Workshops
Issue 2: Bodies Luminous – A Workshop on Being Seen
Saturday, June 13
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Fee: $15.00
The workshop takes place at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60607.
Workshop materials are included in the fee for this event.
The curators of the Bodies Luminous exhibition will host a workshop grounded in Diamond Forde’s poem “fat girl Dances with a Stranger at a Block Party.”
Writers of all levels are invited to construct a gratitude journal from paper and found materials to house a poem. Participants will explore craft elements which convey celebration in poetry, including sound, rhyme scheme, and point of view, through a generative writing session.
Workshop attendees can look forward to listening to the associated playlist of Mother Body throughout the workshop and engaging with sources of inspiration about music in poetry.
Bodies Luminous Curators
Madeline McConico is an interdisciplinary poet, editor, and PhD candidate whose work spans acclaimed literary journals, video installation, and the co-founded publication Unwoven Literary & Arts Magazine, where she champions innovative poetry as Co-Curator of Off the Page: Poetry Reimagined and Editor-in-Chief of Frontier Poetry.
Sarah Peecher is a Chicago-based poet, educator, and Associate Editor of Frontier Poetry whose debut chapbook KEELING (Finishing Line Press, 2025) and Pushcart-nominated work reflect her commitment to exploring the intersections between literary and visual art as a curator for Off the Page: Poetry Reimagined.
Ren Buchness (they/them) is a Tucson-based painter, performer, and fat queer activist whose MFA-grounded studio practice and community work with Fluxx Productions center the fat, queer, and trans experience through art that provokes dialogue in today’s political and social landscape.
Survival Guide for Artists PDF
$15.00
This project is a continuation of Woman Made Gallery’s Exhibiting Professionalism Manual, which was originally written by Janet Bloch and Beate Minkovski and used in WMG’s workshops form 1995 to 2012. The current version has been updated by WMG team member, Veronica Clements, and edited by Melanie Deal. This guide was written to assist artists with their professional development. The advice comes from a vast network of personal and professional experience in creating, exhibiting, curating, and jurying artwork.
Note: Orders will be emailed to you and will include a link and a PDF attachment of the manual.
Woman Made Gallery is supported in part by grants from The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Puffin Foundation; a major anonymous donor; and the generosity of its members and contributors.