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February 5, 2009

Wausau’s Artrageous Weekend Is Number 1

Since 1988, I’ve worked on the Wausau’s Artrageous Weekend Organizing Committee, and we met last week to kick off preparations for this year’s September 12-13 event. It felt like we had fresh wind under our wings thanks to being voted...
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January 22, 2009

A Museum Baby Grows in Wausau

Last week Monday, I peered into my office: the lights were out, a stack of mail was on my desk, the office chair was missing (not to worry, Eric Conklin used it during his residency at the Museum the week...
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January 21, 2009

On the Mend

Most mornings at the Museum, conversations with colleagues include sharing our latest aches and pains. We’re approximately the same age so maladies are among the things we have in common in addition to work. These daily airings helped me cope...
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January 13, 2009

Artist in Residence . . . or Not?

Trompe-l’oeil painter Eric Conklin is such a master illusionist that cynics among us might question whether his presence in the Woodson Art Museum’s galleries this week is real. Put skepticism aside. He’s here. For real. And there’s a lot going...
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January 7, 2009

Meet Me in Art Park

If I asked you to meet me on Friday in Art Park, would you know where to find me? If you have visited the Woodson Art Museum in the last seven years, you would know exactly where. Art Park is...
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January 3, 2009

Art Review at the Woodson

January 20 marks the ninth anniversary of the Woodson Art Museum’s monthly Curators’ Art Review. On each third Tuesday, curator Jane Weinke and I meet with people to discuss artworks they own and want to learn more about. The public...
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