Karen Utech
Galaxy in Bloom, 2025
Watercolor
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Watercolor Wisconsin 2025
December 10, 2025 – April 18, 2026
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Now in its 59th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state.
Jurors Jessica Cochran and Peggy Macnamara selected work for the 2025 exhibition. Jessica Cochran is the Deputy Director of the Renaissance Society, an independent contemporary art museum on the University of Chicago campus. She has worked as a curator, administrator, consultant, and educator in the realm of contemporary art for 20 years. Peggy Macnamara has served as the Artist-in-Residence at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History since 1990 and as an Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2001.
More About the Exhibition
Opening Reception and Award Ceremony on Sunday December 7
Brookfield: Cheri Clark Porter; Burlington: David Jewell; Caledonia: Craig Miller; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Tom Kubala; De Pere: Heather Trost; Egg Harbor: Michael Nitsch; Fond Du Lac: Syd Feest; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Jon Strawbridge; Grafton: Jean Crane; Hartford: Harold E. Hanson; Hartland: Jennifer A. Herro; Jackson: Karen Utech; Kenosha: Jill Aturi, J.H. Grimson, Don Ricchio, John Terhardt, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk; Madison: Cary Hunkel, Helen Ruth Klebesadel, Katherine Moore; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao; Milwaukee: Steve Horvath, Dara Larson, Madeline Grace Martin, Michael McGarry Newhall, Pat Zandron; Mount Pleasant: Robert W. Anderson, Jerrold Belland, Richard Berns, Jamie McFarland; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; Neenah: Kathryn Wedge; Oshkosh: Maxine L. Nobbe, Judith Kay Radtke; Pleasant Prairie: Rachael Akey Podoll; Racine: Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, Pat Gilbert, Brandon Gonzales, Alexander Greiveldinger, Dean Habegger, Jeff Kosmala, John Nowicki, Alicia Sala, Rebecca Venn, Kelly Witte; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Theinsville: Thomas Hovorka; Waterford: Paul Burmeister; Waukesha: Dennis Matz; Wausau: Diane B. Shabino; Wauwatosa: Julia Collins; Wind Point: Bruce Canny, Catherine Gaspero
Watercolor Wisconsin 2025
December 10, 2025 – April 18, 2026
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Karen Utech
Galaxy in Bloom, 2025
Watercolor
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Now in its 59th year, Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state.
Jurors Jessica Cochran and Peggy Macnamara selected work for the 2025 exhibition. Jessica Cochran is the Deputy Director of the Renaissance Society, an independent contemporary art museum on the University of Chicago campus. She has worked as a curator, administrator, consultant, and educator in the realm of contemporary art for 20 years. Peggy Macnamara has served as the Artist-in-Residence at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History since 1990 and as an Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2001.
More About the Exhibition
Opening Reception and Award Ceremony on Sunday December 7
Brookfield: Cheri Clark Porter; Burlington: David Jewell; Caledonia: Craig Miller; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Tom Kubala; De Pere: Heather Trost; Egg Harbor: Michael Nitsch; Fond Du Lac: Syd Feest; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Jon Strawbridge; Grafton: Jean Crane; Hartford: Harold E. Hanson; Hartland: Jennifer A. Herro; Jackson: Karen Utech; Kenosha: Jill Aturi, J.H. Grimson, Don Ricchio, John Terhardt, Pamela Thomey, Dyan Tishuk; Madison: Cary Hunkel, Helen Ruth Klebesadel, Katherine Moore; Mequon: Jeanne Corrao; Milwaukee: Steve Horvath, Dara Larson, Madeline Grace Martin, Michael McGarry Newhall, Pat Zandron; Mount Pleasant: Robert W. Anderson, Jerrold Belland, Richard Berns, Jamie McFarland; Muskego: Jan Wood; Nashotah: Alice Rossman; Neenah: Kathryn Wedge; Oshkosh: Maxine L. Nobbe, Judith Kay Radtke; Pleasant Prairie: Rachael Akey Podoll; Racine: Mary Dwyer, Lisa Englander, Pat Gilbert, Brandon Gonzales, Alexander Greiveldinger, Dean Habegger, Jeff Kosmala, John Nowicki, Alicia Sala, Rebecca Venn, Kelly Witte; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen; Theinsville: Thomas Hovorka; Waterford: Paul Burmeister; Waukesha: Dennis Matz; Wausau: Diane B. Shabino; Wauwatosa: Julia Collins; Wind Point: Bruce Canny, Catherine Gaspero
Sample of Work in the Exhibition
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