This newsletter is divided into the following articles. To read any one of these articles, please click on the text of the article title.

• Letter from the Directors
• WMG Board & Staff News
• Letter to Woman Made Gallery
• Questions & Answers
• Gallery News Briefs
• Special Thanks To…
• Elizabeth Catlett
• Poetry Corner
• Member Profile
• Big Fish Little Fish Concert
• WMG Wish-List
• An Artist To Know
• Woman Made Gallery Calendar
• Sponsor An Exhibit Or Purchase Award
• Please + Thank You
• Women Spirit Drummers
• EZMAIL services
• Worthy Organizations
• Call for Artists
• Newsletter Contributions
• Newsflash
• Previous Newsletters

Letter from the Directors:

Welcome to the summer edition of the WMG newsletter. A host of events are planned for next year, and we'd like to share with you what is in the making for 2002, our 10-year anniversary! We have signed a two-year lease at our present location and are focusing energies on an array of exciting programs. Our 2002 exhibitions are in place. Starting off in January will be an exhibition of artworks that were censored for a variety of reasons. The juror, Rosemary Luckett, has been awarded a solo show to run concurrent with the group show, Censorship! We are very pleased to announce that our March 2002 International Open Exhibition will be juried by renowned artist, writer and educator, Faith Ringgold and the April/May exhibition, using the figure as a metaphor for human experience in 'The Invented Figure' will be juried by respected artist, Judith Raphael. The remaining exhibitions include 'Autobiographies', ' Amanecer de Mujeres' with art by Latina women, the '9th Annual Member's Show', 'Political Woman', and 'Photo-Based'.

Our next art auction event fundraiser is scheduled for March 15, 2002. Planning can't start early enough to ensure the repeat of our successful auction last March in which $50,000 was raised, thanks to all who worked so hard and gave so generously. The 4th Annual Art Bus Tour will happen in September 2002--a fall tour rather than spring--to space our events out a bit. Speaking of the Art Bus Tour, we'd like to thank all participants from this year: Nicole Smith from Nicole Gallery, artists Sandra Arnold, Ilse Bolle, Cam Harper, Diane Cooper, Nancy Foster, Shirley Senior Sallas and Kathleen Waterloo who each have marvelous studio space on Hubbard Street and gave us insights into their diverse creativities, and Niambi Jaha from Mijiza Art Gallery who welcomed us so graciously into her beautiful and inspirational space on East Marquette. As we returned to WMG all inspired, and filled with life and color, we were welcomed by the talented Women Spirit Drummers. Thank you to all women who rode on the bus with us; your wonderful presence completed and perfected the experience.

Now to this year's upcoming specials: Summer starts with the Cats and Dogs show opening on June 22nd and featuring a panel talk for pets and their owners on Saturday, July 14 from 10:30am - noon. Kristen Thiele, one of the exhibiting artists, created a limited edition poster (available for $8 in our gift shop - see page 9 for an image of the poster) to advertise this fun-loving exhibit. Be sure to join us for the 8th Annual Members' Show and Open Board Meeting (to which everyone is welcome) in August. September will bring a world of other cultures to the gallery with the Import/Export exhibition and a solo exhibition by 3rd Int'l Open Award Winner Ayu Tomikawa.

Coming this October we have planned a new 3-session lecture series designed for the art history-challenged with Mary Stoppert, our newest Advisory Board Member. This important series, ' Women Artists and Archetypes ' is a non-threatening, no-nonsense, no tests and grades experience that will open your eyes to the magnificent achievements of important women artists, who set the stage and created the matrix for artistic female expressions. Please read details under 'Gallery News Briefs'.

There is so much more to say, but so little room, which is plenty of reason to visit WMG in person, to find out what other wonders are happening here. We are as busy as a beehive and the results are as sweet as honey: the Gallery is continuously growing and touching more and more women's lives in a spiral of positive ways. Join us. Get involved this summer. We welcome you to enter the WMG circle. It's refreshing, reassuring, a summer breeze.

