BUILD A BETTER BABY CARRIAGE: A 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION
May 14, 2016 through October 30, 2016
This celebration of the centenary of Norman Rockwell Museum’s first Saturday Evening Post cover, Boy with Baby Carriage, published on May 16, 1916, will provide inspiration for exciting new works in diverse media by contemporary artists. Three-dimensional works based upon Rockwell’s theme will enliven the Museum grounds this summer and fall.
Juried Exhibition Overview
Norman Rockwell Museum invites participation in a most unusual juried exhibition of contemporary sculpture and installation art. Artists working in all media may submit proposals for Build a Better Baby Carriage, a juried exhibition held in conjunction with the centenary of Norman Rockwell’s first Saturday Evening Post cover, Boy with Baby Carriage, published on May 16, 1916. This outdoor installation will feature unique original works inspired by baby carriages and Norman Rockwell’s art. Works will be displayed on the museum’s beautiful 36-acre site overlooking the Housatonic River.
![Boy with Baby Carriage Norman Rockwell](https://www.nrm.org/wp2016/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Boy-Baby-Carriage.jpg)
Boy with Baby Carriage, Norman Rockwell, 1916. Norman Rockwell Museum Collections.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in New York City in 1894, Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist. At age 14, Rockwell enrolled in art classes at The New York School of Art (formerly The Chase School of Art). Two years later, in 1910, he left high school to study art at The National Academy of Design. He soon transferred to The Art Students League, where he studied with Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman. Fogarty’s instruction in illustration prepared Rockwell for his first commercial commissions. From Bridgman, Rockwell learned the technical skills on which he relied throughout his long career.
Rockwell found success early. He painted his first commission of four Christmas cards before his sixteenth birthday. While still in his teens, he was hired as art director of Boys’ Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, and began a successful freelance career illustrating a variety of young people’s publications.
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Norman Rockwell Museum call for entries Springfield Republican March 17, 2016
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Norman Rockwell Museum May 14, 2016 – October 30, 2016
DIRECTIONS
Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Glendale Road / Route 183
Stockbridge, MA 01262
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HOST THIS EXHIBITION
This exhibition is not available for hosting. Please refer to our list of exhibitions that are available for hosting here…