Ruth West, the longtime patron and partial namesake of the Rahr-West Art Museum received a posthumous Wisconsin Visual Arts Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, May 16. The 11th Annual Event, hosted by the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, recognized Mrs. West's devotion to the Manitowoc community and her exemplary eye for great art. The Wisconsin Visual Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards are granted annually by the Museum of Wisconsin Art, Wisconsin Visual Artists and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.