Author: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Travelin’ On
Posted on April 05, 2023
If you have a sense of adventure, share an interest in art, enjoy good food and camaraderie, Woodson Art Museum travel is for you.
Summer Intern Julia Neufeld Reflects
Posted on July 24, 2019
Interning at the Woodson Art Museum this summer has been an amazing experience. It’s exactly what I hoped for, as I try to decide what career path to pursue. I’ve had opportunities to do a little bit of everything at the Museum, working on various tasks, and experiencing what it is like to work at an established art museum.
Birds, Art & Poetry
Posted on September 30, 2015
A visitor's guest blog post includes a poem and Birds in Art reflections. How does Birds in Art inspire you? Museum programs blending literature and the visual arts are offered Thursday, October 1, through Saturday, October 3, when 2014 Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max Garland leads an Art 101 presentation, a poetry reading & open-mic opportunity, and a Writing & Art Workshop.
Portraits Carved in Snow
Posted on January 28, 2015
See photos, from starting block to finished marvel, of Team USA Snow Sculptors as they create "Mount Snowmore." Celebrating a 25-year partnership with the Woodson Art Museum, Mike Martino, Tom Queoff, and Mike Sponholtz carved their portraits in snow, Mount Rushmore style, last weekend.
Enjoy daytime views and gallery visits or drive by at night to see the snow sculpture illuminated. Take inspiration from 50 Greatest National Geographic Photographs; bring your camera to capture Mount Snowmore at sunset and post your photos on the Museum’s Facebook page.
Holiday Greetings from the Woodson Art Museum
Posted on December 23, 2014
Woodson Art Museum visits are a great way to celebrate the season, always admission free! Experience what's new to see and do.
Museum hours:
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday, Noon – 5pm
Closed on Monday and holidays, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Happy holidays!
Internship Surprises
Posted on September 24, 2014
As I flip through carbon copies of old, typewritten letters, I am in awe. Why are these letters – among hundreds – part of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s collection? The correspondence between artist Don Richard Eckelberry and his many friends and colleagues accompanies thousands of the artist’s watercolors and sketches, thanks to the bequest of the late artist’s wife. One of my first internship projects is to help preserve these letters written throughout the early years of World War II until 2001. I’m pleasantly surprised to be working with such important, historical items in addition to artwork.
Barry’s Bobolink: In the Field with a Master Artist
Posted on September 10, 2014
The whole bird vibrates. Side-lit by sun, a bobolink spills song across new meadow grass on old farmland in Westminster, Massachusetts in May. Notes vector out from half a head of open beak and half a buffy helmet, aquiver with sound. With wing-pumping, reverse-tuxedo verve, this bird makes “going out on a limb” look good.
I am in the field with my teacher, Barry Van Dusen, in mid-spring – out early in the day, out ready in the field where things are just beginning. It’s my first bobolink. And I’m completely happy.
Nature’s Joke Sends Big Chill
Posted on April 20, 2011
Mother Nature has a good sense of humor. Just when you thought it was okay to put your cold weather gear away after a long dark winter, when all but a few patches of snow remained, central Wisconsin gets hit with yet another snow fall. On April 20, no less.... Read More
