August 2026:
Beginning August 26, with the reopening of RAM Downtown following a new roof installation and other facility upgrades, the museum will offer free general admission for all Racine County residents. The initiative is made possible by the generous support of the Osborne & Scekic Family Foundation and expands on the free admission policy already in place at RAM Wustum.
Free admission applies to regular daily entry and does not include specially ticketed exhibitions or events. Valid proof of Racine County residency is required.
Extended Hours
Also starting with the museum’s reopening next week, RAM Downtown will offer expanded hours to provide greater flexibility and convenience for visitors. The museum will be open Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm, along with new evening and weekend hours. Guests can enjoy the museum until 8pm on Thursdays, and from 12 – 4pm on Sundays. RAM Wustum remains open Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm.
Racine Art Museum (RAM) is a nationally recognized institution that presents exhibitions and programming curated around contemporary art, craft, and design. Located in Racine, Wisconsin, a historic community on the shores of Lake Michigan, it occupies two facilities—the Racine Art Museum, an expansive modern gallery with award-winning architecture on the downtown waterfront, and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Wustum), an exhibition space and studio art center housed in a historic farmhouse surrounded by lawns and gardens.
RAM is known for having the largest contemporary craft collection in North America, with more than 14,000 works by renowned artists in ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, polymer, wood, and more. RAM's thoughtful exhibitions invite visitors to engage with artistic innovation, the physicality of materials, and the intersection of the craft and contemporary art movements.
Wustum—located just two miles away from RAM—offers community outreach programs, studio art classes for students of all ages and abilities, and exhibitions like Watercolor Wisconsin and annual themed Community Art Shows that showcase the vitality of the area's arts scene.
Please visit the website for information about current onsite and virtual programming.
Image: Jarvis Lawson
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Responding to her own biracial background, Tanya Crane imbues her enamel, metal, and found object jewelry with reflections on history, resiliency, migration, community, adornment, humanity, identity, family, and heritage. As she considers how traditions shift across space or through time, Crane creates patterns that echo designs of global Indigenous makers. This exhibition features jewelry inspired by historical adornment in RAM’s permanent collection—specifically, incised metal bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that were used as currency. Objects like this were exchanged within trade or barter networks, not only for local agricultural and luxury products but also in transatlantic slave trade negotiations. This potential compelled Crane to cautiously move forward with her explorations.
As she states, “The research for my jewelry encompasses both a response to my immediate landscape and my family stories relative to the impacts of the Great Migration. It is through this lens that I interact with and respond to the museum’s collection, contextualizing that historical work through a contemporary lens and providing a dynamic framework to investigate the past in the present.”
Crane’s artwork metaphorically embodies the many layers of human existence—specifically, history, race, class, and culture. Through her practice, she reaches into the past to better understand the present and, potentially, the future. As a contemporary jeweler, Crane centers mark-making, patterns, and material choice to build the content in her individual pieces, and doesn’t shy away from using scale to create bold statements. The sgraffito technique she often employs means she carves through one layer of information to get to another—literally uncovering and exposing what has come before.
In 2022, RAM invited Crane—who was teaching at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, and has since moved back to her home state of California—to consider making work in response to a small selection of historical African pieces in the museum’s collection. Crane’s personal investment in using jewelry to make connections and her stated interest in the history of adornment made her a good candidate for this provocative project—she was ready to consider tackling the metaphorical weight of these metal historical objects that once functioned very differently than they do in a museum collection.
Tanya Crane received her MFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and her BFA in Metal from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Crane is an Assistant Professor of 3D Foundations, Jewelry and Sculpture at Long Beach City College. Named a 2024 United States Artist Fellow in Craft, she was selected in 2023 to be an inaugural recipient of the Center for Craft’s Teaching Artist Cohort. Crane was also a recipient of The Doris Prouty Foundation Artist Grant—offered to BIPOC/AAPI women artists in Massachusetts and North Carolina to further their artistic activity and practice. She was the 2018 Society of North American Goldsmith’s Emerging Artist and selected to present at SOFA Chicago, as well as the 2017 winner of the Society of Arts and Crafts–Boston Artist Award.
Crane’s work is in the collections of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Philadelphia Art Museum; Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; and Racine Art Museum.
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\r\nPhotography: Jon Bolton, Racine
Gallery 3
This exhibition features pieces that embrace the idea of a portrait as an investigation of character and situation, tangible details, and abstract elements. From self-portraits to works that encapsulate the essence of a subject through metaphor or emotion, these works encourage contemplation about how human beings understand one another as well as the world around them. At a time when selfies and casual “snaps,” are ever more present and popular, it is interesting to consider what it means to explore and understand the self and others through two and three-dimensional representations.
FEATURED ARTIST
On view now is a small selection of the work of Milwaukee-based artistKierston Ghaznavi. She creates articulated paper dolls that represent, in her own works, \"black pop culture, afro-centric natural hair, positive imagery of black women, self-love and awareness.\" She translates her childhood interest in playing with dolls and drawing characters from her imagination into an exploration of identity, realized through anonymous subjects or personal friends. With a process that takes anywhere from three to eight hours per piece, Ghaznavi draws subjects with pen, markers, or ink wash and transforms them into dolls with moveable limbs that range from seven to 24 inches tall.
MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Exhibition Notes
Image: John Cederquist, Never Without His Sword, 2004.
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Gallery 1
In 2013, RAM was identified as having the largest contemporary craft collection in the United States. That impressive designation is thanks to the commitment of donors—private collectors and artists primarily—who see RAM as the definitive lasting home of the artwork they have amassed and/or created. Also unique to RAM’s collection are concentrations of multiple works by individual artists. While some institutions choose to limit their acquisitions to one or two examples per artist—except in special circumstances—RAM is often interested in representing a large cross-section of a career or body of work. This extends to the development of archives that may include studio furniture, correspondence, books, and other materials that document and outline professional paths and achievements.
This exhibition focuses on select archive artists who primarily create jewelry and metalwork, highlighting their presence with a sampling from RAM’s holdings.
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Exhibition Notes
Image: Michael Croft, Rocker Chopper, ca. 2000
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Gallery 2
From Nature features primarily objects—sculptural, functional, and wearable—that incorporate items from the natural world as a means to explore materials and a way to investigate a variety of social, personal, environmental, and cultural issues. RAM’s collection, with its emphasis on contemporary craft, offers a unique platform for this conversation as so much of the work is built is from organically-based media such as wood, paper, and clay. The works included here emphasize the natural as a found object—perhaps manipulated, but not in a way that dramatically disguises the source. Elements such as feathers, stones, shells, twigs, and hair play structural, metaphorical, or decorative roles in these artworks created during the last few decades.
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Exhibition Notes
Image: Ken Loeber, Brooch, 1980
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In the context of objects, enameling is the fusing of fine glass particles and, most often, a metal surface at very high temperatures. Enameling can be used to coat functional items, such as cooking ware, yet it can also be used to embellish and decorate. With its origins centuries ago, enameling offered the means to add color to certain materials and it was reportedly used in place of rare gemstones as needed.
With an ever-growing collection, RAM is consistently acquiring examples of contemporary jewelry and metal hollowware, incorporating a range of styles and techniques. This exhibition offers a brief survey of the enamel works available in RAM’s holdings.
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Exhibition Notes
Image: Colette, Brooch, ca. 1990
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Register and Pay HERE
Ages 7-13
Discover the art of the mystery…..or the mystery of art. Over the centuries, clues and messages have been hidden in art. Why is Mona Lisa smiling, or is she really? How did Stonehenge really get there? What inspired Edward Munch to paint the red-orange sky in The Scream? The world of art is full of secrets and intrigue. Let’s put on our sleuth hats and uncover some truths! Daily individual and team challenges will thrill and inspire, with cryptic clues hidden in the galleries and on the grounds. Art making will explore themes from around the world and across the centuries. Solve the puzzles and gain a better understanding of how and why art is created, what kind of art you like, and how to crack the code to your own personal creative journey.
By the end of this exciting week filled with creative covert opps, campers will escape to the annual student’s Gallery Night—all parents and family members are invited to view art created throughout the week on Friday at 4:00 pm,
Dress for mess and bring a lunch each day
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Studio craft has historically been associated with clay, glass, metal, wood, and fiber. While the spectrum of materials used is much greater and the conversation much broader today, dividing works into categories based on medium does allow for focused investigations. This exhibition showcases clay, glass, and metal works made between 1960 and 1985. In some instances, multiple works by the same artist are shown in order to reflect how their work changed during a span of time when there was a lot of fluctuation in the field.
Artists whose works are featured include Ruth Duckworth, Michael Jerry, Cliff Lee, Marvin Lipofsky, James Lovera, Joel Philip Myers, June Schwarcz, Mary Tingley, and Toots Zynsky.
Image: Howard Kottler, Like Father, Like Son from the Blue Boy Series, 1969
In the late 1960s, as society was undergoing social upheaval, studio craft in the United States was pushing boundaries in terms of influences, subjects, and material exploration. The public face of studio craft—as the focus of exhibitions, theoretical contemplation, and public appreciation—got a boost when SC Johnson endorsed a project to build a collection that would “promote the American object maker.”
This collection—assembled by art dealer Lee Nordness and then Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now Museum of Arts and Design) director Paul Smith—traveled the country as OBJECTS: USA before being distributed, in the way of gifts, to several institutions. Accompanied by a substantial book with images and artist biographies, as well as a sales catalogue titled arts/objects: usa and an hour-long movie, this combination of over 300 works made of so-called craft materials traveled to 20 US and 14 international venues on its multi-year tour that began in 1969. The exhibition introduced a broader public to the possibilities of media most often associated with function not intellectual, aesthetic, or material investigations. OBJECTS: USA also offered a new way for understanding those works and their makers.
Drawing on RAM’s collection, as well as generous lenders from the Racine area, OBJECTS REDUX celebrates the 50th anniversary of OBJECTS: USA by combining works from the original touring exhibition with works by many of the same artists produced as part of the accompanying selling program. Not only is this the first time in 50 years that these particular works have been assembled, it is also the first time that these original exhibition works have been back on display in the same gallery. Artists whose works are featured include Wendell Castle, Arline Fisch, Trudy Guermonprez, Sam Maloof, Walter Nottingham, Don Reitz, and Dorian Zachai.
Image: Wendell Castle, Desk (Silver Leaf Desk), 1967
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Artworks made of multiple elements are not new to the modern era but contemporary artists have pushed their direction and visual potential. Through conceptual, metaphorical, and experimental lenses, artists literally make one object, or one ultimate work, out of many pieces. Component Parts features a wide range of media and approaches—both two and three-dimensional—that expand this conversation.
Sculptural configurations made of individual pieces can register as single objects with layers of information. Examples include Beth Lipman’s Still Life with Detritus, a sublime re-imagining in glass and wood of a historical still-life including the table it rests upon, and Eddie Dominguez’s ceramic Fish Dinner, a wall-mounted relief that cleverly uses underwater life-themed dinnerware to evoke an aquarium. Whereas Nancy Hild’s painting group, Allegory of the Seven Sins, could be understood as seven individual pieces, its narrative is most powerful when all of the paintings are considered in relation to one another. This part-to-whole idea is further underscored with print portfolios by individual artists—where one or two pieces could stand in for the whole but a different message is conveyed when larger numbers of works are viewed together at once.
Drawn from RAM’s collection, the works in this exhibition are united by conceptual choices in presentation yet they reflect a variety of perspectives and subject matter—from cultural, historical, and domestic issues to material and formal investigations.
Please note that because this is a long exhibition that includes artworks made of fragile materials, some works—and therefore some artists—will be changed midway through.
RAM is pleased to announce an upcoming virtual tour of the museum's current exhibition Collection Focus: Mara Superior, a retrospective on the work of contemporary porcelain artist Mara Superior.
This virtual visit of the museum galleries follows RAM Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich and RAM Curator of Exhibitions Lena Vigna through a candid, informative discussion about Mara Superior's work and inspiration. Professionally produced by Matt Binetti of Racine, Pepich and Vigna's 14-minute tour offers a deeper understanding of the artist’s creative journey, and illuminates the artist's nuanced approach to working with porcelain.
This virtual tour will premiere at 12:30 pm CST on Thursday, December 9 on the RAM Facebook page. A Facebook account is not required to watch the video, but viewers with an account will be able to ask questions during the premiere and receive responses from museum staff in real-time. The tour will launch simultaneously on RAM's YouTube channel, and may also be watched at ramart.org. The video will be available to watch on demand after the premiere has concluded.
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Opening alongside Watercolor Wisconsin 2021 at RAM's Wustum Museum on Wednesday, December 15 is RAM Showcase: Objects, the inaugural show in a new series of exhibitions that highlight the work of contemporary artists of color.
RAM Showcase: Objects presents works that are sculptural, functional, or both made by artists from diverse backgrounds, all residing within the United States. Subject matter varies—from material exploration to personal narrative to function. While these works are not directly issue-oriented, the fact that the makers themselves, as artists of color, have experienced a wide range of implicit and explicit biases is a subcontext worthy of consideration. Seen through that lens, the story these objects tell is even more comple
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Watercolor Wisconsin 2021 Virtual Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, December 14
6:00 pm CST
Presented simultaneously via Zoom and Facebook Live
Due to the changing health climate, the Watercolor Wisconsin 2021 Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony has been changed to a virtual event to ensure the safety of participants and staff. This event will broadcast via Zoom on Tuesday, December 14 at 6:00 pm CST. The Virtual Opening Reception will include a brief presentation with RAM Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich as well as an awards ceremony presented by RAM Curator of Exhibitions Lena Vigna.
To register for this free online event via Zoom, please use the RSVP function below. If multiple people will be viewing together from a single device, you only need to RSVP for one person. You will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link upon registration.
About the Exhibition
Now in its 55th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show at RAM’s Wustum Museum features 110 works by 97 Wisconsin artists.
Jurors for the 2021 exhibition are Sarah Cox and Carole Hennessy. Cox is the Manager of Exhibitions and Collections at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois. She also manages the Mies van der Rohe design home, the McCormick House, located on the museum’s campus. Previously, Cox was the Manager of Collections and Exhibitions at the Zanesville Museum of Art, in Zanesville, Ohio.
