It's the most wonderful time of the year to be a Woman Made Gallery member and to be included in the Small Works Members Show!  

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION This group exhibition is open to all current WMG members, regardless of gender working across mediums. Please join or renew membership here:  https://womanmade.org/join-wmg/. Any entry received without paid member dues by October 12, 2023 will not be accepted. 

WMG defines small work at or under 20 in. at the longest side and with a list price of up to $400. All works in this exhibition are required to be listed for sale. 

Members may submit up to 3 works for consideration, with one artwork guaranteed for inclusion. Entries are selected by WMG's Program Committee.

 KEY DATES (Please mark your calendar)

• Final Entry Due Date: Thurs. October 19, 2023 at 11:59 PM CST
• Notifications: Thursday. October 26, 2023 
• Exhibition Dates: November 25–December 23, 2023
• Open House Dates: Sat. Nov. 25 and Sat. Dec. 23, 2–4 PM
• Members / Volunteers Appreciation Party: Sat. Dec. 9, 2–5 PM
• In Person Art Delivery: Thurs. Fri. Sat., Nov. 9–11, 12–5 PM
• Shipped Art Due at WMG By: Thurs. Nov 9, 2023
• In-Person Pick Up #1: Sat. Dec. 23, 2023 | 4–5 PM 
• In-Person Pick Up #2: Thurs. Fri. Sat. Jan. 4–6, 2024 | 12–5 PM 
• Art Ship Out: Unsold artworks will be shipped for return to artists by January 12, 2024.
• Please Note:  WMG is not responsible for artwork that has not been picked up by due dates. Any artwork left unclaimed at the gallery after Saturday, Jan 13, 2024 will become the property of Woman Made Gallery and may be used in future fundraising efforts with WMG retaining 100% of profits. 

*WMG will closed for Winter Break from Friday, December 24, 2023 and re-open on Thursday, January 4, 2024 from noon to 5 PM. Please understand that communication with staff may be delayed during this scheduled break. 

ENTRY FEE The Small Works Members Exhibition has no ENTRY fee, but WMG membership must be current. Please ensure membership dues are paid by October 19, 2023. You may become a new member or renew your membership at: https://womanmade.org/join-wmg/ 

ELIGIBILITY Woman Made Gallery is a space for women and non-binary artists, including trans women and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer artists. WMG will accept art into its Small Works Members Show regardless of gender. 

Submit images of up to three works in any medium. At least one work is guaranteed to be included. Accepted artworks must not exceed 16" at the longest side. Applicants will be asked to submit a general artist’s statement and artist bio of no more than 250 words each. 

New media artworks are eligible. To be considered, artists must  submit a sample .mp4 or URL under 10mins for purposes of consideration. For exhibition, WMG requires a digital transfer (Google Drive, Vimeo downloads, WeTransfer) as well as a USB formatted in .mp4 file format delivered to the gallery. WMG can provide a limited number of media players, Epson projectors and TV monitors with basic speakers. All other new media needs are the responsibility of the artist. 

ART SALES Accepted works are required to be listed for sale. WMG will retain a 40% commission on sold works. Work remains the property of the artist until sold. Sold artworks shall remain in the exhibition until the end of the exhibition. Artists will be paid no later than 30 days after the close of the exhibit.   

TERMS OF EXHIBITION An artist contract with full terms of exhibition will be administered at the time of acceptance notification. 

The Small Works Members Exhibition will be hung salon style. WMG has ample pedestals and general hardware for installation (e.g. screws, nails, T-pins, magnets).  WMG requests that artists provide all supports and hardware that may be unique to the artwork (e.g. quilt/fabric art support bars, beyond usual hardware, stabilizers, hanging systems, etc.). WMG is happy to advise on installation preparation needs and recommend resources. 

Please note that the shipping/delivery to and from the gallery is the responsibility of the artist including all associated fees (e.g. the decision to insure work en route, require signature, etc.). To ensure a timely return, WMG requests a prepaid return label be included for return shipment of unsold work. Shipping companies typically only charge upon ship out at the time the label is scanned. 

