What is WRAA and WRAP?
WRAA is
the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association, a non-profit organization of
over 500 non-professional artists from the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
WRAA works closely with the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) through
the UW-Madison, Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts to provide
educational resources, opportunities to exhibit and encouragement to the
artistic development of its members.
WRAP is the Wisconsin Regional Art Program,
developed and administered by the UW-Madison's Department of Liberal
Studies and the Arts. WRAP exhibits/workshops began in 1940 to encourage
the creative growth of Wisconsin non-professional artists from rural
areas. WRAP exhibit/workshops are held throughout the year and 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, then the judge leads an educational critique of
the exhibited artwork. 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.