The Wisconsin Regional Artist Association currently has a special exhibit of 370 Tiny Treasures on display at the Marathon Public Library at 300 North First Street, Wausau. Most of them are for sale so you could own your own!  These "tiny treasures" are artworks no larger than 2.5" x 3.5", and are matted.  Look fo ryour favorite and see if they are still available.

Proceeds from the sale of Tiny Treasures goes to benefit the Lindroth Publication Fund which helps support the cost of WRAA’s annual color catalog for the Wisconsin Regional Art Program’s (WRAP) annual State Art Exhibit each September (now on display at the Center for Visual Art in Wausau).

Tiny Treasure Awards recipients will be recognized as a part of the Wisconsin Regional Art state conference activities the weekend of September 26-27.  WRAA members should know that Tiny Treasures can also be purchased at the Evening with the Arts reception at the Center for Visual Arts in Wausau on September 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. and on State Day, September 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jefferson Inn. This year artists of unsold Tiny Treasures will have the option of donating their work to the Women's Community Shelter of Wausau.

Don't want to wait until you can get to Wausua? 
The wonderfully clever and beautiful works of art will be for sale on-line during "Buy-It-Now" from midnight July 27 thru September 15.  All entries are exhibited virtually on-line the WRAA website  here. 

How do I purchase a 2014 Tiny Treasure?
The online "Buy-it-Now" sale will began on July 27th.  For only $25 you can own one of these amazing works of original art - mounted and ready for framing.  Look at the virtual exhibition, choose your favorite, and contact the event coordinator Sherry Ackerman.  (Look on the website for her contact information.) Give her the name of the artist and piece(s) you're interested in.  If the work is still available Sherry will give you instructions for payment and how to get your purchase after State Day. 

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If you go to see the tiny Treasures in person, don't forget to stop by the Center For Visual Art in Wausau.  This year the CVA hosts the 2014 State WRAP Exhibition to acknowledge and celebrate the statewide reach of the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association on its 60th Anniversary.  There are 164 artworks by Wisconsin artists who have won State Awards at the over 20 local WRAP Exhibits throughout Wisconsin.

This exhibition is a collaborative effort of the non-profit organization, Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) and the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP), an adult arts program administered by the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, the exhibition is an opportunity to recognize award recipients from the local WRAP art exhibitions/workshops across the state organized in collaboration with local arts organizations and arts venues for Wisconsin artists who love the creative process and aspire to reach their greatest creative potential but do not identify as professional artists.


Check out both exhibitions on display through September 26th.

Wausau is the place to be!

Plan to attend the Gala Reception
This Friday
August 15, 2014, 5-7 PM
for the
2014 WISCONSIN REGIONAL ART PROGRAM (WRAP) Annual Exhibit
showing three galleries full of wonderful art by Wisconsin Artists
hosted by the
Center for Visual Art
427 4th St, Wausau, WI
August 15, 2014, 5-7 PM

Exhibition dates:  August 8-September 26, 2014

Also celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the
Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA)
working in collaboration with WRAP

Plan to see this wonderful exhibition of 164 award winning lay artists from Wisconsin and surrounding states, who have been invited to participate in this exhibition as a result of receiving a State  Award at one of the 20+ local WRAP exhibit/workshops across the state. 

While you are in Wausau, please also plan to visit the WRAA Tiny Treasures and STAMP Exhibits
at the Marathon County Public Library,
at 300 North First Street.

Visit the library a few blocks away to view a special exhibit of 370 "tiny treasures" no larger than 2.5" x 3.5"  (many are for sale), as well as works of art from teens awho participated in the WRAA's Statewide Teen Art Mentor Program (STAMP)

This exhibition is a collaborative effort of the non-profit organization, Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) and the Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP), an adult arts program administered by the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, the exhibition is an opportunity to recognize award recipients from the local WRAP art exhibitions/workshops across the state organized in collaboration with local arts organizations and arts venues for Wisconsin artists who love the creative process and aspire to reach their greatest creative potential but do not identify as professional artists.

The Center For Visual Art in Wausau hosts the 2014 WRAP Exhibition to acknowledge and celebrate the statewide reach of the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association on its 60th Anniversary.

Originally known as the Wisconsin Rural Art Program, the now Wisconsin Regional Art Program exhibitions and workshops started in 1940 to encourage the creative growth of Wisconsin lay artists from rural areas, under the guidance of the well-known American artist John Steuart Curry. (There is currently an exhibition of focus on Curry’s years in Wisconsin through September 14th the Museum of Wisconsin Art.)

Today the over twenty annual local WRAP events includes an exhibition juried by professional artists who select the artists who will be invited to participate in this State WRAP Exhibition.  Each WRAP concludes with an artist presented workshop on a topic of artistic interest for the participants. 

The Wisconsin Regional Artist Association started in 1954 with just 36 members. The organization’s mission then and now is to support Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP).                                                  

In 2014 the WRAA's celebrates its 60th Anniversary promoting the creative growth of Wisconsin's artists. Today with over 600 members, WRAA members continue to participate in and promote WRAP exhibits and the annual WRAP State Exhibit and Conference.

The 164 artists participating in this exhibition represent local WRAP Workshop State Award recipients, WRAP Exhibit/Workshop Coordinators, and WRAA Board members. The participating artists are eligible to receive one of 60 art awards selected by individual awards donors and the exhibition judge.  The awards have a combined worth of almost $5000.   We are delighted that this years’ professional juror is Diana Budde, associate professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County.

The WRAA and WRAP extend a heartfelt thanks to the Center For Visual Art, its board and executive director Rose DeHut, for providing such a lovely venue for the exhibition and for collaborating on our efforts to support the creative development of Wisconsin’s lay artists!  In particular we thank the amazing volunteers and members of the Wisconsin Valley Art Association who both host the Wausau area WRAP at the CVA and who have added extra hands and support to the presentation of this exhibition and surrounding events.