Carole Hennessy serves as President of the Watercolor Honor Society and is on the Board of the Illinois Watercolor Society. She is a watercolor artist and educator who has exhibited both nationally and internationally for over 40 years. In addition, Hennessy owned and operated a gallery and frame shop in Quincy, Illinois and later in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Virtual Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony, December 14 at 6:00 pm CST
Artists in the Exhibition
Appleton: Gary Hanks; Baileys Harbor: Mitch Leavitt; Bayside: Judith Gahn Murphy; Brookfield: Laurie Runnoe; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Tom Kubala; Delavan: Kat Rodriguez, Sandra Willard; Egg Harbor: Annette Schuh; Fox Point: Francisco X. Mora; Franksville: Sue Horton; Fredonia:Katie Musolff; Glendale: Pat Hidson, Ann Tarantino Smith; Grafton: Jean Crane; Greendale: James Hartel; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Janesville: Barbara Mathews; Kenosha: Dennis Bayuzick, Dean Habegger, Don Hinrichs, Diane Levesque, Carlotta Miller, Dyan Tishuk, Sheillah Walsh; Lac du Flambeau:Christine Alfery; Lake Mills: Gail Juszczak, Mary Tilton; Madison: Theresa Drinka, Doug Haynes, Cary Hunkel, Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly, Helen Klebesadel, Jack Kloppenburg, Barbara Koykkar, Woody Olsen, Mary Reines, Jan Thompson, Daniel Torres, Mary Janey Wellensiek; Mequon: Kathleen Nelson, Alice Struck; Milwaukee: Karen Brittain, Ney Tait Frasier, Steve Horvath, Don Linke, Julia Taylor, Kiefer Ledell Waterman; Mt. Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland; Muskego: Terry A. Fischer; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; Neenah: Kathryn Wedge; New Berlin: Julie San Felipe; North Prairie: Charlene L. Southworth; Oconomowoc: Virgilyn Driscoll, Marilu McCartney; Oregon: Tom Mohr; Oshkosh: Joye Moon; Pleasant Prairie: Judy Ballard; Racine: Doris Beaudry, Karen B. Broman, Caye Christensen, Deedee Dumont, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, P.M. Fallon, Pat Gilbert, Ann Henkes, Karen Mathis, Sharon Mellberg, Janet Mrazek, John Nowicki, Thom Petersen, Lance Raichert, Cheryl Sachs, Susan M. Sorenson, Dina Walker, Kelly Witte; Sharon: Martha Hayden; Shorewood: Andrea Steiner; Spring Prairie: Veronica Gagliano Averkamp; Sturtevant: Jenny Pham, Mai Lee Yang; Thiensville: Tom Hovorka; Waterford: Bruce Boeck, Peggy Thurston Farrell, Charles Wickler; Wausau: Diane Shabino; Wauwatosa: Andrew Acker, Jordan Acker Anderson; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller; Wind Lake: Ann Schubert; Wind Point: Catherine Gaspero
Image: Cary Hunkel, Madison, It Takes a Village, 2020, Transparent watercolor. Photography Courtesy of the Artist
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Free Drop-In for Art at RAM's Wustum Museum | Ages 4+
Thursday, December 16
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Capacity is limited—first come, first serve
Kids ages 4 and up, accompanied by an adult, are welcome to drop-in for some FREE art fun at RAM’s Wustum Museum, 2519 Northwestern Avenue.
Spend a little time in the galleries to learn about the current exhibition and create an art project, for a well-rounded art experience!
From 3:30 to 5:30 pm on Thursday, December 16, families are invited to create delightful handmade holiday ornaments! Capacity is limited to promote safe social distancing—first come, first serve. Face masks are required at all times inside the museum.
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Abstract art—a term that can be applied to work that ranges from non-representational to that with imagery more closely aligned to perceived reality—is considered a product of a modern, so-called Western world. As technological and industrial advances began to greatly impact everyday life, artists saw abstraction as a way to address intellectual, philosophical, and sometimes even spiritual, concepts.
In the United States, abstract art strongly gained hold as a visual language in the wake of World War II. Contemporary artists who adopt abstraction as part of their practice often use it to explore intangible ideas and emotions, the nature of materials, and/or formal art elements such as pattern, color, shape, and line.
The RAM Showcase series of exhibitions highlight conversations around the work of artists of color. Some of the artists featured in Abstraction, Sam Gilliam in particular, have come under fire historically for preferring abstraction and not addressing contemporary social, political, or cultural issues directly in their work. Gilliam did not want to be pressured by anyone to make a certain kind of work. He felt abstraction could be more powerful than a political subject. When asked if he, “considered his art black art,” Gilliam answered, “Being black is a very important point of tension and self-discovery. To have a sense of self-acceptance, we blacks have to throw off this dichotomy that has been forced on us by the white experience…I think there is a need to live universally.”
About RAM Showcase Exhibitions
RAM Showcase exhibitions highlight the work of contemporary artists of color.
In this moment in time, it is critical that RAM spotlights voices that have been historically underrepresented, such as women and artists of color. Artists of color are identified in this context as non-white and non-European. This simplification, which is arguably a flawed starting point, does not account for the nuances and variations of society. It is a beginning—a way to direct those who want to educate themselves about what is possible when new perspectives are encountered.
While the work of artists of color has been and will continue to be shown in a variety of contexts at both campuses, the Showcase series highlights conversations around equity, inclusion, and social justice. This means underscoring the presence of the work of artists of color, primarily from the collection as well as, at times, featuring artists addressing critical social and cultural issues across a broad spectrum.
Further, as an educational institution rooted in the humanities and using art as a catalyst, the museum wants to encourage inquiry and exploration about the world in which we live. RAM hopes spotlighting artists of color spurs further engagement with these artists and their ideas.
RAM is committed to supporting diverse voices—whether that diversity reflects race, gender, sexuality, age, ability, social standing, or world perspective.
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Expressions of cultural connections and traditions can take the form of many things—including food, literature, dance, craft forms, and visual art. Different societies, and individuals and groups within them, have various ways of reflecting significant aspects of their heritage. Cultural Reflections: RAM Community Art Show showcases work by 86 artists that used a wide variety of media to explore aspects of their culture, heritage, family traditions, or way of life. Through paintings, prints, collage, objects, and more, these artists share their inspirations, influences, and observations about the world connected to them. The wide variety of subject matter and imagery reflects the uniqueness of each maker.
Cultural Reflections is comprised of work drawn from RAM’s creative community of class participants and teachers, Racine school teachers, RAM staff and volunteers and other affiliated persons as well as the Black Arts Council of Racine (BACR). Committed to supporting diverse artists, voices, and audiences, RAM collaborated with the BACR to develop Cultural Reflections. BACR also invited affiliated artists to submit work to the exhibition.
The exhibition was inspired, in part, by the work of Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié whose work is on loan to RAM for display in Blurry Boundaries: Contemporary Artists, Imagination, and the Spaces Between through August 27. Looking at historical romanticized paintings, Duval-Carrié created an imaginary landscape that emphasizes the importance of cultural identity in the Caribbean.
Artists in the Exhibition
Caledonia: Nancy Neider; Cudahy: Sabina Archaniolowicz; Franksville: Irene Cardozo; Glendale: Fred Stein; Kenosha: Carol Klees-Starks, John W. Terhardt, Paula Touhey, Kendra Voelz; Lake Geneva: Caroll Pearson; Milwaukee: Tom Hoffman, Steve Horvath, Debra Klepp, Stephen Misovy, Julia Taylor, Kiefer Ledell Waterman; Mt. Pleasant: Sophia Chiodo, John Clazmer, Patricia Guttenberg, Natalie Lange, Lisa Martin; Mundelein, IL: Pritika Chowdhry; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; New Berlin: Avni Shah; Racine:Chris Allen, Christine Bohn, Howard Brown, Jon Bolton, Mary Ann Bresnahan, Karen Broman, Jill Castillo, Wenda Coldtrain,Annette Cosey, Teddy Cosey, Jane Devine, Deedee Dumont, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, John Falk, PM Fallon, Wesley Fallon, Linda Flagg, Tavis Franklin, Pat Gilbert, Justin Gottfredsen, Nancy Greenebaum, Alexander Greiveldinger, April Harris, Tonya Harris, Ann Henkes, Charlie Johnson, Elouise Johnson, Mary Koors, Brooke Kovara, Todd Krewall, Mickie Krueger, Autumn Kyle, Robert Manning, Karen Mathis, Janet Mrazek, James Moore, Penny Nichols, Olivia Osborne, Leslie Perrino, Suzanne Schackelman, Warnetta Smith, Susan M. Sorenson, Jean Sullivan, Dina Walker, Angel White, Princess Arihanna White, Keairra Wilson, Shakira Wilson, Kelly Witte; Shorewood: Meghan Burke McGrath; Spring Prairie: Veronica Gagliano Averkamp; Sturtevant: Ralph Tunstell; Waukegan, IL: Tanya Allen; Wind Point: Caye Christensen; Zion, IL: Jamir Duffie
Image: Brooke Kovara, Namaskar, 2020, Glass and grout, 12 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Photography: Tyler Potter
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Within a contemporary art context, the embrace of glass as a medium to communicate ideas is relatively new and fun for Wisconsinites, linked to artists working in this state. Glass in and of itself is an ancient material that has long been used for decorative, mechanical, functional, and commercial purposes. But in the 1960s, very particular efforts were underway at University of Wisconsin-Madison to focus attention on artists as the makers of one-of-a-kind glass objects in a studio setting. In the years since, glass has had no shortage of interest from artists who appreciate its physical, structural, and metaphorical properties.
Recognizing the value of glass as a material for use in many capacities, 2022 has been designated the International Year of Glass by the United Nations. This exhibition spotlights glass as an art medium but, more importantly, in some ways, calls attention to the work of contemporary artists of color from RAM’s collection. While neither of these two threads are unique ones at RAM, this is the first exhibition dedicated to featuring only artists of color working with this material. It is important to point out that while there are theoretically no limitations to the materials any artist can use, there have historically been barriers to some artists of color in the United States—indirect or otherwise—to access to tools, materials, or studio spaces. In this current moment, more and more efforts are being made to not just support and encourage the work of artists of color but also to draw attention to the work that has already been done.
One of the featured artists, Etsuko Nishi, has worked in the United States but is generally considered a treasured Japanese artist. Her inclusion in this exhibition reflects the global interest in glass as an art-making material.
About RAM Showcase Exhibitions
RAM Showcase exhibitions highlight the work of contemporary artists of color.
In this moment in time, it is critical that RAM spotlights voices that have been historically underrepresented, such as women and artists of color. Artists of color are identified in this context as non-white and non-European. This simplification, which is arguably a flawed starting point, does not account for the nuances and variations of society. It is a beginning—a way to direct those who want to educate themselves about what is possible when new perspectives are encountered.
While the work of artists of color has been and will continue to be shown in a variety of contexts at both campuses, the Showcase series highlights conversations around equity, inclusion, and social justice. This means underscoring the presence of the work of artists of color, primarily from the collection as well as, at times, featuring artists addressing critical social and cultural issues across a broad spectrum.
Further, as an educational institution rooted in the humanities and using art as a catalyst, the museum wants to encourage inquiry and exploration about the world in which we live. RAM hopes spotlighting artists of color spurs further engagement with these artists and their ideas.
RAM is committed to supporting diverse voices—whether that diversity reflects race, gender, sexuality, age, ability, social standing, or world perspective.
Artists in the Exhibition
José Chardiet, Etsuko Nishi, Acquaetta Williams, and Brent Kee Young
Image: José Chardiet, Red Mesa #75 from the Red Mesa Series, 1990, Glass with pigment, 12 x 8 x 32 1/4 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of George and, Dorothy Saxe. Photography: Jon Bolton
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The Racine Art Guild Juried Competitions are organized to demonstrate the creativity of the members of this group of practicing artists. Artworks selected for this show display an understanding of art techniques and presentation.
This year’s juror was Tom Hoffman, a Milwaukee-based artist and designer. Hoffman began studying art at RAM’s Wustum Museum in 1970 with artist John Parsons. He earned his BFA in painting from Milwaukee School of Art––now Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design––in 1979. He has an MFA in acting from California Institute of Arts and another MFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hoffman has pursued painting since graduating, participating in numerous exhibitions such as at the Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha; Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee; and the Sadler Gallery, Milwaukee. Sadler Gallery also represents Hoffman.
Artists in the Exhibition
Sarah Andersen, Jean Anderson, Dennis Bayuzick, Jerrold Belland, Christine Bohn, Mary Ann Bresnahan, Jill Castillo, Caye Christensen, Deedee Dumont, Patricia Fallon, Pat Gilbert, Alex Greiveldinger, Patricia Guttenberg, Irene Hassler, Ann Henkes, Cathleen Holmes, Suzanne Kadamian, Mickie Krueger, Lisa Martin, Karen Mathis, Robert Mayer, Christine B. Miller, George Miller, Janet Mrazek, Nancy Neider, Sandra Nowicki, Caroll Pearson, Kate Peterson, Gabriela Pettit, Tim Rozwadowski, Suzanne Schackelman, Sue Smith, Harold Solberg, Paula Touhey, Greg Uttech, Rebecca Venn, Nancy Watson, Jeanette White, Marc Wollman, and Jennifer Zygmunt
Image: Cathleen Holmes, Spring Time Weavers, 2021, Acrylic, 20 x 24 inches, Photography: Wesley Fallon
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Families are invited to Kids Day 2022, an afternoon of free indoor and outdoor art-making and activities at RAM's Wustum Museum on Friday, June 17, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. Inspired by the upcoming exhibition, Cultural Reflections: RAM Community Art Show, these art projects, games, and activities explore tradition and ways of life. Use paint and ink to print a paper kente cloth inspired by artist Tonya Harris' fiber art in Cultural Reflections; or create a three-dimensional mixed media portrait representing individuals or their families. There is also a large-scale collaborative art project for everyone to be a part of.
Local artist Veronica Gagliano Averkamp will be on-site creating large-scale chalk drawings throughout the museum grounds depicting food from diverse cultures, and seascape imagery inspired by the work of artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. Duval-Carrié's enormous two-dimensional landscape entitled Lost at Sea is on loan to RAM through August 27 by Art Bridges, who also provided generous support for Kids Day 2022.
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Open June 22, 2022 through February 11, 2023 at RAM, RAM Showcase: Russell T. Gordon and James Tanner spotlights and contrasts work from the museum's permanent collection by two noteworthy artists and educators.
Far from encyclopedic, the works displayed in this exhibition represent a small portion of what these artists have achieved—reflecting how each tried their hand with various materials and how each has used bold patterns and/or colors.
Due to the length of this exhibition, light-sensitive works on paper will rotate midway through the show.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
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Join RAM Curatorial Assistant Kendra Voelz and Black Arts Council of Racine (BACR)CEO/President April Harris for a virtual walkthrough of the Wustum exhibition, Cultural Reflections. This tour will be presented via Facebook Liveat 2:00 pm CDT on Tuesday, June 28.
This exhibition is comprised of work drawn from RAM’s creative community of class participants and teachers, museum staff and volunteers, Racine school teachers, and artists invited by the BACR. Committed to supporting diverse artists, voices, and audiences, RAM collaborated with the BACR to develop Cultural Reflections.
This tour will be available to watch on demand on the RAM Facebook page and YouTube channel after the live broadcast has concluded.
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Kids ages 4 and up, accompanied by an adult, are welcome to drop in at RAM's Wustum Museum on Thursday, July 28, for some free art fun!
Create a Watercolor Lanterninspired by Penny Nichols' piece in the Wustum exhibition, Cultural Reflections: RAM Community Art Show, entitled Looking Glass Emergence.
