Current Exhibitions
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.
Wisconsin Made: Work from RAM’s Wustum 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.
Cut It Out: Papercutting Traditions and Beyond
Linking heritage, history, and handcraft, this exhibition combines various forms of papercutting—from Polish traditions to cut paper lanterns to large-scale installations.
Reflecting: Wisconsin’s Women Metalsmiths at RAM
Drawn from RAM’s collection, this exhibition features work created by metalsmiths who have lived and/or taught in Wisconsin.
Handmade Up North: Jewelry and Small Metals by Wisconsin Artists
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.
Stitched Stories: Narrative Quilts and Textiles
Drawing from both personal memory and imagined worlds, the artists represented in Stitched Stories demonstrate the versatility of fiber as a medium for storytelling as they transport viewers to faraway lands—from the bottom of the ocean to outer space.
Handcrafted: RAM Community Art Show
Handcrafted: RAM Community Art Show celebrates the connection between artist, process, and material.
RAM Showcase: Cynthia Toops
Cynthia Toops is a polymer art pioneer who has been pushing the boundaries of the medium since the 1980s. The artist is well known for her micromosaic technique, which pieces together tiny shards of polymer into figurative or abstract compositions.
Tanya Crane: Embodied Histories—Exploring the Legacy of African Jewelry
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.
RAM Showcase: African Adornment
These works are from a collection of incised metal bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that span the eighteenth through twentieth centuries.
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