Rockford Art Museum | (815) 968-2787
711 North Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
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ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM
Like many art museums around the country founded about the same time, Rockford Art Museum began in the late 19th century with a different name, but with the same purpose that exists today: to enrich the quality of life for people of all ages through a permanent collection, frequent exhibitions, and lifelong education.
No matter its moniker—Rockford Sketch Club (1887), Arts and Crafts Society, Art Association (1913), Art Guild, Art League, Art Club, Burpee Art Gallery (1936), Burpee Art Museum, and Rockford Art Museum (1986) among them—its goals have been to attract memberships in order to acquire and sustain a permanent collection within a permanent gallery space of its own, for the educational and cultural expansion of its community. This group of men and women has always had the mission of making life in Rockford better.
Rockford Art Museum boasts a diverse yet concise collection, acclaimed modern galleries, museum store, office, studios and classrooms; since 2004 the museum has been a Partner in Excellence of the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Now comprised of more than 2,000 works of art, the RAM Permanent Collection consists of modern and contemporary American art from the 19th and 20th centuries through today, from American Impressionist paintings to Chicago Imagist works to outsider art in new and mixed media; sculpture; photography; and contemporary glass. Regional art with an emphasis on Illinois artists remains a steadfast focus.
Important museum collections include the Arnold Gilbert Photography Collection, Hager Collection of self-taught African American art, Stevens Collection of contemporary art, Wiiken Collection of studio glass, Fraser Collection, and the Francis and June Spiezer Collection, called "the most significant collection of Chicago art, inside or outside the city" by art critic Paul Klein.
A nonprofit, public art museum, RAM is supported by memberships, individual and corporate contributions, and partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Proceeds from Women's Art Board, Greenwich Village Art Fair, RAM's Pop-Up Restaurant Series, Art in Bloom, Fashion in Bloom, the Rockford Art Museum Store, and more provide additional support.
All text and images published on the Rockford Art Museum website are for personal and/or educational use only. Neither text nor images published herein are for use in the public domain unless already established as such. Any commercial use or publication is strictly prohibited. Reproduction, redistribution or exploitation, for personal or corporate gain, is strictly prohibited. Images of artworks and archival material on the RAM website are copyright Rockford Art Museum unless otherwise noted. Artworks are copyright respective artist or representative per applicable national and international laws. RAM strives to respect copyright in a manner consistent with its nonprofit educational mission.
MISSION
Rockford Art Museum's mission is to enrich the quality of life for people of all ages by communicating the pleasure, appreciation and meaning of visual arts through programs of collection, exhibition and education.
STAFF
CURATOR / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Carrie Johnson
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OFFICE MANAGER
Nancy E. Sauer
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Sarah Bursley McNamara
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MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS + DESIGN
Sarah Axelson
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STORE COORDINATOR
+ EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Lily Pocs
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EDUCATION +
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Kelsey Stiles
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(815) 972-2874
REGISTRAR
Elizabeth Horvath
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2019–2020
PRESIDENT
David Boccignone
PAST PRESIDENT
John Holevas
VICE PRESIDENTS
Jennifer Ahlstrand
Steve Bois
Lisa Lindman
Daniel G. Saavedra
TREASURER
Greg Harlan
SECRETARY
Keri Benhoff
TRUSTEES
Jim Bennett
Paul Burkholder
Diane Jaroch Cain
Jordan Calgaro
Anita Church
Lynn Fischer-Carlson
Jerry Kortman
Jennifer Langworthy
Patrick O'Keefe
Steve Pitkin
Holly Squicciarini
TRUSTEES EMERITUS
Dick Behr
Rob Funderburg
SUPPORT GROUP
REPRESENTATIVES
Scott Prine / GVAF
Anne Boccignone +
Carma Yoder / WAB