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Shades of Gray: Black and White Graphics from RAM’s Collection

Shades of Gray presents landscapes, figural studies, abstractions, and stories told through both image and text. The works in this exhibition rely primarily on a palette of black and white.

Shades of Gray: Black and White Graphics from RAM’s Collection2025-08-18T14:33:18-05:00
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Collection Focus: Ken Loeber

Ken Loeber manipulates metal-as well as other media such as coral, pearls, and shells-into compelling adornment, hollowware, and flatware. Embarking on what has been described as a "sculptural exploration of mass and space."

Collection Focus: Ken Loeber2025-08-18T13:44:06-05:00
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(in)Organic

This exhibition features artists investigating the biological through artificial materials, such as polymer or acrylic yarn, or organic-based media, like fibrous handmade paper, pencils, or ceramic.

(in)Organic2025-08-18T11:46:30-05:00
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Duets: RAM Pairs Contemporary Craft Artists

Duets: RAM Pairs Contemporary Craft Artists plays with that idea by purposefully pairing the work of various contemporary artists—visually or conceptually-related works are shown side by side in order to simultaneously highlight similarities and differences.

Duets: RAM Pairs Contemporary Craft Artists2025-08-18T10:30:49-05:00
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RAM Collects: Wood Letter Openers by Norm Sartorius from Ronald and Kay Springwater

Spurred by an interest in investigating color, form, and texture, this nationally known wood artist, Norm Sartorius, has focused on “the character of the raw pieces of wood." RAM highlights a gift of 44 Sartorius letter openers in this exhibit.

RAM Collects: Wood Letter Openers by Norm Sartorius from Ronald and Kay Springwater2025-08-18T10:26:07-05:00
  • Organic light green teapot with an elongated spout as well as orange and pink leaves on the top and back. Red and purple berry-shaped decorations extend out of the bottom into two spiraling appendages.

Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions

Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions showcases artworks new to Racine Art Museum (RAM) since the donation of over 200 polymer pieces in 2011. These recent gifts have introduced new artists to the collection and expanded upon existing bodies of work by incorporating different types of objects or broadening the scope of years represented.

Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions2025-08-18T10:23:20-05:00

Paper/Plastic: Contemporary Adornment

Interested in investigating new roles for jewelry, artists found ways to incorporate paper and plastic— as well as other materials—into their practice as they subverted ideas of preciousness and suggested new meanings for adornment.

Paper/Plastic: Contemporary Adornment2025-08-18T10:20:44-05:00

New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry

New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry celebrates recent gifts from a handful of dedicated collectors and donors.

New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry2025-08-18T10:18:19-05:00
  • 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 20252025-08-11T12:17:52-05:00
  • 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 Interaction2025-08-11T12:17:26-05:00
  • A painting with two figures in a forest, the figure on the right is a human with long dark hair, and the figure on the left is a chick peep in a trench coat.

RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 2025

The 16th edition of a family-friendly community art exhibition showcasing work made from or inspired by PEEPS® Brand marshmallow candy.

RAM PEEPS® Brand Art Exhibition 20252025-05-02T10:53:25-05:00

Pieces: Collage and Assemblage from RAM’s Collection

Focused on the breadth of two- and three-dimensional work in RAM’s collection, this exhibition includes sculpture, collage, jewelry, quilts, and art to wear compiled from or appearing as a variety of individual pieces.

Pieces: Collage and Assemblage from RAM’s Collection2025-06-16T10:39:08-05:00

Watercolor Wisconsin 2024

Watercolor Wisconsin was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state. The 2024 exhibition—the 58th edition of the long-running show—features 80 works by 69 artists from across Wisconsin.

Watercolor Wisconsin 20242025-04-22T10:11:50-05:00
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RAM Holiday Tree 2024

To add glow and glimmer to Main Street, RAM presents the annual crowd-pleasing RAM Holiday Tree.

RAM Holiday Tree 20242025-01-08T11:45:19-06:00

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 Amado2025-07-21T10:46:59-05:00

Zero Waste: Jewelry

Comprised entirely of works from RAM’s collection, this exhibition highlights art jewelry made from repurposed materials originally intended for a use other than adornment.

Zero Waste: Jewelry2025-02-24T10:42:13-06:00

Collection Focus: Polish Fiber

With over 35 pieces included, the exhibition highlights Polish fiber art in both a microscopic and macroscopic way—highlighting the efforts of artists from a certain area of the world who, in turn, also reflect global interests.

Collection Focus: Polish Fiber2025-02-24T10:41:50-06:00

RAM Showcase: Storytellers—Narrative Photography from Artists of Color

The artists whose works are included in this exhibition harness the storytelling power of photographic imagery. They address social, cultural, and personal issues, including identity, the environment, community, history, and the everyday. As artists of color, their conversations are charged with the subtext of race and heritage, even if these issues are not directly addressed in their work.

RAM Showcase: Storytellers—Narrative Photography from Artists of Color2025-02-24T10:41:27-06:00
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