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Whether referencing the landscape or architecture or both, metalsmith Eleanor Moty creates distinctive jewelry that poetically encompasses both wearer and viewer. Moty first gained recognition in the 1960s and 1970s for using cutting-edge fabrication techniques—such as electroplating and photo-etching—in adornment. She shifted her focus toward including stones in her work and the large-scale brooches she has been creating over the last couple of decades exemplify her dialogue with the “linear imagery” of quartz stones.
In essence, Moty’s elaborate and time-consuming process begins with finding the right stone—which a stonecutter has modified—and building from there. The artist engages with the tone, shape, and features of her chosen stone. Preferring brooches to other forms of jewelry, she remarks on their relatively self-contained nature: “Brooches needn’t be worn to be complete…Not having to fit the piece to the body…I can concentrate on the sculptural aspects.”
Moty has been applauded for her many contributions to the field, including a 28-year teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison—in a department she helped develop into one of the most well-regarded in the country.
With 12 pieces currently in the collection, including an early photo-etched hand mirror and brooches containing large quartzes, RAM ranks Moty as an archive artist. Featuring over 35 works, including several from RAM’s holdings as well as recently finished pieces, this exhibition owes its name to a recently-published monograph on the artist. It follows a similar arc to the book in representing Moty’s working career to date—over 50 years of making.
In addition to examples of her jewelry, the exhibition will include a video where Moty describes her process in-depth as well as sketches borrowed from the artist.
Quiet Elegance: The Jewelry of Eleanor Moty, published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers, is available through the RAM Museum Store.
More About the Exhibition
Artist Talk + Book Signing at RAM on Friday, September 2 at 5:30 pm
Shop Eleanor Moty in the RAM Museum Store
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RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts continues a significant museum tradition with Wisconsin Photography 2022. This year’s exhibition features 113 works by 81 artists.
The juror for this year’s show is John Simmons, ASC, a renowned photographer and videographer from Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Simmons began working as a photographer for The Chicago Defender newspaper at age 15. After leaving Chicago, he studied fine art at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; and completed his MFA in cinematography at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Simmons’ photographs are held in collections across the country, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wisconsin Photography 2022 includes many different points of view and styles of working. You will find subjects including still life, landscape, documentary, abstraction, and portraiture as well as video works. In 1979, when the competition first started, all entries were shot on film, then hand-printed by the artists in their own studios and dark rooms. Technological advances now allow photographers more latitude to create and print images digitally as well as through more traditional methods. Additionally, more artists have become interested in engaging multiples senses through the sound and moving images of video. What remains consistent from one competition to the next is that each work takes the viewer on a journey made possible by the eye and imagination of the artists.
Artists in the Exhibition
Appleton: Nicole Reimers, Joseph Vande Walle; Bristol: Charese Smiley; Brookfield: Lewis Cadkin; Burlington: Valerie Christell, Dawn Haggerty; Cambridge: Craig Wilson; Cascade:Bruce Saille; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Vicki Reed; Cornucopia: Sally Bowker; DeForest: Charles Gustke; Elkhart Lake: James Popp; Glendale: F. Fischer; Grafton: Jack Long; Green Bay: Megan VandenBush; Greenfield: Leena Meyers, Carol Starr; Kenosha:Kathy Brand, Paul Brnak, Glen Larson, Ron Story, Karel Suchy, Kendra Voelz; Madison: Emmy Berning, Kate Feldt, Russell Pancaenko, Howard Schwartz, Howard Tarnoff, Karl Wellensiek; Markesan: Elizabeth Kazda; Mequon: Thomas Lemke, Bernie Newman; Middleton: Michael Knapstein; Milwaukee: Phyllis Bankier, Paul Caster, Dennis Darmek, Mustafa Dorga, Kristine Hinrichs, Andrew Holman, Timothy Holte, Marcella Jones, Omar Juarez, Phillip Kassner, Jack Kleinman, Kenneth Kornacki, Wesley Lawson, Michael Nowotny, Seth Robbins, Melva Sabatke, Susan Schramm, Dean Segal, Eduardo Zavala; Mount Pleasant: Rick Berns, Trace Chiodo, Jacinta Lagos, Celia Schulz; Muskego: Lynn Proeber; New Berlin: Avni Shah; Oak Creek: Michael Gehrke; Pewaukee: Cara Elsen Oldenburg; Racine: René Amado, Bianca Boettcher, Wesley Fallon, Emily Koehler, Penny Nichols, Judith Pannozo, Cassandra Riojas, Marlene Salley; Sheboygan: Frank Juárez; Sheboygan Falls: Pat Ryan; St. Francis: Diane Rychlinski; Union Grove: Geoffrey Robinson; Waterford: Roy Schmidt; Waukesha: William Lemke; Waunakee: Mark Weller; Wausau: Richard Wunsch; West Allis: Jennifer Parbs; West Bend: Todd Tuttle; Whitefish Bay: Nancy Sturino; Whitewater: George J. Miller
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Bid on one-of-a-kind artwork by participating SAVOUR artists; domestic and overseas vacation packages for an unforgettable experience with family and friends; food and drink samplings by local vendors; gift cards; and much more!
Some auction items are only available in the live auction at RAM's Wustum Museum on Saturday, September 24. Only a handful of event tickets remain, so purchase yours by 5:00 pm CDT today, September 20, to participate!
If you already registered for past SAVOUR auctions, you can use the same login information for this event. New to bidding? Register here!
Proceeds from SAVOUR 2022 help support RAM exhibition and education programs, including RAM on the Road and SPARK! These funds also support local artists, restaurants, and food venues. Participating artists receive a stipend and a split on proceeds from artwork sold, and participating restaurants, and pop-up food venues receive compensation for their time and expenses.
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Historically, certain traditions of art history have tended to most value artworks made by a single person. What does it mean when a finished work is comprised of the talents of more than one artist? Even a popular artist such as Rembrandt van Rijn has works attributed to a “studio”—a designation that means, in essence, that Rembrandt was not solely responsible for the final piece. Comprised of artwork from RAM’s collection, this exhibition investigates artistic practices and the particular challenges and rewards of working collaboratively, yet it also raises questions about how such working processes break down assumptions about historical models that privilege a single artist. And, significantly, it celebrates the innovation and perseverance of artists who were making a name for a material that was sometimes marginalized and treated as less significant in the scope of contemporary art.
The artist teams whose works are featured—Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott, Margie Jervis and Susie Krasnican, and Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace—have each had significant careers in contemporary glass. While they are not the only artistic duos working in the field that RAM collects, they stand out as they are represented by multiple works.
While delighted to highlight artwork incorporating glass at any time, RAM is incredibly proud to do so in 2022, which has been designated the International Year of Glass by the United Nations to celebrate the heritage and importance of the material in all facets of life.
Margie Jervis and Susie Krasnican, Shadow Vessel, 1987, Glass, 15 3/4 x 9 x 4 1/2 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of Donald and Carol Wiiken. Photography: Jon Bolton
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For some, an artist’s working process could be as interesting to see as the so-called “final work.” Where does inspiration come from? How is something constructed? How does an idea go from being an intangible thing to being an object or image that exists in the real world? Sometimes artists use sketchbooks or preliminary drawings to help them sort out ideas or technical matters. Other times, sketches are exercises or thought generators and not a means to a specific end. Regardless of how employed, sketches offer insight into creative practices and, sometimes, into an artist’s daily life.
As an institution that collects works on paper as well as craft, RAM has various sketchbooks and sketches in its holdings. To date, these works are being acquired in tandem with, or in relation to, other work by the same artists. In some instances, the museum has sketchbooks and sketches that directly correlate to works in the collection—showing them side by side offers opportunities to compare and contrast a fully resolved work with the ideas leading up to it. In other instances, RAM has sketches and sketchbooks as part of an artist’s archive – there may or may not be direct examples on hand, but their presence still offers a window into how an artist pulls ideas together.
If institutions have materials like this on hand, they do not always exhibit them in the galleries—RAM is doing so because they are valuable resources and significant objects and images independent of their connection to any other work of art.
Margaret Ponce Israel, Sketchbook, 1983, Found Strathmore sketch book and watercolor, 14 x 17 x 1/2 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of Sally and Larry Israel in Memory of the Artist. Photography: Jon Bolton
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The word zodiac is used to describe an astrological system or, perhaps more often in popular context, the twelve regions that make up the system and that are identified as “signs.” These signs, associated with different animals or symbols, are also linked to personality traits and the specific day someone was born.
David R. Harper: Zodiac features a series of sculptural works based on the signs of the zodiac. Harper uses imagery and metaphor to encourage people to think about how an object’s meaning can change based on who is interacting with it. Further, he hopes viewers will reflect on their own selves, in his words: “to see themselves, based on their zodiac characteristics, in some way in the work.”
This exhibition at RAM marks the first time the Zodiac series has been shown together. Originally commissioned by the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the twelve works/installations were shown spread throughout their galleries and in relation to pieces in their permanent collection. Per direction of the artist, RAM is able to show the work as a whole or broken down into various groups or individual works.
David R. Harper, Aquarius from the Zodiac Series, 2018, Resin, rubber coating, steel, plaster, India ink, and fireball pearls, 36 x 11 x 24 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc. Photography: Rich Maciejewski
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On Fire: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century is a snapshot of a crucial period in contemporary glass. Seen through the eyes of women, it reflects developments with the medium as an art material two and three decades after studio glass concepts were being implemented into university programs and contemporary practices. With work drawn from RAM’s collection and centered on the 1980s and 1990s, this exhibition outlines the concerns of artists dedicated to exploring the sculptural, visual, metaphorical, and creative potential of glass.
On Fire includes various examples of work produced within the studio glass framework—as self-consciously made art that reflects artistic investigations of materials, processes, and ideas. Artists include Sonja Blomdahl, Kimiake Higuchi, Concetta Mason, Flo Perkins, Kari Russell-Pool, Ginny Ruffner, Acquaetta Williams, Ann Wolff, and Toots Zynsky. Numerous topics are explored, including identity, beauty, color, pattern, nature, abstraction, form, the figure, metaphor, process, and the properties and abilities of glass as a material. There are also a range of techniques represented, including blowing, lampworking, casting, fusing, carving, polishing, pâte de verre, assembling, and various surface treatments. In essence, the exhibition summarizes the experimental nature of the artists and of studio glass in general.
The exhibition title alludes not only to certain techniques of physically working with glass but also to the idea that some artists were innovating and making names for themselves—that they were “on fire” in their art world trajectory.
A critic of another recent all-female glass exhibition lamented about needing to draw attention to the fact that all of the artists were women—are they artists first or women first? And these conversations can also be limiting as they sidestep more fluid gender dynamics. Yet, in this particular moment in time, it is indeed important to draw attention to components that are beyond the objects themselves. Who the makers are and how they move through the world does impact the work, even if it is not the identifiable subject matter.
While pleased to highlight artwork incorporating glass at any time, RAM is especially proud to do so in 2022, which has been designated the International Year of Glass by the United Nations to celebrate the heritage and importance of the material in all facets of life.
Artists in the Exhibition
Sonja Blomdahl, Jane Bruce, Judith Candy, Tessa Clegg, Eva Englund, Sharon Fujimoto, Robin Grebe, Mieke Groot, Audrey Handler, Kimiake Higuchi, Linda MacNeil, Concetta Mason, Isgard Moje-Wohlegemuth, Etsuko Nishi, Flo Perkins, Ginny Ruffner, Kari Russell-Pool, Susan Shapiro, Mary Shaffer, Molly Stone, Cappy Thompson, Karla Trinkley, Meredith Wenzel, Acquaetta Williams, Ann Wolff, Dana Zámečníková, and Toots Zynsky
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Enjoy Halloween-inspired hands-on art projects inside the galleries and outdoors on the Wustum grounds! Resurrect recyclable materials into an undead zombie. Use sponges and bat stencils to paint spooky scenes. Craft a monstrous hand puppet out of paper and other odds-and-ends.
Dress in your Halloween best for the annual Costume Contest. Strut your stuff in the costume parade past the mini Pumpkin Patch, then into the galleries for judging. It’s your chance to win fun prizes and bragging rights!
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Now in its 56th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show at RAM’s Wustum Museum features 106 works by 95 Wisconsin artists.
Jurors for the 2022 competition are Ratindra Das and Gail Ana Gomez. Das is both a Dolphin Fellow and a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, a Master Signature member in Watercolor West, and a Distinguished Master in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. Das has served as a juror for the American Watercolor Society’s annual exhibition and for many national organizations. He has conducted watercolor workshops and classes throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Singapore, and Italy. Further career accomplishments include winning over 80 national awards, being featured in several books and magazines, and published two books, Watercolor with an Eye for Design and Watercolor Beyond Obvious Reality. Presently, Das is represented by the Blue Dolphin House and Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin, and Mullaly’s 128 Gallery, Elk Rapids, Michigan.
Gomez is the Associate Director of Exhibitions and Publications at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. There she has managed numerous projects since 2014—from locally focused, historic exhibitions such as The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side 1960–1980, to exhibitions with a global reach such as The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. With a background in studio art and art history, she also works as an independent curator and researcher with a special interest in self-taught and neurodiverse artists. Her newest research explores inclusive language and inclusive interpretative practices in museums.
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Artwork cannot be experienced in a vacuum. The meaning of individual pieces can fluctuate and change—not just between what the artist intended and what the viewer sees but also within the dynamics created in the context of a gallery space. Playing with this idea, Vignettesis comprised of several smaller exhibitions of works gathered under various organizing principles or themes—emphasizing specific characteristics of the individual pieces and overall groupings. These groupings are inspired by RAM’s history or collection in different ways—for example, some reference past exhibitions while some highlight time periods, favored pieces, or ideas donors explored. As a vignette is defined as a “brief, evocative description” of a larger entity, each group of this exhibition is a self-contained idea that gives a sense of RAM in a “snapshot” through curatorial eyes.
Celebrating RAM’s 20th anniversary and featuring textiles, art to wear, art jewelry, photography, prints, ceramics, and more, this atypical presentation highlights the range of the permanent collection in its variability of artist voices and backgrounds as well as types of media. Panels next to each sub-theme contain keywords or ribbons of thought that link artworks together. While the words offer curatorial transparency, visitors are encouraged to find their own meaning and potential connections.
Some of the over-arching themes in Vignettes include glamour, black/white, colorful, 1940s/2000s, topical, out of the ordinary, and cosmic.
Please note that because this is a long exhibition showcasing pieces made of fragile materials, some works—and therefore some artists—will be changed midway through.
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A collection is a layering of choices. Who decides what one looks like? RAM staff and board consider many logistical and philosophical factors beyond the artwork itself. Who benefits from an acquisition? Does a gift further a museum or community goal? Are diverse perspectives truly being represented? Can the museum reasonably care for and maintain the artwork in perpetuity?
In addition to developing historical collection strengths such as establishing multi-piece archives that reflect an artist’s career, RAM continues to expand initiatives to champion historically underrepresented voices like those of women and artists of color. Notably, one recent step towards an even more robust and equitable landscape is the creation of a fund dedicated specifically to acquiring work by artists of color.
