Stockbridge, MA—June 1, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum’s major summer exhibition, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, will open on Saturday, June 8, and runs through October 27, 2024. More than 250 original illustrations and cartoons from dozens of creators spanning 70 years of MAD Magazine will be on display. The exhibition also includes MAD memorabilia, a digital display of every MAD cover, and other special features.
Stockbridge, MA—May 14, 2024—Boys sneaking past a “No Swimming” sign to take a dip. An old fisherman who’s caught a mermaid in his trap. These and other richly humorous illustrations by Norman Rockwell will be spotlighted this summer in Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor, a special exhibition opening Saturday, June 22, at Norman Rockwell Museum. The exhibition remains on view through Feb. 9, 2025.
Stockbridge, MA—May 6, 2024—Berkshire Eagle art critic Jennifer Huberdeau recently reviewed Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Permanent Collection. The article delves into the story and backstory of individual artworks to offer readers a personal “tour” of this intriguing exhibition. The piece brings into focus the subtle, layered, and richly atmospheric world of these illustrations, evoking the theme of “mystery and wonder.” The exhibition is up at Norman Rockwell Museum through June 16.
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A Look at Rationing During World War II
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Students will take a look at the real-life challenges to family life during World War II. They will learn about the requirements and limitations of rationing. Using this information, students will create a budget for a family of four with an annual income of $2000. Their […]
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The Golden Rule Anthology
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We are all alike; we are all different. Students will explore their similarities and differences through poetry. In this poetry study, they will be immersed in reading and writing poems. They will learn about and utilize a variety of poetic tools to create original poems. Their culminating […]
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Travels With Charlie: In Search of America Book Club
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Students will read Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck as a class or book club selection. This text is based on Steinbeck’s travels throughout the United States in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. While on his trip, he interviews […]
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Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
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This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and illustrator who had been inspired by the daily events in his everyday life in America. […]
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Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
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Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
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This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and illustrator who had been inspired by the daily events in his everyday life in the USA. Images from books, the internet, written articles and a group discussion will be used to demonstrate how American culture influenced Norman […]
Norman Rockwell Museum has added two highly experienced museum professionals to its curatorial team. Seth Fogelman, formerly the Senior Exhibitions Manager and Registrar at the Whitney Museum of American Art, joins the Museum as Chief of Curatorial Affairs. Jane Dini, PhD, most recently the Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator, American Art, at the Brooklyn Museum, assumes the role of Curator of Exhibitions.
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Meet Norman Rockwell: American Illustrator
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This lesson will introduce students to Norman Rockwell, a professional artist and renowned American illustrator. Images from books, the internet, written articles and class discussion will be […]
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Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
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This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then engage in an illustration project including a communal sketch, draft and final piece. The students will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
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Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
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This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then begin a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, first draft and final piece. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed […]
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Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
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This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will then begin a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, draft and final piece. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
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Inspiration: Norman Rockwell and You
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This lesson will address Norman Rockwell’s points of inspiration including daily life in America and American culture. Students will work on a long-term illustration project including a schematic layout, draft and final illustration. Each student will consider Rockwell’s quote, “I was showing the America I knew and observed to […]
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A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
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Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
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A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
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Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 State of the Union Address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. Through close reading […]
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A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
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Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
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A Visual Exploration of the Four Freedoms
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Students will be introduced to the Four Freedoms, which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 address to Congress. Each of these freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear will be addressed individually. By creating a visual inventory of Norman […]
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The Golden Rule
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Students will look at the painting, The Golden Rule by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the painting, but also to analyze the objects and clues to decode the words at the bottom […]
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Golden Rule Poetry Anthology
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We are all alike; we are all different. Students explore their similarities and differences through poetry. In this poetry study, they will be immersed in reading and writing poems.They will learn about and utilize a variety of poetic tools to create original poems. Their culminating project is […]
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Close Reading of The Four Freedoms
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Students learn about the history and meaning of the Four Freedoms which President Roosevelt identified in his 1941 State of the Union Address to Congress. Through close reading and discussion about Norman Rockwell’s illustrations, students identify the narrative behind the Four Freedoms. They identify and discuss details in […]
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Freedom from Want: What Does Freedom from Want Look Like to You?