(above right) 'Healing', mixed media work by Renee Billingslea from the Deal With It Exhibition

WMG Board & Staff News:

We would like to introduce our newest staff member, Mary Ann Anthony, who will help us with Finance and Membership tasks. Mary Ann has served as a Social Worker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid and Children and Family Services and in the Evaluation and Placement Unit of the Peace Corps Midwest Region. From 1995 - 2001 she worked as a Librarian and Media Specialist for an elementary school in Chicago. Meg Coleman, who served as our intern from the School of the Art Institute, has been hired part-time as Exhibition Administrator and other valuable part-timers include Elizabeth Bowles who is in charge of the WMG slide registry and Tiffanie Amirante who, after an internship at WMG through Roosevelt University, continues to lend a helping hand in all gallery activities.

We welcome distinguished artist, curator and educator, Mary Stoppert as newest member to our Advisory Board. Among numerous professional achievements, Mary Stoppert served as Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University form 1970 to 2000, was NEIU Art Gallery Director from 1986 to 2000 and is President of Stoppert Perez Ltd., an Art and Antiques enterprise. Mary Stoppert will present a three-part lecture on women artists through history starting this fall. Please read details under "Gallery News Briefs".

Letter to Woman Made Gallery:

Dear Woman Made,

The best part is at the encouraging of Janet Bloch, I applied for my first grant and I won it!! Applying for a grant was something that I thought was close to impossible and now I have the information and the courage to pursue other grants.

So I guess in short I want to say that your efforts are greatly appreciated and I tip my hat to what you continue to do.

LauraLee Junge

Questions & Answers :

Hello!

I just read, with much interest, an announcement of your call for entries of the 2002 Her Mark calendar. This led to your website, and I must say that as an older (62) woman artist, I am very impressed by what you are doing. I found the announcement of the "Crone" exhibition of particular interest.

One thing is not clear, however, and that is your view of digital art. I refer to digital art as "painting with light". Unfortunately there is a great deal of misunderstanding about digital art right now as this new form of expression tries to define itself. Many feel that the computer creates the art. HA! How handy that would be...push a button and the computer does it all. Of course the creative part would be gone, so that would be no fun at all. It's interesting that the United States is so far behind European countries in accepting and exhibiting digital works, though it was nice to see the Whitney and other major museums having digital shows recently.

Although a "traditional" (I wonder what that is?) artist for many years, I now work almost exclusively with digital art. Recently I purchased a very nice printer that does archival prints (sometimes these are called gicleé, a rather rude French word that tries to make inkjet printing sound special). As you may know, a print of a work created on the computer is considered an original. I imagine that designation will remain until flat-screen monitors become inexpensive enough to allow sale of the digital art and the monitor without breaking the bank. I am doing some of my original digital art in small editions of 24.

So...I'd love to enter some of your contests, but what is your take on digital art? I admit there's some terribly tacky stuff out there done by artists who actually DO believe they can push some buttons and "make art", but then I think you find that in all art mediums.

Just as an aside, the biggest problem I would have entering shows is that digital work is...digital. It seems odd to have to first print out a digital work, then photograph it with a non-digital camera (which I don't own one of) to get slides to send in. It will be nice when galleries accept entries on CD ROM and show them on a computer screen.

Well, I DID ramble on. Thanks for your time.

S k y D a n c e r www.skydancers.come

Dear SkyDancer,

We absolutely consider digital artwork as viable as any other media. WMG focuses on ART, period. Art with integrity, art where care is taken in its craft and creation, no matter what the medium. And this means everything, from "traditional" painting and drawing to installation and digital work.

This said, we still require slides for jurying purposes, even for digital work. I am especially aware of the dilemma ("the absurdity" as another digital artist recently wrote to us) because my partner is a digital artist and we have grappled with this same issue when he has entered shows.

Working at WMG has offered another view on the matter: We need to keep the jurying process as simple, fair and consistent as possible and even though, yes, it does seem absurd to take digital work and place it in a photographic format, this is what happens with all other media as well-sculpture especially is tricky to translate via a two-dimensional plane. This is why we are constantly advising artists to have their work professionally photographed--so that it translates as well as possible. We realize that nothing, not even beautiful slides, can fully reveal all the intricacies in any given artwork, but it is the most effective and fair way we currently have. Also, jurors are often from out of state and we send them very organized materials (all the slides are in trays with corresponding lists etc). To have some of the work on computer disks already sets it apart, when the jurying process is supposed to be as fair and equal as we can make it. Plus, we can't guarantee that everyone will have the computer equipment necessary to view work on CD ROMS properly. Someday maybe, when we all catch up with technology...is this even possible at the rate it is going!?

