A Flower-Powered Family Fest
Posted on August 22, 2012
The second annual Family Fest wrapped up last evening with Funny Guy Sean Emery entertaining the crowd with jokes and juggling. Who knew you could jump rope while balanced on a unicycle? Sean did so with jaw-dropping success. Family Fest was a weeklong success, bringing hundreds of visitors to... Read More
Museum Audio Tours: The Home Stretch
Posted on August 15, 2012
As we move closer to the opening of Birds in Art and the completion of the building addition, the Woodson Art Museum is abuzz with activity. New artwork will be installed throughout the Museum, and we‘re also preparing to unveil our new audio tour units. As a follow-up to Catie... Read More
Congratulations! Your Project . . .
Posted on August 08, 2012
By Kathy Kelsey Foley, Director “Congratulations! Your project has been chosen . . .” have to be among the best words a museum director can hear or read. We all know there are no “gimmes” when it comes to competitive grant applications. What we do know, however, is that if... Read More
Woodson Art Museum App Enhancing Exhibitions This Fall
Posted on August 01, 2012
How plugged in are you? Keeping pace with technology can be both challenging and exhilarating. Welcome to my world these past few months. I’m proud to announce the launch of the Woodson Art Museum’s updated, tech-savvy, and user-friendly audio tour on easy-to-use iTouch devices that will be available for visitors’... Read More
Watercolor Paint and Pixie Dust
Posted on July 23, 2012
There’s something mysteriously magical about the unfurling of a leaf. Wendy starts the week with examples. After seeing the progression of botanical paintings created by workshop participants throughout last week, their artwork seems infused with a bit of magic, too. Botanical artist Wendy Brockman led workshops for teens and adults,... Read More
A Hint of Things to Come
Posted on July 18, 2012
For the past several months I have been immersed in all things Owen Gromme. The September 8 debut of the Woodson Art Museum building addition featuring a new gallery and the Marshall & Ilsley Collection of forty-three Gromme paintings is fast approaching. That means it’s time to confirm, finalize, and... Read More
All Abuzz about Art Camp
Posted on July 11, 2012
Summer is in full bloom, as are summer art camps at the Woodson Art Museum This year’s camps are inspired by three botanical exhibitions that fill the Museum’s galleries. Bees, bugs, and botanicals are this week’s camp focus as children create sculptures, paintings, and drawings. I’ve planned each day’s art... Read More
Cool Plants and Summer Heat
Posted on July 05, 2012
By Andy McGivern, Curator of Exhibitions Cattleya Orchid I’ve always enjoyed working with and caring for plants. My first jobs included working in greenhouses and a plant store before I turned my attention to art. At the Woodson Art Museum, my colleagues often bring me their sick and dying plants... Read More
That Time of Year
Posted on June 27, 2012
And, I have artists’ statements on my mind! * 125 of them to be precise. Why? It’s Birds in Artcatalogue production time and that means everyone at the Woodson Art Museum – as well as the 125 artists included in the 2012 exhibition – is working fast and furiously to... Read More
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Posted on June 20, 2012
I’ve got botanicals on my mind! Three botanical art-themed exhibitions – Botanicals: Environmental Expressions in Art; Rhythm of Life: Watercolors by Richard Bolingbroke; and Nature Observed: Wendy Brockman Watercolors – will fill the Museum’s galleries from June 23 through August 26. I’m focused on docent training, which takes place... Read More