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After having the opportunity to view and discuss Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want, students will reflect on how this freedom is present in their lives. Freedom from Want represents having the basic human necessities, such as food, water, shelter, and companionship. It […]
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Reimagining the Four Freedoms
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Students reflect on the significant factors of freedom in today’s society, locally and in the world at large. They create an illustration reflecting a select freedom in today’s world. In addition, they write an argument defending the freedom their illustration reflects. The argument defends their argument with relevant facts and […]
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Quick Pics: Animals
Overview – Animals
How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can […]
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Quick Pics: Journeys
Overview – Journeys
Introduction and Welcome
This week our theme is journeys. Life is a journey and depending on how we choose to think about it each day, month, year we take expected and unexpected journeys. Some involve physical travel, others are journeys in time, unfold in the imagination […]
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Quick Pics: Womanpower
Overview – Womanpower
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Quick Pics
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Each Quick Pic activity is about 5-10 minutes in duration, with each being taught one image per day over a week.
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Social Studies, Language Arts: Speaking […]
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Quick Pics: Heroes
Overview – Heroes
We are surrounded by ordinary people who are giving themselves to serve others: bus drivers, delivery people, airline workers, grocery store clerks, post office workers, line cooks, police officers, food producers, social workers, janitorial staff, tradespeople, teachers, child care providers, farm workers, utility maintenance professionals, health care workers, […]
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Norman Rockwell Museum Traveling Exhibitions
The Norman Rockwell Museum has organized for circulation a series of traveling exhibitions that inspire awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment of the art of Norman Rockwell and the ever-vibrant field of illustration. These engaging exhibitions offer a wide range of high-quality installations of original art and related archival materials to museum venues and audiences in diverse geographic locations.
Links to available exhibitions can be […]
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Quick Pics: Compassion and Care
Overview – Compassion For Others
Big Idea for the Week
Staying curious, calm, and in conversation helps us develop understanding, compassion, and empathy for others.
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Quick Pics: Homecoming Soldier
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 26, 1945
Big ideas and Vocabulary
Love, Service, Family, Neighborhood, Home
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Quick Pics: America at the Polls – A Sequential Story
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Every voter has a story to tell about how they made their decisions. Voters learn about issues and about candidates, they talk with family, friends, and sometimes co-workers. They read, watch news and social […]
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Quick Pics: Freedom From Want
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Freedom from Want is one of four images Norman Rockwell created named the Four Freedoms. He created it in 1943 for Americans to think about having enough to eat as an American ideal worth fighting for. The image also conveys the comfort that goes with […]
Stockbridge, Mass.—February 22, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum announces the launch of Imagining Freedom, an interactive virtual exhibition that explores the history, artistic interpretations, and contemporary resonance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s concept of four basic human rights, the Four Freedoms. The exhibition highlights the important role of Norman Rockwell and other artists in advancing and communicating these ideals, envisioned as core human rights for all people. The launch of this new virtual exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the publication of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms portrayals in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Quick Pics: The Unity Project
The Unity Project (2020)
Quick Pic: The Unity Project
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Every day we are surrounded by images which catch our attention and may even change our behavior. The Unity Project Images were created to encourage voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election where then President Donald Trump ran against Joseph […]
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Quick Pics: Sledding
Winter: Sledding (1959) Back to Curriculum
Quick Pic: Winter Sledding
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K-6
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Quick Pics
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Each Quick Pic activity is about 5-10 minutes in duration, with each being taught one image per day over a week.
