H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art presents " Dialogue, Spectacle, and Fabrications" April 6-May 15, featuring the work of Carthage art faculty. An opening reception will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8. A gallery talk with the artists will begin at 6 p.m.
Featuring the works of Diane Levesque, Kimberly Greene, Lisa Bigalke, Ross Moreno, Connie Wolfe, Eric Johnson, Jeremy Plunkett, Beth Shadur, Melanie Kehoss, and Professor Emeritus Ed Kalke, this exhibition demonstrates the expansive range of media, styles, techniques and artistic philosophies of the art faculty. All established professional artists, with numerous awards and highly accomplished exhibition records, the art faculty at Carthage is a marvelous mixture of distinguished artists who manage to balance their dedication to teaching art with their lifelong commitment to exploring, creating and exhibiting their own work.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, and 1-4 p.m. Saturday.
Contact: 262-551-5853 or 262-551-5859

"WATERCOLOR WISCONSIN 2009" AT RAM'S WUSTUM MUSEUM
December 13, 2009 - April 24, 2010
RAM's Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine.
Phone: 262/638-8300
www.ramart.org
RAM's Wustum Museum of Fine Arts continues a splendid Racine tradition with the opening of "Watercolor Wisconsin 2009". As one of the museum's most popular annual shows, this exhibition brings together the works of artists from throughout the state. This year's show features 109 pieces by 88 Wisconsin artists.

The Francis and June Spiezer Collection | July 17 - September 27, 2009

The Francis and June Spiezer Collection celebrates this important gift to the RAM Permanent Collection by longtime promoters of the Chicago art scene, the late Francis Spiezer and his widow, June. Promised to RAM over 15 years, the collection is comprised of more than 200 objects in two main focus areas – contemporary studio glass and regional contemporary art.

Representative of more than 30 years of Chicago art, the Spiezers immersed themselves in the lives of regional artists and the local gallery scene. A diversity of media, style and subject matter is represented in the collection, which is rich in paintings, prints, sculpture, and glass.

The collection includes work by Nicholas Africano, Stephen Warde Anderson, Phyllis Bramson, Roger Brown, KeKe Cribbs, Spencer Dornitzer, Mark Sumner Forth, Anne Farley Gaines, Jesse Hickman, Frances and Michael Higgins, John Kearney, Alan Lerner, Diane Levesque, Nina Levy, John Littleton and Katherine Vogel, Ben Mahmoud, Richard Marquis, James Mesple, Jacqueline Moses, Joel Philip Myers, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, John Fergus Nygren, Ed Paschke, Lorraine Peltz, John Phillips, Daniel Ramirez, Scott Reeder, David Russick, Hollis Sigler, Lino Tagliapietra, Janusz Walentynowicz, Ray Yoshida, and Toots Zynsky.

Exhibition curated by RAM Curator Patty Rhea.