Rockford Art Museum

The RAM Permanent Collection focuses on modern and contemporary art, photography, studio glass, African American art from the South, and regional art; exhibits change throughout the year. Rockford Art Museum will be closed for part of 2024–please check our website and social media for the latest details.

While closed we’ll continue to offer educational programs including lectures and classes for adults and classes for children.

Download our app at app.cuseum.com/rockford-art-museum for archived audio tours, lectures, and more!

Visit rockfordartmuseum.org or our social media for upcoming events and 2024 exhibition schedule.

The mission of Rockford Art Museum is to foster creativity and build community through visual arts.

Image: Installation view: The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, 2022

711 N. Main St. Rockford, IL 61103

815–986–2787

Carrie Johnson, Executive Dir. and Curator

education@rockfordartmuseum.org

Dorothy Graden: Timeless Mysteries

Dennis Lee Mitchell: Through An Open Flame

Rockford Art Museum

Past Events

Constant Pressure: A Visual Exploration of Identity, Activism, and Collaboration

Deb Newton Retrospective

Outer Harmonies: Thirteen Themes from the Permanent Collection

Coffee with the Curator

Drawing Workshop with 2020 Midwestern Biennial Exhibiting Artist

Panel Lecture with Exhibiting Artists

The Rockford Midwestern Biennial

74th Greenwich Village Art Fair

The Shape of Light. Contemporary painting and studio glass.

Buzz Spector: Reading Matter

My Way: African American Art from the Black South

Technicolor Constellations: Tales from the Permanent Collection

Jonah King: How The West Was Won

Verónica Soria Martinez: Memory Access

2020 Rockford Midwestern Biennial

79th Young Artist Show: Youth Division

79th Young Artist Show: High School Division

Art X

Art Talk: Jenny Matthews

Sonic Disruptions: Buisch & Hogin

Selections on Loan from the Collection of Burpee Museum of Natural History

Selections from the Rockford Art Museum Permanent Collection

Gene Davis

RAM Abstractions

Bold Abstractions: Paintings from the Thoma Collection

Chance Encounter: Julie Heffernan + Shelly Mosman

Cheryl Pope: Fight Night

Cheryl Pope: Not Without a Fight

Dwellings

The Rockford Midwestern Biennial

Misfits

Panel Discussion featuring Sarah Reed McNamara and Jenny Mathews

Conversation with Thomas Vaultenberg and Jenny Mathews

Open Mic with the Mas Tequila Review

Art in Bloom

Bittersweet Observations

Observational Painting with Jeanne Ludeke (ages 21+)

Artist Lecture Series: Paschke Art Center Chair Vesna Stelcer

Coffee with the Curator

The Others: Selections from the Francis and June Spiezer collection