Due to the dynamic nature of COVID-19, the dates and content of current and future exhibitions at RAM and RAM’s Wustum Museum may be required to change. Any updates to these exhibitions will be announced through regular channels, including website, email, and social media. If needed, participating artists will be contacted directly.
Presenting work from artists who create meaningful statements in craft media, RAM dispels any differentiation between fine art and craft and between the artist and the craftsperson. Exhibitions at RAM emphasize ideas behind the artwork, rather than following strict media categories.
All shows at RAM change two to three times each year. Exhibitions are currently being drawn almost exclusively from RAM’s extensive and dynamic collection.
Open Storage: RAM Showcases Glass Archives
Part of the Open Storage series of exhibitions, this show features glass work from RAM's collection by artists Dan Dailey, Michael Glancy, Joel Philip Myers, and Mark Peiser.
Someone’s Cup of Tea: Contemporary Teapots from RAM’s Collection
This Windows on Fifth Gallery exhibition is a sample of the museum's collection of over 500 contemporary artist-made teapots—mostly made of clay yet also including metal, fiber, and other media—representing a number of artists, subjects, and techniques.
Wisconsin Photography 2020
RAM’s Wustum Museum continues a Racine tradition with the opening of Wisconsin Photography 2020—a statewide competition organized by the museum since 1979.
In Stitches: Contemporary Approaches to Needlework
This exhibition features work primarily drawn from the museum's permanent collection that demonstrate contemporary methods of working with materials such as fabric, thread, yarn, and embroidery floss through the use of needles, hooks, or hands.
Expect the Unexpected: Unusual Materials in Contemporary Craft
Expect the Unexpected features artworks drawn from RAM’s collection that incorporate unusual, surprising, or challenging materials. Rather than shying away from the potential care challenges they might entail, RAM embraces these objects as reflections of the inventiveness and experimentation that characterizes much contemporary art.
Collection Focus: Mary Giles
This exhibition features work by Mary Giles—one of the most well-represented fiber artists in RAM's permanent collection—who made objects throughout her career that reflected her interest in materials and traditional basketmaking techniques.
Silhouette: Capturing the Human Form in Contemporary Prints and Art Jewelry
Using different tools, media, and approaches, all of the artists represented in this exhibition explore how to best use the human form as either a compositional element, or to tell a story, or explore an idea.
Open Storage: RAM Showcases Glass Archives
Part of the Open Storage series of exhibitions, this show features glass work from RAM's collection by artists Dan Dailey, Michael Glancy, Joel Philip Myers, and Mark Peiser.
Someone’s Cup of Tea: Contemporary Teapots from RAM’s Collection
This Windows on Fifth Gallery exhibition is a sample of the museum's collection of over 500 contemporary artist-made teapots—mostly made of clay yet also including metal, fiber, and other media—representing a number of artists, subjects, and techniques.
Wisconsin Photography 2020
RAM’s Wustum Museum continues a Racine tradition with the opening of Wisconsin Photography 2020—a statewide competition organized by the museum since 1979.
In Stitches: Contemporary Approaches to Needlework
This exhibition features work primarily drawn from the museum's permanent collection that demonstrate contemporary methods of working with materials such as fabric, thread, yarn, and embroidery floss through the use of needles, hooks, or hands.
Expect the Unexpected: Unusual Materials in Contemporary Craft
Expect the Unexpected features artworks drawn from RAM’s collection that incorporate unusual, surprising, or challenging materials. Rather than shying away from the potential care challenges they might entail, RAM embraces these objects as reflections of the inventiveness and experimentation that characterizes much contemporary art.
Collection Focus: Mary Giles
This exhibition features work by Mary Giles—one of the most well-represented fiber artists in RAM's permanent collection—who made objects throughout her career that reflected her interest in materials and traditional basketmaking techniques.
Silhouette: Capturing the Human Form in Contemporary Prints and Art Jewelry
Using different tools, media, and approaches, all of the artists represented in this exhibition explore how to best use the human form as either a compositional element, or to tell a story, or explore an idea.
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