MUSICAL PERFORMANCES The Stockbridge Sinfonia Saturday, July 21 2 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon of music, on the Museum’s terrace with this long-running community orchestra, which celebrates the talents of developing musicians and seasoned performers. Free. Museum admission is not included.
The Roots of Inspiration: Contemporary Artists Speak Sunday, July 22 1:30 p.m. Where do artists derive inspiration and what lessons do they glean from their teachers and peers? Join Keepers of the Flame curator Dennis Nolan, and accomplished illustrator/educators Doug Andersen, C.F. Payne, and Bill Thomson for a look at the advice that has meant the most to them through the years.
Master Class: Drawing and Painting with the Romans Monday July 23 – Friday, July 27 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This engaging week-long experience with gifted illustrators and educators Irena and John Roman will focus on advancing student skills in drawing, perspective, and watercolor painting.
Telling Stories: An Evening with Pamela Paul Thursday, July 26 5:30 p.m. Discuss the power of published imagery and the narratives that are derived at the intersection of images and words with Pamela Paul, Editor of The New York Times Book Review—a richly-illustrated weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the [...]
Painting Like the Golden Age Masters of the Brandywine, Dan Howe Monday, July 30 - Friday, August 3 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Painter/illustrator Dan Howe will share his rich knowledge of the approaches to drawing and painting that were used by America’s most prominent Golden Age illustrators.
The Brain and the Portrait: With Dr. Donald B. Giddon Thursday, August 2 5:30 p.m. Examine the visual and emotional aspects of painted and drawn portraits, from the art of Norman Rockwell and others to imagery appearing on religious icons, coins, and stamps. Current research on the anatomical bases of perception of facial attractiveness will be explored. Dr. Donald B. Giddon, a former Dean at New York University, was also Professor of Psychology in [...]
POSTPONED YOUTH LEADERSHIP WEEK Student Ambassadors: A Junior Docent Program Monday, August 6 - Friday, August 10 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. For Ages 10 to 15 This program will not be held at the above stated date/time; but we hope to reschedule in the near future. Please contact us to add your name to the mailing list for further updates and information. Join us for this engaging week-long program that will enhance student appreciation [...]
THE ART OF BREWING An Artful Beer Tasting with Collective Arts Brewing Monday, August 6 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m Collective Arts Brewing in Ontario, Canada commissions artists to adorn their cans and curates music to accompany each craft beer. Bob Russell, the company’s co-founder, will attend to discuss the relationship of artists and advertising, and the work that has given their products a unique twist. Russell was inspired by Norman Rockwell’s illustrations [...]
Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak Thursday, August 9 5:30 p.m. Join Massachusetts artists Bri Hermanson, Jane Feldman, Peter Zeirlin and juror/artist Pops Peterson whose work is featured in Reimagining the Four Freedoms, a Museum exhibition currently on view at Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy in New York. Artists will share their perspectives on the shape of freedom today, as reflected in their work. Bri Hermanson’s clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pentagram, Xerox, Philanthropy [...]
Annual United States Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony Friday, August 10 10 a.m. In partnership with Berkshire Immigrant Center, Norman Rockwell Museum will host its annual naturalization ceremony for Berkshire County residents who immigrated to the United States from around the world. Seating is limited to new citizens and their families. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.
Daily Keepers of the Flame Gallery Talks Make the most of your visit and let our expert guides introduce you to our special exhibit, Keepers of the Flame: Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell & the Narrative Tradition! The gallery talks take place at 3:00 and they are about 15 minutes in length. The talk scheduled for 10:30 a.m. WILL NOT TAKE PLACE however there WILL be a Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell talk at 11 a.m. Free with Museum admission.
Gallery Orientation Talks
Make the most of your visit with a 20 minute orientation talk! The gallery talks take place at 11, 12:30, and 2:30 and they are about 20 minutes in length. Let our expert gallery guides introduce you to the art and life of Norman Rockwell and the special highlights of our collection.
Free with Museum admission.
Painting in Song—Visions of Norman Rockwell Saturday, August 11 5:30 p.m. Paintings in Song is a multi-disciplinary art collaboration between Berkshire-based composer John Myers, choral ensemble Crescendo and its Artistic Director Christine Gevert, and the Norman Rockwell Museum. Spend an evening as we present the video recording of its premiere performance at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, recorded on April 1, 2017. This presentation will be followed by remarks from John Myers, Christine Gevert and Norman Rockwell Museum Deputy-Director and Chief Curator Stephanie [...]
