Opening Reception - Under All is the Land
2025-04-12 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for the opening reception of “Under All is the Land”. Juried by Donna R. Charging, this group exhibition of 24 artists sought to illuminate the provisional, the transitional, and the liminal. The exhibition particularly drew in works that engaged with the intersection of environmental, social, and historical narratives tied to land.
This event is open and free to the public.

Frosting with Paint Workshop
2025-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Get ready to create thick, textured masterpieces in this hands-on workshop with artist Hannah Stelter! You’ll learn how to apply and manipulate heavy texture paint to build bold, sculptural surfaces that hold their form. Explore various techniques to create dynamic, cake-like effects, adding depth and excitement to your artwork.
Perfect for artists looking to elevate their painting skills and experiment with new textures, this workshop is all about pushing creative boundaries.
No prior experience needed—just bring your curiosity and creativity! All materials will be provided.
$40 for WMG Members
$45 for Non-Members

About your Instructor:
Chicago’s art scene welcomes Hannah Stelter, a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to fostering self-love. Her gestural portraits, created in her signature “art of imperfection” style, champion individuality and the beauty of creative exploration. A former TEDx speaker and BuzzFeed featured artist, Hannah also hosts her own art shows and events, and runs an art supply and gift shop, all of which allow her to share her passion for art and encourage others to love themselves a little more.

Candle Making Workshop
2025-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 for a moment of mindfulness or a meaningful way to connect with others, this workshop offers a space for creativity, community, and personal reflection.
No experience needed and all materials will be provided!
Early bird tickets are available until April 12th – Reserve your spot now!
Exclusive WMG Membership pricing available! Email general@womanmade.org to learn more.

About TIAEL:
TIAEL was founded in Chicago by sisters Camille and Kiara, who embarked on a journey to redefine the art of self-care and relaxation. Born from Camille’s late-night epiphany when she couldn’t shake her inner voice chanting “This Is An Effortless Life”, TIAEL embodies the spirit of living effortlessly and embracing each moment with grace and intention. Camille infuses beauty and elegance into every project with her keen eye for design, while Kiara, a seasoned marketer and self-described dream doula, brings her nurturing spirit and strategic acumen to the brand.
Inspired by their own struggles to find moments of tranquility amidst busy schedules, they envisioned a brand that would take away the barriers to self-care. More than just a brand, TIAEL is a movement helping people create their own oasis of calm and serenity in a world that often feels chaotic and overwhelming. Their carefully curated products and experiences engage all the senses, offering a holistic approach to self-care for those too busy to plan, unsure where to start, or simply craving something fresh and rejuvenating.
Visit TIAEL.co to learn more!

Book Launch & Poetry Reading for Jamie Wendt
2025-05-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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. Laughing in Yiddish offers a heartfelt reflection on Jewish heritage and the longing for connection to spiritual ancestors.
This event is free and open to the public. Click the event link below to register!
Book Synopsis:
Laughing in Yiddish takes readers to the shtetls of Russia’s Pale of Settlement to look through various windows into the lives of Jewish women. Through persona and ekphrastic poems, readers meet cigarette makers, young mothers, rebellious children, shoemakers, and union laborers, some of whom are photographed as part of ethnographer S. An-Sky’s Russian expedition from 1912-1914. In addition, many of the characters in these persona poems are Wendt’s ancestors who emigrated to Chicago from the Pale of Settlement in the late nineteenth century, escaping religious persecution and economic hardships. These poems explore Jewish roots and culture in Chicago as well as the struggle of assimilation while holding on to tradition. At the heart of Laughing in Yiddish is a yearning for belonging to an ancient community and finding connection with spiritual ancestors.
About the Author:
Jamie Wendt is the author of the poetry collection Laughing in Yiddish (Broadstone Books, March 2025), which was a finalist for the 2022 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry. Her first book, Fruit of the Earth (Main Street Rag, 2018), won the 2019 National Federation of Press Women Book Award in Poetry. Her poems and essays have been published and are forthcoming in various literary journals and anthologies, including Feminine Rising, Catamaran, Green Mountains Review, Lilith, Jet Fuel Review, the Forward, Clockhouse, Consequence, Minyan Magazine, and others. She contributes book reviews to the Jewish Book Council. She won third prize in the 2024 Reuben Rose Poetry Competition and won second prize for the 2024 Holloway Free Verse Award through the Illinois State Poetry Society. Wendt holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two kids.
Follow her online at jamie-wendt.com or on Instagram @jamiewendtpoet

Artist Walkthrough - Under All is the Land
2025-05-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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!

