# Woman Made Gallery > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Woman_Made_Gallery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Woman_Made_Gallery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Made_Gallery > Source revision: 1356411737 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Feminist art gallery}} The '''Woman Made Gallery''' (WMG) is a [Chicago](/source/Chicago) based [non-profit](/source/non-profit) [gallery](/source/Art_gallery) known for elevating women and non-binary artists through exhibitions, membership, and community dialogue programs. Woman Made's vision is to ensure the equal placement of [women's art](/source/women_artists) in the art world. WMG is Chicago's longest-operating [feminist](/source/feminist) art gallery and one of the leading organizations promoting women's art in the US.{{cite web|title=A New Vision for Chicago’s Oldest Feminist Gallery|url=http://hyperallergic.com/81028/a-new-vision-for-chicagos-oldest-feminist-gallery/|publisher=Hyperallergic|access-date=14 October 2013}} Founded in 1992, by Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski,{{Cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Woman-Made-Gallery-marks-25-years-new-location/60989.html|title=Woman Made Gallery marks 25 years, new location – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive|website=Windy City Times|access-date=2019-01-25}} Woman Made Gallery has hosted nearly 400 [exhibitions](/source/exhibitions) and has exhibited more than 9,000 women artists.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://womanmade.org/aboutus.html|publisher=Woman Made Gallery|access-date=14 October 2013}} The gallery has been associated with artists like [Judy Chicago](/source/Judy_Chicago) and [Faith Ringgold](/source/Faith_Ringgold).{{Cite journal|last=Owens Anderson|first=Joyce|date=Winter 2019|title=We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold|journal=The Journal of African American History|volume=91|pages=364–365}} ==Development== Woman Made Gallery was originally housed in [Ravenswood Manor](/source/Ravenswood_Manor) on Chicago's Northside (4646 N Rockwell St), from 1992 until August 1997. WMG then moved to Prairie Avenue (1900 S. Prairie Ave),{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/prairie-avenue-historic-district-whats-left/Content?oid=905125|title=Prairie Avenue Historic District: What's Left|last=Figliulo|first=Susan|website=Chicago Reader|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}} south of downtown Chicago from 1997–2003. This location was more centrally located and closer to more diverse neighborhoods of people. The new location also had more exhibition space and allowed WMG to display works form their Permanent Collection. In early 2003 WMG moved again to [Humboldt Park (2418 W Bloomingdale Ave)](/source/Humboldt_Park%2C_Chicago){{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/woman-mades-fixer-upper/Content?oid=911093|title=Woman Made's Fixer-Upper|last=Jepsen|first=Cara|website=Chicago Reader|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}), where they remained until November 2005. WMG moved to 685 N. Milwaukee Ave, nearby to [Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art](/source/Intuit%3A_The_Center_for_Intuitive_and_Outsider_Art) and the former location of ARC Gallery. This space is 3,000 square feet with two levels. In 2017, WMG moved to the Lacuna Lofts (2150 S. Canalport Ave, Suite 4A3{{Cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Woman-Made-Gallery-marks-25-years-new-location/60989.html|title=Woman Made Gallery marks 25 years, new location – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive|website=Windy City Times|access-date=2019-01-25}}). They are now located in the Pilsen-UIC neighborhood at 1332 S. Halsted Ave. ==Mission== The gallery's founder, Beate Minkovski, stated in an interview that the gallery's priority is to provide a platform for women artists' perspective. She added, “Woman Made fills a niche that is important, not just now, but also for the future,” states Minkovski. “It’s almost like saying, African American galleries: are they necessary or not? Will they ever not be necessary? When men say, ‘Why? It’s all the same? Why can’t I show my work?’ we used to say ‘You have the whole world where you can show.’”{{Cite web|url=http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/07/woman-made-gallery/|title=ARC & Woman Made Gallery on the Issue of Feminism : Chicago Art Magazine|website=chicagoartmagazine.com|access-date=2019-01-25|archive-date=2013-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017080212/http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/07/woman-made-gallery/|url-status=dead}} ==Logo== WMG's current [logo](/source/logo) was designed in 2012 by a team at Firebelly University. The logo, an intertwined "W" and "M" symbolizes how women in the arts support one another.{{cite web|url=http://womanmade.org/history.html|title=History|publisher=Woman Made Gallery|access-date=14 October 2013|archive-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112092354/http://www.womanmade.org/history.html|url-status=dead}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{Official website|womanmade.org}} * ''Chicago Art Magazine'', [http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/07/woman-made-gallery/ "ARC & Woman Made Gallery on the Issue of Feminism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017080212/http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/07/woman-made-gallery/ |date=2013-10-17 }} {{coord|41|53|39.1|N|87|39|6.5|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark|display=title}} Category:Art museums and galleries in Chicago Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1992 Category:Women's art organizations --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Woman Made Gallery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Made_Gallery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Made_Gallery?action=history)). 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