DISCIPLINE
Social Studies, Language Arts: Speaking and Listening, Art
VOCABULARY
Election, Vote, Sequence, Decision, Conscience
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Norman Rockwell created this image for […]
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Drawing a Baby Dragon using Letters and Numbers with Jeff Mack
VIRTUAL PROGRAM – “Just A Story” drawing activity with Jeff Mack
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Drawing pictures can be fun and easy, especially when you break down your image into smaller component parts. In this activity, author and illustrator, Jeff Mack, will guide you in drawing a baby […]
February 8, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to announce this summer's landmark exhibition exploring the art, satire, and cultural impact of MAD Magazine, one of the longest-running humor publications in America. Opening June 8 and running through October 27, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine presents iconic original illustrations and cartoons from MAD's longtime regular contributors, dubbed the "Usual Gang of Idiots," as well as next-generation visual satirists.
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Civil Rights Movement Book Basket
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Students engage in reading nonfiction and historical fiction texts which focus on the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s, and life for African American people prior to the movement. The booklist includes biographical, nonfiction, historical fiction, picture books and chapter books appropriate for a variety of interests and reading levels. […]
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Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
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Students view Norman Rockwell’s illustration, The Problem We All Live With. Students learn about Ruby Bridges and her story. They look closely at the painting, and share their observations. Based on observed details, students make inferences about the painting, including the artist’s purpose and message.
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Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
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Students view Norman Rockwell’s 1964 illustration, The Problem We All Live With. Students learn about Ruby Bridges and her story. They look closely at the details within the painting, and after sharing their observations, make inferences about the painting, including the artist’s purpose and message. […]
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Civil Rights Book Basket
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Students engage in reading a variety of books and other resources which focus on the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s and also look at conditions for African American people prior to the movement. Resources include biographical, nonfiction, historical fiction, picture books and chapter books to support a variety of student […]
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Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
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Students will examine the illustration, The Problem We All Live With, noticing the details within the context of the painting. They will look closely at the details within the painting, sharing these details. They will make supported inferences from these details, including Norman Rockwell’s purpose and […]
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Close Reading of The Problem We All Live With
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Students will examine the illustration, The Problem We All Live With, noticing the details within the context of the painting. They will look closely at the details within the painting, sharing these details. They will make supported inferences from these details, including Norman Rockwell’s purpose and […]
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The Problem We All Live With
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Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at Norman Rockwell’s painting, The Problem We All Live With and analyze the illustration in relation to the civil rights movement. A class discussion will allow students to discuss the painting’s concept and composition, and look closely […]
Stockbridge, Mass.—January 17, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum presents captivating artwork with enigmatic and magical appeal in its new exhibition, Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Opening March 2 and running through June 16, this exhibition features selected images from Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 artworks created by more than 300 illustrators.
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The Problem We All Live With
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Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at the painting, The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration in regards to civil rights. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the […]
January 16, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to highlight recent national coverage of Leo Lionni: Storyteller, Artist, Designer, the 184-page volume published by Abbeville Press that accompanies the Museum’s first major American retrospective of the artist. Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reviewed the exhibition catalog as a significant new exploration and celebration of Leo Lionni’s protean creative career.
January 14, 2024—Today is the anniversary of one of Norman Rockwell’s most powerful paintings of the Civil Rights era. The Problem We All Live With appeared on the cover of Look magazine on this day 60 years ago—January 14, 1964.
January 9, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to announce three new exhibitions opening in 2024. This year, we are celebrating mystery and wonder, art and humor, and portraits of bravery and change. Learn more here!
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The Problem We All Live With
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Students will consider what freedoms they have as individuals. They will look at the painting, The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell and analyze the illustration in regards to civil rights. A class discussion will allow for students to not only talk about the composition of the […]
Stockbridge, Mass.—December 4, 2023—A new holiday special, Christmas in New England, features Norman Rockwell Museum and Stockbridge as part of its exploration of classic holiday traditions enjoyed by New Englanders from the coast of Maine to the hills of the Berkshires. The program highlights Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, the cherished holiday tradition that transforms downtown Stockbridge to reflect Rockwell’s iconic painting of that name. Rockwell’s legacy endures in Stockbridge, where the artist remains one of the community’s “most beloved residents,” notes producer and program host Lindsay Paris.
