Futures Reimagined: RAM Community Art Show
in partnership with Mahogany Gallery
June 14 – August 5, 2023
Entry Deadline: Saturday, May 13 at 4:00 pm
Envision the Future
Artwork can be used to revisit the past and document and comment on the present but it can also be used to envision the future. As RAM celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023, considerations of the past are inevitable but there are also opportunities to think about what comes next. For the 2023 community-focused exhibition, RAM’s Wustum Museum invites artists to share their ideas about what a potential future—realistic or fantastical, possible or impossible—could look like. Is it a world where people use spaceships like cars? Is it a time when you and your dog can hike Mount Everest? Is it a moment when wrongs from the past are made right? Do you imagine what you will look like or what you will be doing in 20 or 30 years?
This exhibition is organized with Scott Terry of Mahogany Gallery in Racine and is inspired by the theme of Mahogany Gallery’s 2nd Annual Wisconsin Black Art and Culture Expo, Black Futures. As a part of Futures Reimagined, Terry will be inviting artists to participate in the next iteration of the Expo theme, Black Futures II.
Questions? Please contact RAM Curatorial Assistant Katelyn Mitchell via email at [email protected] or by calling 262.619.3541.
Banner image above is an installation view of Cultural Reflections: RAM Community Art Show, presented in partnership with the Black Arts Council of Racine in 2022
Gary Gee
Third-Eye Zulu, 2019
Glazed earthenware on wooden and velvet stand
18 x 11 x 9 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Futures Reimagined: RAM Community Art Show
in partnership with Mahogany Gallery
June 14 – August 5, 2023
Entry Deadline: Saturday, May 13 at 4:00 pm
Envision the Future
Artwork can be used to revisit the past and document and comment on the present but it can also be used to envision the future. As RAM celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023, considerations of the past are inevitable but there are also opportunities to think about what comes next. For the 2023 community-focused exhibition, RAM’s Wustum Museum invites artists to share their ideas about what a potential future—realistic or fantastical, possible or impossible—could look like. Is it a world where people use spaceships like cars? Is it a time when you and your dog can hike Mount Everest? Is it a moment when wrongs from the past are made right? Do you imagine what you will look like or what you will be doing in 20 or 30 years?
This exhibition is organized with Scott Terry of Mahogany Gallery in Racine and is inspired by the theme of Mahogany Gallery’s 2nd Annual Wisconsin Black Art and Culture Expo, Black Futures. As a part of Futures Reimagined, Terry will be inviting artists to participate in the next iteration of the Expo theme, Black Futures II.
Gary Gee
Third-Eye Zulu, 2019
Glazed earthenware on wooden and velvet stand
18 x 11 x 9 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Questions? Please contact RAM Curatorial Assistant Katelyn Mitchell via email at [email protected] or by calling 262.619.3541.
Banner image above is an installation view of Cultural Reflections: RAM Community Art Show, presented in partnership with the Black Arts Council of Racine in 2022
Entry Requirements
Important Dates
Entry Shipment
Mailed entries must be shipped to arrive at Racine Art Museum, 441 Main Street, Racine, Wisconsin 53403, no later than Thursday, May 11. Send entries prepaid, in sturdy, returnable, well-marked containers. Please attach return shipping payment to the registration card, and address shipments to the attention of Kiefer Waterman.
In-Person Drop-off
Please deliver your entries to RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine. All entries must arrive at Wustum no later than 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Designated drop off times are from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13.
Exhibition Dates
June 14 – August 5, 2023 at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Opening Reception
June 14, 2023 at RAM’s Wustum Museum. More information to come.
Community Events + Live Virtual Exhibition Tour
Participants will be notified via email of the dates for community events related to this show’s theme as well as a Facebook Live Exhibition Tour—which will later be posted on YouTube. Details will also be shared online at ramart.org and via RAM social media channels.
Pickup Dates
Artists must pick up accepted work at RAM’s Wustum Museum on either Monday, August 7 or Tuesday, August 8, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Unclaimed artworks are subject to a $5/day storage fee, and will become the sole and unrestricted property of the Racine Art Museum on September 29, 2023. Please claim your art.
Diversity
RAM is committed to supporting diverse voices—whether that diversity reflects race, gender, ethnicity, heritage, sexuality, age, ability, social standing, or world perspective. To better understand the artists the museum serves, RAM invites participating artists to identify their race/heritage/ethnicity and preferred pronouns on the entry form. These questions are entirely voluntary and do not affect participation whatsoever.