Exhibitions Archives

Myth & Folly

FEB 8, 2025 - JUN 8, 2025

Myth & Folly

This exhibition, featuring artwork from the Woodson’s collection,  examines how the use of myth and animals in art allows for the blending of imagination and tradition.

Gridiron Garments

MAR 1, 2025 - JUN 1, 2025

Gridiron Garments

This exhibition, representing a partnership between the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, chronicles the history of pro football uniform design through player-worn artifacts chosen to represent the evolution of these “gridiron garments.”

Kimono: Garment, Canvas, & Artistic Muse

MAR 1, 2025 - JUN 1, 2025

Kimono: Garment, Canvas, & Artistic Muse

This exhibition showcases woven, dyed, painted, printed, and embroidered designs by historic Japanese textile artists alongside contemporary artworks—made in glass, paper, metal, ceramic, and other materials—from around the world, all inspired by the kimono.

Survival of The Fittest

DEC 7, 2024 - FEB 23, 2025

Survival of The Fittest

Featuring works by the “Big Four”, a group of early 19 to 20 century painters—Carl Rungius, Richard Friese, Wilhelm Kuhnert, and Bruno Liljefors—this exhibition examines topics like Indigenous perspectives on nature, Darwinism, colonialism, and conversation.

Portfolios 2025

MAR 29, 2025 - APR 27, 2025

Portfolios 2025

Wausau East High School International Baccalaureate (IB) art students collaborate with Advanced Placement (AP) art students from Wausau West to present highlights from their respective art portfolios, the result of rigorous program curricula.