If work is not picked up from exhibition by the date noted in the artist contract, work will become the property of Woman Made Gallery and subject to donation to WMG's fundraising efforts. 

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Dear Friend:

In response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and in conjunction with the Jan/Feb 2023 group exhibition, ROE 2.0, Woman Made Gallery is asking for your voice by sharing your abortion story. This is an on-going project and there is no entry due date. We'll exhibit the stories as they come in, and we feature them on WMG's website.  

We know that there are dozens of reasons why abortions are necessary and it is never a decision taken lightly.

“It was the right decision for me and for the children I already gave birth to.” “I was not ready to be a mother.” “I got my life back.” “It allowed me to complete my education.” “I was able to leave my bad relationship.” “It secured my future.” “It saved my life.” “It was medically and mentally necessary.” “I did not want to be pregnant.”

Whatever the reasons, the most outrageous part of all of this, is that half of the population has been told that they no longer have rights over their own body and that they are now 2nd class citizens.

When I had my abortion, I could not be more unprepared. I was using contraception. yet I accidentally became pregnant. I had no job and I had just been admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to receive my Master’s degree which made a tremendous difference in my life and my career, receiving the credentials necessary to teach.

There are a thousand stories. I had pretty much forgotten mine, pushed it aside. When it was over, I moved on, taught college Art, exhibited my work, and promoted other Women artists.

Even if you have not had an abortion, you know someone who has. You may have driven them to the appointment. You may remember the feelings of that day and many years afterward.

We are soliciting those personal stories now not to exceed more than 500 words. You may sign your name or stay anonymous. With your permission, your story together with others is shared on WMG’s Website.

You have a choice to sign your name, or to be anonymous and your identity will be omitted. There is no entry fee to submit your story. By clicking the checkbox in this application, you accept and agree to the Acknowledgment and Grant of Permission. If you do not agree to the Acknowledgment and Grant of Permission, you should not submit your experience to Woman Made for the Online Project: My Abortion: My Choice. 

Regards, Marcia Grubb

Lifetime WMG Member | Past President of Woman Made Gallery

Keywords:  Roe v. Wade, Reproductive Rights, Pro-Choice, Feminism, Feminist, My Body, My Choice, Planned Parenthood, Abortion Is Healthcare, Womens Rights

we gather to share what’s mine

with you, the food becomes ours,

nourishment for our hearts,

we connect and we belong 

"People migrate carrying with them remembrances of joy and burdens of life. Departing their homelands forcefully with grief and resistance or willingly with dreams and hopes for freedom, safety and bread. The new land belonged to someone else — it was stolen, and generations of cultures were erased due to genocide. With gratitude and compassion to the original inhabitants, we now call this land home.  We seek to acknowledge the colonial injustices, and racial exploitations as we explore uncharted territories. We embrace, adopt, adapt, and adjust to cultural climatic shifts, barriers, and expectations. Many communities choose to acculturate by preserving their ancestral heritage, native language, familial values and traditions, while many others take refuge in cultural denouncement and assimilate. Our cultural roots connect us with our histories which could be comforting or horrid, glorified or marginalized, celebrated or stereotyped. Our cultural experiences are bound with our communities and our home, preserved in our memories, and passed down as seeds for generations to reap. our kitchens tell our unique story. The way we eat, the ingredients we buy, the utensils we use, the foods we cook and serve, the familiarity of tastes are influenced by our ancestral cultural roots and amalgamated identities. Food is an expression of our cultural experiences and emotions. It brings people together during joyful celebrations or sorrowful moaning moments.   

Food binds us socially to build community and foster a sense of belonging. It is a catalyst for creating cross-cultural awareness, understanding, appreciation, and respect. Food is the first level of digesting another culture. The juried call mine, your, ours, invites artists, designers, and performers based in the United States to submit their distinctive ways in treasuring their traditional food recipes while exploring adaptive methods of cooking. What are their kitchen stories and familial traditions? How are their ancestral or indigenous foods cooked and shared with others? What are the challenges or marginalizations encountered by them for sustaining their familial food traditions for future generations to embrace? How is food consumed for sustenance during joy or conflict or despair at home or in their communities? How do they bring diverse communities of people together, establish belonging, and promote hope through food?" 

