My collaborative piece with Shelly Jyoti “EPOCH 2020: Breathe” is on view in this group exhibition.
ON VIEW: June 11 – July 16 2022
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday June 11, 2022 4 – 7 PM CST
VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION : Thursday June 16, 2022 4:30 PM CST
ARTISTS WALKTHROUGH: Saturday, July 16, 3:30 PM CST
Website: https://womanmade.org/generations-30-years-of-woman-made-gallery/
Woman Made Gallery is turning 30! WMG was founded in 1992, marking 2022 the 30th Anniversary of Chicago’s longest operating feminist art gallery. We are thrilled to announce the exhibition titled Generations will be on view from June 11 – July 16, 2022.
Generations is an exhibition celebrating the past, and envisioning the future of WMG and its values. Through this exhibition, WMG asked alumnae artists to reflect back upon the importance of feminist art space in their art practices, careers and relationships. Art in this exhibition speaks of motherhood and the right to choice, the nuances of intersectional thought and ways in which women hold hands to build each other up. A deep dive into the gallery’s past arrived up to moments of witness into activism, rebellion, the need for rest and the abundance of wealth when it comes to community and connections.
41 alumni artists of 30 years of the gallery have come together in this exhibition to build a narrative of support, evolution, courage and solidarity.
Juried by committee, WMG decided to bring two of our programming committee members Vice President Jae Green and Programming Intern Marisa Miles to understand and direct this exhibition.
“This is a time to consider-what we find and bring with us from our history and what we provide for our future-for the next thirty years of art and artists at WMG.”
Jae Green, Vice President of the Board, WMG Gallery.
“Generations insists on a cumulative lineage where pieces of one’s ancestral connection informs its present being. Woman Made is a gallery built on generations of woman and non-binary artists visualizing the progression of feminism through a lens informed by one’s collective experience.”
Marisa Miles, Gallery Intern, Programming
Exhibiting Artists:
Robin Adsit
Helena Baka
Jenny E. Balisle
Jamie Bernstein
Monica J. Brown
Pamela Callahan
Yvette L. Cummings
Frederica Diane
Helen Geglio
Felicia Grant Preston
Payton Harris-Woodard
Deborah Hirshfield
Leslie A. Hirshfield
Ellen Holtzblatt
Candace Hunter
Natalie Jackson
Ashley January
Linda R. James
Indira Freitas Johnson
Millicent Kennedy
Cynthia Kerby
Laura Kina and Shelly Jyoti
Jamie Kost
Emily Lang
Kim Laurel
Susan Lenz
Verneda Lights
Tai Lipan
Christy Lo Lok Lam
Elaine Luther
Cristina Marquez
Gillian Marwood
Penny Mateer
Terri Messinides
Christyn Overstake
Cherry Rahn
Dolores Slowinski
Tricia Lynn Townes
Shoshanna Weinberger
Jade Williams
Jessica Witte
About the committee:Jae Green is a poet, second-generation artist, mother and cancer survivor originally from the South side of Chicago. Her poetry can be found in anthologies such as “Residual Believers”, “Smithsonian Magazine” and “Voices from the Heartland”. She has performed at The Green Mill, Randolph Street Gallery, The Chicago Cultural Center, Woman Made Gallery, The Chicago Poetry Fest, Metro, The Martin, Side Street Studios, and The Catherine Edelman Gallery.
Marisa Miles is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago studying Urban Studies and Museum Studies. Marisa has been interning with Woman Made Gallery since January 2021 and has supported new programs at the gallery including Instagram Lives artist interviews. With her deep knowledge of archives and Urban planning, Marisa has received numerous grants to further her work in Chicago History.
