Ripple Artspace

05/28/2026

Last week, we celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony with the support of the Platteville Regional Chamber. The festivities kicked off with a couple of tours of our spaces. Wayne Wodarz with the Platteville Regional Chamber and Bill Mitchell, the Ripple Artspace Gallery Director, shared a few words before exchanging a certificate. Afterward, many of our friends joined us outside the gallery to cut the ribbon.

Our monthly Maker’s Night also took place late into the evening. We were so glad to welcome so many new and returning faces!

Enough can’t be said for all those who supported us along the way and to those who put in the months of work to make our rebranding project possible. Thank you for your support and your commitment to connecting through creativity!

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

The ribbon has been cut! Our new branding has been made official. Thanks for being a part of our Ripple Artspace community and to all those who joined us to make this moment so special!

Platteville Regional Chamber

05/17/2026

We are so grateful for all the support last Friday evening during the opening reception of The Ruralists! What a great show as our first reception under the Ripple Artspace name! A big THANK YOU goes to Mary Bergs for curating this show, and congratulations to Logan Baird for making his solo show debut of dystopian landscape sketches in the upper space gallery.

The celebration of our new name and logo continues this Thursday. We’ll be hosting a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Platteville Regional Chamber on May 21 from 4:30–5:30 p.m. The ribbon will be cut at 5:15 p.m. This is a great time to tour the gallery and learn about our monthly Maker’s Night!

05/15/2026

Today we build on the Rountree Gallery legacy by celebrating our new brand identity as Ripple Artspace. Remarks about the brand development process will be given by Bill Mitchell, Gallery Director and Board President, at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon during the opening reception of The Ruralists.

A Platteville Chamber Ribbon Cutting will take place on Thursday, May 21 during our Maker’s Night from 4:30–5:30 p.m. Guests will be able to tour our spaces, enjoy some light refreshments, and participate in interactive activities. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 5:15 p.m.

Platteville Regional Chamber

05/15/2026

Gallery Director Bill Mitchell has been working with student tech and art student Avah Feucht at the Huff Family Innovation Center on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus to develop the new Ripple Artspace signage for the gallery! Here they are cutting aluminum on a CNC router for the sign that will be on the front of building. They also made a vinyl decal for the windows that you can see by our Main Street entrance now.

We can’t wait to share these new signs with you! Come celebrate our new Ripple Artspace rebrand tonight during the opening reception of The Ruralists from 4–7 PM! Remarks about the show and the Ripple Artspace rebrand will begin at 5:30 p.m.

05/14/2026

A celebration of passionate rural artists is on display! The Ruralists, an exhibit curated by Mary Bergs, opens to the public today. An opening reception will take place this Friday, May 15 from 4–7 p.m. featuring artwork by Jaron Childs (Tomahawk, WI), Dodie Logue (Delano, MN), Samuel Johnson (St Joseph, MN), Bill Mitchell (Lancaster, WI), and Paula Schiller (Spring Green, WI). Remarks about the show and the Ripple Artspace rebrand will begin at 5:30 p.m. during the event.
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📸 Photos from The Ruralists art installation
🗓 Exhibit Dates: May 14–June 20, 2026
⏰ Hours: Th & Fr 4–7 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Ripple Artspace (formerly Rountree Gallery), 120 W. Main St., Platteville, WI
🖼 Free admission