An anniversary allows looking back while also considering the future. On the surface, Gathering Voices is a cursory, media-specific look at 20 years of building RAM’s collection. With an emphasis on works acquired in the last five to seven years, it also highlights critical and more expansive directions to be taken.
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While RAM has maintained its status as the largest contemporary craft collection in North America for almost a decade, dedicated funds for acquisitions are not typical as the institution primarily relies on gifts of artwork. In 2022, the museum combined a recent grant focused on acquiring works in craft media with an objective to increase historically underrepresented artists and purchased the work of seven artists of color. Critically, most of these objects were purchased directly from the artists themselves.
Part of the recently formed RAM Showcase exhibition series, this first show to focus solely on new artists of color in the collection features the work of Lorena Angulo, Tanya Crane, Seulgi Kwon, and Georgina Treviño. Because documenting these artists and sharing their stories is especially critical, panels detailing biographical information and artist statements are included alongside the artwork.
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Artwork produced through the Federal Art Project/Works Progress Administration (FAP/WPA) has long been a part of the Wustum Museum of Fine Arts and Racine Art Museum history, so there have been several showings of it over the years. Early gifts of WPA artwork—primarily textiles, drawings, watercolors, prints, and photography—also foreshadowed the collecting directions of Wustum and RAM with an emphasis on contemporary craft, works on paper, and works by women. However, this is the first exhibition focused primarily on the role of women artists associated with the WPA in RAM’s collection.
As seen through their artwork, these women artists reflected on the world around them—capturing the social, cultural, and everyday climate of a nation battling financial depression and somewhat unknowingly on the brink of a world war. While specific artists can be linked with the works on paper, most of the textile samples are attributed to anonymous craftspeople associated with the Milwaukee Handicraft Project (MHP). The MHP was a landmark Wisconsin-based endeavor that employed over 5,000 people—mainly women and many of color—to create handcrafted domestic-oriented goods to be sold to schools, libraries, and other public institutions.
Women and the WPA highlights a significant moment in American art and history through works on paper, textiles, and other objects associated with the MHP—including a recently acquired doll jacket and large fabric swatches.
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In partnership with Mahogany Gallery as part of their 2nd Annual Wisconsin Black Art & Culture Expo, RAM will host an interactive walking tour of works by artists of color in the museum’s permanent collection at 2:00 pm this Saturday, March 11. Milwaukee-based artist Mutòpe Johnson and artist/Mahogany Gallery owner Scott Terry will guide visitors throughout the RAM galleries while discussing a selection of pieces that resonate with them.
This free, educational event invites visitors to ponder their perception and experience of the artwork while considering curatorial and historical aspects.
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Each year, the show’s popularity draws thousands of visitors to RAM, setting daily attendance records and inspiring nationwide media attention along the way. While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected attendance in recent years, interest from creatives remained unwavering. Over 135 enthusiastic artists created art for the RAM 11th Annual International Peeps Art Exhibition in 2020, which was postponed for months beyond its usual Easter holiday opening due to pandemic shutdowns. The 12th and 13th editions saw a meaningful increase in submissions, featuring creative artwork by 170 and 207 artists, respectively.
Entries for the 2023 show will be judged for awards by a panel of experts, based on creativity and the best use or representation of Peeps®. Museum visitors are invited to nominate their favorite piece in the exhibition for the coveted PEEPles Choice Award, which will be announced after the end of the show.
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Past Tense was inspired by RAM’s Twentieth Anniversary in 2023 and the concurrent Wustum exhibition, Futures Reimagined: RAM Community Art Show. Whether as \u0003a source for memories, inspiration, an accounting of events and people, or lessons learned, both an anniversary celebration and an exhibition with artists considering \u0003the future encourage looking at what has happened in the past.
RAM’s extensive works on paper collection includes two print portfolios that address time in different ways—each way connecting place to time and space. The Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio, commissioned in honor of the State’s 150th anniversary, combines the work of various contemporary artists—many of whom have or had connections to Wisconsin. Visually and thematically wide-ranging, the prints reflect artists’ responses to the history and character of the State of Wisconsin.
Selections from John Doyle’s The Builders, The Great Human Race, show how \u0003the artist looks at the past as a point on a continuum of civilizations. After intensely studying various societies across the globe, Doyle has visually linked architectural achievements of different eras and cultures to community building.
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RAM is partnering with Mahogany Gallery in Racine to present Futures Reimaged: RAM Community Art Show, open June 14 – August 5 at RAM's Wustum Museum. This exhibition invites artists to share their ideas about what a potential future—realistic or fantastical, possible or impossible—could look like.
The 2023 RAM Community Art Show is inspired by the theme of Mahogany Gallery’s 2nd Annual Wisconsin Black Arts and Culture Expo, Black Futures. As a part of Futures Reimagined, Mahogany Gallery CEO Scott Terry invited artists to participate in the next iteration of the Expo theme, Black Futures 2.
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As part of the museum’s commitment to supporting local and regional artists and partnerships, families will have the opportunity to meet two special guest artists during Kids Day. Get to know printmaker and University of Wisconsin–Parkside artist-in-resident Roberto Torres Mata. And, meet a featured artist invited by Mahogany Gallery for Black Futures 2. See what these talented artists are creating, and get the inside scoop on how their art will sustain well into the future!
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RAM’s First 20 Years is a visual summary of the art and architecture that helped shape the early chapters of Racine Art Museum, home of North America’s largest contemporary craft collection. The exhibition blends objects from RAM’s holdings with photographs of both the building designed by Brininstool + Lynch and the galleries filled with art.
Celebrating an anniversary often involves an assessment of where things are and where they could be relative to where they were. RAM is an institution focused on creativity and vision and the building reflects that. Looking back at what motivated design plans and architectural concepts provides background for considering future objectives.
Not only do the images and objects featured in this exhibition establish a framework for understanding a formative time for this dynamic institution, but they also recognize the symbiotic relationship between the architectural space and the art that inhabits it. Because Brininstool + Lynch—an award-winning architectural firm based in Chicago—designed RAM with the permanent collection in mind, the interior is meant to showcase the artwork. The theories behind the design strategy reinforce the connection:
“Using a structural economy, the design of the RAM project provides the best possible viewing conditions for RAM’s collection. The existing building, a composite of different structural systems from prior renovations, has been completely reconfigured. Its interior uses transparency, translucency, opacity, and light to establish a continuing sense of anticipation as a visitor moves through the space. The museum is designed to allow access to an abundance of natural light and views of Lake Michigan while controlling light in critical areas to protect the art from damage and provide optimal viewing. To signal the interior’s transformation, a system of translucent panels held away from the building surface covers much of the exterior. Natural light causes the panels to be iridescent during the day while lighting illuminates them in the evenings so that the exterior glows.”
While RAM’s collection has grown exponentially since the museum was first built, it is still rooted in the kind of work that encouraged the overall design. In addition, certain facets have been expanded such as the rotating exhibition series that occurs in the Windows on Fifth gallery on the south side of the museum’s ground floor. While it was originally intended to focus on artists working with clay, metal, and glass, various exhibitions have included found objects, fibers, and natural materials.
RAM’s First 20 Years is also an homage to Brad Lynch, a partner at Brininstool + Lynch and Racine native. Lynch, who passed away in 2022, took his first art classes at RAM’s Wustum Museum and incorporated his own experiences being raised in this community into his work on RAM. His desire to establish a space that would draw people inside led to distinctive building features such as the acrylic panels on the exterior and a ground floor with storefront-like windows that make the interior contents visible from the street.
The exhibition is designed to expand over time to include an archive focused on RAM’s design and construction, with a special emphasis on Brad Lynch’s involvement.
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As a RAM Showcase exhibition, Focus on Clay centers on the work of artists of color and those represented here specifically reflect a range of artistic practices and approaches. Taken collectively, these objects represent multiple decades of working with clay.
It is important to point out that while there are theoretically no limitations to the materials any artist can use, there have historically been barriers to some artists of color in the United States—indirect or otherwise—to access to tools, materials, or studio spaces. In this current moment, more and more efforts are being made to not just support and encourage the work of artists of color but also to draw attention to the work that has already been created.
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Sponsored by a grant from the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, the RAM Artist Fellowship Program highlights the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts community. Now in its sixth biennial exhibition, this program increases critical attention and exposure for recipients and fosters their continued creative professional development.
The five award recipients were chosen based on how well their work will present individually and as a group, among other criteria. According to Lena Vigna, Curator of Exhibitions at RAM and Wustum, jurors consider several aspects of the artists’ work and careers throughout the selection process:
“There is a conscious effort to try to represent multiple genders and age ranges. In addition, there is an attempt to reflect commonalities or dynamics among artists. In 2022-23, for example, both Peter F. Aymonin and Maureen Fritchen address the natural world without directly representing it. Maureen Fritchen and Lisa Bigalke, in their own ways, address the environment and sustainability. Lisa Bigalke and Emerging Artist Kelly Witte both use printmaking processes and colorful patterns but to two very different ends. And, Jojin Van Winkle sets a totally different tone with video work that addresses everyday life but brings nature in via imagery of the outdoors. As a whole, there is a give and take between the work even when individual bodies of work also stand up on their own.”
Opening Reception
The public is invited to meet the artists featured in the RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Exhibition 2023during the Opening Reception on Tuesday, August 29, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Attendees can chat with these five exceptional artists about their work and creative processes as they view an intimate glimpse of the exhibition at Wustum, located at 2519 Northwestern Avenue in Racine.
About the Artists
Peter F. Aymonin is originally from Miami, Florida; presently he lives in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. He received his BFA in 1991 from the Rhode Island School of Design. Much of Aymonin’s professional career was spent in journalism where he worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in Illinois and the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His articles covered topics such as art, culture, and law. Ultimately, Aymonin advanced to serve as a junior level editor. Exhibiting throughout Wisconsin and Florida, Aymonin was recently honored in 2022 with a First Prize award from a national juried exhibition in Coral Gables, Florida. He also received an honorable mention in 2022 for a piece included in the University of Wisconsin–Parkside’s exhibition, Together Again. Aymonin’s work is included in Marquette University Neuro Recovery Clinic’s collection as well as in several private collections.
Throughout her career, printmaker Lisa Bigalke has exhibited her work in 17 solo, 99 national, and four international biennial exhibitions. In 1996, Bigalke earned her BA from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, Somers. In 2000, she received her MFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in printmaking, from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Currently she teaches printmaking and crafts at Carthage College, Kenosha. In both 2016 and 2022, Bigalke was awarded a RAM Artist Fellowship. For the last six years, she has co-organized Full Steam Ahead, an annual steamroller printing project that occurs at RAM’s Wustum Museum. Bigalke formed Rudbeckia Press, a bookbinding business using archival and eco-friendly materials, with her sister, Becky, in 2007. 2022 career highlights included being interviewed for the ArtSpace podcast hosted by Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Born in Chicago, Maureen Fritchen currently lives and works in Racine, where she has had a studio at the 16th Street Studios for the past 15 years. Fritchen took a self-directed approach to art scholarship, focusing on painting at various institutions including the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illinois; University of Wisconsin–Whitewater; and Boise State University, Idaho. She regularly shows in regional juried, invitational, and biennial exhibitions such as the Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Illinois. Most recently, beginning in 2022 and extending into 2023, her work was featured in the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s exhibition Magical Wilderness. Fritchen’s community art activism has spanned the last 25 years, earning her the Volunteer of the Year Award for Art and Culture from the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Inc. She was founder and co-chair for ArtSite and Get Behind the Arts Studio Tour and the chairperson for the 16th Street Studios annual open house. Fritchen served on the Racine Arts Council board as the gallery chair and on the University of Wisconsin—Parkside Arts and Humanities Advisory Board. She is currently involved with ArtRoot, a Racine organization building arts infrastructure and community connections.
Jojin Van Winkle is a multimedia artist, experimental filmmaker, and screenwriter based in southeastern Wisconsin. As Assistant Professor of Art at Carthage College, she directs the Photography and Film and New Media Program. She has a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; an MFA, and an MA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Van Winkle is also a National College Art Association’s Professional Practices Committee Member. Van Winkle has undertaken international and national artist residencies and received numerous grants and awards, including Chicago’s Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP); WAICU’s 2019 Equity in the Classroom, and faculty research grants. She has had multiple solo exhibitions and has had work screened globally at festivals and museums. Van Winkle worked on the 2016 Liberian land rights documentary titled The Land Beneath Our Feet as the Associate Producer with additional camerawork. She was the United States-based cinematographer for the 2015 PBS/Independent Lens documentary, In the Shadow of Ebola. Both award-winning documentaries were screened at international and national festivals.
Racine-based artist, Kelly Witte, graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, Somers, in 2010 with a BA in Studio Art with concentrations in printmaking and painting. Witte takes a maximalist approach—creating kitschy and vividly colored pieces inspired by vintage clothing, classic television sitcoms, and frequent excursions to thrift shops and flea markets. Witte has volunteered her talents to public art exhibitions and large-scale mural projects in the Racine and Kenosha communities. In addition to exhibiting extensively in Southeastern Wisconsin, she has exhibited across the United States and in international venues, including the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, and Australia. Witte’s artwork is held in several private collections throughout the United States and she has had her artwork featured in publications such as Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, and The Columbia Chronicle.
Further information about this year’s featured artists as well as general information about the RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Awards are available on the RAM website, ramart.org.
Exhibitions at Racine Art Museum are made possible by: Platinum Sponsors—The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd, David Charak, Judith and David Flegel Fund, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Ron and Judith Isaacs, Nicholas and Nancy Kurten, Racine Community Foundation, Windgate Foundation; Diamond Sponsors—City of Racine’s Grow Racine Grant, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, Ruffo Family Foundation, Ruth Arts Foundation; Gold Sponsors—Anonymous, Tom and Irene Creecy, Richard and Patricia Ehlert, Herzfeld Foundation, Reliance Controls, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, W.T. Walker Group, Inc., Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Sponsors—Anonymous, Art Bridges, Baird, A.C. Buhler Family, Lucy G. Feller, Ben and Dawn Flegel, Jim Harris, Sharon and Tom Harty, Lise Iwon, J. Jeffers & Co., Johnson Bank, Dorothy MacVicar, Jan Serr and John Shannon, Visit Racine County; Bronze Sponsors—Ellen and Joseph Albrecht, Andis Foundation, Susan Boland, Virginia Buhler, Butcher & Barrel/Amos Los Tacos, Educators Credit Union, Express Employment Professionals, Tony and Andrea Hauser, Bill and Debbie Keland, Susan Manalli, Jean and Alex Mandli, Jr., The Prairie School, Cathy Stanghellini, Georgiana Treivush, Twin Disc, Inc.; Media Sponsors—88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Several city blocks will be closed to provide entertainment during the 20th iteration of Downtown Racine’s Party on the Pavement event on Saturday, September 16. RAM will be open with FREE museum admission andextended gallery hours from noon until 6:00 pm.
Join RAM for a Free Family Hands-on Art Activity from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. All are invited to create paper spinners inspired by Carlos Estavez's ceramic plate that is currently displayed in Gathering Voices at RAM: 20 Years of Building America's Largest Contemporary Craft Collection.
