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This Weekend's Wow @ the Woodson
Saturday & Sunday, September 8-9
Three-part Debut of 2012 Birds in Art and
Owen J. Gromme exhibition in New Building Addition
Part of Wausau's Artrageous Weekend

The Museum offers extended hours:
9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, September 8
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday, September 9
during "Birds in Art" opening weekend, part of
Wausau's Artrageous Weekend.
More than 70 of the 125 Birds in Art artists from throughout the world will be at the Museum Saturday morning, September 8, to meet visitors and sign catalogues, and about a dozen artists will demonstrate painting, drawing, and woodcarving during Artists in Action, 9:15 a.m. - Noon, in the sculpture garden.
Among those included in the 2012 exhibition are seven Wisconsin artists, thirty-three international artists from fourteen different countries, nineteen first-time Birds in Art artists, and nineteen artists who have been named Master Artists during previous Birds in Art exhibitions.
Opening day of this year's 37th annual Birds in Art exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum on Saturday, September 8, also marks the debut of an Owen J. Gromme painting collection in the Museum's new building addition.
Gromme, the celebrated Wisconsin artist (1896-1991) who is considered the "father of Birds in Art, " organized the Woodson Art Museum's inaugural exhibition in 1976, so the Museum is a fitting permanent home for a collection of his most significant work.
The forty-three paintings were commissioned in 1965 by Marshall & Ilsley Bank for its then-new Milwaukee building and given to the Museum in 2011 by BMO Harris Bank. The international reputation of Birds in Art, the Museum's flagship exhibition, was key to BMO Harris Bank's decision to donate the paintings to the Museum that Gromme helped launch nearly four decades ago.
Owen J. Gromme: An Enduring Legacy, comprising the forty-three paintings and a re-creation of his Briggsville, Wisconsin studio, debuts in a new gallery in the Museum's 9,000-square-foot addition that also includes enhanced visitor amenities such as a large elevator and restrooms, and much-needed storage space. The new gallery more than doubles the Museum's space to display artwork from its permanent collection, which will allow more Museum treasures to be on view year round.

In the Sculpture Garden
Repurposed Paper Sculpture
Sculptor-in-residence Steven Siegel has named his Woodson Art Museum sculpture "Let's fan out." In mid-May 2011, Siegel directed the creation of a gently curing wall made of repurposed paper that will grace the sculpture garden for about two years, weathering to resemble an exposed hillside comprising layers of ancient rock. This acclaimed artist is interested in how his biodegradable sculptures visually impact their surroundings and how they change over time. A corps of volunteers and Museum staff helped Siegel create the sculpture from more than 24,000 tons of donated paper.
Drop by during regular Museum hours (Tuesday-Friday, 9am-4pm; Saturday & Sunday, Noon-5pm) to see "Let's fan out."








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