Making Magic from the Museum’s Collection
Posted on March 30, 2011
The 2011 Student Art Exhibition has ended. It’s time to install a new exhibition from the Woodson Art Museum’s collection. I eagerly anticipate each change, which brings a new wall color, different artworks, and an entirely new feel to the galleries. With the opening of each collection exhibition I repeatedly... Read More
Design Time
Posted on March 23, 2011
Since the late January opening of Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller and It’s Herman Miller Time: Today’s Furniture Makers Respond, all of us at the Woodson Art Museum have been counting down to the launch of the Design Studio on March 22. The live-date has finally come, and without... Read More
Museum Partnerships Strengthen Community Tapestry
Posted on March 16, 2011
The Woodson Art Museum’s partnerships and public programs are an integral part of the community tapestry. An array of more than two dozen public programs for all ages are offered monthly to complement every exhibition: Art Babies, Art Time for Tots, Toddler Tuesday, Little Masters, Young Artists, Art Park Open... Read More
Art History 101 – A Monthly Dose to Boost Cultural Health
Posted on March 09, 2011
Last summer the Woodson Art Museum added a regular dose of art history to our events lineup. These noon-hour programs are designed to feature a different artist whose work complements the exhibition on view. That style then is woven into the hands-on projects planned for children in monthly Little Masters... Read More
Snow Sculptors Display Magic in Motion
Posted on March 02, 2011
Team USA snow sculptors say they’re just big kids who like to play in the snow. But after seeing them toil in bitterly cold conditions hour after hour, it’s clear that this trio is driven by a white-hot determination to deliver. For twenty-two years, Mike Martino, Tom Queoff and Mike... Read More
Hats off to Toggling
Posted on February 23, 2011
Multitasking, juggling, TCOB (taking care of business), putting out fires: we all have our own “catch phrase” to express doing many things at once. I’ve heard that women are better at it then men and that “tech-natives” (20 somethings and younger) are often called “togglers” for their ability to shift... Read More
The Changing Face of Student Art
Posted on February 16, 2011
It seems like yesterday. In reality it was April 1979, when I came to the Woodson Art Museum for a job interview. During a tour of the facility we entered a room filled with colorful artworks piled on sawhorses covered with boards. It was definitely not an exhibition space but... Read More
Playing in the Snow
Posted on February 09, 2011
There’s an old joke about art historians and how we fall asleep when the lights go on! ** Left to right: Mike Martino, Tom Queoff, Mike Sponholtz If you follow this “logic,” Team USA Snow Sculptors – Mike Martino, Tom Queoff, and Mike Sponholtz – come to life when the... Read More
Who’s Afraid of Icy Roads? Not this SPARK! Advocate
Posted on February 03, 2011
It’s 7 am on January 27, and I’m off to Superior, Wisconsin, to attend a conference, “Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies throughout the Second Half of Life.” I’ve rented an SUV with all-wheel drive and feel confident that I’ll arrive in one piece. I made it as far as Colby... Read More
So Much to Do; No Time for Words
Posted on January 26, 2011
Since a picture is worth a thousand words – so the adage goes – I’m going to let these installation-in-progress photos serve as my blog post this week. We’re up to our eyeballs with unpacking/installing details. Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller is an ambitious installation undertaking. That said, the... Read More
