David Gilhooly
Map of Africa, 1966
Glazed white earthenware
Collection of The Prairie School, Racine
Photography: Jessica Zalewski
Kindred Collecting: Exploring the Artworks of The Prairie School and RAM
February 15 – June 7, 2015
This one-of-a-kind exhibition represents an atypical parallel in the contemporary art collections of an internationally-known art museum and a preparatory school. Racine Art Museum and The Prairie School—also in Racine—have been the beneficiaries of donors who believe that art is a powerful tool and important to a well-rounded education.
Both institutions have works from artists with significant reputations, including many from the region and those who have been featured in exhibitions at RAM and as artists-in-residence at Prairie. In addition, pieces from the groundbreaking collection and exhibition, Objects: USA, which toured the country in the late 1960s, have found homes with each organization.
Kindred Collecting is a dialogue of work from Prairie’s collection paired with pieces from RAM by the same artist or one working in a similar manner.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Jerrold Belland, Fred Berman, Helen Bitar, Elizabeth Blackadder, J.B. Blunk, Wendell Castle, Dominic Di Mare, Wharton Esherick, David Gilhooly, Balcomb Greene, Virginia Harvey, John Houston, Kent Ipsen, Edwin C. Kalke, Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly, John Littleton, Harvey K. Littleton, Danny Pierce, JoAnna Poehlmann, Svetozar Radakovich, Ruth Clark Radakovich, Bill Reid, Marko Spalatin, Frank Stearn, Victor Vasarely, and Kate Vogel
Kindred Collecting: Exploring the Artworks of The Prairie School and RAM
February 15 – June 7, 2015
David Gilhooly
Map of Africa, 1966
Glazed white earthenware
Collection of The Prairie School, Racine
Photography: Jessica Zalewski
This one-of-a-kind exhibition represents an atypical parallel in the contemporary art collections of an internationally-known art museum and a preparatory school. Racine Art Museum and The Prairie School—also in Racine—have been the beneficiaries of donors who believe that art is a powerful tool and important to a well-rounded education.
Both institutions have works from artists with significant reputations, including many from the region and those who have been featured in exhibitions at RAM and as artists-in-residence at Prairie. In addition, pieces from the groundbreaking collection and exhibition, Objects: USA, which toured the country in the late 1960s, have found homes with each organization.
Kindred Collecting is a dialogue of work from Prairie’s collection paired with pieces from RAM by the same artist or one working in a similar manner.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Jerrold Belland, Fred Berman, Helen Bitar, Elizabeth Blackadder, J.B. Blunk, Wendell Castle, Dominic Di Mare, Wharton Esherick, David Gilhooly, Balcomb Greene, Virginia Harvey, John Houston, Kent Ipsen, Edwin C. Kalke, Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly, John Littleton, Harvey K. Littleton, Danny Pierce, JoAnna Poehlmann, Svetozar Radakovich, Ruth Clark Radakovich, Bill Reid, Marko Spalatin, Frank Stearn, Victor Vasarely, and Kate Vogel
Gallery of Work
Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Partners
Anonymous
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
Ron and Judith Isaacs
The Estate of Marilyn Rothschild
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Partners
David Charak
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Arts Foundation
Diane Zebell
Gold Partners
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Reliance Controls Community Fund
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Silver Partners
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bader Philanthropies
Baird
A.C. Buhler Family
Dave’s Wine Garage
Paula and E.L. Donovitz Memorial Endowment Fund
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Tom Harty
Horizon Retail Construction, Inc.
Johnson Financial Group
Robert E. Kohler Jr. Fund
Luanne Frey and Mark Lukow
Sheri and Frank Sullivan
Wisconsin Arts Board
Bronze Partners
Sandy and Gus Antonneau
Carol Baylon
Susan Boland
Rose and Peter Christensen
Educators Credit Union
Carol Griseto
Julia Ann Oas and Don Gloo
Hitter’s Baseball
Debbie and Chuck Hoffman
Susan and Dan Horton
Gary Van Wert and Ronald Jacquart
Paula Kalke
Bill and Debbie Keland
Nancy Kurten
Susan Manalli
Norbell Foundation
O&H Danish Bakery
Rita Petretti
Rasmussen Diamonds
SC Johnson
Harold and Lois Solberg
Twin Disc
Marc J. Wollman
Amy and Robb Woulfe
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