Christine Bohn
The Scream, 2023
Ink and cotton thread
Racine Art Museum, 16th Street Studios Artists Association Purchase Award from Watercolor Wisconsin 2024
Photography: Tyler Potter
Watercolor Wisconsin 2024
December 11, 2024 – April 19, 2025
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Now in its 58th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state. This year’s exhibition features 80 works by 69 artists from across Wisconsin.
Jurors Tony Armendariz and Shelley Gilchrist considered 200 pieces submitted by 116 artists and curated the works seen in the 2024 exhibition. Armendariz is a contemporary realist artist living and painting in Palatine, Illinois. His work focuses on figurative subjects rendered in watercolor. Armendariz has won numerous awards in regional and national competitions and has exhibited his work in many group and solo exhibitions. Armendariz is a signature member of many national societies, including the American Watercolor Society and the Illinois Watercolor Society, where he also served as director. Gilchrist is an award-winning abstract artist based in Evanston, Illinois, working in two and three dimensions in a variety of media, including acrylic. In 2006, her work turned toward abstraction when she began to shape her painting surfaces and explore line and color in her designs. Gilchrist has juried shows at Woman Made Gallery and ARC Gallery in Chicago. She is a member of Chicago Sculpture International and the founder of FUSEDChicago, a professional group for artists using encaustic.
Similar to previous years, Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich used memorial purchase award funds to obtain four works from this exhibition for RAM’s collection holdings. Thanks to generous donors over the years, and the ability to use specified funds to acquire work, RAM can count almost 600 watercolors as part of its works on paper collection.
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Artists in the Exhibition
Brookfield: Laurie Runnoe; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Sandra Pape; De Pere: Heather Trost; Deforest: Michael Kratochwill; Egg Harbor: R. Michael Nitsch; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Jon Strawbridge, Ann J. Tarantino Smith; Grafton: Jean Crane; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Janesville: Barbara Mathews; Kenosha: J.H. Grimson, Dean Habegger, Randy Marescalco, Carlotta Miller, Don Ricchio, Dan Simoneau, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk; Madison: Katy Heyning, Helen Ruth Klebesadel; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao, Kappy Schwab; Milwaukee: Aaron James Boyd, Steven Hirschberg, Madeline Grace Martin, Steve Misovy; Monona: Jennifer Alexander; Mount Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland, Rick Berns, Jamie McFarland; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; Neenah: Kathryn Wedge; New Berlin: Julie San Felipe; Oak Creek: Michael Gehrke; Oconomowoc: Pat Rodell; Oshkosh: William Greider, Judith Radtke; Port Edwards: Jeffrey Johannes; Racine: Christine Bohn, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, P.M. Fallon, Samira Gdisis, Pat Gilbert, Alexander Greiveldinger, Suzanne Kadamian, Paula O. Kalke, Karen Mathis, Susan M. Sorenson, Rebecca Venn, Kelly Witte; Salem: Missy Isely-Poltrock; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Sturtevant: Jenny Pham; Theinsville: Kathleen Nelson; Waterford: Linda Gerard Dzik, Edith Kubicek; Waukesha: Paul Burmeister, Peggy Thurston Farrell, Laura Haberstroh, Dennis Matz, Charles Wickler; Wauwatosa: Julia Collins; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller
Watercolor Wisconsin 2024
December 11, 2024 – April 19, 2025
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Christine Bohn
The Scream, 2023
Ink and cotton thread
Racine Art Museum, 16th Street Studios Artists Association Purchase Award from Watercolor Wisconsin 2024
Photography: Tyler Potter
Now in its 58th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state. This year’s exhibition features 80 works by 69 artists from across Wisconsin.
Jurors Tony Armendariz and Shelley Gilchrist considered 200 pieces submitted by 116 artists and curated the works seen in the 2024 exhibition. Armendariz is a contemporary realist artist living and painting in Palatine, Illinois. His work focuses on figurative subjects rendered in watercolor. Armendariz has won numerous awards in regional and national competitions and has exhibited his work in many group and solo exhibitions. Armendariz is a signature member of many national societies, including the American Watercolor Society and the Illinois Watercolor Society, where he also served as director. Gilchrist is an award-winning abstract artist based in Evanston, Illinois, working in two and three dimensions in a variety of media, including acrylic. In 2006, her work turned toward abstraction when she began to shape her painting surfaces and explore line and color in her designs. Gilchrist has juried shows at Woman Made Gallery and ARC Gallery in Chicago. She is a member of Chicago Sculpture International and the founder of FUSEDChicago, a professional group for artists using encaustic.
