Woman Made Gallery

Organization Type
Venue
Overview

Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to cultivate, promote and support the work of female-identified artists by providing exhibition opportunities, professional development, and public programs that invite discussion about what feminism means today. More than 8,000 women artists have exhibited their work since WMG was established. WMG welcomes the participation of people of all gender expressions and orientations as artists and program participants, members and supporters.

Our Vision

Woman Made Gallery’s vision is to ensure the equal placement of women’s art in the world.

Mission Statement

Woman Made Gallery (WMG) supports, cultivates and promotes the diverse contributions of women in the arts through exhibitions and other programs that serve, educate and enrich the community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

physical space = virtual space, foundation = future, purpose = possibility

 

 

 

19th International Open

 

 

 

Abandoned Margins Exhibition + Programs

 

 

 

WMG Board, Staff, Volunteers

 

 

 

Radiance Group Exhibition

 

 

 

Gallery Tally Poster Project

 

 

 

Mutations of Otherness Solo Show by Shoshanna Weinberger

 

 

 

 Equilibrium for a Changing World

 

 

 

Humans Being II Group Exhibition

 

 

 

WMG Curates Northern Trust Exhibition

 

 

 

20 Anniversary Archives + Permanent Collection

 

 

 

 20 Jurors

 

 

 

New WMG Logo created by Firebelly University

 

 

 

Minimalism in the 21st Century with Curator Ingrid Fassbender

 

 

 

Honoring Artist Indira Freitas Johnson at WMG Gala

 

 

 

 Amy Galpin

 

 

 

While in Class ... Students Exhibition and Reading

 

 

 

 Looking South

 

 

 

 Art by Jewish Women

 

 

 

 Speaking to My Ancestors

 

 

 

 responses by women about the war in Iraq

 

 

WMG offers programs at The Women's Treatment Center

 

 

 

Signatures of Age Visitors

 

 

 

 Whitney Bradshaw

 

 

 

WMG moves to Chicago's Riverwest neighborhood on 685 N Milwaukee Avenue

 

 

 

 Black White & Blues

 

 

 

Under the direction of Mary Stoppert and Carmen Perez, WMG opens the Artisan Gallery

 

 

WBEZ spotlights WMG and the 7th International Open on its program

 

 

 

Normal/Abnormal: Bodies and Minds | Juror: Ann Starr

 

 

 

WMG Starts the New Year at Bloomingdale Ave., Chicago

 

 

 

Herstory T-Shirt by Janet Bloch

 

 

 

WMG 10 Year Anniversary

 

 

 

Her Mark Datebook

 

 

 

 Dayna Block

 

 

 

Cats & Dogs at WMG

 

 

 

WMG Art Gallery Tour

 

 

 

 Mary Ross Taylor

 

 

 

Reflections Review

 

 

 

Reflections Review

 

 

 

First Solo Show with Work by Elizabeth Harms (Neubauer)

 

 

 

WMG Curates 'Silent Victims' Exhibition in Springfield

 

 

 

Website (womanmade.org) Created by Galganov & Associates as a GIft to WMG

 

 

 

Hillary Clinton is Visiting the Women's Park next to WMG

 

 

 

WMG moves from Chicago's North Side to Prairie Ave. in South Loop

 

 

 

 Work by Mary Ellen Croteau

 

 

 

WMG Gets in Trouble with the Virgin Mary

 

 

 

Menarche, Menses, Menopause and Blood

 

 

 

Hollis Sigler and Dr. Rita Simo at WMG

 

 

 

Sister Serpents Let Loose at WMG

 

 

 

Angela Jackson Reads at WMG

 

 

 

First All Male Exhibition

 

 

 

WMG Forms First Board of Directors

 

 

 

First Lesbian Group Show

 

 

 

WMG Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Illinois

 

 

 

 Women Do Women

 

 

 

WMG opens its doors with ‘Man-Made Women’ by Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski

 

 

 

Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski hatching Woman Made Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Hours
Hours vary. Please visit website.
Parking

There is a gated parking lot on the north (21st Street) side of the building.  Visitor spaces are marked, and are located on the west side of the lot. Make sure to use visitor parking only.

Enter the building using the door marked “North Entrance,” which is accessible from the parking lot.

Location

Woman Made Gallery

2150 S. Canalport Ave #4A-3
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 738-0400