We are very aware of these issues and are even planning to post information about digital work and other concerns on the FAQ part of our website. (You will probably see portions of this email there!)

As for taking slides of your work, I'm not sure what experiences you've had. My partner has tried two ways: one, having slides made directly from digital files (this was costly for the first slide and less for duplicates made) and two, taking slides of actual iris (gicleé) prints (which is his chosen method of output also and how he displays his work). Both have had positive results, though having them made directly from digital files was obviously less involved.

I'm hoping this helps. Happy spring and best wishes from all of us at Woman Made!

Pamela Callahan, Gallery Associate

Gallery News Briefs:

CityArts Program II Grant
Thanks to Kendra Miller we received a CityArts Program II grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency for $3000 for three consecutive years. In addition Janet Bloch's grant to Sara Lee brought in $2,500 to help with general operating funds.

Beyond the Surface
Congratulations to artist Carol Padberg who, in recognition of her work in the "Beyond the Surface" exhibition, was selected by juror Melanee Cooper to participate in our on line registry with a free website for one year and receive a gift of $100.00.

Rhino 2001 Poetry Reading
Give yourself a treat on a lazy summer Sunday and stroll through the Women's Park on your way to Woman Made Gallery. Wander the lush pathways past the fountain and into the coolness of the gallery. View a bountiful variety of artwork from our Members' Show, have a refreshing drink of water, then sit and let the words of talented writers from Rhino 2001 surprise and delight you. Join us on Sunday, August 5th, from 2-4pm for this free and wonderful afternoon.

You're Invited to Our Annual Open Board Meeting
On behalf of the Woman Made Gallery Board of Directors and Gallery Staff we are extending an open invitation to all Members and Friends of the Gallery to our Annual Open Board Meeting. Come learn about the future of the Gallery, meet the Board and staff, discuss ideas and find out ways to get more involved. The Open Board Meeting will be facilitated by Board President Cali Bergold, along with presentations by each of the Board Members. We hope to see you at Woman Made Gallery on August 11, 2001 for this very special Saturday morning event! Refreshments will be offered.

Her Mark 2002
Production for the Her Mark 2002 Calendar is underway and you can place your order now! It will be an extra-special edition in celebration of Woman Made's 10th anniversary, abundant with art and poetry and some extra cool surprise features. Premier copies will be available at a Release Party this October where you can join Calendar contributors (both artists and poets) for a festive launching of Her Mark 2002. Pre-order your copies TODAY either online where you can pay with Visa or MC or print and complete our regular order form (just $15 each).

Why Art Therapy?
with Patricia Otto, Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Tap into your creative process through artmaking, journaling and discussion. The 2-hour seminar gives you a taste of art therapy techniques and time for questions and answers. All materials provided. Registration is required and space is limited. Sunday, September 16 from 1-3pm. Free to WMG members and $10 for Non-Members.

Women Artists and Archetypes
presented by Mary Stoppert, Artist, Curator and Educator This series of three slide lectures provides an overview of women artists, some famous and some not-so-famous and their role in shaping 20th century art. Each lecture will identify the artists and explore how they impacted the art world. The final class will focus on Chicago women artists. This lecture series is for the art history challenged and no prior experience or knowledge is necessary. Mondays, October 15, 22, 29 from 6:30 - 9:00pm - $75.00 fee. Please register.

Special Thanks To…:

WMG is supported in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, the Sara Lee Foundation and by a CityArts Program II grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Woman Made appreciates the following individuals and organizations for their ongoing support of the Gallery:

• Our Board members for their continued hard work, devotion and board pledges.
  
• All Advisory Board Members for their support.
  
• Dan Fensin from Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, 300 South Riverside Plaza,
• Chgo. 60606 for free tax & audit services.
  
• Yvonne & Mason Galganov from Galganov & Associates in Cambridge, Ontario for design & maintenance of our web-page.
  
• George Gehrken from Telpoint Communications for donations and maintenance of computer equipment.
  
• Consuelo Alonzo Gillock for her generous donation of $200.00.
  
• Greg Hall from Goose Island Brewery for delicious beer for our art openings.
• Pearl Hirshfield for donating $100 to the Art Bus Tour event.
• Mary King for coordinating the monthly art critique workshops.
  