The public is also invited to collaborate on a large-scale community art piece, adding their finished paper spinners to a wall full of colorful, movable art! Make sure to give the crafted circles a spin to create motion and movement throughout the piece.
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Similar—and yet different—to Toshiko Takaezu, another legendary figure who impacted \u0003the course of ceramics in the twentieth century, there was no separating art and life \u0003for Reitz. While Takaezu seemed to orient the connection on day-to-day practices, Reitz related to the material in a way that it became an extension of his body and a reflection \u0003of profound personal circumstances. He appeared to live an adventurous life, loving \u0003nature at an early age and feeling connected to the earth (or “dirt”) from the first time \u0003he played in it. Reitz’s energetic spirit is most obviously reflected in ceramic objects with loopy handles, textural surfaces, and direct—or indirect—evidence of his hand.
This exhibition underscores RAM’s commitment to chronicling the career of Reitz, who \u0003spent 1962–88 living and working in Wisconsin while actively teaching as faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. There were already a handful of works by Reitz in RAM’s collection when a recent major gift from Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle catapulted the number of his pieces to over 60. This gift established an archive for Reitz and pushed \u0003him into the top three most-collected artists working primarily in clay in the collection..
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SAVOURing RAM @ 20 continues the SAVOUR tradition of pairing local artists and chefs to highlight delectable cuisine alongside exceptional art, creating a unique and engaging way to promote visual and culinary arts. The 2023 event celebrates RAM's Twentieth Anniversary in Downtown Racine, and helps support exhibition programming, visual art education for children and adults of all ages and abilities, and care of the museum's nationally recognized permanent collection.
There will be no shortage of sensory experiences to savor at this year's event:
What do Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Ai Kijima, and Roy Superior have in common? In addition to being artists represented in RAM’s collection, they also had works selected by museum staff, board, and volunteers for inclusion in the Twentieth Anniversary exhibition, RAM Staff Selects. In an effort to broaden the voices heard in the galleries and acknowledge the critical role staff, board, and volunteers play in getting an organization to a milestone anniversary, the curatorial process shifted into the hands of those who are not typically selecting works for display.
With a group that favors objects over images and takes advantage of North America’s largest contemporary craft collection, the works selected are as varied as the artists and the individuals making the selections. Featured pieces include Wendell Castle’s silver leaf-topped desk, Robert Ebendorf’s necklace made of items found on a beach, Mariko Kusumoto’s multi-piece metal theatre set diorama, and Mark Newport’s embroidered comic book cover. Several works chosen were also voted as favorites in 2013 when the public was invited to select their most beloved pieces for RAM’s Tenth Anniversary.
Those selecting works were encouraged to share their rationale for their choices, if so desired, which are included on label copy and in gallery handouts.
Artists in the Exhibition
Adrian Arleo, Roger Asay and Rebecca Davis, Azure Bielefeldt, Emily Brock, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Wendell Castle, Dale Chihuly, Warrington Colescott, Annette Corcoran, Richard DeVore, Robert W Ebendorf, Carol Eckert, Viola Frey, Terri Gelenian-Wood, Mary Giles, Ai Kijima, Mariko Kusumoto, Gyöngy Laky, Dona Look, Mark Newport, Richard Notkin, Eduardo Paolozzi, Donna Rosenthal, Red Weldon Sandlin, Richard Shaw, Roy Superior, Toshiko Takaezu, Kukuli Velarde, and Roberta and David Williamson
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Artists’ books—a category of making in its own right—can encompass aspects of printmaking, papermaking, illustration, design, and more. An artist can directly produce the book or work with a team that implements an idea—or a combination of both. Artists’ books as a whole consider the idea of the book, as well as its physical format, as a starting point for aesthetic and conceptual investigations. Designs can vary widely and include pieces that question the framework, use, or definition of a book; that include multiple components; or that are not functional in any traditional sense of the word.
RAM has over 550 artists’ books in its holdings—a collection that may be one of the largest of its kind in a Midwestern art museum. By their nature, artists’ books bridge the focal points of the museum’s collection: craft and graphics. Books, while printed in one form or another and editioned, are also three-dimensional objects that show evidence of the artists’ hand—effectively closing the gap between prints and three-dimensional craft. In addition, many traditional craft techniques like papermaking and binding are used to create these pieces, relating these graphic works to bookmaking traditions.
Artists in the Exhibition
Ric Haynes, Kevin Henkes, Amos Paul Kennedy, Susan E. King, Barbara Krueger, Ruth Laxson, Jim Lee, JoAnna Poehlmann, Adrian Tió, and Erica Van Horn.
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RAM invites you to a rare opportunity to learn more about Don Reitz—a much-admired ceramic artist who taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1962 until 1988, and is the focus of RAM's current exhibition, Collection Focus: Don Reitz.
RAM's exhibition was made possible due to a gift of almost 50 of Reitz's pieces from noted collectors Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle. At 6:00 pm on Friday, October 27, RAM Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich will host a conversation with the Eagles about their collection process and long-term supportive relationship with Reitz. Galleries will be open for individual viewing prior to the talk, at 5:00 pm.
Following the talk, around 6:45 pm, enjoy a brief gallery tour through Wisconsin Artists: 1960-90, a recently opened exhibition featuring a range of media by artists living and working in the state during the years Reitz was teaching in Wisconsin.
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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What spooky surprises are in store for you? RAM is happy to provide more than a few tricks and treats to help you get into the Halloween spirit.
Dress in your best costume and strut your stuff in the annual costume parade. Pick a pumpkin from the gourd-geous mini Pumpkin Patch. Enjoy Halloween-inspired hands-on art projects inside the galleries and outdoors on Wustum's grounds.
This fang-tastic event is like no other!
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If you are hoping to escape the newly cold weather, look no further than RAM on Free First Friday, November 3! Enjoy free admission from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm—generously sponsored by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation—and a Free Family Hands-on Art Activity between 4:00 – 7:00 pm. RAM Education staff will be helping participants make an air-dry clay vessel inspired by the expressive ceramic works on display in Collection Focus: Don Reitz.
Also, don't forget to stop by the RAM Museum Store and take advantage of their autumn sale to save 10% on almost everything!
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At RAM's Wustum Museum on Wednesday, November 8, 6:30 pm, join the 2022-23 RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Award Recipients for an exclusive panel discussion about their art careers and the pieces they made for RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Exhibition 2023—a current exhibition at RAM's Wustum Museum open through November 25.
Tickets for the event are available to purchase on RAM's website for just $10, but hold on tight! College students and RAM Members can attend for free by emailing Sabina Archaniolowicz, RAM Assistant Curator of Education, at sarchaniolowicz@ramart.org before the event instead of purchasing tickets.
Online registration ends at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, November 8.
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These items have been generously donated to be sold and raise funds in support of RAM's programs and collection care. You will find pieces in a variety of media and price ranges.
RAM's Awesome Art Sale 2023 is open to both RAM Members and the general public beginning Thursday, November 16. However, RAM Members can enjoy an exclusive preview and shopping period that is definitely worth taking advantage of.
Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17
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Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17
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Saturday, November 18
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Now in its 57th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s exhibition at RAM’s Wustum Museum features 96 works by 80 Wisconsin artists.
Jurors for the 2023 competition are Allison Peters Quinn and Beth Shadur. Quinn is a curator and writer based in Chicago, where she is the Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center. Her work over the past ten years has focused on projects that address intersections between art, public space, and civically minded practices. Quinn held the International Curator Residency at Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Dublin and is the recipient of a Ramapo College Curatorial Prize. Shadur is an artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has created over 150 murals as public, private, and community art projects in both the United States and Great Britain. Since 2012, Shadur has served as the Gallery Director at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Museum and the Board of the National Watercolor Honor Society.
Three new works from the competition have been purchased for RAM’s permanent collection, adding to the museum’s significant holdings of Wisconsin artists. RAM Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich states that these Memorial Purchase Awards are meaningful in helping to keep the memory of so many alive while also preserving the history—and ensuring the future—of watercolor in Wisconsin.
“Most of these acquisitions are made thanks to memorial contributions friends and family members have made to the museum in honor of loved ones who have died. Whenever they are displayed, the exhibition label notes that these works are now in the collection in this person’s honor. These pieces are frequently exhibited at both of our campuses and lent to other museums for shows. This is a wonderful way for the museum to document the history of Wisconsin art and to honor people who have been valued members of our families and communities.”
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Zoe Morrow, Folded Bill Basket, 1989, Shredded currency, 10 x 10 x 6 1/2 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Gabriel, Jr., Photography: Jarvis Lawson
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Patrick Nagatani, Renault Alpine, Wilkes Land, Antarctica from the Nagatani/Ryoichi Excavation Series 1985-2000, 1998, Ilfochrome print
17 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of Paul Harbaugh Family, Photography: Jarvis Lawson
In the late 1940s, contemporary glass production was given new energy as Frances (1912 – 2004) and Michael (1908 – 1999) Higgins reinvigorated the ancient practice of glass fusing. Capitalizing on the post-World War II interest in bright colors and abstract patterns, the Higginses produced mostly functional items sold through major retailers and worked with glass companies until they formally established their private studio in Illinois. Frances and Michael’s partnership—both personal and professional—seemed to fuel their creative energy, and they devoted their lives to creating a seemingly endless array of plates, bowls, dishes, vases, and more.
Racine Art Museum recently established an archive collection of 75 works created collaboratively and individually by the Higginses. For example, in addition to production glassware, there is a large, multi-faceted frieze of trees, buildings, and butterflies attributed to Frances and a “treasure chest” of glass, wood, and fiber assigned to Michael. This volume of work—a large portion of which debuts in this exhibition—offers a chance to look at modernist glass through the works themselves and through the lens of a creative partnership with nuanced gives and takes.
Higgins Glass Studio—initially established in the Higginses’ apartment—still exists in Riverside, Illinois. As per the wishes of the Higginses themselves, the studio is now owned and operated by Louise and Jonathan Wimmer, a mother and son who studied with the couple.
Even if glassware from the Higginses is familiar, their involvement with the twentieth-century conversations that changed studio glass is not as well-known. The study guide that accompanies this compelling exhibition offers the chance to illuminate dynamic aspects of their story—linking threads of many conversations including the landscape of modern craft, the role of function and form, the balance of creativity, innovation, and collaboration, and aspects of entrepreneurship, process and production, consumerism, and interior design.
Significantly, this is the first exhibition in RAM’s Collection Focus series to focus on artists primarily working with glass.
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Additionally, other RAM Education programs throughout the month, like RAM on the Road, will spotlight Black artists in the museum's permanent collection.
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In Between showcases artists via multiple works made of different materials and/or pieces that reflect a fluency between two and three dimensions, including wearables. Rooted in RAM’s collection, the exhibition specifically highlights the work of Dennis Lee Mitchell, a Virginia-based artist who once favored clay, but for some time has been creating large-scale “smoke drawings” with an acetylene torch.
Further examples include Barbara Brandel, who constructed hand-woven tapestry wall works and wearable garments; Dale Chihuly, who created large-scale drawings and prints with shapes and colors that echo and extend the context of his sculptural glass work; Carol Eckert, who creates drawings that plot out the thread colors used to craft her fiber works; and Russell T. Gordon, who is known for paintings and prints, but also constructed ceramic wall pieces.
Some Artists in the Exhibition: Garry Knox Bennett, Barbara Brandel, Frank Boyden, Dale Chihuly, Chunghi Choo, Richard DeVore, Eddie Dominguez, Carol Eckert, Terri Gelenian-Wood, Russell T. Gordon, Kay Khan, Dennis Lee Mitchell, Masako Onodera, Christina Smith, Kevin Sampson, Toshiko Takaezu, James Tanner, Cynthia Toops, Peter Voulkos, Ann Wolff
Image Credit: Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Almost Like Having a Philosophy (Dos a Dos/Feather in Yr Cap, Box #3 Reworked), 1990-91, Found objects, paper, and wood, 20 1/4 x 11 x 7 1/4 inches, Racine Art Museum, Gift of the Artist. Photography: Jon Bolton
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In a modern context where artists are investigating topics of their choosing and exploring with whatever materials they desire, who the artist is and how they move through the world becomes a part of the work’s content. Viewers may not have to know the details of an artist’s biography to appreciate their work, but those details can add layers of perspective and meaning.
Artists do not need to reference their identity in their work; however, it is valuable to recognize that heritage informs choices on a conscious or unconscious level as a part of the artists’ lived experiences. While most of the work in this exhibition is not directly issue-oriented, the fact that the makers themselves—as artists of color—have experienced a wide range of implicit and explicit biases is a sub-context worthy of consideration. Seen through that lens, the story these objects tell is even more complex.
RAM Curator of Exhibitions Lena Vigna claims Craft in Color \"has the potential to challenge viewers on multiple levels.\" She continues, \"In addition to being great examples of contemporary craft, the works on display are great examples by artists that might subvert some expectations about who craft artists are and what they create. What does contemporary craft look like anyway? For this exhibition, there are teapots and pieces of jewelry but there is also glass sculpture and clay relief prints.”
RAM used to show the work of artists of color without calling attention to it. While determining what truly defines an “artist of color” is a challenge—and the phrase itself implies White artists are the default—this exhibition is about ensuring artists of multiple and varied backgrounds are seen. RAM is dedicated to showing this work in a variety of contexts and, most importantly, to implement new pathways toward equity.
Owing to the physical dynamics of this gallery space, all pieces included are made of non-light-sensitive materials. While the work of artists of color has been, and will continue to be, shown in multiple contexts at RAM and its second campus, RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, this is the largest exhibition to date dedicated to these artists from the collection.
Exhibitions at Racine Art Museum are made possible by: Platinum Sponsors—The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd, David Charak, Judith and David Flegel Fund, Ron and Judith Isaacs, Nicholas and Nancy Kurten, Racine Community Foundation, Windgate Foundation; Diamond Sponsors—City of Racine’s Grow Racine Grant, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, Ruffo Family Foundation, Ruth Arts Foundation; Gold Sponsors—Anonymous, Tom and Irene Creecy, Richard and Patricia Ehlert, Reliance Controls Community Fund, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, W.T. Walker Group, Inc., Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Sponsors—Anonymous, Baird, Beta Diagnostic Labs, A.C. Buhler Family, Lucy G. Feller, Ben and Dawn Flegel, Jim Harris, Horizon Retail Construction, Inc., Lise Iwon, Johnson Financial Group, Dorothy MacVicar, Jan Serr and John Shannon, Visit Racine County; Bronze Sponsors—Ellen and Joseph Albrecht, Susan Boland, Virginia Buhler, Dave’s Wine Garage, Educators Credit Union, Express Employment Professionals, Bill and Debbie Keland, Susan Manalli, Jean and Alex Mandli, Jr., Norbell Foundation, The Prairie School, Cathy Stanghellini, Twin Disc; Media Sponsor—88Nine Radio Milwaukee
Image: Emma Lewis Mitchell, Birthing Spirit Bowl, 1987, Earthenware, 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, Racine Art Museum, the Karen Johnson Boyd Collection, Photography: Jon Bolton
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Moderated by Racine artist and business owner Dee Hutch, this intimate discussion will feature engaging dialogue with Artist/Mahogany Gallery CEO Scott Terry and Racine artist and educator Trenton Baylorabout Black voices within the field of contemporary sculpture.
