Richland Center WRAP Show 2022

"Sweet Dreams"

The annual Richland Center WRAP show and workshop concluded on March 19th. 

Held at the Schmitt Woodland Hills Retirement Community (SWHRC), the exhibit was co-sponsored by the Red Door Gallery (RDG) which was founded and is run by local artists in the Richland Area Arts Council, and by the Association of Wisconsin Artists (AWA), a non-profit membership organization that sponsors WRAP exhibits for non-professional artists throughout Wisconsin in conjunction with local arts organizations or sponsors. 

Fifteen local and regional artists participated. Here's is a link to the online version of the show. It was a small but very impressive show.

The show judge was Lorna Filippini, a Mineral Point professional painter who works in a variety of paint media and has incredible drawing skills. She and her partner ran Sugar Row, a small gallery in Mineral Point, for several years. She was university trained and has been a life-long artist. Because of her training and experience running a gallery, she is conversant with a wide variety of media. Check out her website for a look at her work, lornafilippini.com. 

As in all WRAP shows, one third of the participating artists had one work selected to move on the the WRAP state show in September. But Lorna actually went the extra mile. She also provided brief written comments on one piece from each artist regardless of whether or not they were selected for the state show! Thank you to Lorna!  

I entered two of my small mixed media portrait collages - "Sweet Dreams", a matted and framed piece on paper, and "If You Say So" mounted on a board. "Sweet Dreams" was given one of the State Awards so I will be submitting it to the WRAP State Show later this year. 

"If You Say So"