Press Releases

Wausau, Wisconsin: Three distinct exhibitions featuring iconic photographs from National Geographic magazine, etchings by American artist James McNeill Whistler, and masks donned by Wausau-area ballet dancers open Saturday, November 22, at the Woodson Art Museum. All three exhibitions remain on view through February 22, 2015.

Wausau, Wisconsin: In October, two Birds in Art artists will lead programs for all ages during separate residencies at the Woodson Art Museum, and a visiting author will convey lessons from the passenger pigeon’s extinction 100 years ago.

Wausau, Wisconsin: Opening festivities for this year’s 39th-annual Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum feature a presentation by 2014 Master Artist Barry Van Dusen and Artists in Action on Saturday morning, Sept. 6.

Wausau, Wisconsin: Wausau’s 25th annual Artrageous Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 6 – 7, offers fun for all ages during north central Wisconsin’s biggest art extravaganza, spanning both sides of the Wisconsin River.

Wausau, Wisconsin: A Woodson Art Museum exhibition and fall programs led by an artist in residence and a guest author highlight lessons that can be learned from the passenger pigeon’s extinction 100 years ago.

Wausau, Wisconsin: Exhibitions drawn from the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s collection complement the 2014 Birds in Art exhibition opening September 6 and feature recent acquisitions and species and habitat conservation themes.

Artwork created by 112 artists from throughout the world will comprise this year’s 39th annual Birds in Art exhibition, on view September 6 through November 16, at the Woodson Art Museum.

WAUSAU, WISCONSIN: Woodson Art Museum director Kathy Kelsey Foley was honored as one of seven 2014 Fellows inducted by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters during a ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison.