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This acrylic painting, “Mt. Princeton Watershed: The Pool,” by Robert W. Andersen, of Mount Pleasant, was featured in Watercolor Wisconsin 2021. The Racine Art Museum is accepting submissions now for Watercolor Wisconsin 2022.
"It Takes a Village," by Cary Hunkel, of Madison, a transparent watercolor piece which took the Second Award in Watercolor Wisconsin 2021.
"Adolescent Acorn 2," by Diane Shabino, of Wausau, received the Racine Art Museum, Celine Stewart and Bonne Knop Memorial Purchase Award at Watercolor Wisconsin 2021.
RACINE — Racine Art Museum’s (RAM’s) Wustum Museum of Fine Arts invites artists to enter work to be juried for Watercolor Wisconsin 2022, open Dec. 14 through April 15, 2023.
Organized by the museum since 1966, Watercolor Wisconsin honors the depth and breadth of watercolor in the state of Wisconsin. This statewide, juried competition offers an excellent opportunity for artists to exhibit their work in an accredited museum, and presents awards and prizes in various categories.
Entry is open to artists 18 years or older who are residents of Wisconsin. There is an entry fee of $35, which is waived for anyone with a current RAM membership.
Digital image entries and shipments of physical work to RAM, 441 Main St., Racine, must be received by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29.
In-person delivery of entries will take place at RAM’s Wustum Museum, 2519 Northwestern Ave., Racine, on Friday, Sept. 30; and Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jurors for this year’s exhibition are Ratindra Das and Gail Ana Gomez.
Das is a nationally awarded watercolor artist and published author. Additionally, he is a Dolphin Fellow, a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, a Master Signature member in Watercolor West, and a Distinguished Master in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America.
Gomez is the Associate Director of Exhibitions and Publications at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, where she has managed numerous projects since 2014. With a background in studio art and art history, she also works as an independent curator and researcher focusing on self-taught and neurodiverse artists.
Online entry and a downloadable exhibition prospectus are available on the RAM website, ramart.org.
Some of the colorful, hand-painted signs at the River Valley Ranch Farm Store in the Town of Wheatland.
Those who have ever drove on Highway 50, leaving Lake Geneva, are sure to have seen this large mushroom painted on the side of the River Valley Ranch Farm Store.
The River Valley Ranch store at 39900 60th St., Town of Wheatland.
Inside the River Valley Ranch Farm Store, which is filled with various products as well as educational material related to mushrooms.
A tray of fresh portabella mushrooms in the River Valley Ranch Farm Store.
It's not just mushrooms at the River Valley Ranch Farm Store. Watermelon, corn and other produce is also available.
These vegan tamales and burger patties are just some of the River Valley Ranch products found in the store — grown, harvested and cooked right on site in the Town of Wheatland.
The River Valley Ranch Farm Store also has a kitchen, from which fresh soup is served. There are also numerous items in stock at the store — not just food, but clothing, bird seed, books and more.
Jenny Brown, general manager at River Valley Ranch in the Town of Wheatland, explains how the mushrooms are grown while touring the mushroom beds in the processing area.
Bins full of harvest mushrooms in the River Valley Ranch processing area.
An up-close look at one of the mushroom beds.
One of the workers at River Valley Ranch harvests the mushrooms. "It takes us about 65 days to get to this stage," said Jenny Brown, general manager.
Paul Russell loads whole mushrooms into a slicer.
The River Valley Ranch garden is near the farm store, just across Highway 50.
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This acrylic painting, “Mt. Princeton Watershed: The Pool,” by Robert W. Andersen, of Mount Pleasant, was featured in Watercolor Wisconsin 2021. The Racine Art Museum is accepting submissions now for Watercolor Wisconsin 2022.
"It Takes a Village," by Cary Hunkel, of Madison, a transparent watercolor piece which took the Second Award in Watercolor Wisconsin 2021.
"Adolescent Acorn 2," by Diane Shabino, of Wausau, received the Racine Art Museum, Celine Stewart and Bonne Knop Memorial Purchase Award at Watercolor Wisconsin 2021.