Call for Wisconsin Artists! Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibit in Prairie du Sac. Entry forms due January 9, 2015

"Here We Go Round" by Susan Davison, Blue River, WI, State Rural Remembrandt Art Club Founder's Award 2014

The River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac both invite participation in the Wisconsin Regional Art Program  first WRAP exhibition/workshop in 2015.  The Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) will hold its annual, Prairie du Sac Regional Art Exhibit from January 20 to March 1, 2015.  The exhibit will be held at the River Arts Center at the Sauk-Prairie High School, 105 9th St. in Prairie du Sac, WI.  This non-juried exhibit is open to all non-professional artists.  The exhibit concludes on Sunday, March 1, with an educational workshop by a professional artist, and a learning critique of some of the art works in the show.

An application for this exhibit is due no later than Jan. 9, 2015.  The application must be accompanied by a $20.00 entry fee which includes the cost of the workshop.  One or two pieces of original art completed within the last two years, can be delivered to River Arts Center on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 from Noon to 2:00 p.m., or on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m..

Art work submitted for the show will be judged by a professional artist.  Meritorious works receiving State Awards will be eligible for the statewide WRAP exhibit held in September in Madison.  The WRAP program began in 1940 to encourage and promote non-professional artists in Wisconsin.  Today WRAP has more than 500 participants statewide and hosts 22 regional art exhibits.  For further information and entry forms, please visit here, or contact David Carpenter at 608 442-6958 (home), 608 239-1310 (cell), or dcarpenter3@charter.net.

Prairie du Sac WRAP ~ Entry blanks due 1.9.15

Entry Blank Due: Friday, January 9, 2015
Make checks payable to sponsor: DAVID CARPENTER
Artwork due: Sunday, January 18, 2015, noon-2pm or Tuesday, January 20, 10am-2pm (limit 2 pieces per artist)
Artist's Reception: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 3:30-6pm
Workshop: Sunday March 1, 2015, 9:30am–3:30pm
Place: River Arts Center, Sauk-Prairie High School, 105 9th Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
Coordinator: David Carpenter, 53 Cherokee Circle #201, Madison, WI 53704, 608-442-6958 or 608-239-1310, dcarpenter3@charter.net

The 2015 exhibition Juror  and workshop presenter for this year's Prairie du Sac WRAP will be the landscape artist Georgene Pomplun.  You can see a video of Georgene speaking about her work here.

The non-profit membership organization Wisconsin Regional Artists Association in collaboration with Wisconsin Regional Art Program administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts, will be sponsoring the WRAP exhibits that feature the works of non-professional Wisconsin artists.   WRAP organizers invite any non-professional artist from Wisconsin to submit artworks for the exhibitions. (For our purposed 'non-professional' is defined as someone who does not make their primary income from their art.)