Rachelle Thiewes
Shimmer, 2001
18k-palladium white gold and sterling silver
2 5/8 x 3 5/16 inches diameter
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Rachelle Thiewes in Memory of George and Cy Thiewes
Photography: Jon Bolton
New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry
January 29 – July 5, 2015
at Racine Art Museum
New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry celebrates recent gifts from a handful of dedicated collectors and donors.
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’ notions about wearability. RAM’s holdings in art jewelry—with examples from artists across the globe and at varying stages in their careers—are growing rapidly.
A special feature of this exhibition is a concentrated look at the work of several artists that RAM is collecting in-depth. Artists such as Terri Gelenian-Wood, Eleanor Moty, and Harold O’Connor are represented in the museum’s collection by multiple works with new gifts joining examples already in RAM’s holdings. This collecting strategy establishes a thorough documentation of an artist’s career that reflects how their ideas and aesthetic investigations developed over a period of time
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Elizabeth Abbey, Jane Adam, Deborah Aguado, Hollie Ambrose, Kristin Anderson, Katrin Arp, Carolyn Morris Bach, Borris Bally, Jamie Bennett, Melanie Bilenker, Liv Blavarp, Caroline Broadhead, Irena Brynner, Jessica Calderwood, Helen Carnac, Sharon Church, Patty Cokus, Giovanni Corvaja, Susan Cross, Carolyn Currin, Kathleen Dustin, Eva Eisler, Dawn Emms, Sandra Enterline, Sita Falkena, Patty Fawn, Phillip Fike, Arline Fisch, Pat Flynn, Donald Friedlich, Steven Ford, David Forlano, Laritza Garcia, Pat Garrett, Elizabeth Garrison, Carrie Garrott, Terri Gelenian-Wood, Caroline Gore, Lisa Gralnick, John J. Grant, Agnes-Maria Hagg, Rebecca Hannon, William Harper, Jane Harrison, Arthur Hash, Yael Herman, Tom Hill, Elizabeth Holder, Dan Imre, Daniela Imre, John Iversen, Nuala Jamison, Mary Kanda, Donna Kato, Heide Kindelmann, Ester Knobel, Rena Koopman, Unk Kraus, Alyssa Dee Krauss, Jee Hye Kwon, Rebekah Laskin, Nel Linssen, Keith Lo Bue, Tara Locklear, Ken Loeber, Allison MacGeorge, Carlier Makigawa, James Malenda, Thomas Mann, Sharon Massey, Mac McCall, C. James Meyer, Eleanor Moty, Bob Natalini, Gary Noffke, Lisbeth Nordskov, Ted Noten, Harold O’Connor, Judy Onofrio, Joan Parcher, Zack Peabody, Lee Barnes Peck, Mary Preston, Linda Kindler Priest, Robin Quigley, Cornela Ra, Joy Raskin, Susan Rezac, Kait Rhoads, Steven Russell, Jacqueline Ryan, Mary Ann Scherr, Biba Schutz, Joyce Scott, Barbara Seidenath, Kim Seok-Hwa, Yukihiro Shibata, Rhonda Shikanai, Yoko Shimizu, Helen Shirk, Art Smith, Christina Smith, Rebecca Strzelec, Barbara Stutman, Didi Suydam, Janna Syvanoja, The Red Mole (Paul Preston), Rachelle Thiewes, Peter Tonjes, Cynthia Toops, Marlene True, Brigitte Turba, Mecky van den Brink, Felieke van der Leest, Cynthia Vardhan, Pier Voulkos, Denise Wallace, Emily Watson, Judy Wenig-Horswell, Carol Windsor, Maria Wong, Joe Wood, Janice Mars Wunderlich, Marci Zelmanoff
New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry
January 29 – July 5, 2015
at Racine Art Museum
Rachelle Thiewes
Shimmer, 2001
18k-palladium white gold and sterling silver
2 5/8 x 3 5/16 inches diameter
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Rachelle Thiewes in Memory of George and Cy Thiewes
Photography: Jon Bolton
New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry celebrates recent gifts from a handful of dedicated collectors and donors.
