Tag Archives: birds in art
A Day in the Life . . .
Posted on October 24, 2012
From evening news interviews to acrylic paint smeared across your backside, the life of a Woodson Art Museum educator is a charmed but chaotic one. The proverbial “it’s all in a day’s work” feels appropriate after many a busy day at the Museum. Tuesday, October 23 was no exception. Yesterday... Read More
Inspiration, Seared Indelibly
Posted on October 17, 2012
The art of pyrography is more than wood burning. An artist uses a tool – heated to as high as 1,000 degrees! – to scorch the surface of natural materials such as wood, paper, gourds, or leather. With the same price of admission – always free – Woodson Art Museum... Read More
Bright-eyed and Bushy-tailed: A Newbie’s Take on Birds in Art
Posted on September 12, 2012
I survived. The Birds in Art opening festivities served as my institutional initiation, and I can now say with confidence that I’m a part of the Woodson Art Museum family. It all began to sink in Friday – how truly special Birds in Art is and what this annual exhibition... Read More
Reap Early-Bird Rewards on September 8
Posted on August 29, 2012
The opening of Birds in Art is just around the corner, and you have seventy-four reasons to visit the Woodson Art Museum bright and early on Saturday, September 8, 9 am – Noon. Seventy-four of the 125 artists selected for the 2012 Birds in Art exhibition will travel – many... 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
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
Birds of a Feather
Posted on May 16, 2012
May is high anxiety time at the Woodson Art Museum. This is true not only for staff, but also for the close to 600 artists who submit artwork for consideration for the Museum’s Birds in Art exhibition. Like college acceptance letters of years past, the Museum formerly notified artists via... Read More
Wired for Action
Posted on September 21, 2011
This week, September 20-25, over 700 students and additional visitors will have the opportunity to meet and work with artist Thomas Hill at the Woodson Art Museum. Visitors will be creating wire forms that will become part of Wire Woodland, a forest installation that Hill is creating at the Museum.... Read More
A Note of Thanks
Posted on September 14, 2011
By Cindy Brzeski It‘s customary to send a note of thanks to the hostess after attending an event. In my case, the hostess of the 36th annual Birds in Art opening, Kathy Foley, sits across the hall from me. I’ve thought about how best to convey my appreciation, and settled... Read More
Rolling Out the Red Carpet
Posted on September 07, 2011
Most everyone knows that feeling of looking forward to something special . . . and then, in the blink of an eye, it’s come and gone. Such is the Birds inArt opening weekend experience! We’re at t-minus forty-eight hours or so until we welcome more than sixty-five of the 2011... Read More
