Volunteers

Since 1992, we have relied heavily on the valuable assistance of many volunteers to do much of the work at Woman Made Gallery. Volunteers help with show changes and assist in exhibition installations. Volunteers have contact with artists and the general public and assist WMG staff in specialty areas, including publicity, marketing, membership, special event functions and research. WMG appreciates a variety of skills and talents from computer, graphic design, public relations, scanning/photography and writing/editing, to painting walls and pedestals. Volunteers may commit to helping once a year at our annual Benefit Auction in April, or assist at an opening reception, or learn how to package artwork after a show ends. Volunteers might want to be there for several days during our annual Holiday Bazaar or come once a week to help in the many activities of a busy not-for-profit arts organization. Volunteers gain insight and experience and learn to become more professional artists themselves.

To become a volunteer, please contact WMG at 312-738-0400 or admin@womanmade.org and let us know your interests and any special skills you have.

Internships at Woman Made Gallery

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is offering internships of 10 to 20 hours per week. Days and times are flexible. Gallery Hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 12 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. While internships are unpaid, college credit is available.

Gallery Intern - Interns at Woman Made Gallery experience both challenging and rewarding aspects of working in a non-for profit arts environment. Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not for profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to support women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy. It specifically accomplishes this through monthly thematic exhibitions which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions.

Interns process submissions for exhibitions, assist at openings, and meet many talented artists. Woman Made Gallery provides a space for artists to show their unique work. The gallery showcases media as divergent as ceramics, oil painting on canvas, photography, sculpture, and jewelry. Interns assist with the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, learn about exhibition design, and discover how to handle art carefully. Supported by a thriving membership, individual donors, and generous grants, interns will learn about the financial aspects of a non-for profit institution.

In addition to visual culture, Woman Made Gallery sponsors poetry readings and conducts several out-reach programs at local elementary schools and at a recovery center for women. Students interested in the arts, women's issues, and non-for-profit work will thrive at Woman Made Gallery. Majors such as Art, Art History, Marketing, Gender and Women's Studies, and others apply well to the daily activities at the gallery. To apply for this internship, please contact WMG at 312-738-0400 or admin@womanmade.org

We are grateful for our interns who do everything from inventory and changing shows, to researching for various projects. They are assests in working towards Woman Made's mission of raising public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions.

A special thanks to our interns this past year: Christa Heilman, Robin Wolf, Emilia Soroczynska, Lindsay Sebold, Clarissa Thiessen, Lauren Young, Shelbi Parker, Christine Galvez, Sara Higley, Caitlin Andler, Devin Prendergast, Jalpa Pandya, Liz Kozik, and Tasha Mills. Their time, talents, energy and enthusiasm are vital to the success of the gallery, we are forever thankful for their contributions.

Thanks to Our Volunteers

Our gratitude goes to Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez, who co-direct the Artisan Gallery. Without their help we would not have the beautiful space they created to showcase women's crafts in such a stylish atmosphere. Carmen is teaching workshops as part of our Outreach programs and she donates extra time to make the workshops super successful.

We thank Marty Bash and Karen Rechtschaffen, who are two of our most active volunteers. Marty helps with numerous editing tasks and is a driving force all through the year and although Karen flies south when the weather gets cold, we have her undivided attention from spring to fall. Both women do office work and any job that needs to be done. We would be behind with all kinds of activities without their great and untiring support.

Thank you to Deb Flagel and LuEllen Joy Giera, who co-facilitate the monthly "Her Group" session, where women meet and share their art. Deb Flagel also helps installing artwork at WMG and off-site locations, and she does an outstanding job.

We appreciate Mary King's energy, great eye and sensibilities laying out our group exhibitions. She knows exactly what looks good next to which other artwork and in which location at our gallery space.

Thank you to Lauren Levato, an artist and poet, who is scheduling poetry reading at WMG. We would definitely miss the spoken word without her.

Our gratitude goes to a large number of volunteers who help in numerous ways in the many different areas of this very busy not-for-profit organization. There is Cynthia Staples, who is apt with sandpaper and spackle, and wields her brush magnificently. She is really a wonderful painter in more than one way. And who but Laura Sherman appears unannounced at the doorstep to jump in at just the right moment to help pack up or unpack artwork. And there is Barbara Grzybowski, who is talented in numerous ways and tackles the toughest job and Mary Jo Bowers and her husband Norm continue to demand, "Please, just give us something to do!" Margaret Denny is a treasure at our opening receptions and Patricia Devine-Reed helps at openings, installing shows, and is always willing to share her vast knowledge regarding not-for-profit operations.

Other volunteers who have provided valuable assistance during the past year include Brigitte Anthony, Amy Babinec, Jim Bash, Susan Bishop, Aura Brickler, Monica J. Brown, Laura Callier, Melissa Carr, Mia Coffman, Alice Cooperman, Nina Corwin, Jan Deswick, Sheila M. Donovan, Jennifer Towslee Eveland, Sandra Garber, Andi Ginsburg, Kathy Greenholt, Juarez Hawkins, Kelly Hensen, Angela Canada Hopkins, Myra Kalaw, Stephanie Kluk, Karolina Kowalczyk, Kathy and Jim Kubik, Alex Lee, Mary Matras, Cassie Mazziotta, Carol Metzger, Ellen Miles, Pamela Miller, Michael and Peter Minkovski, Mindy Mueller, Mary O'Connell, Elizabeth Neubauer, Kerry Obrist, Mary Jo O'Hearn, Staci Page Oien, Russell Petty, Joan Pantsios, Louise Pappageorge, Michelle-Renee Perkins, Johanna Pinasco, Barbara Puechler, Jennifer Quindry, Ann Regan, Beth Van Riper, Eva Roa, Ellen Rodman, Ashley Rootes, Caren Rudman, Susan Steinfeldt, Jere Van Syoc, Pearlie Taylor, Christine Towner, Sharon Uselman, Annamarie Vitek, Gail Willert, Tamasha Williams, Jean Wypychowski and Nicki Xenakis. We are truly grateful for the amazing devotion of so many generous supporters.

This page gets updated regularly to include new volunteers and those we missed.