The Taubman Museum of Art, a $66-million, steel-and-glass fine-arts showcase in Roanoke, Va., is mounting more homespun exhibitions in hopes of reversing low attendance and financial woes, writes The Wall Street Journal.

The museum, whose permanent collection includes works by Winslow Homer and Robert Motherwell, is planning a show of works by Mark Cline, whose giant fiberglass sculptures have long beckoned tourists to Virginia roadside attractions like Dinosaur Kingdom.

Some Taubman supporters have criticized the exhibition, but Brian Sieveking, a volunteer curator, said the institution “needs to broaden its appeal, and I can’t think of any folk artist who is more fun than Mark Cline.”

The museum drew only 29,000 visitors in the 12 months ending June 30 and is running a $600,000 budget deficit.

• In other arts news, the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has given Arkansas’ Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art $10-million to subsidize school visits to the new facility, the Fayetteville Flyer reports.

The donation to Crystal Bridges’ Next Generation Fund, which aims to lower economic, social, and cultural barriers to the arts, will underwrite transportation, meals, and educational materials for student trips to the museums.