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.
Racine Unified Student Art Exhibition 2025
The Racine Unified Student Art Exhibition has been featuring artwork created by area school children from grades K–12 since 1942. Curated by Racine Unified School District art faculty, the exhibition demonstrates the excellence achieved by students and their teachers.
Pieces: Collage and Assemblage from RAM’s Collection
Focused on the breadth of two- and three-dimensional work in RAM’s collection, this exhibition includes sculpture, collage, jewelry, quilts, and art to wear compiled from or appearing as a variety of individual pieces.
Low: René Amado
This exhibition in RAM's street-facing Windows on Fifth gallery explores the creativity and community of lowrider culture through the photography and video of Racine-based René Amado, alongside custom bicycles and small vehicles by various builders.
Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel
Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel focuses on one of RAM's strengths—women artists—by featuring steel and bronze sculpture created by two important New York-based figures who are being rediscovered today.
RAM Showcase: Focus on Adornment
This selection of contemporary art jewelry from RAM’s collection highlights seven artists of color utilizing materials not traditionally anticipated for use in jewelry, such as polymer, safety pins, and silicone.
Fool Me Once: The Trompe L’oeil Sculpture of Karen Dahl and James Doran
Shown intermingled in this exhibition, the works of Canadian artists and married couple Karen Dahl and James Doran encourage extended viewing and consideration of art history, object meaning, and process.
On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century
This exhibition, an expanded version of a 2022 Windows on Fifth Gallery show, offers a deeper dive into this vital period in contemporary craft by outlining the concerns of artists who explore the sculptural, visual, metaphorical, and creative potential of glass.
RAM Collects: Contemporary Perfume Bottles
Some contemporary glass artists have utilized perfume bottles as spaces for experimentation and exploration—not necessarily function. This desire to challenge functionality has run parallel with the desire to produce usable and practical objects.
RAM Showcase: Bodies
Featuring works by artists of color from RAM’s collection, this exhibition reflects people’s desire to study, analyze, and respond to the human body as form and content.