This event is free to attendee. Capacity is limited, so please reserve your spot using the form below.
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Curating an exhibition that showcases Peeps® artwork is somewhat unexpected for a museum. However, the concept of working with unusual materials is supported by RAM’s mission to exhibit, collect, preserve, and educate in the field of contemporary craft—a subsect of art that focuses on handmade work created traditionally from ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, polymer, and wood. Artists consistently push material boundaries, so the idea that they sometimes utilize and experiment with materials produced for purposes other than art-making can be seen throughout RAM’s exhibitions and many works in the museum’s permanent collection—the largest contemporary craft collection in North America.
Entries must be dropped off on Friday, March 8 or Saturday, March 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, or shipped to arrive no later than Thursday, March 7, at Racine Art Museum, 441 Main Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403, along with attached entry form. Please label any shipments to the attention of Emily Nichols. Prepaid postage must be included if you want return shipping.
Image: Debby Peck, Octopeep, 2023, Peeps®, papier mâché, balloon, foil, wire, air dry clay, foam, latex paint, and found objects, Photography: Tyler Potter
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Save the date for a fun-filled afternoon of creating art under the sun! RAM's annual Kids Day event returns to RAM's Wustum Museum on Friday, June 14, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.
This free event is perfect for the whole family, and encourages artists of all ages to celebrate the power of art by creating several fun projects! Plus, expect to play art games, go on scavenger hunts, and so much more.
Stay tuned to RAM's newsletter and its social media channels—Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (formerly known as Twitter)—for more information, including the official announcement of this year's theme.
LEARN MORE ABOUT KIDS DAY 2024
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The virtual tour will be broadcast via Facebook Live on RAM's Facebook page. You do not need an account to watch the video, and the tour will also be available on Facebook and YouTube after the live broadcast concludes.
Don't miss the chance to experience Racine and Vicinity Show 2024 for yourself—on display at Wustum through Saturday, August 10.
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On display in RAM's Windows on Fifth Gallery, this installation will be available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week—a point underscoring both the value of the ideas and the desire to make the work accessible to anyone on the street, not just those who go into the museum building.
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Relief printing is a process where a design is carved into wood or similar materials to make a protruding surface that can be inked and printed on paper or fabric. A team of regional professional artists will use this art-making technique—which requires many dedicated hours of conceptualizing, drawing, and carving—to produce oversized prints by flattening the inked relief with a steamroller. These fabric prints will be available for purchase alongside a selection of the artists’ existing work in various media, with proceeds benefitting both the artists and Wustum.
Amy Misurelli Sorensen and Lisa Bigalke, both recipients of a RAM Artist Fellowship, are co-founders of Full Steam Ahead and participating artists at the 2024 event. The two artists draw from the area's thriving arts community to help curate the event participants each year. In addition to Bigalke and Sorensen, new and returning artists at Full Steam Ahead 2024 include Bee Becker, Melody Bigalke, John Cizmar, Madi Moon, Shelby Nesmith, Sophia Salcido, Joe Szabo, Scott Terry, Jeremy Topczewski, Kelly Witte, Connie Wolfe, and Alex Yee.
Participating artists are not the only ones who can create art at Full Steam Ahead 2024. Education staff at Wustum will offer make-and-take hands-on projects inspired by the process of printmaking, inviting makers of all ages to explore a new creative technique. Additionally, attendees can refuel throughout the event by purchasing mouthwatering dishes from two local food trucks. Piña Mexican Eats offers from-scratch, authentic Mexican cuisine, while Big City BBQ offers a variety of savory smoked meats and sides.
Further information about the event is available on the RAM website, ramart.org.
The two campuses of the Racine Art Museum—RAM in downtown Racine at 441 Main Street and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Wustum) at 2519 Northwestern Avenue—are located in Racine, Wisconsin, a historic community on the shores of Lake Michigan. RAM is home to the largest contemporary craft collection in North America and has a reputation for its award-winning architecture and nationally recognized exhibition program. Wustum is home to the organization's diverse, award-winning art education programs and has presented significant art exhibitions since 1941.
Both campuses of the Racine Art Museum are currently open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission rates are $10 for adults; $8 for students, seniors (62+), and veterans; and free for RAM members, children under 12, active military personnel, and NARM, ROAM, and AAM members.
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Join RAM's Wustum Museum for the Opening Reception and Award Ceremony from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, August 27, where Multiple Purchase Awards to acquire photographs for the museum's collection will be announced.
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Along with participating in a Free Family Hands-on Art Activity from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, visitors will also have the chance to meet local artists René Amado and Nicole Acosta as they talk about their new exhibitions—Low: René Amado at RAM and Nicole Acosta: HOOPS—Beyond the Aesthetic Lies the Story at RAM’s Wustum Museum.
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This year's event will continue the SAVOUR tradition of highlighting arts and culture in Racine by pairing local artists and chefs to create unique, delicious, and artistic experiences. Participating restaurants will create two delectable dishes for guests to enjoy—including at least one vegetarian option—while artists will craft a specialty art piece to appear as an auction item.
Featuring live music, a silent auction, and a live auction full of paddle-raising fun, this is an event you do not want to miss. The SAVOUR Event Committee is planning some groovy 70's surprises for attendees, so prepare yourself for extra, out-of-sight fun!
Purchase your tickets before Thursday, September 19, to receive a reduced, early-bird rate. RAM can't wait to see you at the party of the year!
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Featuring photo spots, scavenger hunts, and numerous art projects both indoors and across the museum grounds, there is a scary amount of family-friendly fun to be had. A pumpkin patch, courtesy of Swan's Pumpkin Farm, will also allow guests to choose a pumpkin to decorate and take home.
Dress in your best costume and get ready for the costume parade and contest—a staple of this free Halloween-themed event.
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Mondays, 10:00 am – Noon
Instructor/Artist: Tom Hoffman
Investigate the human body form through the observation of nude models. Learn composition, drawing techniques, and characteristics of light and proportion. Any type of drawing material or watercolors are welcome. This is an adult class—parental permission is required for ages 16–18.
A supply list—required for this class—is available to download below.
Fees: $64 Members $80 Non-Members
RAM members with a Senior or Individual level membership are only eligible for discounts on their own class registrations—the member discount does not apply to eligible family unless you have a Family/Dual level membership or higher. Ineligible registrants will be required to pay the difference before the class begins.
Online registration closes four days before class begins. After that, call RAM’s Wustum Museum at 262.636.9177 to confirm availability.
Class cancellations can happen if enrollment minimums are not met four days prior to the first class. Wustum staff will contact you via phone and/or email if your class is canceled.
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The artists whose works are included in this exhibition harness the storytelling power of photographic imagery. They address social, cultural, and personal issues, including identity, the environment, community, history, and the everyday. As artists of color, their conversations are charged with the subtext of race and heritage, even if these issues are not directly addressed in their work. RAM Showcase: Storytellers, with all artwork drawn from RAM’s collection, spotlights artists of color who use photography to tell their stories in their voices, and coincides with other exhibitions that celebrate and support voices of color via photographic imagery.
Owing to the award of an Equity Innovation Fund grant from the United Way of Racine County, RAM is organizing three different exhibitions and multiple community outreach programs that feature Mexican American artists Nicole Acosta and René Amado. Both artists use their work to address cultural identity—often centering a multidisciplinary approach that highlights their perspectives as artists of color and offers a dynamic platform to examine and reframe personal, social, and cultural issues.
Programs such as these are vital as they spotlight significant voices of color. Acosta and Amado speak to their heritage while adding to the dynamism of the contemporary art landscape and offering perspectives that can potentially engage those not otherwise inclined to visit contemporary art museums. Additionally, these two regional artists reflect the strength of creativity in the area. With RAM Showcase: Storytellers in particular, the work of Acosta and Amado is presented alongside established international photographers—with distinctive perspectives, all of the artists offer individual stories, yet nuanced and varied meaning can be derived from juxtaposition within the exhibition.
Artists in the Exhibition
Nicole Acosta, ADÁL (Adál Maldonado), René Amado, Dawoud Bey, Roy DeCarava, Sally Larsen, Yasumasa Morimura, Patrick Nagatani, Luiz González Palma, Charese Smiley, and Linda Wabanimkee.
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Some materials may be more valuable, durable, or wearable than others. However, if the intent is present, many things can be manipulated to be worn in one way or another. Comprised entirely of works from RAM’s collection, this exhibition highlights art jewelry made from repurposed materials originally intended for a use other than adornment. These works support RAM’s Zero Waste Art Initiative, an ongoing and multi-faceted project encouraging reconsideration of consumption habits and creative solutions for reuse. As outlined by RAM’s Education Department, this initiative “is working to establish partnerships with local businesses and manufacturing plants to reduce their waste and keep it out of landfills by turning these materials into educational, eco-art.”
Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet
A Charming Narrative, 2014
Sterling silver, steel, and found objects
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/2 inches
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Gail M. Brown
Photography: Jarvis Lawson
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This Collection Focus exhibition featuring fiber works from Polish artists builds on the 2015 debut of pieces gifted by Camille and Alex Cook. Since then, more works from a similar period—1980s to mid-2000s—have been added to this area of RAM’s collection. This emphasis is unique to craft-focused institutions in North America and complements an organization situated in a community with large Polish populations in the surrounding cities of Milwaukee and Chicago. With over 35 pieces included, the exhibition highlights Polish fiber art in both a microscopic and macroscopic way—showcasing the efforts of artists from a certain area of the world who, in turn, also reflect global interests.
This exhibition is funded in large part by the Walter S. Smolenski, Jr. and Sr. Polish History and Culture Fund within the Racine Community Foundation.
Artists in the Exhibition
Grażyna Brylewska-Pędziałek, Maria Teresa Chojnacka, Włodzimierz Cygan, Emilia Cecylia Domańska, Barbara Falkowska, Kazimiera Frymark-Błaszczyk, Barbara Gałan, Anna Goebel, Margaret Handwerker, Bozena Kaluga, Janusz Kozikowski, Lilla Kulka, Aleksandra Mańczak, Jolanta Owidzka, Andrzej Rajch, Jolanta Rudzka-Habisiak, Antoni Starczewski, and Boleslaw Tomaszkiewicz
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This free event invites guests to learn more about these two artists and their careers, as well as ask questions about their current featured exhibitions—Low: René Amado at RAM and Nicole Acosta: HOOPS—Beyond the Aesthetic Lies the Story at RAM's Wustum Museum.
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6:00 – 8:00 pm
Instructor/Artist: Veronica Averkamp
Want to try something creative but don’t want the hassle of buying supplies and making the mess at home? Gather a friend or two, and come in for a one-night-only make-it-and-take-it art experience. Advanced registration is required.
Paint the gorgeous florals of the autumn season on canvas.
Fees: $35 Members $40 Non-Members
All supplies are included in this class fee.
RAM members with a Senior or Individual level membership are only eligible for discounts on their own class registrations—the member discount does not apply to eligible family unless you have a Family/Dual level membership or higher. Ineligible registrants will be required to pay the difference before the class begins.
Online registration closes four days before class begins. After that, call RAM’s Wustum Museum at 262.636.9177 to confirm availability.
Class cancellations can happen if enrollment minimums are not met four days prior to the first class. Wustum staff will contact you via phone and/or email if your class is canceled.
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Contemporary art jewelry often investigates cultural, social, personal, and environmental topics. Distinguished by a vocabulary of diverse media from precious metals to recycled objects, it also reflects artists’ interests in material exploration and notions of wearability. RAM’s holdings in art jewelry—with examples from artists from across the globe at varying stages in their careers—have grown rapidly.
Artistic self-consciousness often drives those who make work considered “art jewelry,” though this is just part of a much larger conversation. Makers explore a wide variety of issues, materials, and themes, while utilizing media—both precious and non-precious—that encourage the exploration of jewelry and its history. In this selection of seven artists of color from RAM’s collection, the emphasis is on materials not traditionally anticipated for use in jewelry, such as polymer, safety pins, and silicone.
While there are theoretically no limitations to the materials any artist can use, there have historically been barriers to some artists of color in the United States—indirect or otherwise—to access tools, materials, or studio spaces. At this moment, more and more efforts are being made to support and encourage the work of artists of color while drawing attention to existing work.
Following the solo exhibition of Nicole Acosta, which featured photographs of people of the global majority wearing hoop earrings, this exhibition emphasizes an idea that RAM often explores: how adornment can go beyond decoration to become a symbolic and layered space for meaning.
While some of the work in this exhibition has been shown in the galleries at RAM, all of these pieces are making their debut at Wustum.
Image: Lorena Angulo
Milagro Heart Tree of Life, 2022
Bronze, coral and turquoise beads, brass wire, and stainless steel wire
4 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 inches
Racine Art Museum, Windgate Foundation Contemporary Craft Acquisition Grant
Photography: Jon Bolton
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Now in its 58th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state. This year’s exhibition features 80 works by 69 artists from across Wisconsin.
Jurors Tony Armendariz and Shelley Gilchrist considered 200 pieces submitted by 116 artists and curated the works seen in the 2024 exhibition. Armendariz is a contemporary realist artist living and painting in Palatine, Illinois. His work focuses on figurative subjects rendered in watercolor. Armendariz has won numerous awards in regional and national competitions and has exhibited his work in many group and solo exhibitions. Armendariz is a signature member of many national societies, including the American Watercolor Society and the Illinois Watercolor Society, where he also served as director. Gilchrist is an award-winning abstract artist based in Evanston, Illinois, working in two and three dimensions in a variety of media, including acrylic. In 2006, her work turned toward abstraction when she began to shape her painting surfaces and explore line and color in her designs. Gilchrist has juried shows at Woman Made Gallery and ARC Gallery in Chicago. She is a member of Chicago Sculpture International and the founder of FUSEDChicago, a professional group for artists using encaustic.
Similar to previous years, Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich used memorial purchase award funds to obtain four works from this exhibition for RAM’s collection holdings. Thanks to generous donors over the years, and the ability to use specified funds to acquire work, RAM can count almost 600 watercolors as part of its works on paper collection.
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Using clay and enamel on copper, respectively, Canadian artists and married couple Karen Dahl and James Doran explore these concepts through their well-known trompe l’oeil sculptures. The two are not collaborators, but their work is rooted in similar subject matter and a desire to explore what still life means in the modern era. A recent gift of 27 works by Dahl and Doran joined three pieces by Dahl already in RAM’s collection—establishing archive holdings for each artist. Shown intermingled in this exhibition, the works of Dahl and Doran encourage extended viewing and consideration of art history, object meaning, and process.
