New exhibit open now at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art [Video]

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – A new exhibit is open at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art. The award-winning exhibition is called The String Project: We Are All Connected.

It features true-to-life photos from over 30 countries and across five continents. The global project produced about 50 photos and filled three galleries. Every photo has one unifying factor: a string.

“The really cool thing is that the artists decided to have people hold a string to represent how we are all connected,” Cheryl Wolken, marketing specialist with Community Foundations of North Central Wisconsin, said.

Wolken said that the photographers, Chelsea Nix and Mariano Cortez, came up with the idea because they noticed all of the connections between people they met.

“Chelsea and Mariano really wanted to stress the ways that we’re connected, not just different,” she said.

The Museum’s Executive Director David Hummer said the connection between the photos comes from …