Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc.

BIRDS IN ART ARTWORK DEPICTING BIRDS WITH THEIR ABILITY TO FASCINATE AND DELIGHT OFFERS WELCOME RESPITE, SOLACE, AND REJUVENATION. EVER INSPIRED BY AVIAN MUSES, SOME ARTISTS INCORPORATE QUARANTINE THEMES; OTHERS TAKE CUES FROM BIRDS' AMUSING ANTICS AND SUBTLE GESTURES.ATTENDANCE: 2,705OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 731MUSEUM'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: 10,542

Expenses: $121K

BEYOND ARTWORKS : ARTISTS & THEIR STORIES ARTWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH STORIES ABOUT WHY AND HOW THEY WERE CREATED AND ACQUIRED BY THE WOODSON ART MUSEUM. DISCOVER THE TALE AND TRACE THE TRAIL THAT LED TO THE ACQUISITION OF A RARE OIL PAINTING BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND A HAND-COLORED AQUATINT CREATED FOR AUDUBON'S THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.ANECDOTES ABOUT NOTEWORTHY OWNERS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE WOVEN THROUGHOUT OTHER STORIES. A WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY FRANK WESTON BENSON, CHICKADEES, WHICH HAD BEEN OWNED BY POET ROBERT FROST, BECAME THE PERFECT WAY TO HONOR A MEMBER OF THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDING FAMILY, FONDLY REMEMBERED FOR WEARING A CHICKADEE-EMBROIDERED SWEATER. EXPERIENCE ARTWORK BY THREE GENERATIONS OF WYETH PAINTERS, N.C., ANDREW, AND JAMIE, COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THEIR DISTINCT STYLES AND GAINING INSIGHTS INTO THEIR INSPIRATION AND WORK. ATTENDANCE: 2,729OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 115MUSEUM'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: 4,710

Expenses: $7K

HANDSTITCHED WORLDS: THE CARTOGRAPHY OF QUILTSLIKE ROADMAPS, EXHIBITION QUILTS REVEAL PLACES OF ORIGIN AND PATHS TO UNDERSTANDING AMERICA'S CULTURAL FABRIC. A QUILT-MAKER'S TEXTILE AND DESIGN CHOICES OFFER INSIGHTS INTO THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST'S WORLD AND PLACE WITHIN IT.THE MOTIF IN NORA MCKEOWN EZELL'S STAR QUILT EVOKES THE CELESTIAL NAVIGATION USED BY SLAVES ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. THE QUILT'S TRADITIONAL EIGHT-POINTED STAR OF HOPE PATTERN IS DRAWN FROM THE ARTIST'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY, RECONSTRUCTION, AND POST-RECONSTRUCTION IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH. WOVEN INTO QUILTS ARE THREADS OF THE PAST AND MAKERS ORIENTEERING QUESTIONS: "WHERE DO I FIT INTO THIS LANDSCAPE? WHERE HAVE I BEEN? WHERE WILL I GO?"QUILTS SPANNING THE NINETEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY REPRESENT A RANGE OF MATERIALS, MOTIFS, AND TECHNIQATTENDANCE: 1,015OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 0MUSEUM'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: 1,351

Expenses: $30K