What's New at Woman Made Gallery

On this page we include news about exhibitions: who got into a show, what does the juror have to say, etc. We try to update the information as soon as we receive it and it's good to check here frequently to see if your work has been included into an exhibition.

We are dependent on membership support to provide exhibition opportunities for women artists and to educate the public about women's artistic and cultural contributions. Read about the benefits of membership, including a link to your website and JOIN WOMAN MADE GALLERY today.

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We are proud to be able to offer exhibition opportunities to women artist and very happy for all the artists whose work is selected by the jurors. Membership helps us to continue our work on behalf of women artists. The electronic version of $25 keeps artists connected and informed plus we include a link to artists' websites from our linkspage and members receive discounts at workshops and on any arts & crafts sales. (Memberships at the electronic level receive notifications/updates from WMG by email only.)

Drawing on Experience

The jurying for "Drawing on Experience" has been done and we are grateful to Nancy Charak who did a fine job selecting artwork for this group show. Nancy writes, "Thank you for the privilege of looking at your work. Winnowing the work to the final 36 artists was difficult. I could easily have chosen a totally different group. The quality and assortment of ideas about what constitutes a drawing was a wonderful thing to see all the way across the range of entries. Please be encouraged to submit again to Woman Made and other exhibitors."

We congratulate Marjorie Albano, Sandra Beck, Sharon Bourke, Cecelia Brown, Ellen Deutsch, kathryn Gauthier, Shelley Gilchrist, Sue Goldsmith, Iris Goldstein, Elaine Green, Kristi Hargrove, Janet Heilbronn, Bokyung Jun, Amanda Kamen, Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, Jeanette Martone, Cheri Reif Naselli, Kristine O'Reilly, Helen Oh, Felicity Papp, Mary Phelan, Shannon Robinson, Kathryn Rodrigues, Wendy Ross, Judith Roth, Julie Rozman, Melanie Scott-Dockery, Carol Shikany, Doni Silver Simons, Laurie Sucher, Anne Taft, Cheryl Toles, Wendy Tuxill, Allison Wade, Marjorie Williams-Smith, and Sallie Wolf.

Her Mark 2009

More than 200 artists submitted works for our Her Mark 2009 publication. We thank Julie Rodrigues Wildholm, Associate Curator at the MCA who selected the work by 22 artists.

Congratulations to Grazyna Adamska-Jarecka, Beth Balliro, Tara Banfield, Sofia Barão, Jennifer Barnett-Hensel, Shannon Benine, Monica J. Brown, Elizabeth Bruno, Kim Jackson DeBord, Crisanta Deguzman, Lauren Ennist, Sharon Etter, Victoria Hoyt, Maria Lobo, Uzma Mirza, Mary Kay Neumann, Kelly Pearson, Blair Peters, Wendy Tuxill, Amanda Valdez, Elaine Wannechko and Elizabeth Wuerffel.

More than 100 poets submitted their poetry and we thank poetry jurors, Kathleen Kirk and Orick Peterson who selected works by 22 poets. Kathleen Kirk expressed: "It was truly a joy and an honor to read this fine work. There were so many wonderful poems this year!" And Oreck Peterson commented: "I have had a wonderful time reading all these poems. What fantastic wealth we have! It's very hard to select such a limited amount. I have chosen the ones I think are the best poems, regardless of topic or form."

The following poets are included with one of their works in Her Mark 2009: Sandra Beck, Virginia Bell, Lorian Brown, Lynne Burgess, EvaMarie DiGiorgio, Lucia Galloway, Jane Ellen Glasser, Luisa Igloria, Laura LeHew, Joyce Lombard, Cary McCormick, Arlyn Miller, Liz Robbins, Lori Romero, Mary M. Scott, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Diane Stone, Carla Thomas, Angela Torres, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Claudia Van Gerven, Sarah Zale. Congratulations!

Tradition and Transformation: Art by Jewish Women

Our thanks go to our juror Beth Shadur who selected 28 works by 25 artists for "Tradition and Transformation: Art by Jewish Women" exhibition scheduled from May 23 to June 15, 2008.

