RAM Showcase: African Adornment
This exhibition is comprised of objects with layered and potentially uncomfortable histories. Specifically, these works are from a group of incised metal bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that span the eighteenth through twentieth centuries.
Michael Velliquette: Intuitive Patterns
Wisconsin-based Michael Velliquette has created an installation for RAM’s Windows on Fifth Gallery that reflects his interest in color theory, pattern-making, and papercraft.
Wood You Believe It?: Painted Wood from RAM’s Collection
Through both traditional and experimental approaches, Wood You Believe It? brings together furniture, art jewelry, sculpture, and wall-hanging works from RAM’s permanent collection to explore the wide range of possibilities that emerge when paint meets wood.
Welcome Home, Toshiko: The Toshiko Takaezu Archive Debuts at RAM
By all accounts, Takaezu’s holdings at RAM comprise the largest collection of her work in a North American institution but, most importantly, they reflect a singular voice who helped expand the potential of a material not always associated with artistic vision.
From Bugs to Birds: A Boyden and Bartow Bestiary
In February 2001, Frank Boyden and Rick Bartow collaborated on a portfolio of 16 finished prints titled “Parts and Pieces: A Brief Bestiary.” Experimenting together over five days to ultimately create 33 images, each artist selected eight works to be included in the finished portfolio which was then produced in an edition of 22.
Wisconsin Photography 2026
Celebrating the rich community of photographers and video artists living and working in Wisconsin, this juried exhibition takes a different approach than most, with artists being asked to submit a portfolio of up to 10 images or two short films for juror review.