James Doran
Entomological Doodle, 1989
Enamel on copper
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Holly Hotchner and Franklin Silverstone
Photography: Jarvis Lawson
In 2022, RAM organized a landmark exhibition for its street-facing Windows on Fifth Gallery. With artworks chosen from RAM’s collection, On Fire: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century offered a cursory look at how women were shaping glass as an art material in the 1980s and 1990s. The exhibition title alludes to certain techniques of physically working with glass as well as the idea that some artists were innovating and making names for themselves—that they were “on fire” in their art world trajectory.
This exhibition, an expanded version of the 2022 show, offers a deeper dive into this vital period in contemporary craft by outlining the concerns of artists who explore the sculptural, visual, metaphorical, and creative potential of glass. Seen through the eyes of women, it reflects developments with the medium as an art material two and three decades after studio glass concepts were being implemented into university programs and contemporary practices.
Notably, a portion of the gallery is dedicated to supporting materials, such as images, articles, and books, which offer a broader context for understanding the artists, medium, and field.
Glass does not have a single history as it has been used in many different ways. Its usage in a decorative context still exists, but the twentieth century also saw the academic establishment of it as a viable art-making material. This exhibition includes various examples of work produced within the studio glass framework—as self-consciously made art reflecting artistic investigations of materials, processes, and ideas. Artists represented include Sonja Blomdahl, Kimiake Higuchi, Concetta Mason, Flo Perkins, Kari Russell-Pool, Ginny Ruffner, Acquaetta Williams, Ann Wolff, and Toots Zynsky. Expanding on the 2022 exhibition, this iteration also features examples from collaborative teams, such as John Littleton and Kate Vogel and Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott.
These artists explore numerous topics, including identity, beauty, color, pattern, nature, abstraction, form, the figure, metaphor, process, and the properties and abilities of glass as a material. There is also a range of techniques represented, including blowing, lampworking, casting, fusing, carving, polishing, pâte de verre, assembling, and various surface treatments. In essence, the exhibition summarizes the experimental nature of the artists and studio glass in general.
A critic of another recent all-female glass exhibition lamented about needing to draw attention to the fact that all of the artists were women—are they artists first or women first? These conversations can also be limiting as they sidestep more fluid gender dynamics. Yet, in this particular moment in time, it is indeed important to draw attention to components beyond the objects themselves. Who the makers are and how they move through the world influences the work even if it is not the identifiable subject matter.
Image: Ginny Ruffner
Tempest in a Spoon from the Structuring Beauty Series, 1999
Glass and enamel paint
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Stanley and Evelyn Asrael
Photography: Jarvis Lawson
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Often, although not exclusively, collage and assemblage feature found or non-traditional art media. Many modern and contemporary artists even draw attention to their usage of various, often unexpected materials. Rather than disguising the multiple components of collage and assemblage, they explore ways of combining and expanding the information visually to create a unified whole made of bits and pieces of other things. Artists often engage elements that reflect modern life or larger themes—for example, found and recycled materials, or socially or politically charged images.
Focused on the breadth of two- and three-dimensional work in RAM’s collection, this exhibition includes sculpture, collage, jewelry, quilts, and art to wear compiled from or appearing as a variety of individual pieces. In addition to being an exploration of artist process and material exploration, Pieces underscores the ability of some artists to recontextualize the marginalized or overlooked and to imbue the ordinary with something extraordinary.
With an emphasis on repurposed and found materials, this exhibition supports RAM’s Zero Waste Art Initiative, an ongoing and multi-faceted project encouraging reconsideration of consumption habits and creative solutions for reuse. As outlined by RAM’s Education Department, this initiative “is working to establish partnerships with local businesses and manufacturing plants to reduce their waste and keep it out of landfills by turning these materials into educational, eco-art.”
Image: Erman
Jacket, ca. 1995
Found fabric and thread
31 x 42 inches
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Victor Whitman
Photography: Jarvis Lawson
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The human figure is often used to tell stories, symbolize existence, and represent the human condition. Featuring works from RAM’s collection, RAM Showcase: Bodies reflects people’s desire to study, analyze, and respond to the notion of the human body, with pieces on display that underscore the enduring artistic interest in the body as subject.
The RAM Showcase exhibition series at RAM and its second campus, RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, focuses entirely on the work of contemporary artists of color. The fact that all of the works in RAM Showcase: Bodies were made by artists of color is a significant additional layer to the subject matter and ways it is depicted. This distinction is critical for some contemporary artists of color, as their work adds narratives to art histories that generally marginalized or excluded them.
Individually, the artists represented in this exhibition explore a wide range of issues, including social and cultural dynamics, the sensual body, emotions, the connection between human beings and animals, history, and relationships between duality and otherness. Sometimes self-portraits, sometimes not, the subjects portrayed are envisioned or recorded through flat, drawn images or sculpted forms and reflect vibrant voices and engaging perspectives.
Exhibitions at Racine Art Museum are made possible by: Platinum Partners—The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd, David Charak, Judith and David Flegel Fund, Ron and Judith Isaacs, Racine Community Foundation, United Way of Racine County, Windgate Foundation; Diamond Partners—Ruffo Family Foundation, Ruth Arts Foundation, Diane Zebell; Gold Partners—Anonymous, A. C. Buhler Family, Robert E. Kohler Jr. Fund, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, Reliance Controls, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, W.T. Walker Group, Inc., Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Partners—Anonymous, Sandy and Gus Antonneau, Baird, Lucy G. Feller, Ben and Dawn Flegel, Sharon and Tom Harty, Dave and Judy Hecker, Paula Kalke, Horizon Retail Construction, Inc., Johnson Financial Group, Lang Family Foundation, Dorothy MacVicar, Jan Serr & John Shannon, Sandra Shove, Willard and Mary Walker; Bronze Partners—Carol Baylon, Rose and Peter Christensen, Dave’s Wine Garage, Educators Credit Union, Patricia and Richard Ehlert, Express Employment Professionals, Deborah Ganaway, Carol Griseto, Hitter’s Baseball, SC Johnson, Bill and Debbie Keland, Nancy and Nick Kurten, Susan Manalli, Norbell Foundation, JoAnna Poehlman, Rasmussen Diamonds, Harold and Lois Solberg, Kathy Stanghellini, Tito's, Twin Disc, Janna Waldeck, Barbara Waldman; Media Sponsor—Radio Milwaukee.
The two campuses of the Racine Art Museum—RAM in downtown Racine at 441 Main Street and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Wustum) at 2519 Northwestern Avenue—are located in Racine, Wisconsin, a historic community on the shores of Lake Michigan. RAM is home to the largest contemporary craft collection in North America and has a reputation for its award-winning architecture and nationally recognized exhibition program. Wustum is home to the organization's diverse, award-winning art education programs and has presented significant art exhibitions since 1941.
Both campuses of the Racine Art Museum are currently open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission rates are $10 for adults; $8 for students, seniors (62+), and veterans; and free for RAM members, children under 12, active military personnel, and NARM, ROAM, and AAM members.
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Open through April 26, RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2025 features a record-breaking amount of creative and entertaining entries demonstrating the talent of artists from across the country.
This year, more than 180 pieces will be on display, which RAM Curatorial Assistant Katelyn Mitchell notes is the largest amount the museum has ever received. With pieces spanning a wide range of subject matter, materials, and construction techniques, she guarantees that \"visitors of all ages are sure to find something they’ll enjoy in this unique exhibition.\"
Curating an exhibition that showcases PEEPS® marshmallow candy as subject material and media is somewhat unexpected for a museum. However, the concept of working with unusual materials is supported by RAM's mission to exhibit, collect, preserve, and educate in the field of contemporary craft—a subset of art that focuses on handmade work created traditionally from ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, polymer, and wood. The idea that artists sometimes utilize and experiment with materials produced for purposes other than art-making can be seen throughout RAM's exhibitions and many works in the museum's permanent collection—the largest contemporary craft collection in North America.
Over the years, many PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition entrants have become experts in creating with marshmallow candy as a material, using methods like carving, painting, hole punching, gluing, and melting to manipulate PEEPS® marshmallow candy into incredible shapes. While the seasonal sugared marshmallow is still the most common material, the sixteenth-anniversary show also includes pieces made in various other media, like repurposed drum kit shells, fiber, photography, and more.
On Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 pm CDT, RAM will publish a Virtual Awards Presentation on the museum's YouTube channel. Presented by Marketing and Communications Specialist Tyler Potter, these awards are selected based on clever and skilled use or representation of PEEPS® marshmallow candy in adult, children, and group categories.
In addition to the awards selected by RAM, visitors are invited to vote for their favorite creation, naming one popular artwork worthy of the coveted PEEPle’s Choice Award after the exhibition closes.
“Guests are allowed only one vote per visit, which many people take very seriously,\" says Tyler Potter, RAM Marketing and Communications Specialist. \"I have watched people circle the exhibition multiple times, take notes to compare with their family and friends, and even occasionally lobby other visitors to support their favorite piece. Selecting just a single work for your favorite can be a difficult process, and I respect the dedication required to come to that conclusion.”
Out-of-state enthusiasts and other would-be museum visitors are invited to view the exhibition from the comfort of home during a Virtual Tour of RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2025. This intimate glimpse of the show will be published on RAM's YouTube channel at Noon CDT on Thursday, April 17.
Further information and a list of participating artists is available on the RAM website, ramart.org.
RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2025 is made possible in part by PEEPS® Patrons: Action Law Offices, S.C., Megan, Xander, and Athena Bennett, Susan Buhler, Charles Constantine, Dooley & Associates, Karen and Mark Fairbanks, Tom and Cheryl Foley, Ann Henkes, Carl and Susan Hipp, Linda Humphrey, Kewpee, Cherie Lyford, Bob and Betsy Moore, Next Step Life Coach Connie Lelivet, Peaceful Beginnings, Piggly Wiggly—Erie Street, Carol and Jeff Preston, Reefpoint Brew House, Socially Suspect, the Band, Sugar Shack Sweet Shoppe, Cherry Wardrip, Nancy Wheeler, and Nicole L. Zimmer
Image: Georgia Averkamp
Peep Pony Club
PEEPS® Brand marshmallow candy, Easter grass, paint, disco balls, and found objects
Photography: Rachel Comande
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Activating the senses beyond sight alone, museum-goers are encouraged to make emotional—and physical—connections by getting up close and personal with community-created pieces. Explore the galleries by feeling, trying on, adding to or subtracting from, listening to, or smelling works specifically created to awaken the senses.
Image: RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Photography: Jessica Zalewski
What does the work mean? There is some mystery, some beauty, some drama, some surprise, and a little wit. There is much about being human and being part of or apart from the natural world. There is a lot about the passage of time and the persistence of the past. There is a great deal about celebrating the joy of seeing. That said, the content remains nearly as open for me as it does for you, the viewer. —Ron Isaacs
Most of Ron Isaacs’s work—a combination of two-dimensional imagery and cut and sawn wood—operates in an in-between space. Isaacs identifies his work as “trompe l’oeil painted constructions.” He further goes on to state, “I never actually made it to three dimensions; I seem to have stalled at two and a half.”
This exhibition debuts a new-to-RAM archive of works created by Isaacs between 1968 and 2020. This grouping—the scope of which is unmatched at any other organization—includes early acrylic on canvas paintings, a drawing, art jewelry, and over 20 painted wood constructions.
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This year’s event features soul-stirring performances by multiple acts:
Food and beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, will be available to purchase throughout the event. Enjoy hot, savory sandwiches from The Bomber Company and grab a drink from Chicago craft beer enterprise Moor’s Brewing Company. Or, bring your own food for a picnic if you prefer!
For the first time in the event’s history, live art making will also be on display. Guests will see multiple creatives capturing the event in their own style, including Dee Hutch whose live painting will be auctioned off during the event.
Early bird discounted tickets are available through July 1, so don’t hesitate to reserve your spot for the musical extravaganza today!
This event is sponsored in part by: Butter Buds, Family Power Music, Jaeded Styles, Moor’s Brewing Company, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, Prince Hall Council of Past Masters, Racine Theatre Guild, Southgate Lodge #6, and Visit Racine County
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This exhibition relates to the question of why human beings are fascinated by “real life” things that are rendered larger or smaller than life-size. Throughout art history, there are many examples of everyday objects that became mysterious or more compelling because of a shift in scale. From oversized body parts and clay vessels to an abnormally large bronze pear, the works on display in Monumental encourage viewers to consider how size affects expectations and opinions of art.
RAM Director of Exhibitions and Collections Lena Vigna believes that, depending on a viewer’s perspective, this exhibition could be considered serious, playful, or both:
“Oversize fruit, such as the bronze pear and the glass plum, encourages viewers to contemplate complex issues such as the relationship between consumerism, health, and safety. Are bigger and better products good for the environment or our health?” questions Vigna. “At the same time, large ceramic feet and heads are fantastical, calling to mind fairy tales and legends. Reflecting the concerns of contemporary artists who use traditional materials in unexpected ways, the works on display reflect things that are simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar as they blur the boundaries between reality and mystery.”Why are human beings fascinated by “real life” things that are rendered larger or smaller than life-size? Throughout art history, there are many examples of everyday objects that became mysterious or more compelling because of a shift in scale. From oversized body parts and clay vessels to an abnormally large bronze pear, these works from RAM’s collection encourage viewers to consider how size affects their expectations and opinions.
On display in RAM’s street-facing Windows on Fifth Gallery, Monumental will be available for continual, free public viewing—24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Further information about Monumental is available on RAM’s website, ramart.org.
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RAM is thrilled to announce the return of its premier annual fundraiser! Save the date for SAVOUR 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 5:30 – 10:30 pm at RAM's Wustum Museum.
This year's extravaganza is set to be the most artistic, stylish garden party you have ever seen. SAVOUR 2025: Garden Gala—Cultivating Creativity will be filled with music, dancing, delicious food, and gorgeous flowers.
Stay tuned to RAM's newsletter and social media channels—including Instagram and Facebook—to learn more about this un-bud-lievable event when more details are released.
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From The Archives showcases eight Wisconsin-based artists with recently established archives at RAM—Jerrold Belland, Lisa Englander, Caren Heft, Alex Mandli, Michael Nitsch, Bill Reid, Susan M. Sorenson, and Marc Wollman—each of whom have long-standing and impactful connections to RAM and Wustum. They are former staff members and RAMA Board members, regular juried exhibition participants, Artist Fellowship Award recipients, and longtime supporters of the Museum. Featuring a mixture of existing collection holdings and recent acquisitions, this exhibition offers a glimpse into the careers of these eight artists who have helped make RAM what it is today
Artists in the Exhibition
Jerrold Belland, Lisa Englander, Caren Heft, Alex Mandli, Michael Nitsch, Bill Reid, Susan M. Sorenson, and Marc Wollman
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Jurors Jessica Cochran and Peggy Macnamara will select work for the 2025 exhibition. Jessica Cochran is the Deputy Director of the Renaissance Society, an independent contemporary art museum on the University of Chicago campus. She has worked as a curator, administrator, consultant, and educator in the realm of contemporary art for 20 years. Peggy Macnamara has served as the Artist-in-Residence at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History since 1990 and as an Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2001.
