Collection Focus: Ron Isaacs

This exhibition debuts a new-to-RAM archive of works created by Isaacs between 1968 and 2020. This grouping—the scope of which is unmatched at any other organization—includes early acrylic on canvas paintings, a drawing, art jewelry, and over 20 painted wood constructions.

Collection Focus: Ron Isaacs2025-07-05T13:34:27-05:00
  • A circular ceramic vessel with many engravings, including a very angry and scared face.

RAM Showcase: Bodies

Featuring works by artists of color from RAM’s collection, this exhibition reflects people’s desire to study, analyze, and respond to the human body as form and content.

RAM Showcase: Bodies2025-05-07T13:45:34-05:00

RAM Collects: Contemporary Perfume Bottles

Some contemporary glass artists have utilized perfume bottles as spaces for experimentation and exploration—not necessarily function. This desire to challenge functionality has run parallel with the desire to produce usable and practical objects.

RAM Collects: Contemporary Perfume Bottles2025-03-12T16:45:52-05:00
  • A dense blue glass sculpture. The exterior is squared except for the top, which is cut to resemble a wave. An open-palm hand can be seen in the interior as it reaches towards the top of the piece.

On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century

This exhibition, an expanded version of a 2022 Windows on Fifth Gallery show, offers a deeper dive into this vital period in contemporary craft by outlining the concerns of artists who explore the sculptural, visual, metaphorical, and creative potential of glass.

On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century2025-03-12T13:19:55-05:00

RAM Showcase: Focus on Adornment

This selection of contemporary art jewelry from RAM’s collection highlights seven artists of color utilizing materials not traditionally anticipated for use in jewelry, such as polymer, safety pins, and silicone.

RAM Showcase: Focus on Adornment2025-06-11T09:19:43-05:00
  • Patio24 Tyler Potter 02

Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel

Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel focuses on one of RAM's strengths—women artists—by featuring steel and bronze sculpture created by two important New York-based figures who are being rediscovered today.

Spotlight on Sculpture: Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel2025-06-11T09:20:52-05:00
  • Photo of two people standing in water and fishing, surrounded by greenery. There are kayaks in the foreground.

Racine Art Guild Juried Exhibition 2025

Racine Art Guild juried exhibitions demonstrate the creativity of this local organization’s members. The 62 works selected for this show display an advanced understanding of art techniques and presentation.

Racine Art Guild Juried Exhibition 20252025-06-16T12:28:58-05:00
  • A box opens up into a trifold with a fox chasing a rabbit through a forest.

Awakening the Senses: Art that Invites Interaction

While traditional museum etiquette expects visitors to observe from a distance, this exhibition encourages guests to break from convention. Activating the senses beyond sight alone, these 26 works by artists in RAM’s community encourage close connections through various combinations of touch, sound, and smell.

Awakening the Senses: Art that Invites Interaction2025-06-16T12:28:37-05:00

Low: René Amado

This exhibition in RAM's street-facing Windows on Fifth gallery explores the creativity and community of lowrider culture through the photography and video of Racine-based René Amado, alongside custom bicycles and small vehicles by various builders.

Low: René Amado2024-12-11T09:20:37-06:00
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