shows September 10 - October 28, 2010
After Adelita: Myths, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
Seeing in a New Way Sculptures by Constance DeMuth Berg
Sugar New Paintings by Laura Kina

Group and Solo Shows July 9 - August 26, 2010
Category: Printmaking
Her Way with Print Printmaking and Experimental Print Works by Six Chicago Artists: Caroline Anderson, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Laurel, Sarah Nishiura, Mary O'Shaughnessy, Megan Sterling
In Flanders Fields Solo Show by Fran Bull

Group and Solo Shows May 7 - June 30, 2010
Beyond Audubon
Crow Magnus Solo Show by Karen Bondarchuk
Aviculture Solo Show by Deborah Bryan

Group and Solo Shows March 5 - April 22, 2010
13th International Open
This is My River Solo Show by Pamela Callahan
What Dreams May Come Solo Show by Judithe Hernández

Group Shows January 22- February 26, 2010
From the Center: Now!
While in Class...

2009:

Group and Solo Shows November 20 - December 23, 2009
Family Album
Cross Pollination
Myth - Illogical Solo Show by Laurel Delaney
Artisan Gallery: 'Invitational' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows October 16 - November 12, 2009
Mirando Al Sur: Looking South
A Retrospective Solo Show by Beatrice Fisher

Group and Solo Shows September 4 - October 10, 2009
Cultural Memory: Transdiasporic Art Practices
Remembering the Crooked Line Solo Show by Pritika Chowdhry
We’re not in Kansas Anymore Solo Show by Crysanta De Guzman
Artisan Gallery: 'Materiality' - Group Show

Group Shows July 31 - August 27, 2009
Annual Members' Show
Her Mark 2010 Publication and Group Exhibition
Artisan Gallery: 'Materiality' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows June 19 - July 23, 2009
Interactive - Group Show
Maps & Metaphysics Solo Show by Sage Dawson
Interrelated Solo Show by Kong Xin Shi
Artisan Gallery: 'Physicality' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows May 1 - June 11, 2009
The Emotional Body - Group Show
The Collection of Jean Cozier
The Emotional Body Solo Show by Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak
Intimate Distance Solo Show by Lily Mayfield
Artisan Gallery: 'Physicality' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows March 6 - April 16, 2009
12th International Open - Group Show
Dig In, Float Up Collaborative Exhibition by Tracy Featherstone and Krista Connerly
Rack and Ruin Solo Show by Marjorie Woodruff
Artisan Gallery: 'Whimsicality' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows January 23 - February 26, 2009
And You Think That’s Funny? - Group Show
It's Enough to Make a Cat Laugh Solo Show by Nicole Hollander
After the Soup Solo Show by Cathy Weaver
Artisan Gallery: 'Whimsicality' - Group Show

2008:

Group and Solo Shows November 21 - December 18, 2008
Icons - Group Show
Mary Stoppert: Artifacts 1973 - 2008
The Figure Inspired By...La Figura Inspirado Por... Solo Show by Carmen M. Perez
Artisan Gallery: 'Invitational' - Group Show through April 16, 2009

Group and Solo Shows October 10 - November 13, 2008
Object of Desire - Group Show
Divided Beauty - Solo Show by Ginny Sykes
Artisan Gallery: 'Object of Desire' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows September 5 - October 2, 2008
One Planet, One Experiment - Group Show
Our World and Beyond - Solo Show by Jean Nerenberg
The World Between Black and White - Solo Show by Lynda Cole
Phase Change - Solo Show by Leslie Sobel
Artisan Gallery: 'Object of Desire' - Group Show through November 13, 2008

Group and Solo Shows August 1 - 28, 2008
Annual Members' Show
Her Mark 2009 - Group Show
Artisan Gallery: 'The Secret' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows June 27 - July 24, 2008
Drawing on Experience - Group Show
Drawing on Experience - Solo Show Nancy Charak
Between Lines - Solo Show by Nancy Rosen
Artisan Gallery: 'The Secret' - Group Show through August 28, 2008

Group and Solo Shows May 23 - June 19, 2008
'Tradition and Transformation: Art by Jewish Women' - Group Show
'A Minyan without Men' - Group Show
Poetic Dialogue - Solo Show by Beth Shadur
Artisan Gallery: 'All Manner of Glass' - Group Show

Group and Solo Shows April 4 - May 15, 2008
'Clay and Fiber' - Group Show
Wrapped - Solo Show by Diane Cooper
Full Circle - Solo Show by Dorothy Hughes
Artisan Gallery: 'All Manner of Glass' - Group Show through June 19, 2008

11th International Open February 29 - March 27, 2008
Topophilia: New Interiors - Solo Show by Mary K. Connelly
Beyond Mithila: Exploring the Decorative - Solo Show by Shelly Jyoti
Artisan Gallery: 'Speaking to My Ancestors' Group Show.

Commercial Woman January 18 - February 21, 2008
"We Are All Poets," Cuba 2007 - Solo Show by Colette Gaiter
Objectify - Solo Show by Jana C. Perez
Artisan Gallery: 'Speaking to My Ancestors' Group Show.

2007:

Annual Holiday Bazaar November 23 - December 23, 2007

In Praise of Physical Labor Group Exhibition - October 8 - November 12, 2007
Ode to Tools - Solo Show by Ursula Kammer-Fox
Women in Dangerous Professions - Solo Show by Peggy Lipschutz
Artisan Gallery: 'Naked Clay' Group Exhibition through November 8, 2007.