• Dan Waterloo from EZ Mail Services, 708-488-9163, for bulk-mailing services.
  
• Theresa Witek for designing our newsletter.
  
• Amy Bass and the Women's Spirit Drummers for giving their talents to the Art Bus Tour event.

Auction Contributors:
Thank you to the following individuals who gave generously to our March 2001 art auction and were not mentioned in our Spring newsletter.

Carol Augustine, Paul Breidenbach, Lola Brown, Fran Bull, Pamela Callahan & Jeff Walté, Patricia Callahan, Joan E. Coogan, Anita & David Flores, Michael Fried, Andrea & Richard Ginsburg, Marge Graham, Elizabeth Hart, Tim Hart, Erika & Frank Hoernig, Jean Houlihan, Susan House, Carla Inwood, Susan Nagle, Carol Rizzolo, Rebecca Sive & Steven Tomashefsky, Denise Stern, Lucinda Stewart, Solveig Sullivan, Sondra Summers, Suzanne Scott & Lynn Constantine, Beverly Spering, Wendy Stoeffler, Kathleen & Dan Waterloo

Elizabeth Catlett:

In our most recent lecture at Woman Made Gallery all those attending were lucky to find out about Elizabeth Catlett from Anna Tyler, who is a local respected artists in her own rights and knows Ms. Catlett personally from time spent with her during 14 months in Mexico. The biggest impact on Anna Tyler was Elizabeth Catlett's genuine love for people and how she enjoyed being a mother to her three sons. For all those who are interested, but were unable to come to the lecture, here is information about Elizabeth Catlett's professional life:

Catlett was born in 1919, in Washington, DC. In 1937 she graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in art from Howard University. She started graduate school two years later at the University of Iowa, and became interested in sculpture. In 1940 Catlett became the first person in the school's history to earn a master's degree in the field. She won first prize for her thesis project, a marble sculpture of a mother holding a child. After completing her degree, she headed the art department at Dillard University, and moved two years later to Virginia, where she taught briefly at the Hampton Institute before moving to New York City.

While in New York, in 1944, she taught dressmaking and sculpture to working-class people at the experimental community school 'George Washington Carver'. In 1946, she moved to Mexico to study wood sculpture and pre-Colombian art and became the first female professor at the National University in 1958. Elizabeth Catlett's prints and sculptures, depicting pain, struggle and joy, are full of compassion for the marginalized and oppressed. Here she speaks in her own voice:

"Art must be realistic for me, whether sculpture or printmaking. I have always wanted my art to service my people - to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential. . . . Learning how to do this and passing that learning on to other people have been my goals. I have learned from many people: from the restlessness and inquisitiveness of the young, from my mother, from other people who have struggled to better themselves - from childhood right on up to now. It has taken a long time to find out that technique was the main thing to learn from art schools. It's so important - technique - how to do things well. It's the difference between offering our beautiful people art and offering them ineptitude. They deserve the very best and we- have to equip ourselves to give them our very best. You can't make a statement if you don't speak the language."

(above left) © Spencer Museum of Art, 'Sharecropper', linocut on paper by Elizabeth Catlett.

Poetry Corner :

Girls
Denise Rector
© 2001

She said don't even try it and
her tone was like corn when
you rip the husk, the rich sound of
sawing it off the cob. Smoke rises from
the card game where her now, he
gonna-he was up all close
belongs, growing easy like something green over a game of
spades, laughter making the drinks and the fold-up table jiggle with like
this dude was trying to talk to me,
and she can be anywhere, so she's
coming home from school on the back

of the bus, more like her friends

than their uniforms show.

These same girls who always
smell like candy were in school
when I was there. The rhythm of speech
and feet and gum is effortless.

And when they cross the street
their breasts bounce safely in cups
that make tulips look empty,
and they grow, forcing satin and lace
against their white T-shirts.
And they become women who snap
what at one child while tying
another's shoe, fingers absentmindedly
rouge, pearled or pink among the strings.
And later, when she's please, I am not
the one, her daughter knows her body
because she is small on the floor
between her mother's legs, plastic parts
her scalp, a warm finger follows
the curve of her hair to oil her scalp.
And she listens to get to where
her mother is, to learn that voice.

