News & events
September
9/3/2008WCA Midwest Regional Exhibition 2008...
...will be held at ARC Gallery from September 3-27, 2008. The Chicago Women's Caucas for Art is sponsoring the exhibition which will be juried by Beate C. Minkovski, co-founder and executive director of Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.
Deadline for entries is June 15. To download a prospectus, click here. For information regarding this exhibition please contact: gallery@womanmade.org
June
6/7/2008"INTERVENING FEMINISM...
...SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE FEMINIST ART MOVEMENT" - A Graduate Student Symposium
Presented by the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Corridor (MAAC) in honor of The Feminist Art Project, and held in conjunction with the "Feminist Interrogations" June exhibition at ARC Gallery, the symposium will be held at Intuit on June 7, 2008, with an after party immediately following at Woman Made Gallery.
Click here for the symposium schedule, and pre-register at Intuit.
May
5/9/2008"60 YEARS..."
...the exhibition and the accompanying programs hosted at ARC Gallery, are sponsored by the Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East:
- May 9, 7-8 PM: music by Lamajamal Group during the opening reception.
- May 10, 3 PM: Panel discussion, "The Challenges of Making Political Art," with participating artists, moderated by Professor Margaret Olin (School of the Art Institute).
- May 17, 3 PM: Short films reflecting on 1948 events, moderated by Lisa Kasowsky.
- May 31, 3 PM: Panel discussion, "Envisioning a Future of Coexistence," with Ali Abunimah (cofounder of Electronic Intifada), Professor Yali Amit (University of Chicago), moderator: Jennifer Bing-Canar (AFSC).
Click here for a flyer of the event.
5/1/2008
SEEKING MEMBERS in CHICAGO...
...available to women artists based on excellence of work and personal commitment to the goals and mission of this alternative gallery and its cooperative structure.
See Membership section for more info and download local artist member for application.
March
3/1/2008MEMBER NEWS...
...NANCY CHARAK has just been interviewed for a blog on Chicago art and artists! Charak also has two upcoming events this spring into summer: RESONANCE, Solo Exhibit at the University Center Gallery, University of Montana in Missoula, Opening reception: Thursday, May 1, Exhibit runs to May 31. DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE, Solo Exhibit at Woman Made Gallery, 685 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Opening reception: Friday, June 27, Exhibit runs to July 24. Read and subscribe to Nancy's Blog, Rounder Studio Stuff.
...PATRICIA OTTO has a recent interview titled "Q&A with Pat Otto: Body Presence" posted on ArtStyle Blog.
3/30/2007
ARC ARCHIVES MOVE TO ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, RYERSON LIBRARY IN 2007...
..."The Art Institute of Chicago is taking all of ARC's 33 years of archives for their Ryerson Library to store for scholarly research on a permanent basis," ARC Advisory Board Member, Joanna Gardner-Huggett announced. Learn more...
April
4/20/2006THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE ARTS CORRIDOR (MAAC)...
...was formed in 2006 as a coalition of ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation, INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art and Woman Made Gallery.
ARC is one of the three unique, non-profit arts organizations in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago that has joined forces to provide excellence in the arts through exhibitions, education and community programming. To see a timeline of MAAC sponsored events, click here.