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine
June 8, 2024 through October 27, 2024
This exhibition explores the unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its beginnings in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its emergence as a beloved magazine that spoke truth to power and attracted generations of devoted readers through the decades. MAD’s influence and cultural impact will […]
Stockbridge, Mass.—November 30, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum today announced three appointments to refreshed Museum leadership positions. Hilary Dunne Ferrone has assumed the role of Chief Philanthropy Officer to lead Norman Rockwell Museum’s annual fundraising campaign and to align its fundraising programs with the Museum’s strategic initiatives and overall strategic growth plan. Kathryn Potts has been named Chief Learning and Engagement Officer, responsible for developing engaging learning content and programming to inspire the Museum’s visitors, community members, and digital audiences. Potts will oversee the Museum Guides and build on the Museum’s long tradition of excellent public education and interpretive work. Tiffani Silverman joins the Museum as its new Director of People and Culture to develop strategic human resources initiatives and programs and foster and deepen a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Anita Kunz: Original Sisters
Portraits of Tenacity and Courage November 9, 2024 through May 26, 2025
Original Sisters is a series of portraits that reveals and honors the contributions of history-making women. To create the series, award-winning illustrator Anita Kunz carefully researched, wrote about, and portrayed each subject, sometimes compiling scant available information to establish a more complete picture. Her portraits present famed and lesser-known women […]
A wise man once told me that an artist has at least three acts in their creative lives. Throughout his, Leo Lionni had three major roles that intersect this weekend with the opening of “Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni” (Nov. 18–May 27) at the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Bershires’ hub for illustration.
Stockbridge— On Saturday, November 18th, Norman Rockwell Museum opens the first major American retrospective of artist Leo Lionni, a groundbreaking modernist graphic designer and magazine art director who gained worldwide popularity as the writer and illustrator of nearly 40 children’s books in as many years.
Mystery and Wonder: Highlights From The Illustration Collection
March 2 through June 16, 2024
Explore the captivating worlds of mystery and wonder in this exhibition featuring highlights from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 illustrations by prominent artists working across genres and time periods. On display are cover art for award-winning novels and mysteries, children’s book illustrations inspired by […]
BETWEEN WORLDS: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni
November 18, 2023 to May 27, 2024
Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni is the first major American retrospective dedicated to the art and design work of groundbreaking modernist designer and children’s book illustrator Leo Lionni (1910-1999). “Design is form,” the artist said, “Sometimes it is decorative form, and has no other function that […]
Stockbridge, MA—Nov. 1, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum announces the inaugural edition of Studio Sessions: The Norman Rockwell Collection, unveiled today by the Museum’s digital art partner Iconic, a company that expands cultural experiences through digital innovation. The inaugural “Session” will feature eight process works by Norman Rockwell from the Norman Rockwell Archives that went into the making of the artist’s self-reflective painting Waiting for the Art Editor (1970).
Stockbridge, Mass.—October 18, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum and the Norman Rockwell Family announce the launch of Studio Sessions: The Norman Rockwell Collection—a multi-part series of limited digital (NFT) and print editions that celebrate and explore the artist’s rigorous creative process. The collection will be produced in collaboration with Iconic, a company that expands cultural experiences with digital innovation.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA—September 27, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum is honoring baseball great Brooks Robinson, who died yesterday, by putting Rockwell’s iconic painting of the celebrated third baseman on display. Rockwell painted the tribute to Robinson in 1971 as an advertising commission for A-T-O, Inc.’s sporting goods division, Rawlings Sporting Goods.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA, September 7, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum presents the first major American retrospective of artist Leo Lionni, a groundbreaking modernist graphic designer and magazine art director who gained worldwide popularity as the writer and illustrator of nearly 40 children’s books in as many years. Opening November 18 and running through May 27, 2024, Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni explores the artist’s vision and legacy across three distinct yet interrelated domains: graphic art and design; children’s books; and personal works in various media.
Norman Rockwell Museum's Director/CEO is one of six new commissioners appointed by the American Alliance of Museums, a museum industry group with 35,000 members. She will serve in this key role of national museum leadership to advance museum excellence and standards. "Over the years, Norman Rockwell Museum has received profound professional guidance, learning, and relationship-building through the Accreditation and Excellence Programs," Norton Moffatt said. "I am deeply appreciative of the opportunity to give back to this process."
