2012 STAMP teen award winners in Madison, WI.
2012 STAMP teen award winners in Madison, WI.

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If you have never been a member of WRAA before, we are offering a onetime half-price special introductory membership for $10, thru September 30, 2013!


As a member of WRAA you can

 

    • exhibit your art at over 20 regional exhibits throughout Wisconsin
    • receive constructive feedback on your art from professional artists/jurors
    • network with other artists, participate in workshops and learn new techniques
    • become eligible to win over $5000 in awards at the Annual State Day Exhibit
    • have your work published in the WRAA Color Catalog
    • participate in other WRAA sponsored exhibits and competitions
    • receive the Contour Notes Newsletter and the Timely Treasures pocket calendar with articles, exhibit dates and deadlines

 

Click here for introductory WRAA membership form

WRAA is the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, a non-profit organization, started in 1954 with just 36 members. WRAA’s mission then and now is to support Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) through the UW-Madison, Division of Continuing Studies. Today with over 500 members, WRAA members continue to participate in and promote WRAP exhibits and the annual WRAP State Exhibit and Conference. WRAA publications include Contour Notes, WRAP State Exhibit color catalog, WRAP Timely Treasures calendar, brochures and www.wraawrap.com. In addition, WRAA also kicks off the WRAP State Exhibit and Conference weekend by hosting Evening with the Arts artists’ reception which showcases WRAP State Award art, WRAA sponsored Statewide Teen Art Mentor Program and WRAA Tiny Treasures Exhibit, Competition and Sale.  WRAA also solicits and distributes over $4500 in awards given out at the annual award ceremony which follows the annual WRAP State Exhibit Conference.

WRAP is the Wisconsin Regional Art Program. WRAP exhibits/workshops began in 1940 to encourage the creative growth of Wisconsin non-professional artists from rural areas. WRAP is developed and administered by the  UW-Madison, Division of Continuing Studies and has since expanded to include urban areas. WRAP exhibit/workshops are held throughout the year in over twenty locations all around the state. Regional exhibits include a workshop day for participating artists and the public in which a guest artist gives a lecture or demonstration followed by an educational critique of the exhibited artwork lead by the exhibit judge. Participants may exhibit up to three pieces of art in any WRAP exhibit/workshop. State Award works are eligible to exhibit at the Annual State Art Exhibition and Conference held in September each year in Madison.