Category Archives: Blog

A Dreamy Wedding Day

Posted on September 28, 2022
On Saturday, Scott and I married in front of our families, friends, and my Woodson Art Museum coworkers.
An exterior rendering of the Glass Box Studio

The Glass Box Studio

Posted on September 21, 2022
Among the most important and successful components of the Woodson Art Museum’s role in our community is hosting visiting artists.

Sunsets

Posted on September 14, 2022
While beautiful sunsets occur throughout all four seasons in Wisconsin, especially during the dead of winter, nothing beats a summer sunset, marking the end of a long day well spent outside.
Several large white tents are set up on green grass, near a brick walkway in the Museum's sculpture garden.

Birds in Art 2022: A Lot to Celebrate

Posted on September 07, 2022
On the eve of Birds in Art previews, things sure look different than they did last year and the year before . . . and we’re grateful. Celebrate with us this weekend and throughout the eleven-week run of Birds in Art, the best indoor bird watching on the planet.
A smiling woman and three children are near a rooftop fountain with water-filled bowl and sculpture of frogs and lily pad

Rooftop Perspective

Posted on August 31, 2022
Watch video in this week's blog for birds-eye views of the Rooftop Sculpture Garden and alfresco options, currently and throughout this fall.
A cruise ship is on calm, smooth water with tree-covered mountains in the background and a blue sky with a strip of white clouds above.

A “Birds in Art” Prequel: Southeast Alaska’s Northern Inside Passage

Posted on August 24, 2022
I’m recently back from an extraordinary experience . . . seven days aboard the Lindblad/National Geographic Venture, traveling from Juneau to Sitka, exploring small harbors and open straits, stunning mammoth glaciers, uninhabited islands, rocky shorelines, lush rain forests and muskegs, and streams filled with spawning salmon.
Birds in Art 2022 Catalogue Cover artwork by Barbara Banthien of a bird, a dark-eyed junco, perched on a sweetgum tree branch

Generation IV: Horizontal Catalogue

Posted on August 17, 2022
Each year, as soon as the Birds in Art jurors select artworks, work on the catalogue begins. Before the catalogue is printed, bound, and delivered to the Woodson Art Museum, the text goes through multiple edits, the images are color proofed to match the artworks in the gallery, and the design is scrutinized for accuracy. All 126 pages come together in three short months by our nimble team at the Museum.
A woman leans over a young child as they hold an iPad and look at the screen that shows a daisy-like flower with blue petals that seems to sprout from glass tree-stump sculptures in a museum gallery.

Cultivating Creativity All Summer

Posted on August 10, 2022
This summer, Woodson Art Museum galleries highlight a bountiful harvest. Throughout two exhibitions, visitors point out favorites and marvel at detailed, realistic depictions and figments of artistic imaginings, too. No matter how your garden grows, nourish your creativity with visits soon and often while botanical art remains on view through Sunday, August 28.
three side by side drawings inspired by Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination

Nurturing Creative Possibilities

Posted on August 03, 2022
The Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination exhibition opens up a world of creative opportunity for students, leading to questions like “Can I combine a cantaloupe and a watermelon?” or “What about a strawberry and a cactus . . . a pineapple and zucchini?”
Younger Summer Art Session participants smile and pose behind mat board

Summer Art Session Success

Posted on July 27, 2022
Mid-July marked the return of the Woodson Art Museum’s popular Summer Art Sessions for young artists ages five through eight and nine through twelve. Abundant Future’s cultivated plant subjects and artist Ginny Ruffner’s imagined botanical landscape served as inspiration for half-day sessions of art making in the Museum’s classroom studio and sculpture garden. The younger “Micro-Greens” worked in two-dimensions while older participants focused on three-dimensional projects.