2008-09
VSA Arts of Wisconsin
2 Sep - 30 Oct 2008
Shall Not Be Recognized
3 Nov - 3 Dec 2008
Over the River and Through the Woods
9 Dec 2008 - 14 Jan 2009
Sauk Prairie High School
Advanced Placement Art
20 Jan - 20 Feb
2009
Wisconsin Regional Art Program
20 Jan -20 Feb 2009
Alfred Watson Photography Exhibit
24 Feb - 9 Apr 2009
Vintage 20th Century Quilt Exhibit
24 Feb - 9 Apr 2009
Sauk Prairie School District
Youth Art Month
14 Apr - 13 May 2009
Sauk Prairie High School
Advanced Placement Art
19 May - 3 June 2009
Small Town
8 Jun - 18 Jul 2009
The River Arts Center Gallery is open to the public on school days from 8:00am -8:00pm. Summer hours are 7:00am-3:00pm Monday through Thursday and Friday 7:00am - Noon. In addition to hosting art exhibitions, the gallery also holds meetings and performances. Please check the calendar or call 608-643-5636 to see if it is being used before you visit. Please enter through the high school main entrance during schools hours or the RAC garden entrance across from the garden on the North side of the RAC after school. If you would like a guided tour of the gallery, you may schedule a docent through .
VSA arts of Wisconsin
2 Sep - 30 Oct 2008
River Arts Center Gallery
VSA arts of Wisconsin features award-winning art by both adults and children with disabilities from around the state. It is part of the VSA network affiliated with the John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts.
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital – Sponsor
PUBLIC RECEPTION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 FROM 2-4 PM IN THE GALLERY
Shall Not Be Recognized
Photography by Jeff Pearcy with text by Will Fellows
3 Nov - 3 Dec 2008
River Arts Center Gallery
This exhibit examines the lives of same-sex couples whose committed relationships are considered by many not to be worthy of recognition. In this exhibit, the voices and faces of same-sex couples are seen and heard.
PUBLIC RECEPTION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 FROM 5-7 PM IN THE GALLERY
Over the River and Through the Woods
Fiber Art by Darcy Love
9 Dec 2008 - 14 Jan 2009
River Arts Center Gallery
A nature walk in fiber reflects Darcy Love’s vast array of habitats surrounding her rural Dane County home. Each piece will feature a particular animal indigenous to the Lower Wisconsin River Valley and reveal the plants and animals that also inhabit that ecosystem.
M&I Bank – Sponsor
PUBLIC RECEPTION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 FROM 5-7 PM IN THE GALLERY
Wisconsin Regional Art Program
January 20 - February 20 2009
River Arts Center Gallery
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 non-professional artists to develop their abilities.
WRAP is a program developed and administered by the UW-Madison Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts. This program is supported in part by funds administered through the UW-Extension as part of a coordinated statewide Extension Program.
Meritorious works chosen from this show are eligible to exhibit in the Annual State Art Exhibit in Madison.
For more information or to participate call 608-643-2016.
Bank of Prairie du Sac – Sponsor
PUBLIC RECEPTION THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 FROM 3:30-8 PM IN THE GALLERY
Alfred Watson Photography Exhibit
24 Feb - 9 Apr 2009
River Arts Center Gallery
Alfred Watson (1916-2003) was a photographer and chemical engineer who photographed the 1930s and '40s, including Depression and World War II era subjects in black and white. This award-winning exhibit is curated by his daughter, Carol Roché.
Walter and Mary Dickey – Sponsor
PUBLIC RECEPTION FRIDAY, MARCH 13 FROM 5-7 PM IN THE GALLERY
Vintage Quilt Show
24 Feb - 9 Apr 2009
River Arts Center Lobby
PUBLIC RECEPTION FRIDAY, MARCH 13 FROM 5-7 PM IN THE LOBBY
Small Town
The Center for Photography at Madison
8 Jun - 18 Jul 2009
River Arts Center Gallery
Small Town features photographers who are members of the Center for Photography at Madison whose images focus on life in small communities, evoking memories of yesterday and scenes of today.
The Medicine Shoppe – Sponsor
PUBLIC RECEPTION THURSDAY, JUNE 11 FROM 5-7 PM IN THE GALLERY
River Arts, Incorporated, Gallery Committee
It is our mission to provide the people of the Sauk Prairie School District and area communities with visual arts experiences that result in quality aesthetic education and celebrate the power of the arts in everyday life. We seek to nourish and sustain a vital local arts culture with activities that:
Engage, educate and challenge our imagination and emotions
Create a visual link to performance and community functions
Encourage student and community participation in exhibition opportunities, and in the duties and activities which contribute to the operation of the RAC galleries
Link our community to the world of art by actively seeking the participation of artists from outside the community.
Have an exhibition you would like to show in the gallery. We are now taking applications for the 2009-10 season.
