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ONLINE SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE: Freedom v Fear: A History of Anti-Fascist Art – A Conversation with Steven Heller

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Program + Exclusive Q&A
Price:  Members: Free | Not-Yet Members: Pay What You Choose

ZOOM reservations are closed.  Please watch the program on the Museum's YouTube Channel.

Bloodless wars for hearts and minds takes place on a battlefield of perception. The weaponry is paper. The ammunition are posters, magazines and printed graphic design. This talk will address the power of propaganda, the concerted effort to manipulate the conscious and subconscious through words and pictures – typography and illustration.

Steven Heller has written extensively on design/illustration and Fascism, notably The Swastika and Symbols of Hate: Extremist Iconography Today, a nuanced and comprehensive examination of the most powerful symbol ever created.

About the Symposium:

For designers, cartoonists, and illustrators, many questions arise when creating art that takes up socially significant, sometimes controversial themes. Some choose the D.I.Y. route, working independently with a free hand, without access to the large scale distribution that comes with a recognizable masthead. Others work with leading news organizations and magazines, agreeing to collaborate in exchange for access to audiences. Popular art has always involved such choices. What are the tradeoffs? What are the rewards?

This program is supported in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

Media Sponsor:
Berkshire Eagle Logo

This timely symposium will explore historical and contemporary notions of freedom as well as the role of illustration as a force in shaping public perception. How has published imagery affected decision-making, public policy, and cultural understanding? Prominent authors, illustrators, and scholars will offer perspectives. Share your observations by participating in all or some of these compelling conversations.

ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Freedom of Speech & Artistic Expression

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Program + Exclusive Q&A
Price:  Members: Free | Not-Yet Members: Pay What You Choose

Reservations for the Symposium are closed.  You can watch the program live here or if you are having problems, you can watch it on the Museum's YouTube Channel.

Throughout history, illustrators and cartoonists have responded to the world’s challenges and upheavals with brilliance and ferocity. Navigating the technical and distributive realities of their times, artists create potent visual symbols and narratives that establish new visual metaphors and repurpose old ones, sometimes borrowing conventions from other media.

Panel 1. DIY Print Culture and Citizenship
Chair: Ryan Standfest, Editor and Publisher of Rotland Press
Panelists: Illustrators Sue Coe; Christopher Sperandio, Robert Sikoryak


Panel 2. Resistance and Mainstream Publishing: Media, Delivery, and Propaganda
Chairs: D.B. Dowd, Director, D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis; Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum
Panelists: Illustrators Nora Krug, Anita Kunz, and Rudy Gutierrez

This program is supported in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

Media Sponsor:
Berkshire Eagle Logo

VIRTUAL FAMILY PROGRAM: Freedom’s Legacy

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Family Program + Exclusive Q&A

Honor Martin Luther King Day by joining in a read aloud and conversation about the book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges’s First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniau. Based on the  true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend an all-white school in the segregated South, the story is also the subject of Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With which hung outside President Barack Obama’s Oval Office and is currently on view at the Museum. High school student, actress and singer Keely Rose O’Gorman will read.

Following the reading, artist Bria Goeller will join Keely in a conversation about The Problem We All Live With, her meme based on the painting which celebrates Kamala Harris’s groundbreaking Vice President elect status, and the role of imagery in shaping cultural narratives. Bria will also take questions from the audience, and especially from young people interested in her work.

Please submit questions to learn@nrm.org.

This program is supported in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

VIRTUAL PROGRAM: Freedom of Worship

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Program + Exclusive Q&A
Price:  Members: Free | Not-Yet Members: Pay What You Choose

Conscience is the individual’s most sacred right. How do multiple belief systems benefit a pluralistic society and why should freedom of religion be a fundamental human right? Join religious leaders from diverse faith traditions in a conversation about Freedom of Worship and its role in sustaining our democracy. Panelists will include: Rev. Valerie Bailey Fischer and Rev Sam Smith

This program is supported in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

VIRTUAL PROGRAM: Messy Modernism: Art in 20th-Century American Magazines

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Program
Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies Event
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 5 p.m.

Magazines are increasingly emerging as critical sites in developing a new understanding of the dynamic relationship between “fine” art and mass culture. Throughout the 20th century, a wide range of American periodicals commissioned artists to produce work for covers and feature stories, but many of these commissions have been left out of histories of modernism.

This session considers three case studies to convey the rich trajectory of art and magazines: Edward Hopper’s covers for the Wells Fargo Messenger, Mine Okubo’s drawings in Fortune magazine, and Saul Steinberg’s work for such publications as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated, and Time. The papers explore the origins of and motivations behind such commissions and analyzes the art as it was originally published in print, showing how advertisements, adjacent articles, and captions shaped the initial reception and understanding of the works.

Presenters and Topics:

Chair: Erika Doss - Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame; Rockwell Center Distinguished Fellow

  • Edward Hopper and the “Wells Fargo Way” Leo G . Mazow -Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • “Objectivity” in Wartime U.S.A.: Mine Okubo and Fortune Magazine Emily Hage - Associate Professor of Art History, Saint Joseph’s University
  • Beyond The New Yorker: Saul Steinberg’s Other Magazine Commissions Melissa Renn - Collections Manager, HBS Art and Artifacts Collection, Harvard Business School.


