Tag Archives: woodson art museum
Fashion Forward & Runway Ready
Posted on April 23, 2014
Ask any of my coworkers and they’ll assure you that no two days are alike at the Woodson Art Museum. Each exhibition ushers in new artwork to fill the galleries and fresh programming on our docket.
My next big hurdle involves coordinating forty volunteer models, hair stylists (thanks Verve Salon & Spa!), makeup artists, and seamstresses. This challenge doesn’t sound like a typical art museum (whatever that is?), does it?!
It’s all for a fashion show taking place on Saturday, May 3, 7 – 8 p.m. at the Woodson Art Museum.
Museum Program Highlights Blindness Awareness Month
Posted on October 16, 2013
How can individuals with low or no vision more fully experience the visual arts? How can those with sight respectfully support the independence of those without sight? Explore these questions and more during a multisensory event this Saturday afternoon at the Woodson Art Museum. “A Taste of Life Without Sight,”... Read More
Early Birds’ Reward
Posted on September 25, 2013
Although Birds in Art opening weekend festivities are behind us, Museum staff are still relishing the final email exchanges with artists and guests who, like us, are returning to daily routines. Last year, around this time, I joked I had completed my official hazing at the Museum – having made... Read More
Detroit: Here We Come!
Posted on August 21, 2013
by Kathy Kelsey Foley, director Who’s ready for an exceptional art experience . . . in Detroit?! Detroit has been the subject of many recent headlines stemming from its financial woes, which led to an unprecedented bankruptcy filing. Also attracting attention is the news that Detroit’s state-appointed emergency manager has... Read More
What I Did on My Summer “Vacation”
Posted on August 07, 2013
By Olivia Heitz After volunteering this summer at the Woodson Art Museum, I’m convinced everything is great: the people, the atmosphere, the accomplishments, and so much more. Museum staff members are filled with respect for one another, and the atmosphere is comforting and calm, even with all of the hectic... Read More
Summertime Is Fun Time in the Sculpture Garden
Posted on July 23, 2013
Summertime so far has been extra fun for me; I spent the last week in June and the second week in July outside in the Woodson Art Museumsculpture garden. Yes, as a museum educator I was working; first coordinating a plein-air workshop with artist Janeice Linden and then leading a... Read More
First Impressions
Posted on July 17, 2013
By Matt Foss, project coordinatorNearly ten years ago, my wife, Mallory, who was my girlfriend at the time, prepared to travel to Door County to meet my extended family. While I wasn’t concerned about the side of my family that is good-natured and reserved, I was apprehensive about her meeting... Read More
Museum and Mother-Son Memories Entwined
Posted on June 05, 2013
Today my son, Alex, graduates from high school. Part of me is sad knowing my little boy is all grown up, but a greater part of me is proud of the young man he has become and the future that is his, to be discovered. Graduation is a time when... Read More
Construction and the Cardiac Effect
Posted on May 22, 2013
As project coordinator for the Woodson Art Museum’s construction and renovation projects, my last job of each day is to check the blood pressure of our Samuels Group field superintendent, Bruce Bradley. As the one who oversees the work, Bruce can get stressed out by the daily happenings of such... Read More
Party Demystifies Teen Art Council
Posted on May 15, 2013
Teens who gathered at the Woodson Art Museum Friday night became bidders at a mock art auction and amateur detectives solving the case of the missing “Magnificent Cube” artwork. The Teen Mystery Party, featuring food, music, and fun, marked the second “who-dun-it?” event planned by the Museum’s Teen Art Council,... Read More
