The annual Racine Unified Student Art Exhibition at RAM’s Wustum Museum has been featuring artwork by Racine Unified School District students since 1942. Curated by each school’s art faculty, the exhibition demonstrates the excellence achieved by K–12 students and their teachers.

Celebrating RAM’s talented teachers, Wisconsin Made highlights a selection of pieces created by active instructors alongside photographs of hands in action inside of the Wustum classrooms.

Drawn from RAM’s collection, this exhibition features work created by metalsmiths who have lived and/or taught in Wisconsin.

Linking heritage, history, and handcraft, this exhibition combines various forms of papercutting—from Polish traditions to cut paper lanterns to large-scale installations.

Drawing from a wide range of styles and media, included works reference Wisconsin’s abundant nature and wildlife, urban and rural landscapes, importance as an agricultural hub, anddistinctive Midwestern sense of community.

Crane’s artwork metaphorically embodies the many layers of human existence—specifically, history, race, class, and culture. Through her practice, she reaches into the past to better understand the present and, potentially, the future.

These works are from a collection of incised metal bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that span the eighteenth through twentieth centuries.