Virtual exhibition tour with RAM Curatorial Assistant Kendra Voelz
Originally broadcast on Facebook Live

Watercolor Wisconsin 2022

December 14, 2022 – April 15, 2023
at RAM’s Wustum Museum

Now in its 56th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show at RAM’s Wustum Museum features 106 works by 95 Wisconsin artists.

Jurors for the 2022 competition are Ratindra Das and Gail Ana Gomez. Das is both a Dolphin Fellow and a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, a Master Signature member in Watercolor West, and a Distinguished Master in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. Das has served as a juror for the American Watercolor Society’s annual exhibition and for many national organizations. He has conducted watercolor workshops and classes throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Singapore, and Italy. Further career accomplishments include winning over 80 national awards, being featured in several books and magazines, and published two books, Watercolor with an Eye for Design and Watercolor Beyond Obvious Reality. Presently, Das is represented by the Blue Dolphin House and Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin, and Mullaly’s 128 Gallery, Elk Rapids, Michigan.

Gomez is the Associate Director of Exhibitions and Publications at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. There she has managed numerous projects since 2014—from locally focused, historic exhibitions such as The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side 1960–1980, to exhibitions with a global reach such as The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. With a background in studio art and art history, she also works as an independent curator and researcher with a special interest in self-taught and neurodiverse artists. Her newest research explores inclusive language and inclusive interpretative practices in museums.

Artists in the Exhibition

Appleton: Gary Hanks; Bayside: Judith Gahn Murphy; Brookfield: Laurie Runnoe; Brooklyn: Caitlin Stolle; Burlington: Jean Dibble, Dave Jewell; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad; Fontana: Cathy Rocca; Fox Point: Fransisco X. Mora; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Pat Hidson, Matt Kuhlman; Grafton: Jean Crane; Greendale: James Hartel; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Janesville: Barbara Mathews; Kenosha: Dean Habeggar, Don Hinrichs, Randy Marescalco, Carlotta Miller, Don Ricchio, Dan Simoneau, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk, Sheillah Walsh, Greg Uttech; La Valle: Lee Schauer; Lac du Flambeau: Christine Alfery; Madison: Emily Fritts, Cary Hunkel, Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly, Helen Klebesadel, Barbara Koykkar, Mary Reines, Marcia Smith, Lyndsey Standage; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao, Alice Struck; Milwaukee: Joyce Eesley, Steven Hirschberg, Tom Hoffman, Steve Horvath, Susan Estelle Kwas, Susan Leopold, Madeline Martin, Kathy Morgenroth, Kiefer Ledell Waterman; Monona: Jennifer Alexander; Mt. Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland, Eileen Black, Susan Towne; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; New Berlin: Julie San Felipe; North Prairie: Margaret Schumann, Charlene Southworth; Oshkosh: Joye Moon, Maxine Nobbe; Pleasant Prairie: Judy Ballard; Racine: Regina Baker, Christine Bohn, Karen Broman, Deedee Dumont, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, P.M. Fallon, Samira Gdisis, Alexander Greiveldinger, Ann Henkes, Suzanne Kadamian, Jeff Kosmala, Mickie Krueger, Karen Mathis, Janet Mrazek, John Nowicki, Thom Petersen, Jude Poplawski, Lance Raichert, Cheryl Sachs, Suzanne Schackelman, Susan M. Sorenson, Jeannette White, Kelly Witte; Sharon: Martha Hayden; Shorewood: Patricia Algiers; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Sturtevant: Courteney Timm; Waterford: Edith Kubicek; Waukesha: Bruce Boeck, Peggy Thurston Farrell; Wausau: Diane Shabino; Wauwatosa: Carolyn Simpson; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller

Watercolor Wisconsin 2022

December 14, 2022 – April 15, 2023
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Virtual exhibition tour with RAM Curatorial Assistant Kendra Voelz
Originally broadcast on Facebook Live

Now in its 56th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin. This year’s show at RAM’s Wustum Museum features 106 works by 95 Wisconsin artists.