Abstract & Geometric Group Exhibition - September 7 - October 4, 2007
Recent Paintings - Solo Show by Julie Karabenick
Gathering - Solo Show by Ginny Krueger
Artisan Gallery: 'Naked Clay' Group Exhibition - September 7 - November 8, 2007.

Her Mark 2008 Group Exhibition - August 3 - August 30, 2007

15th Anniversary Exhibition August 3 - August 30, 2007

Some Assembly Required Group and Solo Exhibitions - June 29 - July 26, 2007
Entomomancy – New Insect Assemblages - Otherworldly Shadowboxes by Lauren Levato
Perfectations: The Allure of Advertising - Mixed media works by Louise Pappageorge
Artisan Gallery: 'All Manner of Humor' through August 30, 2007.

Nature House Group and Solo Exhibitions - May 25 - June 21, 2007
Out of Balance Paintings and Collages by Rosemary Luckett
Bag World Mixed media installation by Mary Ellen Croteau
Artisan Gallery: 'Contents Include: Metal Clay' through June 21, 2007.

Annual Benefit Auction - April 21, 2007

The Child in You Group and Solo Exhibitions - Apil 6 - May 17, 2007
Artisan Gallery: 'Contents Include: Metal Clay' through June 21, 2007.

10th International Open Group Exhibition - March 2 - 29, 2007
JUST CitRUX Works by ATYL - March 2 - 29, 2007
Black, White and Colored Paintings by Joyce Owens - March 2 - 29, 2007

All Manner of Mosaics - January 19 – March 29, 2007

From Sham to Shame - January 19 – February 22, 2007

2006:

Annual Holiday Bazaar - November, 2006

Her Mark 2007 Datebook - October, 2006

Signatures of Age Group exhibition - October 2006
Aging into Full Creativity Mixed media works by Helen Redman - October 2006
Personal Symbols of Age Mixed media works by Barbara Aubin - October 2006

Anthropomorphism Group exhibition - September 2006
The Unseeable Animal - Solo Show by Pamela Callahan
Role Model - Solo Show by Rhonda Gushee
Artisan Gallery Invitational

Annual Members' Show Group exhibition - July 2006
Not For Human Consumption Sculptures by Lisa Merida-Paytes - July 2006

Pure Painting Group exhibition - June 2006
Ordinary Landscape with paintings by Suzanne Keith Loechl
Frescos Et Al. with paintings and sculpture by Judith Schubert Mullen
Artisan Gallery: All Things Woven - June 2006

Here Comes the Bride Group Exhibition - May 2006
Visions of Beauty Solo Show by Judy Cooperman - May 2006

Size Matters and Contents Include: Glass Group Shows
Monsters in My Garden Solo Show by Bobbi Meier - April/May 2006

9th International - Volunteer Exhibition - Masks by Women - February 2006

Photography and Masks by Women - January 2006

2005:

Woman Made Expands to New Site in River West Neighborhood - November 2005

Her Mark 2006 Datebook - October, 2005

Women of the African Diaspora Group Show & Invitational: Black, White and Blues by Sapphire and Crystals - September 29, 2005

The Nature of Paper - August 2, 2005

Annual Members' Show - July 24, 2005

Got Quirk? Group Show & Solo Show: Whitney Lee - June 15, 2005

Earth & Fire: Works in Clay Group Show & Solo Show: Corinne D. Peterson - May 13, 2005

Annual Art Auction - April 19, 2005

Secret Place, Sacred Space Group & Invitational - March 20, 2005

8th International Open
CWCA exhibition: Diversity and Spirit - February 22, 2005

Devils and Dolls - January 2, 2005

Dolls as Heroes - Solo Show by Alice Sharie Revelski- January 2, 2005

2004:

Her Mark 2005 Datebook - September 29, 2004

Fabrications Group & Invitational - September 22, 2004

Pattern & Decoration - September 3, 2004

Uniforms and Uniformity - Solo Show by Melanie Deal - September 3, 2004

Annual Members' Show - July 14, 2004

Art by Asian Women - June 9, 2004

Time Regained - Solo Show by Sung-eun Lee - June 9, 2004

Spatially Inspired: Media & Form - April 15, 2004

Connections - Solo Show by Ilse Bolle - April 15, 2004

Annual Art Auction - April 9, 2004

Pop Group & Solo Shows - March 4, 2004

7th International Open - January 29, 2004

War Forum: Images & Words - December 10, 2003

2003:

Annual Holiday Bazaar - November 5, 2003

Her Mark 2004 Calendar/Datebook - October 5, 2003

Women, Trauma & Visual Expression - October 5, 2003

Please Start Here - Solo Show by Amy Stacey Curtis - October 5, 2003

Digitally Speaking - August 20, 2003

Layers, Levels and Lives - Solo Show by Joyce Owens - August 20, 2003

Annual Members' Show - July 30, 2003

Documentation Group & Solo Exhibitions - May 28, 2003

The Whole Ball of Wax Group & Solo Exhibitions - May 1, 2003

Traditions: The Blessing & The Curse Group Exhibition - March 2, 2003

6th International Open Exhibition - February 14, 2003

Normal/Abnormal: Bodies & Minds Group & Solo Exhibitions - January 4, 2003

2002:

Woman Made Gallery Finds a New Home - December 11, 2002

Woman Made Gallery Celebrates 10 Years - June 21, 2002