Tag Archives: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

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 picture of a bird with two cutting mats, brown paper, and a sign that says

The Joy of Subtle Essentials

Posted on July 13, 2022
Recently, curator of exhibitions Shannon Pueschner and I had the opportunity to go to the Center for Collections Care at Beloit College. While there, we took a four-day intensive course on matting. Peek at all the processes below to see just how big an impact such a "small" feature can make!
People converse during lunch, seated at tables in a rooftop sculpture garden on a sunny day with blue sky and trees in the background.

Three Cheers for Woodson Art Museum Docents

Posted on June 29, 2022
On Monday – a gloriously beautiful, low-humidity summer day – docents and staff gathered for a Noon-time celebration on the Museum’s Rooftop Sculpture Garden. We enjoyed one another’s company and staff expressed gratitude for docents’ commitment of time and their enthusiasm for the Woodson Art Museum.
Two large eggplants, one a dark purple and the other a speckled lavender and white, are among other smaller eggplants, blossoms, leaves, and vines.

What a Difference a Week Makes

Posted on June 08, 2022
Abundant Future, opening Saturday, June 11, offers a bit of simulated time travel, fast forwarding through the growing season. While many dote for weeks on recently sown vegetable gardens, nurturing newly-sprouted seedlings, the galleries will be filled with depictions of the bountiful harvest ahead – lush melons, ripe tomatoes, glossy eggplants – from the exhibition’s opening day through August 28. No waiting, weeding, or watering required.
This image shows a red colored Art Deco glass artwork in front of a dark blue wall

Duck in before “Deco” Ducks Out

Posted on June 01, 2022
Don’t delay. Duck in today for a visit to the Always Free Woodson Art Museum.
Three birds among blossoms with a blue sky.

Come What May

Posted on May 18, 2022
I have been watching a single daffodil grow at the Woodson Art Museum for the last six weeks. It was a sign of the changing seasons – the slow melt of winter giving way to the newly discovered warmth of spring and my first transition of seasons as a newly... Read More