Exhibition Description:  WMG is inviting women and non-binary artists living in the United States whose work addresses the theme of "mine, yours, ours" to submit images of up to three works created in any medium that have not been previously exhibited at WMG. Please address the theme of this exhibition in your work and in your artist statement. The exhibition will be held at Woman Made Gallery.

About the Jurors: Archana Shekara is an Indian American artist, designer, professor of graphic design, co-director of Ethnic Studies, and creative director of Design Streak Studio, a research based social innovation lab focusing on human-centered service design at Illinois State University. She uses design as a tool to build cross-cultural understanding, acceptance, and respect. 

As a socio-cultural researcher, she investigates her transnational identity by understanding racial equity and decoloniality through a brown cultural lens and creates critical awareness using ethnographic narratives. Her medium for creative expression takes on various forms such as type design, curating immersive participatory experiences, interactive installations using mixed and various emerging digital media which evoke multi-sensory responses. Shekara’s design research interests, and scholarship in pedagogy includes cultural identity, design for belonging, social justice, and community engagement. Her innovative teaching methodologies and research have been featured in peer-reviewed national and international academic and professional publications, and conferences including Association Typographique Internationale (AtypI), Typography Day, Digitally Engaged Learning (DEL), MODE Summit, Electronic Visualization and the Arts (EVA) London, Society of Experiential Design (SEGD), AIGA Design Educators Conference (DEC), College Art Association (CAA), Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), 5th Virtual Design Education Forum, and UCDA Design Educators Summit. 

Shekara was featured in American Institiute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)’s One Designer, One Work, and by 1000 Spotlights by Speakerpost, a social impact global platform which connects educators with industry experts. She is the founder and chair of South Asian Design Educators Alliance (SADEA) which aims to promote, advance and share South Asian design histories, pedagogies, and perspectives globally. Shekara received an MFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BFA in Painting from the State University of New York in New Paltz. 

Calendar 

Exhibition Dates: January 20 – February 17, 2024 

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 20 from 4 to 7 PM CST 

Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, February 17 from 2 to 4 PM CST 

First Entry Due Date: November 11, 2023, 11:59 PM CST 

Extended Due Date (fee increase to $35): November 18, 2023, 11:59 PM CST 

Notification: November 30, 2023
 

Entry Fee
Entry Fee *The entry fee is $30 until the first deadline. The entry fee will then increase to $35 per entry. Each entry requires a minimum of one artwork, though up to three artworks may be considered per submission. Entry fees are non-refundable.
Members at the Enhanced Artist Level ($100) and above receive one free entry annually. Please email general@womanmade.org to receive your one-time code for free entry redemption.

WMG offers up to 30 fee waivers per exhibition. To acknowledge the historic inequities of wealth distribution, they are mainly reserved for ALAANA/BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+. If you require a fee waiver simply email us explaining your need and we will assist you. Please email WMG at general@womanmade.org to request a fee-waiver.

Eligibility
Woman Made Gallery is a space for women and nonbinary artists, including trans women and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer artists. We welcome art from women and non-binary artists from our local community, regionally based, and around the world.
Due to wall size restrictions, artworks must be no larger than 6’ horizontally and under 75 pounds in weight, unless delivered to and picked up from our 4th floor gallery by the artist. Artists may be additionally responsible for the installation of oversized works.
New media artworks are eligible. To be considered, artists must submit a sample .mp4 or URL under 10 mins for purposes of consideration. For exhibition, WMG requires a digital transfer (Google Drive, Vimeo downloads, WeTransfer) as well as a USB formatted in .mp4 file format delivered to the gallery. WMG can provide a limited number of screens and projectors with basic speakers. All other new media needs are the responsibility of the artist.

