Wustum Generations

January 22 – April 30, 2017

Sherman Groenke
No Thoroughfare, 1998
Watercolor
Racine Art Museum, George and Betty Ren Frederiksen Memorial Purchase Award from Watercolor Wisconsin 1998
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine

The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine Art Museum’s forebear, was founded on November 16, 1941. Housed on property that was given to the city of Racine to be used for a fine arts museum, Wustum has not just survived, but thrived, as a significant arts organization. With this exhibition featuring works by artists important to Wustum’s history on a variety of levels, RAM pays homage to its ancestor on its 75th anniversary.

When RAM came into existence in 2003, the role of the artist in institutional development necessarily expanded in need and scope. Artists who have played important roles at Wustum and RAM have done so not just as working artists, but also as teachers, donors, board members, volunteers, committee members, staff, activists, catalysts for large gifts, benefactors, and donors of significant archives. The artists included in this exhibition fulfill two criteria—they have been essential to the development of Wustum and RAM in one or more capacities and they are represented in RAM’s holdings.

More About the Exhibition

Exhibition Notes (PDF)

Timeline—75 Years of Art at RAM’s Wustum Museum (PDF)

Press Room

Artists in the Exhibition

Mark Adams, Renie Breskin Adam, Rick Bartow, Jerrold Belland, Sharon A. Blaesing, Bill Blaesing, Sandy Blain, Karen Johnson Boyd, Frank Boyden, Robert R. Burkert, Gibson Byrd, Warrington Colescott, Doug DeVinny, Robert W. Ebendorf, Lisa Englander, George Frederiksen, Terri Gelenian-Wood, Byron Gere, John Goray, Sherman Groenke, Ruth Grotenrath, Karen Gunderson, Walter S. Hamady, Caren Heft, James Hoffman, David V. Holmes, Richard J. Jensen, Cherry Barr Jerry, Michael Jerry, Sylvester Jerry, Rosita Johanson, Samuel C. Johnson, Edwin C. Kalke, Schomer Lichtner, Frank Lobdell, Alex Mandli, Ruth Miles, Michael W. Monroe, Frances Myers, Helen Napier, Manuel Neri, Edna M. Olson, Frank Paluch, John Parsons, JoAnna Poehlmann, Michael Pry, Kaaren Wiken and Tom Rauschke, Bill Reid, Helen Sawyer, Jan Serr, Berta Sherwood, Susan M. Sorenson, Frank Stearn, Anthony C. Stoeveken, Toshiko Takaezu, Merle Temkin, Mary Tingley, Beth Van Hoesen, Alice Wendt-Broner, and Elise Winters