2026 Annual Juried Art Exhibition
America: a Wisconsin Perspective
Entry Submission: March 1 – 27
Exhibition: May 3 – August 2, 2026
Opening Reception with Awards:
Saturday, May 16 from 2-4pm
1776 to 2026: It’s the semiquincentennial of the formation of the United States after its Declaration of Independence. Wisconsin artists are challenged to interpret our country’s history and culture through the Wisconsin lens.
Our state and its art have a unique place in America’s 250-year history, even though Wisconsin was not declared a state till 1848. After centuries of Indigenous art, explorers and immigrants all played a role in the state’s artistic evolution.
How will you interpret our state’s unique social, cultural, historical, or political environment in any of its historical periods or present day?
2025 Juried Exhibition: Now You See Me
Now You See Me
Hector Acuna - Carduus nutans: Symptoms of the Unregulated Landscape
Now You See Me
Adrienne Burgard - The End
Daniel Grunst - What's in My Head
George J Miller - Storm Circle: White Lightening; Maximiano Janairo - Syncretism
Joel Knapp - Jazz Gig Selfie; Jill Iverson - Always Watching
Jerry Steingraeber - Jerry Steingraber; Janet Roberts - Proof of Life
Tom Smith - The Naked I; Judith Radtke - This is Me Now
Judith Gahn Murphy - Rothko and Me; Chele Ramos - The Mess I've Made
Kate Battle - Heart on My Sleeve
Now You See Me
Chris Hewitt - Portrait #3
John Suess - Me, Myself, and the Big Red Painting
Taylor Brzezinski - Tortuosity; Alexis Gonzalez - Code Switchin'
Woody Olsen - Self-Portrait; Thomas Hovorka - Trust the Science
Ken Stark - My Big Brother and Me; Nancy Marks - Self-Portrait with Matisse
May Klisch - Rebel Without a Pause; Charles Mayhew - H E R E'S Charlie!
Nita Moore - Self-Portrait with Palette
Great Room - Now You See Me
Erica Brautigam - Keepsake
Dennis Ninmer - GOTA GO
Amber Pipkorn - Golden Hour: A Self-Portrait in Sacred Textiles
Now You See Me
Deann L De La Ronde - Eye of the Beholder; Nina Lee Avis - Masking
Eric Drumm - New Years Eve; Hal Rammel - We Agree to Disagree; Allison Calteux - Momentote
August Kochanowski - Self-Portrait
Breanna Zimmer - As She Sees Me; Leah Cashaw - Amor
Jami Balicki - Three Generations
Gabriel Termuehlen - Where I End and You Begin; Thomas Buchs - Half a Portrait
Vickie Liu - Gone But Not Forgotten
