Cultural Reflections 2022 Install Crop

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

  • Each participant must have taken or taught a class at RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts within the past five years, or is currently enrolled or teaching. Entry is also open to Racine Art Guild members, Racine school teachers, and RAM members, staff, and volunteers. There is no fee for entry.

  • Your entry must have been created within the last three years, and may be either two- or three-dimensional. Frames of 2-D work must be a minimum of eight inches and a maximum of 72 inches in any direction. 3-D work must be no larger than 72 inches high x 48 inches wide x 48 inches deep. Sizes outside these requirements are unacceptable. Works must not have been previously exhibited at Racine Art Museum or RAM’s Wustum Museum. Due to space limitations, final selections will be at the discretion of RAM staff.

  • Any medium may be used—clay, wood, paper, metal, wax, paint, textile, photography, printmaking, collage, assemblage, etc.

  • All entries must be ready for display upon delivery. 2-D pieces must be wired for hanging. Sawtooth hangers are not acceptable. If artwork is not properly prepared for display, it will not be included.

  • Each work must have a complete identification label attached (see prospectus linked above). RAM exhibition and marketing materials will list art media per submitted identification label. RAM reserves the right to alter information for clarification and to adhere to branding guidelines.

  • Please provide a retail sales price to make your work available for purchase at the close of the exhibition. If not, please indicate NFS (not for sale) on the identification label. Please note that a 40% commission will be collected. Half of any commission from Futures Reimagined will go to Mahogany Gallery, and the other half will go to RAM.

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.

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