By Louise Irvine This weekend, Brits around the world are celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the first time a British monarch has reigned for 70 years. We are highlighting the “Royal” in Royal Doulton and exploring the company’s illustrious royal history in the wide-ranging WMODA collection. Hanging above the

By Louise Irvine One of the main attractions at WMODA is our amazing collection of Dale Chihuly’s glass art so I was delighted to learn more about the artist on a recent visit to his home city of Tacoma, Washington for the 50th annual conference of the Glass Art Society

The Thinking Cap Theater group has moved in as our neighbor on the first floor at MAD Arts. TCT, a Broward based professional non-profit, thrives on experimentation and has become known for staging bold and boundary-breaking plays during the last 12 years. TCT’s first production at their new home in

By Louise Irvine Local ceramic artist, Ellen Cohen Berman, has been invited to join the Artists Showcase in the WMODA Studio Collection and her new calla lily wall sconces in the Art Nouveau gallery have inspired us to look more closely at these beautiful blooms. The lily is one of

By Louise Irvine Life Lessons are being explored during Museum Week (June 13-19) and at WMODA we are advocating the South African spirit of Ubuntu. When I first met Fée Halsted and visited the Ardmore Studio in Kwazulu-Natal, I began to realize the importance of this philosophy of communal existence

By Louise Irvine It was “all hands on deck” for Museum Day at WMODA to highlight the measures needed to save the coral reefs in Florida. Visitors of all ages joined in the project to create a coral reef in clay. The collaborators learned about hand-building, press molding, and wheel-throwing

By Louise Irvine Glass artist, Josh Fradis, has installed a new underwater garden at WMODA with colorful coral reefs and a shell-collecting octopus. Josh is fascinated by the intelligence of these sentient creatures and was inspired by a scene in the award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher. In the movie, the

By Louise Irvine We celebrated Earth Day at WMODA with an amazing team of eco-warriors on Saturday, April 23. Miami glass artist, Jenna Efrein, upcycles glass bottles to create art installations which advocate for the protection of the Florida Everglades and draw attention to ecological and environmental concerns. Her glass

By Louise Irvine Take a spin to Dania Beach and get creative with clay. Be inspired by the amazing exhibitions of pottery and porcelain at WMODA and then find out about throwing your own pots at Gasper Arts a few blocks away from the museum. The new art center has

By Louise Irvine Visitors are often drawn to WMODA by the dinosaur on the façade of the building, which was formerly home to the Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History. Young kids might be disappointed not to find T-rex inside our decorative arts museum today but fortunately, there are