Helen Klebesadel
Butterfly Effect: Vanilla Orchid with Melipona Bee, 2022
Watercolor
24 x 22 inches
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Watercolor Wisconsin 2023
December 13, 2023 – August 13, 2024
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Now in its 57th 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 will feature works by many Wisconsin artists.
Jurors for the 2023 competition are Allison Peters Quinn and Beth Shadur. Quinn is a curator and writer based in Chicago, where she is the Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center. Her work over the past ten years has focused on projects that address intersections between art, public space, and civically minded practices. Quinn held the International Curator Residency at Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Dublin and is the recipient of a Ramapo College Curatorial Prize.
Shadur is an artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has created over 150 murals as public, private, and community art projects in both the United States and Great Britain. Since 2012, Shadur has served as the Gallery Director at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Museum and the Board of the National Watercolor Honor Society.
Watercolor Wisconsin 2023
December 13, 2023 – August 13, 2024
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Helen Klebesadel
Butterfly Effect: Vanilla Orchid with Melipona Bee, 2022
Watercolor
24 x 22 inches
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Now in its 57th 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 will feature works by many Wisconsin artists.
Jurors for the 2023 competition are Allison Peters Quinn and Beth Shadur. Quinn is a curator and writer based in Chicago, where she is the Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center. Her work over the past ten years has focused on projects that address intersections between art, public space, and civically minded practices. Quinn held the International Curator Residency at Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Dublin and is the recipient of a Ramapo College Curatorial Prize.
Shadur is an artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has created over 150 murals as public, private, and community art projects in both the United States and Great Britain. Since 2012, Shadur has served as the Gallery Director at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Museum and the Board of the National Watercolor Honor Society.
Past Watercolor Wisconsin Examples
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Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Sponsors
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Nicholas and Nancy Kurten
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Sponsors
City of Racine’s Grow Racine Grant
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Arts Foundation
Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Tom and Irene Creecy
Richard and Patricia Ehlert
Herzfeld Foundation
Reliance Controls
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Silver Sponsors
Anonymous
Art Bridges
Baird
A.C. Buhler Family
Lucy G. Feller
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Jim Harris
Sharon and Tom Harty
Lise Iwon
J. Jeffers & Co.
Johnson Financial Group
Dorothy MacVicar
Jan Serr and John Shannon
Bronze Sponsors
Ellen and Joseph Albrecht
Andis Foundation
Susan Boland
Virginia Buhler
Butcher & Barrel/Amos Los Tacos
Educators Credit Union
Express Employment Professionals
Tony and Andrea Hauser
Bill and Debbie Keland
Susan Manalli
Jean and Alex Mandli, Jr.
The Prairie School
Cathy Stanghellin
Georgiana Treivush
Twin Disc, Inc.