Opening Reception - Photography Now
2025-05-24 16:00 - 19:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 socio-political challenges, innovative processes, and evolving technologies.
This event is free and open to the public!

Inspired by Her: A Zine Making Workshop
2025-05-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 into art. Attendees are welcome to bring photos or small piece of memorabilia related to the woman they’re honoring to inspire their work or include in their zine. No prior experience is needed—just bring your creativity! Each participant will leave with their own handmade zine.
The workshop will include a brainstorming & freewriting session, designed to spark reflection on your chosen woman’s everyday life, strengths, impact, and/or imagined superpowers. Through guided prompts, participants will identify key themes and stories to incorporate into your zines.
About your instructor: Cynthia E. Hanifin is a zinemaker, writer, and social worker who lives on the Southwest Side of Chicago. She is the producer of Zine Club Chicago, the founder of the South Side Zine Library, and Community Outreach/Events Coordinator at Quimby’s Bookstore. Since 2018, Zine Club Chicago has presented events and meetups for zine enthusiasts and those who are zine-curious.

$20 for WMG Members
$25 for Non-Members

Come (OUT) As You Are Poetry Night
2025-06-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 speak our truths.
Curated with a focus on uplifting the voices of UIC students, this event invites the community to gather in celebration of authenticity, resilience, and queer creativity. From bold spoken word to tender storytelling, the night will hold space for reflection, connection, and visibility.
Free and open to the public—come witness and celebrate the beauty of queer voices in full bloom.
Hosted by Jae Green and Le’Trice Buckingham.
About the Juror: Le’Trice Buckingham is a Chicago based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice weaves together visual art, storytelling, and poetry to subvert and conjure. Rooted in the transformative power of art, her work engages with ancestral memory and the fluid intersections of history and imagination. Through bold abstract imagery and layered symbolism she creates spaces for reflection, resistance, and reimagining. As a storyteller, Buckingham draws from oral traditions, folklore, and lived experiences, infusing her narratives with rhythm, movement, and historical resonance. Her work has been featured in literary journals, exhibitions, and community-based art initiatives, and she continues to cultivate spaces for creative expression through Art Conjure, a collective dedicated to Black storytelling and visual artistic conjuration.

Artist Walkthrough - Photography Now
2025-06-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States

Opening Reception - Acts of Care: Nurturing the Present, Shaping the Future
2025-07-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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: Nurturing the Present, Shaping the Future also recognizes the gendered, ableist, classed, and racialized terms of care, and the often-invisible nature of care work as work. As such, this exhibition gives space to see and explore different experiences and interpretations of care, including but not limited to reproductive labor, affective labor, domestic work, care work, and/or any facet of social, political, cultural, and ecological caretaking.
View the exhibition here: https://womanmade.org/acts-of-care-nurturing-the-present-shaping-the-future/
This event is free and open to the public!

You're Invited: Woman Made's Birthday Party!
2025-07-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 welcome!
Grab a selfie with the co-founders, then try your luck with a scratch-off ticket – exclusive prizes and fun surprises await!
As Beate turns 81, her birthday wish is simple: Help sustain Woman Made Gallery’s mission with a donation!
No amount is too small to help carry our mission forward. We wouldn’t be where we are without the love and support from our community!

Queer Self Portraits Painting Workshop
2025-07-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
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 convention—creating queer self-portraits imagined as landscapes, symbolic collections, or towering deities.
Led by Chicago-based artist Eve Bridges, whose own work reimagines trans and queer bodies as stylized landscapes, the session draws on work by women and LGBTQ+ artists to inspire reflection on what feels essential to one’s identity—especially in a time when definitions of selfhood are increasingly in flux. No experience necessary. Materials provided. All are welcome!

Sunday, July 27
10am–12pm
Only 12 spots are available – click here to reserve your spot!

About your instructor:
eve bridges is a white transwoman and self-taught artist living in Chicago. eve’s work focus on reimagining trans and queer bodies as stylized landscapes. when not working, painting or writing eve loves to build a queer archive from used books purchased from lgbt+ retail stores. her cat’s name is tree.

Rip It Up Collage Workshop
2025-08-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
No scissors necessary, this workshop invites you to consider and create using the art of the ripped and frayed edge. Using our hands to layer textures and uneven lines, we collaboratively create collages that rely on the feel and flow versus a traditional image or subject. Taught by Bridgette Bramlage, this workshop will begin with a group exercise, followed by a self-guided one. Bring your imagination and your hands!

Friday, August 1
6–8PM
Only 12 tickets available – reserve your spot today!