Similar to previous years, Executive Director and Curator of Collections Bruce W. Pepich used memorial purchase award funds to obtain four works from this exhibition for RAM’s collection holdings. Thanks to generous donors over the years, and the ability to use specified funds to acquire work, RAM can count almost 600 watercolors as part of its works on paper collection.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Brookfield: Laurie Runnoe; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Sandra Pape; De Pere: Heather Trost; Deforest: Michael Kratochwill; Egg Harbor: R. Michael Nitsch; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Jon Strawbridge, Ann J. Tarantino Smith; Grafton: Jean Crane; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Janesville: Barbara Mathews; Kenosha: J.H. Grimson, Dean Habegger, Randy Marescalco, Carlotta Miller, Don Ricchio, Dan Simoneau, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk; Madison: Katy Heyning, Helen Ruth Klebesadel; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao, Kappy Schwab; Milwaukee: Aaron James Boyd, Steven Hirschberg, Madeline Grace Martin, Steve Misovy; Monona: Jennifer Alexander; Mount Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland, Rick Berns, Jamie McFarland; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; Neenah: Kathryn Wedge; New Berlin: Julie San Felipe; Oak Creek: Michael Gehrke; Oconomowoc: Pat Rodell; Oshkosh: William Greider, Judith Radtke; Port Edwards: Jeffrey Johannes; Racine: Christine Bohn, Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, P.M. Fallon, Samira Gdisis, Pat Gilbert, Alexander Greiveldinger, Suzanne Kadamian, Paula O. Kalke, Karen Mathis, Susan M. Sorenson, Rebecca Venn, Kelly Witte; Salem: Missy Isely-Poltrock; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Sturtevant: Jenny Pham; Theinsville: Kathleen Nelson; Waterford: Linda Gerard Dzik, Edith Kubicek; Waukesha: Paul Burmeister, Peggy Thurston Farrell, Laura Haberstroh, Dennis Matz, Charles Wickler; Wauwatosa: Julia Collins; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller
Awards
Purchase Awards
16th Street Studios Artists Association Purchase Award
Christine Bohn, The Scream
RuthAnn Pettibone Memorial Purchase Award
Sue Horton, Birdman
Helen Rusk Memorial Purchase Award
Carlotta Miller, Soaring Renovation
Ruth Miles Memorial Purchase Award
Kelly Witte, I Have an Egg and Some M&Ms, I Can Make an Omelette.
First Award
Carlotta Miller, Soaring Renovation
Second Award
Heather Trost, Converse
Third Award
Christine Bohn, The Scream
Awards of Merit
Jennifer Alexander, A Halada Hen
Michael Kratochwill, Four Step Process
Jeffrey Johannes, The Death and Resurrection of Jesus
Merchandise Awards
Jean Crane, Night Bloom
Lois Freeberg-Hagen, Linlithgow V
Sue Horton, Birdman
Helen Ruth Klebesadel, Pollinator Effect: Prairie Dropseed II
Dan Simoneau, Kieeric
Susan Sorenson, You’ve Got Mail
Sample of Work in the Exhibition
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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
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Barbara Waldman
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Sponsors
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Silver Sponsors
Anonymous
Baird
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Friends of Fiber Art International
Sharon and Tom Harty
Dave and Judy Hecker
Horizon Retail Construction, Inc.
Johnson Financial Group
Lang Family Foundation
Dorothy MacVicar
Jan Serr & John Shannon
Bronze Sponsors
Dave’s Wine Garage
Educators Credit Union
Express Employment Professionals
Lucy G. Feller
Hitter’s Baseball
SC Johnson
Bill and Debbie Keland
Susan Manalli
Norbell Foundation
JoAnna Poehlmann
Rasmussen Diamonds
Tito’s
Twin Disc
Media Sponsor
