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*Artist's Gallery<ref>[http://journaltimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/urban-rhythms-photography-show-opens-at-artists-gallery/article_857063e6-b999-11e3-a99c-001a4bcf887a.html "‘Urban Rhythms’ photography show opens at Artists Gallery"], ''Racine Journal Times'', April 1, 2014.]
*Artist's Gallery
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*Funky Hannah's
*Funky Hannah's

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This page is a compilation of arts and culture resources available in Racine, Wisconsin, United States.

Art Museums

  • Racine Art Museum is dedicated to the exhibition, education, collection and preservation of contemporary visual arts, with a focus on artists who create meaningful statements in craft media.
  • RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts features works in fine art and craft media that are organized around specific themes. RAM also plays a vital role in arts education through Wustum Museum, where it offers community outreach programs, studio art classes and workshops taught by regionally and nationally known artists working in craft media.[1][2]
  • SC Johnson Gallery: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright showcases a rotating selection of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs and artifacts, and explores the architect’s influence on families and the American home.[3]

Cultural Institutions

  • Racine Public Library enhances its community’s quality of life by providing information, ideas, and creative works.[4][5][6]
  • Racine Heritage Museum is dedicated to preserving the material culture and telling the special stories of the people of Racine County; their achievments, diversity, inventive genius, productivity, craftsmanship and entrepreneurial spirit.[7]
  • Preservation Racine is a nonprofit organization established in 1973 to identify and actively encourage the preservation of buildings, sites, and districts in the Racine, Wisconsin area which have historical, architectural, and cultural value. The organization holds an annual tour of historic buildings to raise awareness and money for its mission.[8]
  • Racine Zoological Gardens: The zoo's mission is to foster an enlightening and affordable wildlife experience that improves the bond between people and nature. The zoo has approximately 100 different species of animals from Wisconsin and around the world.[9]

Theater Companies

  • Racine Theatre Guild: RTG is a community theater that provides a variety of live entertainment and educational opportunities for all ages. RTG annually offers a season of eight main-stage plays and musicals, Racine Children’s Theatre, Jean’s Jazz Series and Comedy Tonight[10][11]
  • Over Our Head Players/6th Street Theatre: The Over Our Head Players have been producing live theater in Downtown Racine since 1992. OOHP is committed to providing audiences with high quality, fresh and unique theater experiences.[12]
  • Penguin Players is one of the few true cabaret style performance groups in Wisconsin.[13]

Performance Groups (poetry/music)

  • BONK! Performance Series: A monthly event, curated by poet Nick Demske, that aims to bring challenging poetry, art, and performance to the local arts community.[14]
  • Family Power/Grassroots Wednesdays Open Mic and Artist Showcase: Grassroots Wednesdays is an open mic and artist showcase provided to the community on behalf of Family Power Music for use as a platform to express oneself through the art of entertainment.[15]

Visual Arts Organizations

  • Racine Arts Council encourages, supports and advocates on behalf of emerging and established artists, artistic groups in our community and young people interested in the arts.
  • Spectrum School of the Arts
  • Racine Art Guild[16]
  • Racine Camera Club helps local photographers improve the quality of their images and learn new techniques, along with holding photographic exhibits and contests.[17]
  • Lighthouse Quilters Guild promotes the art of quilt making and related textile areas, provides educational opportunities and encourages the sharing of members' talents and fellowship and the sharing of the quilting arts with the community, along with seeking to preserve our quilting heritage.[18]

Galleries

  • Northern Lights
  • Artist's GalleryCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
  • Animal Crackers Concert Series
  • Music on the Monument
  • Music & More Concert Series
  • Olympia Brown Second Saturday Coffee House & Concert Series
  • Thoughts for Food
  • Dan Jam Music Festival
  • Blank-Fest Wisconsin
  • Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival

Dance

  • The Studio of Classical Dance Arts
  • Academy of Dance
  • Guy Singer Dance Studio
  • Dance Arts Center
  • Metamorphosis Arts
  • Masters of Movement Arts

Special Events

  • Get Behind the Arts Studio Tour is an annual, two day arts event featuring a self-guided studio tour of visual and performing artists’ work spaces in Racine and Kenosha. A preview party is held the evening before the tour with a one night only art exhibition, musical performances and art demonstrations.[19]
  • 16th Street Studios Annual Open House
  • Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival is a playwriting contest in which audience members determine the winning plays. Entries for the contest come from all over the world.[20]
  • Monument Square Art Festival: One of Wisconsin’s oldest and most respected juried fine art fairs showcases artists from around the country exhibiting painting, photography, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media.[21][22]
  • Starving Artists Fair
  • Downtown Racine First Fridays
  • Party on the Pavement is an annual event that is Racine's biggest street festival, including live music and art events.[23][24]
  • Root River Festival
  • The Big Chill State Snow Sculpting Championships features the Wisconsin State Snow Sculpting Championship where 6-by-6-by-8-foot blocks of compacted snow are transformed into artistic creations.[25]

Artist Workspaces

  • Racine Business Center/16th Street Studios
  • Mitchell Wagon Lofts
  • Black-Eyed Press
  • Hot Shop Glass Studio and Gallery is a glass-blowing studio and gallery, that also offers short workshops that teach this ancient practice.[26][27][28]

Recording Studios

  • Belle City Sound

Venues for Performing Arts and Special Presentations

  • Racine Civic Centre: Memorial Hall and Festival Hall
  • Racine Theatre Guild
  • Sixth Street Theatre [29]
  • Golden Rondelle Theater
  • Racine Masonic Center
  • The DeKoven Center
  • Racine Eagles Club
  • My Wicked Way is a combination coffeehouse, performance space and general gathering place for all ages. Its 10-by-11-foot stage and its gallery walls are provided free of charge.[30]

