A Hand- and Heart-warming Campaign
Posted on January 09, 2013
About fifty Wausau-area community members will be a bit warmer during the remaining cold winter months, thanks to Woodson Art Museum visitors’ generosity through the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s Big Bundle Up campaign. The Woodson Art Museum, one of two Big Bundle Up drop-off locations in the Wausau area, collected... Read More
Happy and Healthy Artwork in 2013
Posted on January 02, 2013
I write this so often, but at the start of 2013 it bears repeating. I love my job! Recently Woodson Art Museum director Kathy Foley, longtime museum patron, Judy Cherwinka and I embarked on a day trip to Minneapolis. Our mission was to deliver five artworks to the Midwest Art... Read More
Artists Team Up for Teen Project
Posted on December 26, 2012
A recent hands-on bench-building program for teens is among many dual-artist residence programs enlivening the Shaker exhibitions on view. Area woodworker Mark Duginske and Door County furniture maker Jim Rose teamed up, along with volunteers and staff, to help nearly two dozen Wausau and Merrill teens build Shaker-style benches. Mark... Read More
Treasuring Memories Program Designed for Those Grieving this Holiday Season
Posted on December 19, 2012
Do you have friends or family who are coping with the death of a loved one this holiday season? During Treasuring Memories next Thursday, 2-4 pm, participants bring mementos to incorporate into commemorative artworks. The Woodson Art Museum and Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services embarked on a collaboration in... Read More
Reflecting on American Art Week
Posted on December 12, 2012
By Kathy Kelsey Foley, Director Since 2008, the week after Thanksgiving has been dubbed “American Art Week” in New York City and eagerly anticipated by collectors, scholars, curators, and dealers who focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American artworks. Woodson Art Museum curator of collections Jane Weinke and I have... Read More
Celebrating Lifelong Learning
Posted on December 05, 2012
The Woodson Art Museum’s annual docent holiday gathering celebrates the hard work of a dedicated group of volunteers who lead guided experiences at the Museum for visitors of all ages – especially school children. Sunday evening, beverages were sipped, gifts were given (gotta love Etsy!), and I even made an... Read More
Curatorial School in Session
Posted on November 28, 2012
One of the benefits of working at the Woodson Art Museum is being privy to the installation of temporary exhibitions such as Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection. As the unofficial “muscle” of the operation, most of my work during installation week revolves around moving artwork, exhibit cases,... Read More
The Who, What, Where, and Why of Woodson Art Museum Visitors
Posted on November 20, 2012
Who are Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum visitors? What brings more than 50,000 people each year to the Museum for first, repeated, and frequent visits from throughout the Wausau area, region, country, and world? Volunteer Museum greeters, in the course of their welcome, casually inquire and later note visitors’ responses... Read More
Discovering Cuba
Posted on November 14, 2012
On Wednesday, October 31, fifteen intrepid Woodson Art Museum travelers and I departed for Havana from Miami on a charter flight. Two additional members of our group, delayed by Hurricane Sandy, caught up with us the next day. Thanks to a People-to-People license for travel to Cuba, the Woodson Art... Read More
A Window on Woodcarving
Posted on November 06, 2012
The three-day Wildfowl Woodcarving Workshop taught by northern Illinois woodcarver and veteran teacher Bob Guge, November 2 – 4, mesmerized Woodson Art Museum visitors who dropped in to watch the nine participants working on their projects. “Visitors walked around and were awed by it,” said workshop participant Susan Meyer, adding... Read More
