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
Make a Father’s Day Memory at the Woodson Art Museum
Posted on June 13, 2012
What do you remember about seeing NASA countdowns to liftoff, moon landings, and splashdowns? Since my dad’s birthday last weekend, I’ve been thinking I’d like to ask him. But this Sunday will be the first Father’s Day without him; a year ago, I think we all took for granted that... Read More
A Curator’s Delight
Posted on June 06, 2012
I love being a curator. After thirty-three years, each day is still a surprise, the challenges a thrill (if not daunting), and the rewards unending. Take yesterday as one of my “typical” days. Awaiting me was a recently delivered package that contained a beautiful pencil sketch, a gift for the... Read More
Hiccup Rx: Spoonful of Sugar or Hold Breath?
Posted on May 30, 2012
During the course of a major construction project a few hiccups can be inevitable. In fact, some construction projects are beset by hiccups, as was the Looney Tunes stork, who hiccupped throughout his delivery of new arrivals. Luckily for the Woodson Art Museum, the weather has been cooperative, the Samuels... Read More