Opportunities for Funding & Recognition

  • RAM Artist Fellowships showcase the diversity and vitality of the Racine/Kenosha visual arts community by supporting the professional development of its artists. Four $2,500 fellowships and solo exhibits are awarded every two years to artists at all stages of their careers who are creating outstanding work in a variety of media.[31]
  • Racine Arts Council ArtSeed Program: The purpose of ArtSeed is to encourage and enhance the arts in the Racine area and to foster excitement, support and growth in the arts. ArtSeed provides grants to projects that are new, innovative, experimental and collaborative.[32]
  • Racine/Kenosha Poet Laureate Program encourages creative expression and literacy, while celebrating the power and beauty of language.[33]
  • Racine Journal Times Out and About is a weekly print section of the Journal Times focused on local arts and culture events.
  • Left of the Lake Magazine: Left of the Lake is a small press publisher that publishes a magazine featuring works by artists and authors in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.[34]
  • Straylight Literary Magazine

Online Calendars

  • Real Racine
  • Racine Journal Times Calendar
  • Creative Root

References

  1. ^ Peggy Sue Dunigan, Wustum Museum Highlights Wisconsin Photography, Express Milwaukee, August 20, 2012.
  2. ^ Wustum Studio Art Program, Racine Art Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "SC Johnson Gallery/Frank Lloyd Wright Gallery", ABC7 Video. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Lee Roberts, Exhibit spotlights importance of libraries — and funding cuts that threaten them, Racine Journal Times, January 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Lindsay Fiori, Students meet Racine Reads 1 million books goal, Racine Journal Times, February 1, 2012.
  6. ^ Bridget Thoreson, Racine Public Library’s bookmobile had a banner year in 2011, Racine Journal Times, January 21, 2012.
  7. ^ Lee Roberts, The Racine Heritage Museum showcases Racine County's unique history, Racine Journal Times, January 30, 2014.
  8. ^ Lee Roberts, Preservation Racine’s Tour of Historic Places: 7 buildings to be featured at Sept. 29 event, Racine Journal Times, September 15, 2013.
  9. ^ Stephanie Jones, Racine Zoo ramps up marketing; memberships now at nearly 2,000, Racine Journal Times, August 19, 2013.
  10. ^ Lee Roberts, Local theater groups ready to take the stage, Racine Journal Times, September 12, 2013
  11. ^ SC Johnson grant boosts Racine Theatre Guild, Children’s Theatre, Racine Journal Times, February 8, 2014.
  12. ^ Elizabeth Snyder, Racine’s ‘edgier’ community theater has been going strong for 20 years Prime Magazine, 12/29/2013.
  13. ^ Lee Roberts, Penguin Players ready to present their spring show, ‘Sing Penguins Sing', Racine Journal Times, April 27, 2012.
  14. ^ Lee Roberts, BONK! series to present its 65th show, Racine Journal Times, February 13, 2014.
  15. ^ Grassroots Wednesday's Open Mic & Artist Showcase, Racine Journal Times, December 11, 2013.
  16. ^ "Racine Art Guild presents first themed exhibition", Racine Journal Times, February 3, 2013.
  17. ^ "Camera Club celebrates 75th anniversary with exhibit", Racine Journal Times, January 9, 2014.
  18. ^ Lee Roberts, "A quilt fan's dream", Racine Journal Times, October 8, 2009.
  19. ^ Lee Roberts, Studio tour offers an inside look at local visual and performing arts, Racine Journal Times, March 28, 2013.
  20. ^ Jessica Tuttle, "Laughs by the minute: Racine’s Sixth Street Theatre site of annual Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival", Kenosha News, January 30, 2014.
  21. ^ Weekend Planner: Buy some art, fly a kite, or go fishing this weekend, Racine Journal Times, May 31, 2013.
  22. ^ Lee Roberts, Back to Square: Monument Square Art Fair returning to its original home, Racine Journal Times, May 23, 2013.
  23. ^ Scott Anderson, Gallery: Party on the Pavement 2013, Racine Journal Times, September 28, 2013.
  24. ^ Lee Roberts, Party on the Pavement, Racine's biggest street festival, is Saturday, Racine Journal Times, September 29, 2011.
  25. ^ Lee Roberts, Racine's Big Chill to feature snow-sculpting and more, Racine Journal Times, January 9, 2014.
  26. ^ Scott Anderson, Photos: Working with fire, Racine Journal Times, February 21, 2013.
  27. ^ Gregory Shaver, Photo: The art of glass, Racine Journal Times, February 23, 2013.
  28. ^ Lee Roberts, Hot Shop marks first anniversary at Gallery Night, Racine Journal Times, November 12, 2006.
  29. ^ Lee Roberts, Q&A: Racine a special place for pianist Radoslav Lorkovic, Racine Journal Times, October 20, 2012
  30. ^ Lee Roberts, Coffeehouse provides performance, exhibit venue for young artists, Racine Journal Times, March 27, 2014.
  31. ^ Lee Roberts, RAM Artist Fellowship exhibit at Wustum spotlights work of four local artists, Racine Journal Times, October 31, 2013.
  32. ^ Lee Roberts, Grant program seeks to expand local arts scene, Racine Journal Times, March 23, 2013.
  33. ^ Lee Roberts, A passion for poetry: Racine’s first co-poets laureate want to enlighten, entertain, Racine Journal Times, May 21, 2011.
  34. ^ Kevin Poirer, "Snapshot: Group launches magazine to promote local arts scene", Kenosha News, September 22, 2013.
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