Join us for a hands-on candle-making experience led by TIAEL, where creativity and intention come together. In this workshop, you’ll craft your own candle, selecting scents that embody healing, empowerment, and self-care. As your candle sets, you’ll take part in a naming ritual, reflecting on the emotions and energy behind your creation. Whether you’re looking […]
Join us for the launch of Laughing in Yiddish by Jamie Wendt, a collection of persona and ekphrastic poems that explore the lives of Jewish women in Russia’s Pale of Settlement and their journey to Chicago. Through vivid character portrayals, the poems delve into themes of immigration, assimilation, and the struggle to maintain cultural traditions. […]
Join us for a casual gathering where exhibiting artists will share their backgrounds and inspirations. Enjoy light refreshments and engaging conversation with fellow attendees. This event is free and open to all—no registration required!
Join us for the opening reception of Photography Now. Juried by Whitney Bradshaw, this exhibition explores how women and non-binary artists use photography to engage with the pressing issues of our time. The exhibition seeks to highlight how the photographic medium—whether central or complementary to an artist’s practice—can be used to confront, question, and navigate contemporary […]
Celebrate the women who shape us—one page at a time. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create a zine honoring an influential woman in your life through personal storytelling, reflection, and collage. Led by Cynthia E. Hanifin in collaboration with Zine Club Chicago, this session will guide you through creative prompts and zine-making techniques to transform memory […]
Join us at Woman Made Gallery on Friday, June 20 at 6 PM for Come (Out) As You Are, a vibrant Pride Month showcase celebrating queer joy, identity, and radical self-expression. This special evening will feature eight poets and writers sharing powerful, original work that honors the many ways we come out, show up, and […]
Join us for a casual gathering where exhibiting artists will share their backgrounds and inspirations. Enjoy light refreshments and engaging conversation with fellow attendees. This event is free and open to all—no registration required!
Juried by Kristen Carter, this exhibition defines care expansively while taking it as the base of our collective life. From child rearing to mobilizing a grassroots social movement, to care for someone or something is to imagine and invest in the present for the sake of a better future, however big or banal. Acts of Care: […]
This July marks two very special milestones: Beate Minkovski, our beloved Co-Founder, turns 81, and Woman Made Gallery celebrates 33 years of uplifting women and non-binary artists! We would be delighted if you’d join us to celebrate! Enjoy cake, art, conversation, and community as we honor Beate’s incredible legacy and WMG’s ongoing mission. All are […]
Reimagine yourself through paint in this bold, creative, and affirming workshop led by artist eve bridges! This acrylic painting workshop introduces participants to diverse and imaginative approaches to self-representation, empowering queer individuals to articulate and manifest their own visions of self. While traditional portraiture reflects what the eye sees, this session invites you to defy […]