CLOSING RECEPTION & WALKTHROUGH: Saturday, March 29, 2–4 PM CST

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Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the 26th International Open. This exhibition sought entries in all media by women and non-binary artists worldwide. Juried by artist and educator, Savneet K Talwar, this open theme encouraged entries that explore or challenge conceptual and material boundaries. The exhibition includes works in various mediums by 40 artists from across the United States and from China, Italy, Qatar, and the UK.

Exhibition Events
The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, March 1, from 4 to 7 PM. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 PM.

Additional events include a Virtual Artist Panel Discussion event with the juror, Savneet K Talwar and select exhibiting artists.

The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, March 29, from 2 to 4 PM, offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.

Exhibiting Artists
Prisma Andrade, Sayera Anwar, Boisali Biswas, Adrienne Brown-David, Elaine Buss, Lauren Callis, Ashley Chan, Martina Dalla Stella, Zenona Darrow, Elizabeth diGiacomantonio, Gabrielle Egnater, Hasadri Freeman, Hanna Glatz, Debbie Grifka, Katharine Joy Houpt, Trang Huynh, Laurel Izard, Natalie Jackson, Cynthia Kerby, Yasmeen Khayr, Katherine Lampert, Seonyoung Lee, Lauren Leone, Siobhan Lesniak, Jen McNulty, Meg Morley, Amber Mustafic, Jennie E. Park, Andrea Picard, Marilyn Propp, Jiselle Ramírez, Charlotte Rodenberg, Fazilat Soukhakian, Wendy L Starn, Fanxi Sun, Araceli Trujillo, Grayson Ticer, Holly Willis, Emilka Wolniewicz, Xena Zhang

In her juror’s statement Savneet Talwar writes: “Jurying this show was both an honor and a challenge, as many outstanding works could not be included due to space constraints. I was drawn to pieces exploring the domestic sphere, history, memory, creative process, and feminism within a global context—revealing interconnected narratives. The selected works push material and conceptual boundaries, questioning personal and public spaces that women and gender non-binary artists navigate. Spanning painting, weaving, embroidery, sculpture, photography, collage, prints, and video, I hope this exhibition resonates with viewers.”

About the Juror: Savneet K. Talwar
Savneet Talwar is a Chicago based American Studies scholar, fiber artist, educator and art therapist. She is currently a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the art therapy and fiber and material studies departments. As an interdisciplinary fiber and feminist artist, her work exists at the intersection of archives, memory, language, feminist politics and questions of resistance. She is interested in the contradictions of feminist labor and archival matters to explore history and memory that questions– what and who is worthy of being a subject of discourse? What colonial narratives and images continue to define matters of the global south? For more information visit Savneet Talwar’s website: https://www.savneettalwar.com/

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Tags: 26th International Open, Adrienne Brown-David, Amber Mustafic, Andrea Picard, Araceli Trujillo, Ashley Chan, Boisali Biswas, Charlotte Rodenberg, Chicago, Cynthia Kerby, Debbie Grifka, Elaine Buss, Elizabeth diGiacomantonio, Emilka Wolniewicz, Fanxi Sun, Fazilat Soukhakian, Gabrielle Egnater, Grayson Ticer, Hanna Glatz, Hasadri Freeman, Holly Willis, Jen McNulty, Jennie E. Park, Jiselle Ramirez, Katharine Joy Houpt, Katherine Lampert, Laurel Izard, Lauren Callis, Lauren Leone, Marilyn Propp, Martina Dalla Stella, Meg Morley, Natalie Jackson, near west side, Prisma Andrade, Savneet K. Talwar, Sayera Anwar, Seonyoung Lee, Siobhan Lesniak, Trang Huynh, Wendy L Starn, Woman Made Gallery, Xena Zhang, Yasmeen Khayr, Zenona Darrow