Image: Carlotta Miller, Soaring Renovation, 2024, Watercolor, 34 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches, Racine Art Museum, Helen Rusk Memorial Purchase Award from Watercolor Wisconsin 2024, Photography: Tyler Potter
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23 incredible museums are participating alongside RAM in the 2025 campaign, including:
RAM is open each Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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Cut It Out is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America’s nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America.
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Open April 1–18, RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 is the 17th edition of a community exhibition featuring art made from or inspired by colorful PEEPS® Brand marshmallow candy. Since its inception in 2010, the exhibition has captured worldwide attention by inviting artists of all ages and skill levels to work with a new creative medium or subject matter. Inspired by pop culture, famous artists, sports, and everything in between, artists throughout the years have creatively combined PEEPS® with painting, ceramics, screen printing, woodworking, papier mâché, glass fusing, 3-D printing, and more.
\"Every year, I am convinced that I have assuredly seen all possible manners in which an artist can utilize PEEPS®, yet every year, participants continue to prove me wrong,\" said RAM Marketing and Communications Specialist Tyler Potter. \"The creativity on display in our annual exhibition is truly astounding and brings genuine joy to so many people.\"
New in 2026, the RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition expands into a larger gallery—offering additional space to feature a specially commissioned installation by a Chicago-based artist that accompanies the exhibition. Andrea Jablonski: Enjoy the PEEPS® Show is a playful and irreverent body of work that reimagines iconic sculptures through the unmistakable form of the PEEPS® Bunny shape. Drawing from art history, public monuments, and personal memory, the artist transforms well-known masterpieces into approachable, humorous objects. By filtering celebrated works through a candy-colored lens, Jablonski's reinterpretations pay homage to artists such as Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Jeff Koons, and the anonymous creator of the Venus de Milo, while also reflecting her own background as a muralist, fabricator, and public artist.
In addition to physically expanding the exhibition, RAM and its second campus, RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Wustum), are offering several new opportunities for visitors to celebrate their love of this springtime staple. Together, these events create a dynamic—and delectable—journey through art that reflects a commitment to welcoming creativity in all forms while reimagining how audiences engage with the museums.
Tuesday, March 31, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, at RAM
A touch of glitz and glamour in Downtown Racine that rolls out the orange carpet exclusively for participating artists and their families. Attendees can step into the spotlight with an exclusive after-hours preview of RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 before a live awards ceremony.
Free for participating artists and their guests.
Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 – 8:30 pm, at RAM and Hotel Verdant
A ticketed entertainment package for PEEPS® enthusiasts ages 21 and older. Attendees start the evening with an after-hours tour of RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026, then head across the street to Eave—a lush, contemporary rooftop bar inside Hotel Verdant—for an artist-guided painting project and a PEEPS®-inspired cocktail.
$65 Members / $80 General
Spring Break Art Camp: Camp PEEPS® Day
Wednesday, April 8, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, at Wustum
Kids ages 7–13 will create several PEEPS®-inspired mixed media art projects, befitting the seasons and the sweet reason why people love the iconic candy. Students can expect a full day of colorful creativity, sweets, and treats.
$60 Members / $72 General
Saturday, April 11, Noon – 4:00 pm, at RAM
A welcoming, low-pressure way for families to explore RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 through touch, sound, color, and movement. Designed with sensory accessibility in mind, the program encourages playful exploration with make-and-take art activities, touch samples, and more, while also providing calm spaces for regulation and breaks.
Free with RAM admission.
Marshmallow Tales: PEEPS® Story Time
Friday, April 17, 10:00 – 11:00 am, at RAM
Presented in partnership with the Racine Public Library, RAM Docent and storyteller extraordinaire Gail Navratil will be in the RAM galleries to share a few springtime stories—perfect for children ages 2–5. Attendees can also create a sweet make-and-take art project inspired by RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 while listening to the stories.
Free with RAM admission.
Saturday, April 18, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, at RAM
The first iteration of RAM's new closing-weekend fundraiser and community celebration. The Bunny Big Top offers an unforgettable night of magic, masterpieces, and a little bit of mischief as the museum comes alive with roaming performers, carnival games, signature treats, a PEEPS® Eating Contest, and more. Including free entertainment and activities alongside paid experiences, this vintage-inspired circus welcomes families early in the evening, then transforms into a grown-up funhouse after dark.
$10 Members / $20 Adults / $5 Kids 12 and under
“We’re thrilled to share this year’s expanded lineup of PEEPS®-related activities,” said RAM Executive Director Robb Woulfe. “This growing series expands opportunities for connection—offering compelling experiences that spark creativity, invite people in, and fill our spaces with joy.”
Further information about RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 and other relevant programming is available on RAM’s website, ramart.org.
RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2026 is made possible in part by: PEEPS® Patrons—Action Law Offices, S.C., Bruce and Barbara Chrisman, Charles Constantine, Design Partners, Erv Keller Guide Service, Boulder Jct. WI, Karen and Mark Fairbanks, Tom and Cheryl Foley, Jill and Bob Hartmann, Ann and Peter Henkes, Laura Kapitan, Landmark Title of Racine, Connie Lelivelt, Neil and Ashley Staeck, Sandra Simon in honor of Patricia and Wes Fallon, Charlie B. Thorne, and Janna M. Waldeck
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This summer, Racine Art Museum (RAM) previews the lineup for In/Between, a new festival of visual and performing arts, running September 18–27, 2026. Set within a scenic harbor town along the shores of Lake Michigan, this mostly free public biennial activates local landscapes and cultural sites through exhibitions, interventions, and participatory projects, encouraging audiences to experience Racine County in new ways.
In/Between centers the field of craft while blurring boundaries between traditional and contemporary work. The festival’s name reflects both place and practice: its position within the Milwaukee–Chicago corridor, artists working across disciplines and media, and the spaces “in and between” the city’s familiar and hidden corners.
The inaugural lineup features local, national, and international artists and collaborators, highlighted by three bold, site-responsive works. Amanda Browder leads with a monumental, community-created textile installation that weaves the exterior of RAM; Eric Rieger (aka HOTTEA) unveils a suspended fiber installation that transforms its surroundings into a field of color; and Look-Up Aerial Arts presents the U.S. premiere of Éolia, a gravity-defying sway pole performance that brings motion and balance into an unexpected realm. Together, these projects extend across building, ground, and sky—inviting audiences to experience the festival through various expressions of color, material, and movement.
The festival comprises six interconnected series: exhibitions, performances, talks and demonstrations, wellness programs, workshops, and social events. Guests can enjoy large-scale installations, pop-up activations, hands-on making experiences, community gatherings, and more throughout the festival’s run.
“We are thrilled to introduce this multi-arts celebration, which draws on the inventiveness and layered histories of this community,” said RAM Executive Director Robb Woulfe. “Our debut season brings pioneering artists into dialogue with today’s makers to explore place, material, connection, and shared experience. We invite residents and visitors to discover, participate in, and celebrate the creativity that shapes this region.”
Drawing on the region’s legacy of making, innovation, and industrial heritage, the festival reframes everyday settings as spaces for art and discovery, including parks, pathways, waterfronts, and historic landmarks. Ongoing initiatives—including Quilts on Barns, Wall Poems of Racine, and tours along the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and through the Racine Heritage Museum—further connect the festival to local landscapes, architecture, and stories.
While most festival events are free, selected programs are ticketed. Activities take place across the museum’s two campuses—RAM and RAM’s Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Wustum)—along with other partner sites and public spaces throughout Racine County.
More information on featured projects and exhibitions follows. The full In/Between lineup will be announced in August.
Featured Projects
Amanda Browder: Zig and Zag
September 18–27
RAM — Building Facade
441 Main Street, Racine
A community-sourced textile installation that transforms the museum exterior into a large-scale, collaborative surface of shared fabric and labor. Inside, a companion exhibition—Amanda Browder: Civic Sparkle—extends the experience. Amanda Browder is a Brooklyn-based artist utilizing donated and repurposed materials and collective participation to reimagine architectural surfaces through expansive color interventions and sustainable reuse.
HOTTEA (Title Forthcoming)
September 18–27
Wustum — Gardens
2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
A site-specific installation where suspended strands of painted canvas transform the garden into an immersive field of color. Minneapolis-based artist Eric Rieger, known as HOTTEA, creates atmospheric installations that use suspended material to reshape spatial perception through chromatic density, rhythm, and environmental change.
Éolia by Look-Up Aerial Arts
September 25–27, Times to be announced
Wustum — Lawn
2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
Sway pole-based performances activating public space through choreographed suspension, fabric movement, and shifting spatial form. Look-Up Aerial Arts is a Quebec-based company whose practice foregrounds aerial craft, using rigging, balance, and embodied motion to construct temporary architectures in the air.
Featured Exhibitions
Dan Devening: Fenestra Falsa
September 18, 19, 25, 26 (12–5 p.m.); September 24 (5–8 p.m.)
OS Projects
601 Sixth Street, Racine
Recent paintings and works on paper that explore the collision of digital seduction and painterly nuance. Dan Devening is a Chicago-based artist whose work heightens color, activates surface, and plays with spatial perception, creating compositions that invite sustained attention and suggest the rewards of close looking over passive consumption.
Handcrafted: RAM Community Art Show (featuring Rosy Petri)
Open throughout In/Between
Wustum — Galleries
2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
A community-driven multi-media exhibition celebrating the importance of the handmade. The exhibition features a large quilt created by Milwaukee-based artist Rosy Petri in collaboration with community members, reflecting her practice of shared authorship and intergenerational exchange.
Handmade Up North: Jewelry & Small Metals
Open throughout In/Between
RAM — Galleries
441 Main Street, Racine
Contemporary Midwest art jewelry and small metals rooted in regional material culture and identity. Drawing from a wide range of styles and media, included works reference Wisconsin’s abundant nature and wildlife, urban and rural landscapes, importance as an agricultural hub, and distinctive Midwestern sense of community.
Michael Velliquette: Intuitive Patterns
Open throughout In/Between
RAM — Windows on Fifth Gallery
441 Main Street, Racine
A suspended Tyvek installation exploring pattern, light, color, and perception through intricate hand-cut compositions. Madison-based Michael Velliquette draws on the history of papercutting to create designs inspired by geometric motifs, intuitive abstraction, hex-protection symbols, and visual references to portals and windows.
RAM Showcase: African Adornment
Open throughout In/Between
RAM — Galleries
441 Main Street, Racine
A showcasing of historical West African adornment furthering the conversations in Tanya Crane: Embodied Histories. Included works tell the complex story of adornment used as currency within trade networks.
RAM Showcase: Cynthia Toops
Open throughout In/Between
Wustum — Galleries
2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
Intricate polymer micromosaics composed of small hand-cut fragments that build into richly detailed compositions on display alongside other jewelry from the artist. Cynthia Toops is a Seattle-based artist whose meticulous technique draws from historical examples such as Huichol Indian
Stitched Stories: Narrative Quilts and Textiles
Open throughout In/Between
Wustum — Galleries
2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine
Exploring storytelling through fiber-based practice, this exhibition explores the multitude of ways in which textiles can be used to convey meaning, transport viewers to real or imagined worlds, or tell personal narratives. Featuring works by Shari Urquhart, Ann Fahl, Leah Evans, Renie Breskin Adams, and others.
Tanya Crane: Embodied Histories—Exploring the Legacy of African Jewelry
Open throughout In/Between
RAM — Galleries
441 Main Street, Racine
An exhibition engaging historical West African adornment in conversation with contemporary jewelry and sculptural forms. Tanya Crane is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator whose work examines material histories and cultural transmission, using pattern, surface, and form to explore identity, exchange, and the resonance of adornment across time.
Wood You Believe It?: Painted Wood from RAM’s Collection
Opens on September 23
RAM — Galleries
441 Main Street, Racine
Traditional and experimental approaches to transforming wood with paint, bringing together furniture, art jewelry, sculpture, and wall hanging works. Whether turning, sculpting, carving, or constructing, included artists stretch the boundaries of how we understand this familiar yet versatile material.
Supporting Activities
Frank Lloyd Wright Trail in Racine
Across Racine County
Tracing Racine’s place in the Midwest design landscape, this Wright-centered trail connects landmark sites across the city. From the Hardy House to SC Johnson’s campus, the route reveals where architecture, industry, and everyday life meet along Lake Michigan.
Gallery and Studio Tours
Across Racine County
Self-guided tours through local galleries and artist studios, including Art Metals Studio, Artist Gallery, Hot Shop Glass, Northern Lights Gallery & Boutique, Photographic Design Gallery & Framing, Spectrum School of the Arts and Gallery, Stitched Quilt Shop, Unraveled Creative Studio, and more.
Quilts on Barns
Across Racine County
Spanning rural roads and lakeshore landscapes, this county-wide project extends quilting into the built environment. Painted quilt blocks mark sites of collaboration, connecting communities through pattern, place, and story.
Racine Heritage Museum Walking Tours
Downtown Racine
Through storytelling and dialogue, tours led by local guides invite visitors to engage with Racine’s layered history along downtown streets and the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Wall Poems of Racine
Across City of Racine
An ArtRoot project with the University of Wisconsin–Parkside and community partners, Wall Poems pairs excerpts by Racine poets with designs by UW students celebrating local voices through public art.
Further information about In/Between can be found at ramart.org.
Support for In/Between is provided by Travel Wisconsin, Visit Racine County, and We Energies Foundation. Additional program funding is provided by the Racine Community Foundation.
Amanda Browder, Power Plant Beloit
As part of In/Between, Amanda Browder: Civic Sparkle activates one of RAM Downtown’s interior gallery spaces, inviting visitors to experience the artist’s large-scale textile work from a closer perspective. Civic Sparkle features portions of a previous work by Browder, alongside behind-the-scenes content from the creation of Zig & Zag—the piece which adorns the outside of the museum. Together, these works highlight Browder’s collaborative, community-driven practice which celebrates shared creativity, memory, and the power of art to reimagine place.
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September 18, 6 – 9pm, Hotel Verdant Ballroom
Kick off In/Between with a multi-course dinner where guests will be joined by artists participating in the festival.
September 18 – 19 & 25 – 26, 12 – 5 pm; September 24, 5 – 8pm, OS Projects
View recent paintings and works on paper by Chicago artist Dan Devening who explores color, surface, perception, and the relationship between digital and painterly imagery.
English Paper Piecing with Rosy Petri
September 24, 6 – 9pm, RAM Wustum
Learn directly from a Milwaukee-based mixed media artist as she teaches the basics of a relaxing hand-sewing technique.
Paper, Pattern, & Play with Michael Velliquette
September 26, 10am – 2pm, RAM Wustum
Explore color, geometry, and abstraction through paper cutting, inspired by Velliquette’s Intuitive Patterns installation at RAM Downtown.
Craft & Draft: A Night of Makers
September 26, 6 – 10:30pm, RAM Wustum
Mark the festival’s closing weekend with a celebration of regional artists that features demonstrations, live music, and hands-on art experiences.
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