VIRTUAL PROGRAM: Art for Justice

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Virtual Program - Free Event
Thursday, April 29, 2021 – 7 p.m.



Norman Rockwell Museum, the home of American Illustration, and the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice  present a special program: Art for Justice. By juxtaposing iconic images created by Norman Rockwell and reimagined for the 21st Century by Pops Peterson, this discussion will explore how art, even through a single image, can elicit an immediate understanding of injustice and help lay the groundwork for conversation, a social reckoning and ultimately, change.

Enchanted Gala (Sold Out)

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

We invite you to The Enchanted Gala:  the annual fundraising party of the year.  Join us on a memorable outdoor quest where you can step into the world of fantasy art and live exciting experiences, dreams and be part of fantastical worlds. 

Call Bailey Girvan at 413-931-2264 for any questions.

ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Enchanted: Epic Adventures in Fantasy Illustration

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Saturday, June 19 from 10am to 12:30pm

Opening Remarks:
Sara Frazetta, Frazetta Girls


 Artist Panel One: The Frazetta Legacy in Contemporary Fantasy Illustration: A Family of Artists

  • Julie Bell
  • Boris Vallejo
  • Anthony Palumbo
  • David Palumbo

 Artist Panel Two: The Epic Fantasy Adventure
  • Allesandra Pisano
  • Donato Giancola
  • Gregory Manchess


Price: One admission price for the entire Symposium.
  • $15 members
  • $20 non-members - Pay What You Choose option available

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Brom

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Artist: Brom
One of the most highly regarded artists of his generation, Brom creates haunting imagery for the horror novels that he writes and illustrates.

Meet the international artists featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A. 

The artists will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:

  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Land of Enchantment: A Fantastical Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Opening

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Explore the magical grounds and discover original sculptures by regional contemporary artists inspired by the Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration exhibition. Meet the sculptors; find the fairies in the Yellowwood tree, and make a dragon egg. Vote on your favorite sculptures between 10a.m - 1 p.m.   Stay for the awards ceremony including Best in Show, People’s Choice, and Kids Choice awards at 3:30 p.m. Visit our ice cream stand on the Terrace! 

Free with Admission, Free for Members, children & teens.

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Thomas Blackshear

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Artist: Thomas Blackshear
Over the past four decades, Blackshear has painted artworks for magazines, movie studios, and postage stamps, including a series he later released in a portfolio titled, The African American Tradition: Heroes of Our Heritages, which featured Rosa Parks, Dorothy Height, Ida B. Wells, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others.

Meet the international artists featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

The artists will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:

  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Tyler Jacobson

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Artist: Tyler Jacobson
Tyler Jacobson combines vivid colors with a captivating composition to emphasize the action-packed scenes in work he has created for role-playing games, periodicals, and advertisements.

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Meet the international artists featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

The artists will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:
  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – From Hobbits to Hulks, Creating Characters for Stories with James Warhola

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Saturday, July 24 from 2-4 p.m.
Outside on the Museum Terrace

For drawing enthusiasts excited to explore process and technique for creating characters for stories with artist James Warhola. (Nephew of Andy Warhol, James has illustrated over two dozen children’s books.) Bring pencils and sketchbook. 

Class limited to 20 people.

Price: One admission price for the entire Symposium.

  • $65 members
  • $85 non-members
 

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Illustrator Series – Scott Gustafson

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Illustrator: Scott Gustafson
In Gustafson’s delightful style of illustrating fairy tales, the characters come to life as they are imagined, in such classic stories as “Peter Pan,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and many more.

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Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

Illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:
  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Illustrator Series – Anna Dittmann

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Artist: Anna Dittmann
As a rising young star in the field of fantasy illustration, Dittmann has taken advantage of changes in the way artists learn and produce their craft illustrating for a variety of media, including book covers, comic books, tattoos, magazines, and advertisements.

Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

Illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:

  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – The Magic of Trees, Plein Air with Ruth Sanderson

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Saturday, August 7 from 1-4 p.m.
Outside on the Museum Terrace

Fantasy art is a blend of realism and imagination. In this intensive plein air workshop, Ruth Sanderson will demonstrate painting one of the many great trees on the Museum grounds, and incorporating a fantasy element into the painting—such as a tree spirit, fairies, or other imagined creatures, etc., and then instructing participants in creating their own oil painting.  An accomplished, award winning artist, Sanderson is featured in the Fantasy exhibition.

Canvas and basic oil paint included; participants may bring favorite colors if desired. See program description online for full supply list.

Price: 

  • $95 members
  • $125 non-members
 

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Illustrator Series – Bob Eggleton

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Illustrator: Bob Eggleton
One of the established superstars of “weird fantasy” artwork, Eggleton has illustrated and written numerous science fiction and fantasy books, and between 1994 and 2004 won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times.

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Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

Illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:
  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Illustrator Series – Julie Bell

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Illustrator: Julie Bell
After becoming a nationally ranked bodybuilder, Julie Bell began a career in illustration, creating advertisements for numerous companies, designing video game packaging art, and working in the comic book industry, where she became the first woman to illustrate Conan the Barbarian for Marvel Comics.

