Feminism 250 — Woman Made America

Feminism 250: Woman Made America is Woman Made Gallery's contribution to the United States' 250th anniversary year, framed deliberately through a feminist lens. The exhibition asks where women and nonbinary artists locate themselves in that national history — what has been written in, what has been erased, and what is being reclaimed.

The brief gathers five throughlines: erasure, reclamation, intersectionality, activism, and feminist futures. Submissions are not limited to documentary or political work; the exhibition reads the theme broadly across approaches, from archival reworkings to staged portraiture to abstract gestures.

All media are eligible — photography sits alongside painting, sculpture, fiber, performance documentation — but generative AI cannot be the primary creation method. Submissions come through EntryThingy: one to three artworks, $30 fee. Juried by the WMG Program Committee.

The exhibition runs August 29 through September 26, 2026 in person at the gallery at 1332 S. Halsted Street, Chicago. The submission deadline is June 27, 2026.