SELECT MEDIA QUOTES
““When it comes to cultural programming, Robb Woulfe thinks big. Really big.” ”
““[Robb Woulfe] isn’t your typical museum director.” ”
““The MAH is making the case that... no four walls can fully contain its vision, and the museum is more than the building it calls home.””
““The MAH has brimmed with innovative couplings of art and history, including a series of specially commissioned live performances in Evergreen Cemetery and an exhibition showcasing work by iconic skateboard artist Jim Phillips.” ”
““Director Robb Woulfe was really interested in creating spaces of connection outside of the museum...
he took it to another level, having a biennial in multiple places throughout Santa Cruz.””
““What do you call a California institution that displays art from far and near, manages one of the oldest cemeteries in the state, schedules poetry readings and solo theater shows, administers a building on the National Register of Historic Places, presents cultural festivals and music concerts, and places pop-up exhibits throughout the community? That would be the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.””
““The Frequency festival exists in a realm of experience you won’t find anywhere else close by.” ”
““Part installation, part immersive experience, Frequency spins participants in a kaleidoscope of different realities.””
““The CommonGround festival brings an awe-inspiring style of life amid the dead at the Evergreen Cemetery.””
““Woulfe has pushed the envelope, shaping the [Breckenridge] position into a high-octane mixture of business strategist and circus ringmaster.””
““Woulfe is helping transform Breckenridge into a global creative arts destination.””
““The Breckenridge International Festival of Arts is, quite simply, the most ambitious visual arts festival in Colorado and, year after year, it puts on one of the best multimedia extravaganzas of summer.””
““You have to credit Robb Woulfe of Breckenridge Creative Arts for wanting to bring world-class arts programming to the Colorado mountain town. And judging from events like June’s inaugural WAVE: Light + Water + Sound festival and this week’s second annual Breckenridge International Festival of Arts, he’s succeeded in his mission, inviting artists from around the globe to come to Breckenridge.””
““BCA is headed by arts and festival veteran Robb Woulfe who moved to Breckenridge following a long and successful career as the Executive and Artistic Director of the internationally lauded Ann Arbor Summer Festival.””
““During his time in Breckenridge, Woulfe is credited with leading many ambitious and landscape-changing initiatives, including launching a series of innovative festivals and exhibitions.””
“ “How Robb Woulfe manages to program and cram so many cultural experiences into ten days in one little mountain town, we’ll never know, but the annual Breckenridge International Festival of Arts just gets bigger and better with age.””
““Within three years, [Woulfe] has put Breckenridge Creative Arts on the map, attracting a national and international audience to the 10-day Breckenridge International Festival of Arts and winning the prestigious Colorado Governor’s Award for Outstanding Community Tourism Initiative.””
““[The Breckenridge International Festival of Arts] was global, featuring artists and performers who work in cultural capitals around the world.” ”
““The always-affable Robb Woulfe has boundless enthusiasm and passion for the arts.””
““How Breckenridge became the country’s artsiest small town.””
““That ‘wow’ factor is nothing new for BCA president and CEO Robb Woulfe... who most recently spent a decade as artistic director of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, one of the country’s leading multidisciplinary arts festivals.””
““Woulfe programmed the festival to appeal to both broad and highbrow tastes.””
““The WAVE festival offers a variety of temporary installations, musical performances, screenings, digital art and eye candy of all sizes for the whole family.””
““Robb Woulfe has succeeded in bringing a world-class art event to a mountain town.” ”
““Rapidly, Breckenridge is attaining the ambitious goal it set for itself — of being a national model for creative tourism development.””
““Woulfe’s curatorial mission…allows him space to program adventurous fare, and to pluck interesting offerings from across the globe.””
““[The Breckenridge International Festival of Arts] is going to be big and loud and in your face, with eye-popping interactive attractions from near and far.””
““The show-stopping Breck arts fest offers a bit of everything.””
““Robb Woulfe brings a wide world of art to Breckenridge.” ”
““[Breckenridge] has expanded its cultural offerings to international levels.” ”
““Woulfe’s near decade as leader of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival has him well versed in entertaining the 18- to 34-year-old set that often wants their 1,000 closest friends and followers to vicariously take part in their experience via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like.””
““Robb Woulfe has put together a stunningly impressive array of performers...””
““[Ann Arbor Summer Festival] reinvented itself in an effort to recapture that cool-person vibe. It revamped its appearance, piling new programming on top of the old and brought in shiny, fun toys. It feels hip and modern and hopes that attendees will perceive it that same way… Festival Director Robb Woulfe was confident in his abilities to put a fresh face on the middle-aged local institution.””
““There’s really nothing like the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. I don’t know how executive and artistic director, impresario extraordinaire Robb Woulfe, does it.””