About Your Instructor:
Bridgette Bramlage is a collage artist living and working in Chicago. She is self-taught and creates her own independent art practice within the Chicago DIY artist community. Collage is a self-guided exploration of new patterns, challenges and storytelling. Her method is best described as precise cuts and deliberate layering to obscure boundariesin order to create abstract and figural narratives. A devotee to the analog, nothing is digitally constructed. Learn more at bridgettebramlage.com

Virtual Artist Panel: Acts of Care
2025-08-07 18:00 - 19:00
Join juror Kristen Carter in conversation with exhibiting artists Anna Lentz, Ashley Martin, Lorena Molina, Kelly Sturhahn, and Danielle Wyckoff to discuss all things care. With topics varying from the various understandings of care to navigating care as a social or political act, this conversation will dive deep into the backgrounds of each panelist and how they are influenced by caring for themselves and others.
Click here to view the exhibition!
This virtual event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

Closing Reception: Image, Voice, and Placemaking, 11 Years after Ferguson
2025-08-08 18:00 - 20:30 | Social Justice Initiative, 1344 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join the Social Justice Initiative and Woman Made Gallery for a powerful evening of reflection, poetic intervention, and remembrance at the Echoes of Ferguson closing reception.
As we mark the now 11th anniversary of the Ferguson Uprising, this exhibition has invited us to witness the commemorative landscapes and moments that have shaped a movement. The evening will culminate in a series of readings by local women and nonbinary poets based in Chicago, including Le’Trice Buckingham, Nikki Patín, Tara Betts, and Chirskira Cailloeut, who will offer their interpretations of the ongoing echoes of Ferguson.
This program brings together voices of resistance to create a moment for respite and solidarity. In alignment with Woman Made Gallery’s mission to support historically marginalized artists, the event centers literary work that speaks to the intersections of art, justice, and collective memory.
Let the words of poets illuminate the photographs, offering new depth and insight as we commemorate this pivotal moment in history.
Space is limited, so kindly RSVP to attend.
Featured poets:
Le’Trice Buckingham – Le’Trice Buckingham is a Chicago-based poet and multidisciplinary artist whose work blends visual art, storytelling, and ancestral memory. Her practice explores the intersections of history, imagination, and Black identity. She is the founder of Art Conjure, a collective dedicated to Black storytelling and creative conjuration.
Nikki Patín – Featured in The Guardian and on HBO, multidisciplinary artist Nikki Patin has performed and taught at the University of Chicago, Rikers Island prison, EXPO Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, the National Black Theater in Harlem and throughout the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia. Nikki Patin holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine. She is the Founder of Surviving the Mic, a survivor-led organization that curates performances and workshops for survivors of sexual harm. Patin’s debut memoir, Working on Me is out on Vine Leaves Press and is nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Tara Betts – Tara Betts is the author of Refuse to Disappear, Break the Habit, and Arc & Hue. Betts teaches at DePaul University’s Peace Studies Program and serves as poetry editor for The Langston Hughes Review. Her poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.
Chirskira Cailloeut – Chirskira Caillouet is an award winning literary artist who curates, hosts and facilitates various word related events. She and her typewriters are bookable for performing and creating original typewritten poems for you and guests future activities at bookmstypewriter@gmail.com.

Zines of Care: A DIY Workshop
2025-08-10 11:00 - 13:30 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join Cynthia E. Hanifin of Zine Club Chicago for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create zines about the ways we care for others in dialogue with the works in Woman Made Gallery’s current exhibition, Acts of Care: Nurturing the Present, Shaping the Future. Whether you’re new to zines or already an enthusiast, you’ll explore some unique zine-folding methods to enhance your words and images!
No prior experience is needed—just bring your creativity! Each participant will leave with their own handmade zine.
As part of the workshop, participants will be invited to reflect on personal experiences of giving and receiving care. Through guided prompts—like “What does care look like in your daily life?” and “Who has shown up for you in quiet or unexpected ways?”—you’ll explore the many forms care can take and translate your reflections into a one-of-a-kind zine.

Sunday, August 10
11am–1:30pm
Only 15 spots available – reserve yours now! Click here to buy tickets

Artist Walkthrough - Acts of Care: Nurturing the Present, Shaping the Future
2025-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States

Opening Reception - 8th Midwest Open
2025-08-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for the opening reception of the 8th Midwest Open. Juried by Kimberly Oliva, the Midwest Open is an annual exhibition at WMG that highlights the achievements of women and nonbinary artists living in the American Midwest. The exhibition encourages artists to expand their materials, push the boundaries of medium and texture, and explore innovative approaches.
This event is free and open to the public!

