RAM’s Wustum Museum continues a Racine tradition with the opening of Wisconsin Photography 2020—a statewide competition organized by the museum since 1979. Thanks to the support of state photographers, the exhibition continues to introduce the museum’s visitors to a wide range of photographic media and artists’ viewpoints. This year’s show features 83 pieces by 29 Wisconsin photographers.

The juried competition received online submissions from all over the state. Of 1040 pieces submitted by 104 artists, approximately one-third of the artists were accepted into this year’s show. The exhibition’s juror, Lisa Volpe, is the Associate Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Before her time at the MFA Houston, Volpe was the Curator of the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, where she oversaw all areas of the museum’s collection. Additionally, Volpe has held various curatorial roles at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), and fellowships at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Cleveland Museum of Art.