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Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

Illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:
  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – Plein Air Landscape Painting with Dan Howe

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Saturday, August 21 from 1-4 p.m.
Outside on the Museum Terrace

Accomplished Artist Dan Howe will present plein air landscape painting techniques in oils , and then guide participants in the creation of their own artworks on the Museum grounds. Participants will be welcomed to add fantasy elements, inspired by the Enchanted exhibitions, to their paintings.

Up to 20 people; supply list provided.

Price: 

  • $65 members
  • $85 non-members

3rd Annual Art of Brewing Festival

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tickets: $20 for members, $35 for non-members.
(valid ID with proof of age required to participate in beer tasting)

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Join us for the third annual Art of Brewing Festival on August 21st.  Spend an afternoon sampling some of the best local brews and local food. Be inspired by illustration art in the galleries and on the beer cans!

Participants receive ten sample pours and a souvenir pint glass.  Purchase food from some of the best local food truck vendors, view current and past label art from the brewers, and see the summer’s featured exhibits in the galleries during the day.  There will be music, lawn games and fun.  You’ll get inspired by illustrations found on everyday objects – like beer cans!

Tuesday Nights: Meet the Illustrator Series – Gary Gianni

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Tuesday evenings in July and August at 5:30p.m.

Featured Illlustrator: Gary Gianni
Gary Gianni follows in the footsteps of artists like N.C. Wyeth and Hal Foster, illustrating the comic strip Prince Valiant, classic tales such as Moby Dick and Kidnapped, and the latest book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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Meet the international illustrators featured in the Fantasy Art exhibition on view at the Museum this summer. Join us in person, or online to hear from these world class illustrators. Learn about what inspires them, their current work, and future aspirations, followed by a Q&A.

Illustrators will stream in from their studios far and wide. Join in person, via a large digital screen, on the Museum’s scenic terrace; now offering beer, wine and a specialty cocktail, and ala carte menu; bring your friends! Enjoy online with our NRM global community; we’ll share a fantastical cocktail recipe to make.

Price: 
Access to the online stream at the Museum is free with regular admission, cash bar.

Online participants:
  • Free for members
  • $5 non-members

Outdoor Screening: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM,
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL,
& OLD MILL ROAD MEDIA

Invite you to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

with a special outdoor screening of the movie
and special guest KAREN ALLEN

Wednesday August 25, 2021 - 6:00 pm
at Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, MA

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$125 per person (includes reception and movie)
$20 per person – movie viewing on the lawn
Children under 17 are free on the lawn.

August Adventures – Free Admission Day

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, the Museum has partnered with the Highland Street Foundation to offer free admission day as part of their August Adventures program.

We thank the Highland Street Foundation for their support of August Adventures.

PLEASE NOTE:
Capacity to the Museum is limited. Please reserve your tickets online to guarantee your entry into the Museum on August 31, 2021.

Norman Rockwell: The Rising Tide – Live Webinar

Live Webinar

This event is organized by the Appraisers Association.
September 20, 2021 1-2 p.m. EST

America’s most prominent twentieth-century illustrator, Norman Rockwell was revered by his public and reviled by many in the art world, but his paintings were made to last. Replaced at the turn of a page by a succession of magazine issues and illustrations, his visual narratives called the history of European art into play, employing classical painting methodology to weave contemporary tales inspired by everyday people and places. A cast of affable, exquisitely painted characters and a plethora of supporting details kept him and his audience engaged, and inspired belief by millions in the uniquely American vision that he conceived and continued to refine.

$25 – $30

ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Enchanted: Mythology and Fairy Tales – Keynote Program

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Friday, October 22 from 7pm to 8:30 p.m.

Keynote: 
Alice A. Carter, Author and Illustration Historian
On the Side of the Angels: Fantasy in an Age of Discovery

Price: One admission price for the entire Symposium.

  • $15 members
  • $20 non-members - Pay What You Choose option available
$15 – $20

ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Enchanted: Mythology and Fairy Tales

Virtual Norman Rockwell Museum Virtual Museum, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Saturday, October 23, from 10am to 12:30pm

Opening Remarks:
Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director/Chief Curator
Real and Imagined: Fantastical Rockwell
 Artist Panel One: The Fairy Tale in Fantasy Art

  • Ruth Sanderson
  • Jane Yolen

 Artist Panel Two: The Making of Myth
  • Victo Ngai
  • Justin Gerard
  • Iain McCaig

Price: One admission price for the entire Symposium.
  • $15 members
  • $20 non-members
$15 – $20

Opening Weekend: Jan Brett – Stories Near & Far

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Join us to explore our new holiday/winter exhibition, complete with creative scavenger hunts for children and families; recorded story readings by Jan Brett; and artist signed books available in the Museum store. Included with admission; free for kids & teens, and Members.

Member’s Viewing Party with Jan Brett

Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Meet the artist at this exclusive member’s exhibition preview of Jan Brett Stories Near & Far. Pre-order personalized and signed books. Free for Members, by reservation only; limited capacity and timed tickets.

Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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