Jurors for the 2022 competition are Ratindra Das and Gail Ana Gomez. Das is both a Dolphin Fellow and a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, a Master Signature member in Watercolor West, and a Distinguished Master in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. Das has served as a juror for the American Watercolor Society’s annual exhibition and for many national organizations. He has conducted watercolor workshops and classes throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Singapore, and Italy. Further career accomplishments include winning over 80 national awards, being featured in several books and magazines, and published two books, Watercolor with an Eye for Design and Watercolor Beyond Obvious Reality. Presently, Das is represented by the Blue Dolphin House and Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin, and Mullaly’s 128 Gallery, Elk Rapids, Michigan.

Gomez is the Associate Director of Exhibitions and Publications at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. There she has managed numerous projects since 2014—from locally focused, historic exhibitions such as The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side 1960–1980, to exhibitions with a global reach such as The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. With a background in studio art and art history, she also works as an independent curator and researcher with a special interest in self-taught and neurodiverse artists. Her newest research explores inclusive language and inclusive interpretative practices in museums.

Artists in the Exhibition

Appleton: Gary Hanks; Bayside: Judith Gahn Murphy; Brookfield: Laurie Runnoe; Brooklyn: Caitlin Stolle; Burlington: Jean Dibble, Dave Jewell; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad; Fontana: Cathy Rocca; Fox Point: Fransisco X. Mora; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Pat Hidson, Matt Kuhlman; Grafton: Jean Crane; Greendale: James Hartel; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Janesville: Barbara Mathews; Kenosha: Dean Habeggar, Don Hinrichs, Randy Marescalco, Carlotta Miller, Don Ricchio, Dan Simoneau, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk, Sheillah Walsh, Greg Uttech; La Valle: Lee Schauer; Lac du Flambeau: Christine Alfery; Madison: Emily Fritts, Cary Hunkel, Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly, Helen Klebesadel, Barbara Koykkar, Mary Reines, Marcia Smith, Lyndsey Standage; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao, Alice Struck; Milwaukee: Joyce Eesley, Steven Hirschberg, Tom Hoffman, Steve Horvath, Susan Estelle Kwas, Susan Leopold, Madeline Martin, Kathy Morgenroth, Kiefer Ledell Waterman; Monona: Jennifer Alexander; Mt. Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland, Eileen Black, Susan Towne; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; New Berlin: Julie San Felipe; North Prairie: Margaret Schumann, Charlene Southworth; Oshkosh: Joye Moon, Maxine Nobbe; Pleasant Prairie: Judy Ballard; Racine: Regina Baker, Christine Bohn, Karen Broman, Deedee Dumont, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, P.M. Fallon, Samira Gdisis, Alexander Greiveldinger, Ann Henkes, Suzanne Kadamian, Jeff Kosmala, Mickie Krueger, Karen Mathis, Janet Mrazek, John Nowicki, Thom Petersen, Jude Poplawski, Lance Raichert, Cheryl Sachs, Suzanne Schackelman, Susan M. Sorenson, Jeannette White, Kelly Witte; Sharon: Martha Hayden; Shorewood: Patricia Algiers; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Sturtevant: Courteney Timm; Waterford: Edith Kubicek; Waukesha: Bruce Boeck, Peggy Thurston Farrell; Wausau: Diane Shabino; Wauwatosa: Carolyn Simpson; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller

Awards

Memorial Purchase Awards

RuthAnn Pettibone Award
Martha Hayden, Red House in Summer

Allen C. Buhler Award
Pat Hidson, A Room

Edwin C. Kalke Award
Francisco X. Mora, The Delights

George and Betty Ren Frederiksen Award
Don Ricchio, Asifiwe

Robert T. Wolff, Jr. Award
Dan Simoneau, Braxton

Maggie Morrison Lukow Award
Susan M. Sorenson, A Cosmos

First Award

Don Ricchio, Asifiwe

Second Award

Barbara Mathews, Tourist in Paris

Third Award

Susan M. Sorenson, A Cosmos

Awards of Merit

Madeline Martin, Autumn Journal

Dan Simoneau, Braxton

Judith Gahn Murphy, Spinning My Wheels

Merchandise Awards

Eileen Black, View of the Bluff

Christine Bohn, My View of Monet’s Garden II

Jeanne Corrao, Italian Fruit Truck

Jean Crane, Lilies in Space

Martha Hayden, Red House in Summer

Sue Horton, Pondering the Past

Dave Jewell, Composition #73

Jeff Kosmala, Coupled

Carlotta Miller, Parked

Joye Moon, Sun Streaked

Sample of Work in the Exhibition

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