Lisa Marie Barber
Duo: Mamacita’s House with Star Girl
ca. 2024
Medium: Ceramic and fiber
Kenosha, WI
RAM Artist Fellowships and Emerging Artist Award.
Our Artist Fellowships support the work and growth of extraordinary artists in the Racine and Kenosha communities. Meet current recipients and explore their work.
Presented by the Osborne & Scekic Family Foundation
Mission
To showcase the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts community by supporting the professional development of its artists.
Goal
To distinguish the region as a place that values the arts, and enhance the area’s desirability as a place for artists to work and live.
Rebecca Bissi
The Little Black Dress
ca. 2021
Medium: Fiber
Racine, WI
Trace Chiodo
Impact Zone
ca. 2026
Medium: Photography
Racine, WI
Margaret M. Clark
Lake Michigan Rocks with Solids
ca. 2022
Medium: Painting
Kenosha, WI
Alli Smith (Emerging Artist)
If You Give Up, The Horses Won’t Run
ca. 2025
Medium: Mixed Media
Racine, WI
Artist Awards
These competitive awards recognize artists, at all stages of their careers, who are creating outstanding work in all visual media, including painting/drawing, printmaking, photography, bookmaking, sculpture, installation, film/video, fibers, glass, metals, wood, and ceramics.
By increasing critical attention and exposure for recipients, the fellowships seek to foster their continued artistic and professional development.
Four $3,000 Artist Fellowships and one $1,500 Emerging Artist Award have been presented to support expenses that will assist in the development of new work and advance the artists’ careers, including equipment and supply purchases, studio rental, travel, and more.
All five recipients will be featured in solo exhibitions presented concurrently at RAM Wustum from August 25–November 20, 2027. A full-color exhibition catalogue will be printed to accompany the RAM Artist Fellowship and Emerging Artist Exhibition 2027.