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.
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.
To add glow and glimmer to Main Street, RAM presents the annual crowd-pleasing RAM Holiday Tree.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Milwaukee artist Nicole Acosta uses photography to tell stories of people of the global majority and gender-expansive folks who value hoop earrings, touching on themes of reclamation, power, belonging, and place.
Established in the 1970s and hosted biennially, Wisconsin Photography underscores RAM’s commitment to looking at contemporary art in a variety of forms. Celebrating the rich community of photographers and video artists living and working in Wisconsin, this juried exhibition features 96 diverse works by 35 artists.
The annual Racine Unified Student Art Exhibition at RAM’s Wustum Museum features artwork created by area school children from grades K–12. Curated by the Unified School’s art faculty, the exhibition demonstrates the excellence achieved by students and their teachers.
The Racine Unified Student Art Exhibition has been featuring artwork created by area school children from grades K–12 since 1942. Curated by Racine Unified School District art faculty, the exhibition demonstrates the excellence achieved by students and their teachers.
The largest exhibition to date dedicated to artists of color in RAM's collection, featuring works in clay, glass, and metal. The range of implicit and explicit biases experienced by the artists and the (un)conscious influence of their heritage add a unique layer of context to the included work.
In Between showcases artists via multiple works made of different materials and/or pieces that reflect a fluency between two and three dimensions, including wearables.
Drawn entirely from RAM’s collection, this exhibition—and the one that replaces it in the fall—highlights artists that repurpose materials originally intended for a use other than art.
Comprised of pieces spanning multiple decades—specifically 1977 – 2006—the archive features various types of photographs. This exhibition debuts selections from the archive in stages—consecutively showcasing the Nagatani/Ryoichi Excavations Series, Chromatherapy Series, and works related to nuclear power.
In the late 1940s, contemporary glass production was given new energy as Frances and Michael Higgins reinvigorated the ancient practice of glass fusing. Racine Art Museum recently established an archive collection of 75 works created collaboratively and individually by the Higginses.
Part of the RAM Showcase series of exhibitions centering the work of artists of color, this exhibition is a sampling of prints from RAM's collection created by Inuit artists in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset).
This juried exhibition at RAM's Wustum Museum showcases 107 works from 89 artists primarily residing throughout Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties.
This Windows on Fifth exhibition is a visual summary of the art and architecture that helped shape the early chapters of Racine Art Museum, blending objects from RAM's holdings with photographs of both the building designed by Brininstool + Lynch and the galleries filled with art.
Now in its 57th year, the exhibition was started in 1966 to honor the depth and breadth of watercolor in the State of Wisconsin.

