Current Exhitbit
Wisconsin Regional Art Program 2012
Do you like to paint, sculpt or draw? Do you wish you had a venue to share your art with others, brainstorm with others about art and learn more from other artists? If you say, "yes", to any of these questions, then the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) is for you. The Wisconsin Regional Artists Association will be sponsoring the WRAP exhibit that features the works of non-professional Wisconsin artists at Whitewater's Cultural Arts Center, from January 7 through January 28, 2012. WRAP organizers invite any non-professional artist from Wisconsin to submit up to three pieces for the show. Attached is an image of some of the 2011 artists and their artwork.
The fee to enter the Whitewater WRAP show is $20, and artists should send that with a completed registration form (form found on wraawrap.com) to Joyce Follis, 252 South Ardmor Drive, Whitewater, WI 53190.
Artists need to submit their entry form by January 2. Their art work is due at the Cultural Arts Center on January 7th from 10-11 a.m. Each individual can submit three pieces of art for the WRAP Show.
Artists from Wisconsin will be exhibiting art in a variety of media including 3 D and photography. Artists and art-advocates alike are invited to view the exhibit free of charge. The exhibit will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. beginning January 7 and ending with a workshop ($5 fee) on Saturday, January 28. The workshop on January 28 runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and anyone can attend the workshop for a $5 registration fee (exhibiting artists can attend for free). To register, please contact Joyce Follis at 262-473-2360. follisj@charter.net
The Whitewater Arts Alliance won the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP) award for the greatest Increase in the number of artists participating in our 2011 regional exhibit.
The Wisconsin Regional Art Program was established to encourage Wisconsin citizens with a serious interest in art - people who make art purely for the love of it, rather than for fame and fortune. The purpose of WRAP is to encourage nonprofessional artists to develop their abilities.
The Wisconsin Regional Art 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 WRAA State Day in Madison. In order to enter the State Exhibit you must be a member of the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program - you can join the organization at any time before the state exhibit by going to wraawrap.com and click on the tab to register.
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, the WRAP directors, James Schwalbach and Ken Kuemmerlein, and the help of the Wisconsin Rural 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. WRAP exhibits and workshops began in 1940 to encourage the creative growth of non-professional artists from rural areas.