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September 3, 2025

Pocket-Sized Paintings

Amalia Wojciechowski, assistant director and collections curator Imagine this: a wall of postcard-sized artworks stretches before you—each one original, waiting for its forever home. The clock is ticking. Do you go for the bold splash of color that pulls your...
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August 27, 2025

The Way Back Giveth and Taketh Away

Emily Wesenick, youth and family program manager From fresh landscaping to new sculptures in the garden to changing exhibitions, change is a constant at the Woodson Art Museum. While reimagining spaces is exciting, especially as we prepare for the 50th...
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August 20, 2025

The Bird Planner

All year, Birds in Art feeds office conversations. Whether they are memories of interactions with artists visiting for the opening, thoughts on what worked at the Members Previews, or new ideas to incorporate the next year, it not just me...
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August 13, 2025

“_____ in Wausau”

Hello! My name is Allison Buchli, the new Multimedia Specialist/Graphic Designer here at the Woodson Art Museum. Honestly, it’s still hard to believe that I am typing this, and 10-year- old Allison would be beyond giddy if she knew her...
Two pictures of Allison as a child with a paragraph of writing displayed on a piece of paper that says "Creative Dreams" at the top
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August 6, 2025

50:50

While the Museum revels in its history, there is another important fifty years to be commemorated in 2025: the resettlement of Hmong individuals in the United States, including Wausau.
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July 30, 2025

Révérence

I began visiting the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum around the same time I started ballet, at the age of three. I immediately fell in love with the performing and visual arts.
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