To a Mango Tree
Henrietta H. Moraleda
© 2000

Member Profile:

Meet Sabrina Fesko, Woman Made Gallery Board Member. Professionally, Sabrina is Account Supervisor for Sports Marketing, KemperLesnik.

I became involved with WMG ... two years ago after meeting Cali Bergold. It's all her fault! I volunteered at the first auction fundraiser and I was hooked.

My first impressions of WMG... were inspirational. I was thrilled to find an arts organization that really welcomed the arts advocate, as I like to call myself. WMG welcomes people from all walks of life, not just the artist. But who knows…I may produce some art after all.

No one knows... but I secretly love to organize. It' in my genes.

If I could meet one woman from history ... it would be tough because there are more than a handful of inspirational women. I am amazed by Joan of Arc for her divine passion; Lady Diana for her pure kindness; and Eleanor Roosevelt for so many things!

The three words that describe me best ... are gregarious, intelligent and hard-working. Hmm, sounds like a resume question!

The best advise I ever got ... was "you can't do everything." Well, why not?

Three women who inspired me... are my two "aunts" because they chose to take different paths in life and still succeeded, my grandmother for eccentricity and kindness, and my mother for overcoming struggle .

If there is one thing I want people to know about WMG is... that it is for everyone, not just women, not just artists. It offers a wealth of education and delight.

If I had a "Dream" Art Gallery ... I would love to see the works on the wall by these four women (remember money is no problem!) Camille Claudel, Fujiko Isomura, Peggy Lee (who said it had to be tangible?) and someone I have yet to discover!

My mother always told me ... to save my money.

I wish I could... play the saxophone - but I have no desire to eat my beans!

Big Fish Little Fish Concert:

Big Fish Little Fish Concert

A year after its release, Sweet Pickle Music is bringing back artists from the critically acclaimed compilation album "Big Fish Little Fish Volume 1: Emerging Women in Chicago Music" in a revival concert that will be reminiscent of last year's CD release party. This year, 6 acts including ANTJE, Ellen Rosner, Ripley Caine, Summer Chance, Patty Ortega, and Cathy Braaten will be featured at The Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace in Chicago), on Friday, July 6th. Don't miss this chance to hear the talented women whose efforts have continued to benefit WMG through the sales of the Big Fish cd. Cd's are still available at the gallery or from our order form on page 9 of this newsletter

WMG Wish-List:

WMG Wish-List

• Books and videos about women artists for our research library
  
• Exhibit sponsors or people to give purchase awards
  
• Membership from everyone who reads this so all our wishes can come true!
  
• Office supplies (pens, laser and copy paper, etc)
  
• Our own Women's building in Chicago
  
• Wine, soft drinks for opening events

  Donated items should be in workable condition and are tax-deductible.

An Artist To Know:

GINNY SYKES
(as interviewed by Cali Bergold)

Q: Why is WMG special?

A: Beate and Janet and the fabulous staff!!! The intimacy, friendliness and professionalism is infectious. I'd love to see WMG find a permanent home and thrive with solid financial support.

Q: You do so many things, how do you describe your professional life as an artist, as an educator?

A: Jane of all trades. I teach at the Art Institute and at Gay Riseborough's studio. I do residencies through the Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Public Art Group and Beacon Street Gallery. I really enjoy conceiving of a project and figuring out how to get it done. This weaves in and out of my personal art making space. I've been doing this in Chicago since 1979, with a three-year hiatus in Italy.

Q: At what point in your life did you know that an artist was in you?

A: I was about eleven. A special camp counselor opened the door to art. Around the same time, at the Hirshhorn museum in D.C., I saw a Motherwell Elegy painting and something came over me.

Q: What type of art do you create?

A: Back again to childhood. I loved to make collages out of magazines and varnish. I still do a lot of collage. I draw, paint, print, write, do mixed media. I have done installations and collaborations. I bounce around subjects -- figure, abstraction, landscape, conceptual … I can't find a category for myself, and that's OK! The last seven years a lot of public arts, mostly mosaics. I would like to work in the landscape, and do temporary media in public spaces, like projections.

Q: Is there a certain message that you try to relate with your work?

