Current Exhibitions
Presenting work from artists who create meaningful statements in craft media, RAM dispels any differentiation between fine art and craft and between the artist and the craftsperson. Exhibitions at RAM emphasize ideas behind the artwork, rather than following strict media categories.
All shows at RAM change two to three times each year. Exhibitions are currently being drawn almost exclusively from RAM’s extensive and dynamic collection.
Designed by Me: Imagined Jewelry Realized
This exhibition features the winning drawings from the Rasmussen Diamonds and RAM Designed by Me competition alongside their real-life counterparts, showcasing the craftsmanship of local artisans while also giving the young creatives a first opportunity at having work on display in a museum setting.
Collection Focus: Ron Isaacs
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.
RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Exhibition 2025
Sponsored by a grant from the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, the RAM Artist Fellowship Program showcases the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts.
RAM Showcase: Focus on Adornment
This selection of contemporary art jewelry from RAM’s collection highlights seven artists of color utilizing materials not traditionally anticipated for use in jewelry, such as polymer, safety pins, and silicone.
Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel
Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel focuses on one of RAM's strengths—women artists—by featuring steel and bronze sculpture created by two important New York-based figures who are being rediscovered today.
Fool Me Once: The Trompe L’oeil Sculpture of Karen Dahl and James Doran
Shown intermingled in this exhibition, the works of Canadian artists and married couple Karen Dahl and James Doran encourage extended viewing and consideration of art history, object meaning, and process.
On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century
This exhibition, an expanded version of a 2022 Windows on Fifth Gallery 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.
RAM Collects: Contemporary Perfume Bottles
Some contemporary glass artists have utilized perfume bottles as spaces for experimentation and exploration—not necessarily function. This desire to challenge functionality has run parallel with the desire to produce usable and practical objects.
Monumental: Larger than Life-Size
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.
RAM Showcase: Bodies
Featuring works by artists of color from RAM’s collection, this exhibition reflects people’s desire to study, analyze, and respond to the human body as form and content.
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