W.A.R.M. is a nonprofit, grassroots organization of international women artists founded in 1999 by Dr Molly Merryman (who at the time was the Director for Kent State's Women's Resource Center) and myself, Cheryl Townsend after attending a Guerrilla Girls talk at Kent State University. We have the sole intent of promoting the artistic eclecticism of women through exhibitions, workshops, seminars, performances, publications, and whatever means necessary to ensure her voice is heard, her vision shared, her art available. Based in the North Water Street Gallery in Kent, OH, W.A.R.M. has curated shows at Blue Ruin Gallery in Pittsburg and numerous Ohio located venues.

W.A.R.M. hosts an annual fundraising show at its base, the North Water Street Gallery in March. Women are always welcome to submit their work for consideration. E-mail jpgs can be sent to warmarts@aol.com as well as mailed on CD to 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224.

We have been honored with the presence of the very impetus of WARM...The Guerrilla Girls are here!

From their bio;
Guerrilla Girls formed in 1985 as an anonymously operating group of New York artists who became known for using gorilla masks. The group members use the names of dead female artists like Frida Kahlo, Eva Hesse, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gertrude Stein, Georgia O'Keeffe. It is not known who the members are in real life, and how many belong to the group. Posters and postcard actions as well as public appearances have addressed the issue that women and non-whites are being excluded from the art world.
In 18 years we have produced over 100 posters, stickers, books, printed projects, and actions that expose sexism and racism in politics, the art world, film and the culture at large. We use humor to convey information, provoke discussion, and show that feminists can be funny. We wear gorilla masks to focus on the issues rather than our personalities. Dubbing ourselves the conscience of culture, we declare ourselves feminist counterparts to the mostly male tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Batman, and the Lone Ranger. Our work has been passed around the world by kindred spirits who we are proud to have as supporters. It has also appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines and in countless art and feminist texts. The mystery surrounding our identities has attracted attention. We could be anyone; we are everywhere.
To contact these bodacious ladies, they have requested it be done via their Facebook page.

Here's some other sites of interest;
20th Century Feminist Art Overview
At Drury University
On JSTOR

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