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’ notions about wearability. RAM’s holdings in art jewelry—with examples from artists across the globe and at varying stages in their careers—are growing rapidly.
A special feature of this exhibition is a concentrated look at the work of several artists that RAM is collecting in-depth. Artists such as Terri Gelenian-Wood, Eleanor Moty, and Harold O’Connor are represented in the museum’s collection by multiple works with new gifts joining examples already in RAM’s holdings. This collecting strategy establishes a thorough documentation of an artist’s career that reflects how their ideas and aesthetic investigations developed over a period of time
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Elizabeth Abbey, Jane Adam, Deborah Aguado, Hollie Ambrose, Kristin Anderson, Katrin Arp, Carolyn Morris Bach, Borris Bally, Jamie Bennett, Melanie Bilenker, Liv Blavarp, Caroline Broadhead, Irena Brynner, Jessica Calderwood, Helen Carnac, Sharon Church, Patty Cokus, Giovanni Corvaja, Susan Cross, Carolyn Currin, Kathleen Dustin, Eva Eisler, Dawn Emms, Sandra Enterline, Sita Falkena, Patty Fawn, Phillip Fike, Arline Fisch, Pat Flynn, Donald Friedlich, Steven Ford, David Forlano, Laritza Garcia, Pat Garrett, Elizabeth Garrison, Carrie Garrott, Terri Gelenian-Wood, Caroline Gore, Lisa Gralnick, John J. Grant, Agnes-Maria Hagg, Rebecca Hannon, William Harper, Jane Harrison, Arthur Hash, Yael Herman, Tom Hill, Elizabeth Holder, Dan Imre, Daniela Imre, John Iversen, Nuala Jamison, Mary Kanda, Donna Kato, Heide Kindelmann, Ester Knobel, Rena Koopman, Unk Kraus, Alyssa Dee Krauss, Jee Hye Kwon, Rebekah Laskin, Nel Linssen, Keith Lo Bue, Tara Locklear, Ken Loeber, Allison MacGeorge, Carlier Makigawa, James Malenda, Thomas Mann, Sharon Massey, Mac McCall, C. James Meyer, Eleanor Moty, Bob Natalini, Gary Noffke, Lisbeth Nordskov, Ted Noten, Harold O’Connor, Judy Onofrio, Joan Parcher, Zack Peabody, Lee Barnes Peck, Mary Preston, Linda Kindler Priest, Robin Quigley, Cornela Ra, Joy Raskin, Susan Rezac, Kait Rhoads, Steven Russell, Jacqueline Ryan, Mary Ann Scherr, Biba Schutz, Joyce Scott, Barbara Seidenath, Kim Seok-Hwa, Yukihiro Shibata, Rhonda Shikanai, Yoko Shimizu, Helen Shirk, Art Smith, Christina Smith, Rebecca Strzelec, Barbara Stutman, Didi Suydam, Janna Syvanoja, The Red Mole (Paul Preston), Rachelle Thiewes, Peter Tonjes, Cynthia Toops, Marlene True, Brigitte Turba, Mecky van den Brink, Felieke van der Leest, Cynthia Vardhan, Pier Voulkos, Denise Wallace, Emily Watson, Judy Wenig-Horswell, Carol Windsor, Maria Wong, Joe Wood, Janice Mars Wunderlich, Marci Zelmanoff
Sample of Work in the Exhibition
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Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Partners
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Ron and Judith Isaacs
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.
Silver Partners
Anonymous
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
Sandy and Gus Antonneau
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
Bill and Debbie Keland
Nancy and Nick Kurten
Susan Manalli
Norbell Foundation
JoAnna Poehlmann
Rasmussen Diamonds
SC Johnson
Harold and Lois Solberg
Kathy Stranghellini
Tito’s
Twin Disc
Janna Waldeck
Barbara Waldman
Marc J. Wollman
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