We congratulate the following artists: Marina Aizen, Shirah Rachel Apple, Louise Bloom, Roberta Buckles, Alex Ze’evi Christian, Asherah Cinnamon, Dena Eber, Karen Frostig, Iris Goldstein, Fay Grajower, Tamar Hirschl, Pearl Hirshfield, Judith Kruger, Viviana Lombrozo, Juliana Morris, Cheryl Pagurek, Judith Peck, Nancy Plotkin, Tara Polansky, Nathania Rubin, Charlotte Segal, Doni Silver Simons, Julianne Sombat, Heather Stoltz, Barbara Stewart Thomas.

Clay and Fiber

Thank you to Dorothy Hughes who did the difficult work selecting entries for the Clay and Fiber exhibition scheduled from April 4 to May 15, 2008 We congratulate the following 50 artists whose work was accepted for the show.

Kim Acerra, Karen Adelaar, Monica Balc, Lisa Marie Barber, Rebecca Barfoot, Rose Camastro-Pritchett, Sue Canizares, Leslie Carabas, Meghan Chalmers-McDonald, Paula Chung, Merill Comeau, Kit Eastman, Stacey Esslinger, Rhonda Gushee, Julie Guyot, Jenine Haard, Sarah Haven, Caroline Holder, Dianna Huxhold, Iskra Ivanova, Jessica Jones, Elfa Jonsdottir, Marsha Karagheusian, Elka Kazmierczak, Eileen Kroll, Lialia Kuchma, Suki Kwon, Dena Ladner, Marilyn Madden, Laura Marmash, Isabel Mikell, Sheila Oettinger, Nnenna Okore, Louise Pappageorge, Antonio Pazzi, Nancy Pirri and Marcia Adler, Amber Riordan, Diane Savona, Hidemi Shimura, Emily Snedden, John Stanicek, Cheryl Toles, Jennifer Torres, Sandra Trimble, Leandra Urrutia, Susan Kay Wechsler, Catherine Wiesener, Marjorie Woodruff, Valerie Zimany.

Get On-Line!

Have Your Own Affordable Website

Be part of our on-line registry even if you have a website already. Why? Because we have the name and we get the traffic. The price is $250 (which includes $100 hosting fee). For more information please visit www.womanmade.net and view the websites by artists who are already part of this service. Many of the artists whose work is in the on-line registry and whose images appear on this website, have been 'discovered' by commercial galleries, curators and private collectors. Here is a letter by artist, Kathleen Waterloo's which we published in our Fall 2001 Newsletter that relates her experiences since she joined the On-line Registry:

Dear WMG-
I would like to encourage fellow members to join your online artist registry. Upon doing so a year ago, I have received many ‘hits’ on my link.

Several sources have requested slide packets/resumes for inclusion of my original artwork in the print market. A Washington, D.C. art consultant/gallery working with commercial interior designers, architects, and corporate clients also requested a complete slide packet with the potential for commission work. An author in the Atlanta area would like to include me in a book she is writing on creativity amongst artists that she terms ‘late bloomers’. Most recently I have been included in an international exhibition of women artists that will take place in Italy this September.

Woman Made has established itself on the national and international level as a resource for artists, advocates, and aficionados. None of the above would have occurred without my exposure on the WMG online artist registry. Whereas artists may have their own website (I do) and feel no need for this service, people unfamiliar with their work will never opt to look at that site as they do not know a name to begin with. Being viewed on the Woman Made registry vs. one’s own website holds much greater odds.

Kudos to WMG for being a frontrunner in this area with a most enjoyable, resourceful, professional, and user friendly website. Their 21st century vision has put Woman Made Gallery ahead of the pack. Similar galleries sprouting in other major cities have recently been sending me membership information!

Debates still persist about the legitimacy of showing one’s work on the Internet. While the many debates continue, those using it are professional enough to know that they are viewing an image that undoubtedly is better seen in person. And in using it, they are able to conduct their art business and affairs in a more economic and efficient manner. The computer is the visual tool of the art community today. It is not going away. Use it and be seen! - - Kathleen Waterloo - 8-22-01

(right) 'Echo', oil on canvas by Pamela Callahan