Woman Made Gallery Annual Fundraiser
2025-09-05 18:00 - 21:00
Mark your calendars for our Annual Fundraiser on September 5th, 2025!

Constellation: Monica Ong and Visual Poets in Conversation
2025-09-21 14:00 - 16:00
Join us to celebrate the experimental spirit of visual poetry in a book launch for Planetaria by Monica Ong, who will be in conversation with some of today’s most exciting interdisciplinary poets Naoko Fujimoto and Kelcey Ervick. This multi-media poetry reading and Q&A features a luminous constellation of genre-defying authors whose work blurs the boundaries of text and image, moving seamlessly across the arts and sciences, through languages and geographies. An author book-signing and refreshments will follow.
Reading from her new collection Planetaria, Monica Ong’s astronomy-inspired work, which was exhibited at the Poetry Foundation, invites us to consider poetry off the page as broadsides, literary art objects, and gallery installations, her multi-disciplinary practice made legible in a book that is at once a poetry collection and artist monograph that explores motherhood, women in science, and diaspora identity.

Artist Walkthrough - 8th Midwest Open
2025-09-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States

Opening Reception - Finding My Way
2025-10-11 16:00 - 19:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for the artist reception of Finding My Way. Open exclusively to college students in Illinois and Indiana, this exhibition focuses on the profound transformations that shape our lives, particularly the journey from childhood to adulthood. Selected work explores the physical, emotional, and psychological changes that occur during these formative years, capturing moments of growth, loss, and self-discovery. The exhibition is sponsored by Indiana University Northwest.
This event is free and open to the public!

Finding My Way: Home
2025-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
This autumn Woman Made Gallery and The Poets of #VibrantCast collaborate in a special literary event in response to the work of students from select Illinois and Indiana art-study programs.
Featured Contributors: Le’Trice Buckingham, Lydia Burris, Lor Clincy, Devon Foster, KRO, Iris Orprecio-Price, and Myron L. Stokes
VibrantCast is a Chicago-based ArtTech company and platform that connects artists, galleries, and collectors, offering tools for artists to create portfolios, discover events, and sell their work. The platform hosts local art events like the “ArtSpeaks” series, where writers create original stories inspired by visual art, and provides an app for finding nearby art and events.

The event is free and open to the public.

Artist Walkthrough - Finding My Way
2025-11-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for a casual gathering where exhibiting artists will share their backgrounds and inspirations. Enjoy light refreshments and engaging conversation with fellow attendees. The exhibition Finding My Way is sponsored by Indiana University Northwest.
This event is free and open to the public—no registration required!

Opening Reception - Small Works Members Show
2025-11-22 16:00 - 19:00 | Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for the opening reception of Woman Made Gallery’s highly anticipated Small Works Members Show!
Discover over 100 original paintings, prints, ceramics, and fiber artworks by talented Woman Made Gallery members — each piece no larger than 20 inches and priced under $400. This annual exhibition is the perfect opportunity to start your art collection or find a meaningful, one-of-a-kind gift.
Celebrate creativity, connect with artists, and experience the incredible range of talent within our vibrant community. Free and open to the public — all are welcome!

Closed for Holiday Break
2025-12-22 - 2026-01-01
Enjoy your holidays!

Opening Reception: The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord
2026-01-17 16:00 - 19:00
Join us for the Opening Reception for “The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord.” Juror Karen M. Gutfreund selected works in a variety of mediums by 34 artists from across the United States.

Artist Walkthrough: The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord
2026-02-14 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for the ​A​rtist Walkthrough for “The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord” ​juried by Karen M. Gutfreund. S​elect artists will speak about their work.

Winter Torch: A Gathering of Warmth & Resilience
2026-02-15 16:00 - 17:30
Escape the cold and step into the warm embrace of Winter Torch, a Woman Made Gallery gathering that celebrates sisterhood through the soulful guitar of Robinlee Garber and the powerful storytelling of Maureen Muldoon and Jae Green. At the heart of the evening is a screening of Quiet Piggy: We Cannot Be Silenced, a virtual exhibit amplifying voices of resistance. Together, the music, stories, and art form a radiant chorus of resilience.
Location: Epiphany Center For The Arts: Epiphany Hall | 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Age Requirement: Must be 21+ with a Valid ID
Buy Tickets Here – $30.13 ($25 + $5.13 fees, including tax)

27th International Open Artist Reception
2026-02-28 04:00 - 19:00
Join us for the opening reception of our 27th International Open on Saturday, February 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. Juror Nirmal Raja included 41 artists’ work that explore and push conceptual and material boundaries.
