Fashion Forward & Runway Ready
Posted on April 23, 2014
Ask any of my coworkers and they’ll assure you that no two days are alike at the Woodson Art Museum. Each exhibition ushers in new artwork to fill the galleries and fresh programming on our docket.
My next big hurdle involves coordinating forty volunteer models, hair stylists (thanks Verve Salon & Spa!), makeup artists, and seamstresses. This challenge doesn’t sound like a typical art museum (whatever that is?), does it?!
It’s all for a fashion show taking place on Saturday, May 3, 7 – 8 p.m. at the Woodson Art Museum.
Slow Art Wins the Day
Posted on April 16, 2014
Like the tortoise over the hare, a slow-but-sure pace is winning the race – well, a heat or two, at least. Increasingly, it seems, slow is trendy. Slow food. Slow fashion. Slow art. Saturday, April 12, marked the 4th annual international Slow Art Day, and the Woodson Art Museum was one of 238 venues participating.
Expanding Horizons
Posted on April 09, 2014
I tend to be boring. I prefer Bert over Ernie, my favorite color is beige, and my idea of spontaneity is asking for butter flavoring on popcorn at a movie theater. As a child, my favorite night of television was Sunday on CBS, because you could watch 60 Minutes then Murder She Wrote.
Needless to say, I was taken aback when the Woodson Art Museum undertook plans to host a site-specific installation by artist and UW-Madison professor Jennifer Angus, who creates elaborate Victorian patterns with deceased insects.
Teen Voices & TAC Visions
Posted on April 02, 2014
As the Woodson Art Museum’s Teen Art Council (TAC) advisor/mentor I’m proud to share the voices and visions of young artists that are integrated into Museum exhibitions and programs.
Birders Flock to Bird City Summit
Posted on March 26, 2014
Throughout the past year, I’ve developed more than a passing interest in birds and bird watching. My interest was piqued last spring when poor weather stalled a variety of migrating birds that happened to end up in my mother-in-law’s backyard, right here in Wausau.
O Spring, Where ART Thou?!
Posted on March 19, 2014
When the groundhog sees its shadow and Mother Nature delivers winter storm after storm, your hopes for an early spring are quickly dashed.
Unlike winter 2012 when the Woodson Art Museum undertook an ambitious, tight-timeframe building project, this winter has been one for the record books.
More Ways than One to Make Magic
Posted on March 12, 2014
Last week the Woodson Art Museum hosted Wisconsin magician Lou Lepore as an artist-in-residence.* Lou brought to life theatrical themes of illusion, humor, and deception, which characterize the Museum’s current exhibitions.
I Hear That Hot Wax Hurts
Posted on March 05, 2014
I have an uncle with only nine and a half fingers. It’s not a congenital affliction. Nor is it (as he insists) the result of wrestling with a carnivorous animal. It was a circular saw that claimed half of his left index finger.
A Kaleidoscope of Color and Change
Posted on February 26, 2014
Each day Woodson Art Museum staff members push themselves to develop fresh ideas to keep exhibitions, events, and workshops – everything we do – new and exciting.
Mary Kluz: Unsung Woodson Art Museum Hero
Posted on February 18, 2014
This is a shout out to educational assistant Mary Kluz who for more than 16 years has cut hundreds of shapes, from intricate dinosaurs to simple geometrics, every month for Toddler Tuesday at the Woodson Art Museum. I develop six themed-based patterns . . . it’s Mary who cuts 100... Read More
