Join us on Saturday, May 17 at 2:00 pm to celebrate Chelsea Rousso’s Unity in the Community installation at WMODA.  For the last two years, Chelsea has been introducing fused glass art to a whole new audience.  One of her workshops was held at WMODA before the museum reopened and

Chelsea Rousso is back at WMODA with another of her fabulous creative glass workshops at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 17, as part of our weekend program celebrating International Museum Day. Chelsea will show you how to make a fused glass Fazzoletto-style bowl inspired by the Chihuly Macchia collection at

“Once I discovered that Venetian beads were made primarily by women at kitchen tables in their spare time, I knew I would write about them.” Tracy Chevalier’s best-selling novel The Glassmaker celebrates the art of bead-making through five centuries of a Murano glassblowing family. Historically, women have been the unsung

The Easter Bunny hopped into WMODA last month with lots of baskets for families facing financial hardship in our community. Luis and Nini Montanez spent weeks creating 55 Easter baskets brimful of fluffy toys and other spring treats. The museum team helped raise the funds for the baskets, which The

By Louise Irvine During the African summer, the adventurous male weaver bird tirelessly constructs elaborate grass nests with precision and passion. He hopes to tempt a female to choose a suitable home to raise their future family. The Ardmore Design Studio has been inspired by this labor of love to

By Louise Irvine Venice has been producing glass since the 10th century, and Murano became the main center in 1291 when glassmakers were ordered to relocate their furnaces to the small island in the Venetian lagoon to mitigate fire hazards. Over the centuries, the Murano masters have changed our perception