One Planet, One Experiment

Woman Made Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new juried group show, One Planet, One Experiment. The show brings together the work of over 30 artists, including weaving, painting, etching and photography. The show’s title is inspired by the writings of American Ecologist E.O. Wilson, which examine the threats that human activity poses to the environment.

The exhibition will be on view from September 5 to October 2, 2008.

From the colorful found object installations of Efrat Hildesheim, to the eerie photographed sculptures of Cynthia O’Dell, this group show presents a variety of perspectives on humans’ often destructive interactions with the physical world that they inhabit.

Jurors Lynda Cole and Leslie Sobel are both practicing artists whose knowledge base extends beyond the realm of visual art and into that of the environment. Cole is both a member of Michigan’s WSG Gallery and a former landscaping business owner, while Sobel is one of the founders of Art Alchemists, a collective of artists who use digital technology in the creation of their works. Both artists will exhibit a body of their work simultaneously with the group show.

Group Show Artists Include: Tomoko Abe, Katharyn Addcox, Jane Ingram Allen, ATYL, Sandra Bacon, Arden Bendler Browning, Nicole Clare Campbell, Sage Chettle, Marnie Victoria Fender, Julie Ganser, Christie Ginanni, Cherie Hanson, Michelle A. Hegyi, Efrat Hildesheim, Namita Kapoor, Emily Keown, Deborah Landry, Kim Laurel, M. Lennington, Sara Mast, Carol McHarg, Susan Norton-Scott, Cynthia O'Dell, Margaret Parker, Jennifer Gioe Peper, Catherine Prose, Maryruth Prose, Sepideh Salehi, Liz Ghitta Segall, Bricelyn Strauch, Allison Svoboda, Susana Taratuty, Liz Vercruysse, Katherine Weston, LaDawna Whiteside and Gail Willert.

Lynda Cole: The World between Black and White

Using black and white altered photographs transferred to the back of half inch Plexiglas, Lynda Cole's images are the visual equivalent of the sound of rain on the roof on a melancholy day.

Leslie Sobel: Phase Change/ art about warming & water

Leslie Sobel’s mixed media two and three-dimensional artworks express her concern about climate change and the vulnerability of our environment. Her work starts with aerial landforms – satellite images downloaded from the NASA website.

Jean Nerenberg: Our World and Beyond

Jean Nerenberg’s delicate and transparent watercolor and mixed media paintings reveal her increasing concern with the future of our planet, threatened by nuclear destruction, global warming, and man’s own inability to peacefully co-exist.

Object of Desire: Group Show at the Artisan Gallery

The Artisan Gallery at Woman Made exhibits works by eight artisans in "Object of Desire," juried by Mary Stoppert and Carmen M. Perez. -- www.womanmade.org

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