Monday, July 15 – Sunday, July 21
July 16 Tuesday 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Extra Terrific Toddler Tuesday
Summertime Salute
Little ones, 18 months-4 years, siblings, and accompanying adults sample art-making stations celebrating sunshine and summer. Also, try a family yoga session – if weather permits this outdoor-only offering – led by a 5 Koshas Yoga and Wellness instructor.
July 17 Wednesday 12:15 – 1 p.m.
Art 101: Botanical Art Gallery Walk
Take a virtual walk across the American landscape; plants from all regions are represented in “America’s Flora,” part of a worldwide initiative celebrating native plants. Join museum educator Lisa Hoffman to learn more about botanical art during this gallery walk that includes “Flora, Fauna, Font,” too.
On View through Aug. 25
“Botanical Art Worldwide: America’s Flora”
Spotlighting the ephemeral beauty and variety of plant life, “America’s Flora” is part of a global initiative focused on the manifold ways the lives of plants and people are intertwined. From the West Coast’s pioneer violet, the Southwest’s saguaro cactus, and sunflowers spanning the Midwest to the Southeast’s iconic longleaf pine, “America’s Flora” considers native plants. The variety of North American flora, both familiar and rare, is meticulously depicted in watercolor and other mediums. Curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists and the United States Botanic Garden, the exhibition is part of a worldwide project emphasizing the importance of conserving botanical diversity, increasing appreciation of the world’s plants and linking people with plants via botanical art.
“Flora, Fauna, Font: Illustrating the Alphabet”
Kandis Vermeer Phillips’ illuminated alphabet showcases A to Z adorned with plants, mammals and insects. Phillips integrated extensive research into the history of medieval illuminated manuscripts into an alphabet primer for her granddaughter. She combined decorative letters with representations of flowers and creatures found in her garden and during family travels.
“In Touch with Art: Tactile Sculpture”
The Woodson Art Museum’s inaugural tactile art exhibition debuts with five avian sculptures, available on a “touch table” in the Decorative Arts Gallery. This touchable artwork installation – the first in an ongoing series – provides ready access to original artwork for visitors with low vision or blindness, also encouraging sighted visitors to experience a new way to “see” via the mind’s eye – visualizing artwork though touch.
On view through February 2020
“A Collection Medley”
While an avian theme unites artworks created between 1875 and 2018, the mediums and points of view will surprise and delight.
On view through August 2019
“Regal Bearing: Bird Portraiture”
“Regal Bearing” applies the tenets of portraiture to more than 60 artworks from the museum’s collection. As with human portraits, the artists represented captured the essence of their subjects using a variety of formats, including a focus on single birds without backgrounds as well as the inclusion of habitat or attributes that help to characterize a species or place it in context.
“Sharing the Shoreline”
Discover the beauty of shorebirds – sanderlings, stilts, turnstones, whimbrels, yellowlegs, and others – through sculptures and works on paper from the collection.
The Woodson is at 700 N. 12th St., Wausau. Visit lywam.org.