Don’t be alarmed by the 30-foot sea monster outside of the Norman Rockwell Museum — it’s the new, inflatable staff member greeting visitors coming to explore the museum’s latest exhibit, “Tony Sarg: Genius at Play.” The museum is showcasing the largest exhibition of Tony Sarg, an illustrator, puppet master, pioneer in animated films and the designer of the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon, on display through Nov. 5.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA—Norman Rockwell Museum presents a new exhibition exploring the business and cultural context of Rockwell’s art. Norman Rockwell: The Business of Illustrating the American Dream examines how Rockwell navigated relationships with publishers, advertising clients, and other business entities to create work that shaped and reflected American culture and influenced notions of the American Dream. Based on extensive research in the Norman Rockwell Museum archives by guest curator Deborah Hoover, the exhibition shines new light on the interplay of artistry, advertising, consumerism, business relationships, and ambitious cultural, consumer and capitalist agendas that informed Rockwell’s work.
"Nora Krug: Belonging" at The Norman Rockwell Museum
The Berkshire Eagle At the Norman Rockwell Museum, illustrator Nora Krug looks to the future, while confronting her German family’s history by Jennifer Huberdeau
STOCKBRIDGE, MA-- Norman Rockwell Museum presents Nora Krug: Belonging featuring art by the noted contemporary illustrator, who has assembled a list of prestigious accolades for her comics and graphic novels. On view from March 19 through June 19, 2023, this new exhibition will present more than 200 original drawings and paintings by Nora Krug, as well as the historical artifacts, letters, photographs, and personal items that inspired the artist’s work.
We were saddened at the Norman Rockwell Museum to recently learn of the passing of gifted illustrator, Istvan Banyai, whom we had the pleasure of working with.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA – Norman Rockwell Museum announces a robust schedule of new illustration exhibitions for 2023, which will be on view in their galleries; some will also be available as online exhibitions and may tour to other museums. Highlights of upcoming programs are included.
Globe Arts Writer Cate McQuaid offers high praise for NRM’s “enchanting” exhibition saying “The works are practically musical: percussive, elegant, wry.”
Explore the review by Lauren Moya Ford; order your copy, see the exhibition before it closes JAN 7!
By Ligaya Malones December 19, 2022
During Norman Rockwell’s lifetime he moved hearts and minds through his widely disseminated published illustrations, offering everyday people an opportunity to participate in the national conversations in a way few artists of his time could. When Rockwell moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1953, he was at the pinnacle of his career. It was here, in his meticulously renovated 1830s carriage barn studio, that he created some of his most enduring works—from neighborly gatherings of small-town America to vivid scenes of national social change.A December full of festivities to enjoy; view the calendar of events here.
TONY SARG: GENIUS AT PLAY
Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and American Popular Culture
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NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FALL/WINTER EXHIBITION OPENING NOVEMBER 12 ELOISE AND MORE: THE LIFE AND ART OF HILARY KNIGHT
Norman Rockwell: Cover Artist
Dreaming up ideas for magazine covers and putting them to canvas was Norman Rockwell’s true passion. Although he painted Boy Scout calendars for most of his life, in addition to countless advertisements and story illustrations, magazine cover assignments gave Rockwell the freedom to create images that have come to symbolize American life in the early twentieth century.
Norman Rockwell: Highlights from the Collection
On View Now
Life’s simple pleasures and the blush of first love are the focus of Norman Rockwell’s 1926 Saturday Evening Post cover, which portrays a young couple entranced by the moon, and by each other’s company. Their rickety wooden seating bends under their weight but does not deter them from their reverie, for they are taking time […]
Norman Rockwell: Winter Wonderland
On View November 4 through February 25, 2024
Among Norman Rockwell’s best-known illustrations are heartwarming scenes that capture the essence of American holiday traditions celebrated throughout the year⸺from Valentine’s Day and Independence Day to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the magic of the Christmas season.