A: Sometimes the work is issue specific and sometimes not. I 'd rather people feel first, analyze later. I grew up in D.C, during the Vietnam War, Watergate, the civil rights and Women's movements, so themes of social consciousness, women, sexuality, freedom, relationships, the search for meaning in our lives are usually there. I think my work is very layered, and emotional.

Q: Tell me a little about your family life...

A: I am married with one daughter, a dog and cats. The cumulative loss of four 'matriarchs' is on my mind. I have a lot of fun family, scattered like seeds all over the country!

Q: When someone views your art, what do you hope that they take away with them?

A: When someone views your art, what do you hope that they take away with them? Beauty, engagement, questions, transformation, pleasure. An experience of being in dialogue through it and taking time to let it unfold.

Q: What advice would you give to aspiring artists?

A: Follow your own path and don't worry about the fashion aspect of art. Don't get too isolated, protect the working time. Honor down time. Invaluable for me are conversations with artist friends, studio visits, time for reflection.

Q: What women artists have inspired/influenced you?

A: Ruth Bernard, Eva Hesse, Artemesia Gentileschi, Käthe Kollwitz.

Q: What do you think is the biggest obstacle in the women's art world today?

A: What does that mean, "women's art world"? All women? What color, race, class etc? I am in grad school now in Women's Studies so nothing seems easily answered now. Myriad cultural constructions of women have to be rooted out and made new, freely, by women. Examining internalized issues that prevent success, what success means and who gets to define it on what terms. Do we fall into line seeking a piece of the patriarchal pie or do we look for new models? Or operate somewhere in between? Why do we always feel like the other art world? A lot of women's voices haven't been heard or made part of the dialogue. There is still sexism, racism, child care money issues and more. Younger and older women are in a gap that could be a more fruitful space. As far as diversity there is still far to go. When we ask/try to answer these and other questions there could emerge solutions we haven't imagined yet. Women make art in these spaces. Woman Made is part of this process. A culture that marginalizes and "others" in general will marginalize a women's art world too. A lot of it is so subtle, practically in the air we breathe.

Q: What project are you most proud of and why?

A: A percent for Art Commission in 1999. It is 155 sq ft of Venetian glass tile mosaic in a bi-level park on the east side of the Chicago River at Erie Street. Entitled RORA, it is a two part evocation of the Chicago River, one honoring the ecology and the other a complex abstraction of past, present, and future visions of the river and its meanings. Another, Over The Rainbow, was five years in the making. It is twelve mosaic and clay panels and wraps around the exterior of Stockton Elementary School in the Uptown area of Chicago. This project was a huge collaborative effort.

Q: What does the future hold for Ginny Sykes?

A: Part of this summer I will be painting and relaxing in a small village in southern Italy we know from when we lived there. After that I want to forefront my studio time, do less teaching and projects for a while. I'll work on one collaborative clay mural, and slowly continue with grad classes. I don't know what else is coming!

(above right) 'Sarah Sleeping In Red Dress', charcoal and oil pastel on paper by Ginny Sykes.

Woman Made Gallery Calendar:

Please check our WOMAN MADE GALLERY CALENDAR for all events throughout the year.

Sponsor An Exhibit Or Purchase Award:

Please become an exhibit sponsor or give an exhibit purchase award for future shows. An example of exhibit sponsorship is providing money for printing and mailing expenses of invitations. Your name would be printed on the invitations and in our newsletter. You might also want to give a purchase prize for a select exhibition. This means that you would commit to buying one artwork from one exhibition. Your name and /or company would be credited on all printed materials and on our Web site. For more information contact WMG at (312) 328-0038.

(left) WMG member and volunteer, June Bennett views work in the Deal With It exhibition.

Please + Thank You:

We would like to thank the following people who have become members or renewed their memberships and all those who have donated money, items, time and talents. We apologize for any misspellings and appreciate if you would let us know. Please check in our fall newsletter if your name has not yet been listed here.

