Norman Rockwell Museum creativity center. Photo ©Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.

Norman Rockwell Museum creativity center. Photo ©Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.

It’s school vacation week! Visit Norman Rockwell Museum for inspiring art and activities all week long.

Hold that Pose! Portraiture for Children
Monday through Friday
April 16 to 20, 1 to 4 p.m.

Create your own portraits, inspired by the work of Norman Rockwell and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Free with Museum admission.

And for the adults, exciting opportunities to learn about the art of illustration:

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM/OLLI LECTURE SERIES
Seeing is Believing: Adventures in Visual Narration
Thursday, April 19, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Join curators Stephanie Plunkett and Joyce K. Schiller, Ph.D. for an exploration of the deep and ever-present links between imagery and culture. Please contact OLLI at 413.236.2190 to register.

AMERICAN ICONS: ADVENTURES IN ILLUSTRATION SERIES
We Can Do It: Shaping Popular Opinion During World War II
Sunday, April 22, 11 a.m.

Join Joyce K. Schiller, Ph.D., Curator of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, for a fascinating look at the power of published art during World War II, and the seminal images that have guided or influenced world events and public opinion beyond their probable reach. A delicious continental brunch will be served. $20, $15 members. To register, call 413.298.4100.