Blog

Woodson Wanderings

November 28, 2012

Curatorial School in Session

One of the benefits of working at the Woodson Art Museum is being privy to the installation of temporary exhibitions such as Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection. As the unofficial “muscle” of the operation, most of my...
Read Post Read more about Curatorial School in Session
November 14, 2012

Discovering Cuba

On Wednesday, October 31, fifteen intrepid Woodson Art Museum travelers and I departed for Havana from Miami on a charter flight. Two additional members of our group, delayed by Hurricane Sandy, caught up with us the next day. Thanks to...
Read Post Read more about Discovering Cuba
November 6, 2012

A Window on Woodcarving

The three-day Wildfowl Woodcarving Workshop taught by northern Illinois woodcarver and veteran teacher Bob Guge, November 2 – 4, mesmerized Woodson Art Museum visitors who dropped in to watch the nine participants working on their projects. “Visitors walked around and...
Read Post Read more about A Window on Woodcarving
October 31, 2012

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!

by Mary Borowski, business manager On September 24 I had the honor of accompanying my father, a 91-year-old World War II Navy veteran, to Washington D.C. on the Never Forgotten Honor Flight. I also was privileged to serve as a...
Read Post Read more about A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!
October 24, 2012

A Day in the Life . . .

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...
Read Post Read more about A Day in the Life . . .