Cheselyn Amato, Mary Anne Anthony, Patricia Armato, Joanne Armstrong, Sarah Ayers, Beverly L. Bailey, Julie Balton, Sharon Louise Barnes, Mary Snyder Behrens, Lindsey Berkun, Rexene Bertolino, Barbara Bertsche, Patricia Black, Susan Blackman, Courtney Blazon, Barbara Bolser, Rachael Ann Bottorff, Kim Brenner, Cecilia Brown, Monica Brown, Fran Bull, Sheri Lee Butler, Wanrudee Buranakorn, Deborah Burks & Cindy Keating, Mo Cahill, Julie Caffee, Tiffany Calvert, Rachael Campbell, Shannon Carroll, Sarah Chapman, Pamela Crabtree, Marilyn Cullen, Diane Dailing, Barbara Delano, Denise Despres, Jude DiPaolo, Suzanne Dulany, Edwin & Kathleen Dunn, Aileen Dy, Shirley Engelstein, Frederick Fechtner, Kathleen Flannigan, Jan Flapan, Consuelo Alonzo Gillock, Edie Emmeneger, Lorin Fields, Linda Fillhardt, Patricia Karen Gage, Catherine Gallagher, Krystyna Sitnik Gaweda, Mary Gerace, Andrea Ginsburg, Janice Gipple, Anna Grimone, Oksana Grineva, Connie Hanselman, Cam Harper, Juarez Hawkins, Pearl Hirshfield, Pamela Hobbs, Susan Hofer, Woody Hoffman, Sandra Holubow, Deborah Hughes, Jennifer Hughes, Fujiko Isomura, Karen Johnson, Jacquelyn Johnston, Joan Painter Jones, Judith Kaczmarski, Glenda Kapsalis, Beverly Montgomery Karp, Catherine Keebler, Micka Klauck, Mary Kline-Misol, Loralyn Kumlin, Karin Kuzniar, Oana Lauric, Cynthia Lee, Sharon Lee, Judith Leppert, Bernell Loeb, Bonnie Lopez, Cigdem Ludington, Karin Luner, Barbara Lynne, Donna Magnani, Velga Malek, Dora Malkuch, Tatiana Mamaeva, Eva Marques, Jeanette Martone, Carol Mason, Julie McLemore, Roberta Lindegard Meier, Ellen Miles, Roberta Miles, Beth Miller, Elaine Miller, Ronit Mitchell, Courtney Mollan, Faye Alison Moscariello, Rosemary Mulryan, Cathleen Nagle & Marilyn Maas, Leslie Nautiyal, Julie Nellson, Kristen Neveu, Hua Nian, L.M. Noonan, Monica Ong, Patricia Otto, Zsofia Otvos, Michelle Perkins, Ronald Parisi, Aimee Picard, Kathy Poppen, Ann Porter, Felicia Grant Preston, Barbara Rachko, Tatjana Radisic, Cheryl Rahn, Eve Reid, Stella Renzi, Nancy Richards-David, Jane Robinette, Martha Rosenfeld, Judith Roth, Sally Ruddy, Jacquelyn Ruttinger, Nancy Rumfield, Fern Samuels, Lothar Sanchez-Speer, Korrie Sandoval, Beth Schenck, Molly Schiff, Deborah Schlouch, Suzanne Scott & Lynn Constantine, Sharon Seligman, Patricia Shafer, Gail Shapiro, Lisa Sheets, Kimberly Simpson, Frances Sniffen, Gina Srebo, Catherine Stone, Mary Stoppert & Carmen Perez, Ginny Sykes, Joyce Thompson, Gale Tolf, Anne & Al Tyler, Elli Vitkus, Janneke Waal-Fowers, Robin Ann Walker, Tamara Wasserman, Mary Werner, Amy White, Loretta Wilson-Kost, Julie Wishmeyer, Molly Wood, Lili Ye, Susan Zimmerman, Ling Zhou.

Volunteers:
Thank you to our board member, Roberta Reb Allen for her great job in contacting and organizing volunteers to help at WMG with various projects. We thank all of the volunteers listed here and will include all those that are not yet recognized in our next newsletter:

Gina Bader, June Bennett, Susan Bishop, Marge Graham, Brian Heard, Linda Price, Laurise Rhue, Susan Rice, and Diane Weisbeck. We thank the following out-of-state members who have volunteered to distribute newsletters: Amy Stacey Curtis in Grey, Maine; Elissa Foster in Dallas, Texas; Missy Isely-Poltrock in Salem, Wisconsin; and Tara Jyawook in Santa Monica, California.