Art Sales
Accepted work may be listed for sale or be not for sale (NFS). WMG will retain a 40% commission on sold works. Work remains the property of the artist until sold. Sold artworks shall remain in the exhibition until the end of the exhibition. Artists will be paid no later than 30 days after the close of the exhibit. Artists may donate any portion of their commission to WMG.

Terms of Exhibition
An artist contract with full terms of the exhibition will be administered at the time of acceptance notification.

Artists need to retrieve their work by the date noted in the artist contract or make alternate arrangements. WMG is unable to store work beyond the pick-up date. Artists may donate their art to WMG's fundraising efforts if unable to pick it up. WMG is happy to talk through preparations, offer advice, and recommend resources as requested.

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is seeking entries for Digital Alchemy: Transforming Pixels into Emotions, a virtual group exhibition open to women and non-binary artists. Entries are curated by Willea Zwey. Artists may submit up to three works plus an artist statement related to the exhibition theme. ALL accepted works with statements will be viewable online.

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION: This exhibition focuses on the emotional impact of digital art. Artists experiment with digital tools to evoke feelings, sensations, and narratives. The show can feature multimedia installations, audiovisual experiences, and emotionally immersive digital artworks.

In alignment with the theme of the exhibition, the juror is keen to see how artists leverage digital tools to enrich the narratives in their artworks. She is interested in understanding in their works how these tools have altered or enhanced the dynamics of their creative thinking and process, and why this is crucial for expressing the value of their identity and practice as artists.

This virtual exhibition is open to artwork in all media that has not been previously exhibited at WMG.

ABOUT THE JUROR:
Willea Zwey is a multidisciplinary artist and musician based in Chicago. 

Drawing from her background in architecture, Willea’s artwork depicts otherworldly scenes with unconventional perspectives, surreal elements, and deep storytelling. Ever since venturing into the digital art scene, Willea's unique styles have rapidly garnered international acclaim - her artwork has been auctioned on platforms including Sotheby's and exhibited worldwide, including Times Square, New York, Tokyo, London, Paris, Dubai, and Hong Kong. For more information visit Willea's website: https://willeazwey.com/

IMPORTANT DATES
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION DATES: December 2, 2023 – January 13, 2024
ENTRY DUE DATE: Saturday, October 14, 2023 @ 11:59 PM CST
EXTENDED ENTRY DUE DATE: Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 11:59 PM CST
NOTIFICATIONS: Saturday, October 28, 2023

 ENTRY FEE
The entry fee for Digital Alchemy is $20. The entry fee will then increase to $25 per submission for the extended deadline.
  Only one submission may be entered per artist. Each submission may include from one to three artworks. The juror will decide which works she wants to include. No refunds offered.

WMG Members at the Enhanced $100 Artist Level and above receive one free entry annually. Please email general@womanmade.org to receive your one-time code for free entry redemption.

 WMG offers fee waivers to those that request the need and upon approved application. WMG offers 30 fee waivers in total. To acknowledge the historic inequities of wealth distribution, 20 of the 30 are exclusively reserved for ALAANA/BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+. Factors that result in an approved application include financial instability or low income status, student or recent graduate status, identification as ALAANA/BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+, or a demonstrated need otherwise. WMG accepts Fee Waiver Request forms on a rolling basis until all fee waivers have been distributed. Please email WMG at general@womanmade.org to request a fee waiver.

 ELIGIBILITY
  Woman Made Gallery is a space for women and non-binary artists, including trans women and femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer artists. This exhibit is open to artists from the local, national, and international communities.
  "Digital Alchemy" will be an on-line only exhibition, viewable on Woman Made Gallery’s website and social media channels.
Please note:  "Woman Made reserves the right to refuse entries that do not comply with the entry requirements or Woman Made's mission. In such an event, Woman Made will refund any entry fees for the submitted work."

 ART SALES
  Accepted work may be listed for sale, though it is not required. WMG will retain a 30% commission on any works sold through WMG's website. Shipping arrangements are the responsibility of the artists and any shipping expenses will be added to the sale price of a work. Artists will be paid no later than 30 days after the close of the exhibit if sales happen through WMG's website.