Author: Andrew McGivern, curator of exhibitions
McGivern Goes to Madison
Posted on November 03, 2010
Organizing a three-day motorcoach tour can be challenging. I’ve hosted one or two of these tours each year since 2005, including trips to Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Springfield, Illinois. The initial tours focused on visits to museums, art centers, and visual-arts-events. Recently, I’ve added theater components and travelers really have... Read More
Off to the Wickets
Posted on September 22, 2010
In previous blogs my colleagues discussed preparations for the opening of this year’s Birds in Art exhibition. I thought it important to examine one of the more serious associated events. It involves artists and the highly competitive sport of croquet.The tradition of Birds in Art artists playing croquet began innocently... Read More
Feathering the Nest for Birds in Art 2010
Posted on August 12, 2010
August is nearly half over and summer is beginning to wane. “Back to School” sales are ramping up and my wife and I are disappointed to hear fewer backyard birds singing in the morning. Although songbirds migrate early, we are seeing a dramatic increase in bird sightings at the Woodson... Read More
Team Woodson v. Team Soccer
Posted on June 30, 2010
Every four years I’m conflicted between my duties at the Art Museum and my desire to make time to watch the World Cup. This year’s tournament in South Africa was no exception. Team USA drew a good grouping that offered the potential for advancement. With a bit of luck and... Read More
A Howling Good Time
Posted on May 19, 2010
Taking a professional portrait photograph isn’t easy. The subject poses for the camera and multiple shots often are required from various angles and light settings just to get the photograph right. If the subject is a young child, this process is that much more difficult, especially if the child has... Read More
Tim’s Time at the Woodson
Posted on April 07, 2010
The Museum recently said goodbye to Tim Oelke, who joined the Museum in July on a temporary basis through the Summer Youth Employment Program of the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board. Funding for this training program was made possible by the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009. Tim took... Read More
Snow Sculpture: Six Minutes Flat!
Posted on March 11, 2010
Update to February 25 Blog — 2010 Snow Sculpture: Six Minutes Flat!
Posted on March 04, 2010
The Woodson Art Museum’s twenty-year snow sculpture tradition continued in 2010 with Team USA’s rendition of the 2,000 year-old Colima Seated Ball Player featured in “Las Artes de Mexico.” Sculptors Tom Queoff, Mike Martino, and Mike Sponholtz spent close to twenty hours transforming a ten-foot by eight-foot compacted block of... Read More
Team USA Continues Tradition
Posted on February 25, 2010
Snow carvers Tom Queoff, Mike Martino, and Mike Sponholtz made their annual trek to Wausau in late January to carve their 18th monumental snow sculpture at the Woodson Art Museum, a tradition that began in 1990. The subject and style of this year’s sculpture were influenced by a clay figure... Read More
Visiting Grandpa in the Gallery
Posted on January 13, 2010
In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America continues to attract large crowds. On Saturday, January 2, more than 400 visitors enjoyed the exhibition during a five-hour period. You never know who might visit the Museum. One day last month I was told that a woman and her family were in the... Read More