Poetry Contributors:
Special thanks to all the poets who read at WMG this past spring: Nina Corwin, Mars Gamba Adisa-Caulton, Sharon Klopner-Masters, Elizabeth Marino, Shelley Miller, Denise Rector, and Karen Stockwell.

Women Spirit Drummers:

Celebrate your Event with the Women's Spirit Drummers
Performances Available
Contact: Aimee Bass at 773-784-9007
1st Friday Drum Circles
Open to all women and girls (7 years & up)
All levels of drum experience welcome.

EZMAIL services:

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Worthy Organizations:

WMG is proud to support other community organizations:

Mijiza Art Gallery & Creativity Center

Mijiza Art Gallery & Creativity Center is a newly founded not-for profit organization providing much needed services to women in Chicago. Mijizi, an East African woman's name which means 'she works with her hands', was founded by artist Niambi Jaha, to provide a sacred space where women can come together to rejuvenate and to be creative. Mijiza offers reduced rates to members for exhibitions, workshops, meetings, reading and relaxation rooms and for special events. The place is located at 1508 E. Marquette Rd, Chicago, IL 60637. For more information please call 773-324-7504 or send emails to: njaha@excite.com.

Chenny Troupe

The Chenny Troupe brings therapeutic success to clients wit physical and emotional challenges. By teaming certified therapy dogs, volunteer handlers and medical professionals, Chenny Troupe provides interactive exercises designed to accomplish each individual's therapeutic goals. Chenny Troupe strives to serve the greatest number of clients by using replicative models that are developed and tested in our Chicago area programs. Chenny Troupe welcomes volunteers with or without canine companions. Volunteers are needed to help in the office with administrative tasks, publicity, Troupe Talk, the quarterly newsletter and fund raising events as well as in Chenny Troupe therapy programs. Donations in honor of or in memory of a special person or pet are most welcome. Please visit Chenny Troupe's website at www.chennytroupe.org for additional information or call 312-280-0266.

Call for Artists:

You have two options for obtaining guidelines for shows:

1. Send a note (with a self-addressed-stamped envelope) requesting the show prospectus of your choice to: Woman Made Gallery, 1900 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616.

2. Click on http://www.womanmade.org/calexhibits.html and print out entry forms in pdf format for the exhibition you wish to enter or print out a generic Entry Form: http://womanmade.org/entryform.html.

HONORING THE CRONE, October 12 - November 8, 2001
Deadline for Entries: July 25, 2001
Entries in all media by women who depict the archetype of the wise woman/crone in their work.
Juror: Dayna Block

ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR, November 23 - December 23, 2001
Deadline for Entries: October 26, 2001
Unique hand made crafts, jewelry and small-scale artworks by women
Jurors: Gallery Directors

CENSORSHIP, January 18 - February 21, 2002
Deadline for Entries: October 27, 2001
Open to all women artists whose work has been censored (self-censored) or that stirred up heated debates and was seriously threatened with removal by those who objected to its content. All media and styles encouraged.
Juror: Rosemary Luckett

5th INTERNATIONAL OPEN, March 1 - 28, 2002
Deadline for Entries: December 15, 2001
Woman Made Gallery invites women from all backgrounds, all ages, and from all corners of the globe, to submit artwork for this open exhibition. All themes, styles and media will be considered.
First prize: Solo Exhibition in 2003. Second prize: $500. Third prize: $250. Juror: Faith Ringgold

THE INVENTED FIGURE, April 5 - May 16, 2002
Deadline for Entries: January 24, 2002
An exhibition, which uses the figure as a metaphor for human experience. The show will consist of work in all media which go beyond merely recording the image of the body. Open to artwork by women in all media.
Juror: Judith Raphael

Good luck to all exhibition entrants. Remember to enter shows in the most professional way with the best slides possible.

Newsletter Contributions :

Woman Made News is produced quarterly. Send newsletter contributions to Cali Bergold, Woman Made Gallery, 1900 South Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616. You may e-mail your entries to gallery@womanmade.org. Woman Made Gallery reserves the right to edit articles for clarity and brevity. Entries for the Fall Newsletter 2001 must be received by AUGUST 15th, 2001.

Newsflash:

Please Note: The entry deadline for the "HONORING THE CRONE" exhibition, has been extended to: August 1, 2001 and entries must be at the Gallery by that date. For details and entry form go to: Exhibits.

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