
RAM Artist Fellowship Exhibition 2019
August 23 – November 16, 2019
Presented by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
The RAM Artist Fellowship Program aims to showcase the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts community by supporting the professional development of its artists. The fourth biennial exhibition features the work of the following artists:
RAM Artist Fellowship Exhibition 2019
August 23 – November 16, 2019

Presented by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
The RAM Artist Fellowship Program aims to showcase the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts community by supporting the professional development of its artists. The fourth biennial exhibition features the work of the following artists:

Alex Mandli
Symbols and Icons of the Internet Jar from the iTalianate Series, 2018
Earthenware
15 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Collection of the Artist
Photography: William Lemke
Alex Mandli
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Alex Mandli

Alex Mandli
Symbols and Icons of the Internet Jar from the iTalianate Series, 2018
Earthenware
15 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Collection of the Artist
Photography: William Lemke
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.

Crystal Neubauer
Storm and Silence, 2019
Found objects, encaustic, tar, and adhesive
24 x 36 inches
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Crystal Neubauer
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Crystal Neubauer

Crystal Neubauer
Storm and Silence, 2019
Found objects, encaustic, tar, and adhesive
24 x 36 inches
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.

Marilyn Propp
Free Fall X, 2018
Relief print, prigmented pulp, and collage on handmade abaca paper
31 x 31 1/2 inches
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Marilyn Propp
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Marilyn Propp

Marilyn Propp
Free Fall X, 2018
Relief print, prigmented pulp, and collage on handmade abaca paper
31 x 31 1/2 inches
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Amy Misurelli Sorensen
Untitled, 2017
Relief print
39 x 35 inches
Photography: Valerie Moody
Amy Misurelli Sorensen
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Amy Misurelli Sorensen
Amy Misurelli Sorensen
Untitled, 2017
Relief print
39 x 35 inches
Photography: Valerie Moody
Artist Statement
In the making, I can see my place within this large network; I can impose my own order, which exists only because I do. It is an ordering, but the order becomes evident after the fact. This relief is only temporary as the material I ultimately turn to is ephemeral and the arrangement short term.
I work primarily with and on paper to make sewn and collaged wall-works and temporary installations.
These works visually translate found pattern in natural, man-made structures, contemporary and traditional surface patterns.
Gallery of Work
Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Partners
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Partners
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Diane Zebell
Gold Partners
Anonymous
A.C. Buhler Family
Robert E. Kohler Jr. Fund
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Reliance Controls
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Silver Partners
Anonymous
Sandy and Gus Antonneau
Baird
Lucy G. Feller
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Sharon and Tom Harty
Dave and Judy Hecker
Paula Kalke
Horizon Retail Construction, Inc.
Johnson Financial Group
Lang Family Foundation
Dorothy MacVicar
Jan Serr & John Shannon
Sandra Shove
Willard and Mary Walker
Bronze Partners
Carol Baylon
Rose and Peter Christensen
Dave’s Wine Garage
Educators Credit Union
Patricia and Richard Ehlert
Express Employment Professionals
Deborah Ganaway
Carol Griseto
Hitter’s Baseball
SC Johnson
Bill and Debbie Keland
Nancy and Nick Kurten
Susan Manalli
Norbell Foundation
JoAnna Poehlmann
Rasmussen Diamonds
Harold and Lois Solberg
Kathy Stranghellini
Tito’s
Twin Disc
Janna Waldeck
Barbara Waldman