The Wisconsin Regional Art Program exhibit, featuring the works of nearly 50 area artists, is open at Whitewater’s Cultural Arts Center, 402 W. Main St., through Jan. 26.
The exhibit turns the spotlight to artists from several nearby cities, including Beloit, Burlington, Clinton, Cottage Grove, Delafield, Delavan, Edgerton, Elkhorn, Fort Atkinson, Janesville, Jefferson, Lake Geneva, Madison, Monona, Muskego, Palmyra, Rockton, Walworth, Whitewater and Williams Bay.
The show features a broad range of work, including photography, colored-pencil art, sketches, 3D, wood-fired pottery, acrylics, oils, watercolors and more.
The Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center has been a host for the exhibit for several years.
In 2011, the Whitewater Arts Alliance won the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program award for the greatest increase in the number of artists participating in the regional exhibit.
The exhibit will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. It will conclude with a workshop on Jan. 26 that runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The workshop registration fee is $5. To register, contact, Joyce Follis at (262) 473-2360.
About WRAP
The Wisconsin Regional Art Program was established to encourage nonprofessional artists to develop their abilities.
The program consists of many artist workshop/exhibits that meet throughout the year statewide. Each one has a different artist demonstration or slide lecture and a different judge to lead the afternoon critique.
Artists may enter as many Wisconsin Regional Art workshops as they like.
Artists winning a State Exhibit Award are eligible to compete for monetary awards at the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association State Day in Madison.
The first Rural Art Exhibit was held at the Memorial Union during Farm and Home Week in 1940. Under the guidance of John Stuart Curry, the exhibit grew rapidly, expanding from 30 nonprofessional artists in 1940 to over 100 by 1947.
The energy and enthusiasm of Curry’s successor, Aaron Bohrod, WRAP directors, James Schwalbach and Ken Kuemmerlein, and the help of the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association have continued to make the exhibition and workshops cornerstones of activity for nonprofessional artists throughout the state.
WRAP is developed and administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts.
For more information or to become a member, visit wraawrap.com.