Norman Rockwell: The Business of Illustrating the American Dream
Closing May 28th
Norman Rockwell was a renowned illustrator and chronicler of American life for more than half a century, documenting the pulse of his times during pivotal moments in twentieth century history. During his career, he navigated many complex business relationships with publishers and advertisers, taking direction from his clients while solving visual problems and […]
The exhibition “Imprinted: Illustrating Race” is on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts through October 30, 2022. Over 300 artworks and objects widely circulated illustrated imagery examine the role of published images in shaping attitudes toward race and culture. The exhibition explores stereotypical racial representations and moves forward in time to celebrate the accomplishments of contemporary artists and publishers whose work emphasizes diversity and inclusivity.
Zoom Webinar (online) Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24, 2022
Norman Rockwell Museum is saddened to share news from the Steig family, that Jeanne Steig has died, peacefully, in her sleep, during the early morning hours of July 26, 2022, at the age of 92. Author, artist, and donor, Jeanne Steig was a dear friend to the Museum; and leaves a legacy of art to be enjoyed by future generations thanks to her incredible contribution of a collection of over 6,000 original artworks works by her husband, the legendary illustrator, author, and cartoonist William Steig.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA—Norman Rockwell Museum (NRM) announces the opening of a newly curated exhibition featuring rarely-seen Norman Rockwell drawings and preliminary studies from his six-decade career on view September 10, 2022, through January 7, 2023. The exhibition coincides with the release of Norman Rockwell: Drawings, 1911-1976, a new book by Abbeville Press written by Museum curators Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Jesse Kowalski, available in early October.
STOCKBRIDGE — A fist raised high in the air, a foot planted firmly on the step in front of her, the woman at the center of "American Uprising" — wearing a T-shirt with an image of George Floyd and an American flag scarf around her neck — urges the crowd of protestors behind her to follow. It's a moment etched in time — of unity, of a movement to end systemic racism toward African Americans — a Black Lives Matter protest.
STOCKBRIDGE — The advertisement seems harmless. A cherub faced toddler, rosy-cheeks, a paper hat upon his head and bayonet slung over his shoulder gazes up lovingly at a chef clad all in white save for his red bow tie. The chef, with a serving tray topped with a piping-hot bowl of porridge, stares out at the viewer — an amiable grin on his face.
STOCKBRIDGE — Camera-toting tourists dressed in plaid shorts and short-sleeve jerseys hold the hands of young children in sandals, and silently — almost solemnly — pause before the searing emblem of an era. Hanging on the walls here at the Norman Rockwell Museum is the artist’s famous 1964 depiction of a 6-year-old Black school girl being escorted to class by four faceless federal marshals. Her name is Ruby Bridges.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA— Norman Rockwell Museum (NRM) is pleased to debut In Our Lifetime: Paintings from the Pandemic by Kadir Nelson featuring twelve recent paintings by the award-winning illustrator and author. Conceptualized and created during the COVID-19 pandemic, these works capture Nelson’s reflections on today’s national and world events. Additional paintings by the artist are included in the concurrent exhibition Imprinted: Illustrating Race; both exhibitions will be on view June 11 - October 31. “This body of work, In Our Lifetime, serves as an artistic and historical document of the human drama we collectively lived through during the pandemic; and I’m very honored to share the walls of the Norman Rockwell Museum with one of my favorite artists and inspirations, Norman Rockwell,” Nelson said.
If a visitor to Stockbridge, Mass., could have time-traveled between the studios of illustrator Norman Rockwell and (a few decades earlier) the sculptor Daniel Chester French, they might have noticed the artists using an identical object: a life mask of the 16th American president.
Norman Rockwell: Spirit of the Holidays
November 5 through February 20, 2023
Celebrate the holidays with beloved Norman Rockwell images depicting Christmas, New Years, and the winter season. A special installation of the iconic Stockbridge Main Street panoramic painting together with archival photos of the actual buildings, and a color oil study offer insight into Rockwell’s methodical process in creating a final painting. The […]
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