The Art and Lives of Parrish, Wyeth, and Rockwell Thursday, August 16 5:30 p.m. Join Keepers of the Flame Curator Dennis Nolan and Norman Rockwell Museum Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett for this lively gallery conversation about the lives of art of three of America's most noted Golden Age illustrators, Maxfield Parrish, NC Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell. Original works of art, on view in our current exhibition, will inspire dialogue about their unique experiences and signature styles, which [...]
SATURDAY ART TALKS Moving Pictures: A History of Hand-Drawn Animation, 1912 to 1990 Saturday, August 18 1:30 p.m Through animated film clips, interviews, and documentary footage, Curator of Exhibitions Jesse Kowalski will discuss how animated film evolved from its earliest stages—from experimental films to cartoon shorts from the 1930s through the 1950s and the transition to television and evolution of Saturday morning cartoons. Learn about the people and studios behind some of animation’s most beloved characters, [...]
Art Music: An A Cappella Evening with Quintessential Thursday, August 23 5:30 p.m. Join us for our annual evening of curated music by Quintessential, a talented a cappella group featuring tenors Al Thorp, Jay Wise and Jim McMenamy, and bass/baritone David Anderegg. Their engaging program and commentary has been designed to complement our current exhibition and the works on view. In this program, Quintessential will share favorite songs that tell real stories...stories with a beginning [...]
BREATHE IN Yoga, Art, and Mindfulness: A Kripalu/Norman Rockwell Museum Collaboration Sunday, August 26 – Friday, August 31 Five-Day Overnight Program We are proud to partner with Kripalu for a one-of-a-kind program exploring the intersection of mindfulness, art, and creativity. Art theory, observation, and practice work perfectly with mindfulness techniques such as deep, spiritual expression manifests in more visible and concrete ways. Please register through Kripalu at https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/yoga-art-and-mindfulness or call 866.200.5203.
The New Woman in American Popular Culture Thursday, August 30 5:30 p.m. Author and Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies Fellow Barbara Tepa Lupack, Ph.D., will explore the role of magazine illustration and editorial/political cartoons in defining and popularizing the notion of the “New Woman” of the turn of the twentieth century, whose emergence in fashion, art, and society helped to shape the careers of such female illustrators as Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Jessie Wilcox Smith, [...]
Enjoy Norman Rockwell Museum’s exhibitions and programs for free all day, for individuals and families!* This special opportunity is supported by The Highland Street Foundation. Please anticipate larger than usual attendance on this day; additional wait time for restrooms, café, and store are possible. Please follow directions for overflow parking in designated areas. Never been to Norman Rockwell Museum before? Take a few minutes to explore our offerings and visitor information: Directions Visitor Info *Group [...]
FESTIVAL DAY Celebrating the Four Freedoms Saturday, September 8 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings with a day of programming that will explore these timeless artworks and the World War II period. Talks, tours, and performances will include a showing of The Cummington Story, a short documentary created in 1945 portraying the gradual absorption of members of a refugee hotel into a New England town. Music from [...]
Explore Norman Rockwell’s unique brand of visual storytelling during this enlightening and engaging series exploring the artist’s adventures in illustration, with Curator of Education Tom Daly.
PAINT OUT! In Plein Air: On-Site Painting Program Saturday, September 15 12 - 4 p.m. Join us on our grounds for this exciting outdoor painting event , inspired by the Museum’s bucolic 36-acre estate, on Saturday, September 15, from 12 to 4 p.m. Artist Dan Howe will present plein air painting demonstrations, and then guide participants in the creation of their own artworks. Visitors will be provided with an understanding of painting and artistic techniques [...]
SATURDAY ART TALKS Narrative Art Matters, with Alice A. Carter Saturday, September 22 1:30 p.m. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors adorned caves in Southern Europe with rock art so sophisticated, that even ardent admirers questioned its antiquity. Author, illustrator, and art historian Alice A. Carter will discuss the centuries-old narrative tradition that is vital to our understanding of the human experience. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.
Berkshire Magazine event scheduled for this Thursday has been postponed. We will keep you updated on a rescheduled date.
Narrated Painting and Drawing Demonstrations Painting Like Rockwell Saturdays, October 6, November 3, December 1, January 5, February 2 1:30 p.m. Join illustrator/painter Dan Howe as he explores, explains, and demonstrates Norman Rockwell’s process for creating a painted image. Through live drawing and painting demonstrations and discussions, the step-by-step technique of America’s most beloved illustrator will be brought to light. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.
ONE DAY WORKSHOP Making a Scene: Digital Painting with Adobe Photoshop With Patrick O’Donnell Saturday, October 20 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Join gaming artist and Museum educator Patrick O’Donnell to explore the step-by-step process used in creating a digital painting with Adobe Photoshop. Topics will include reference gathering, collage and color matching, and the methods used to design seamless virtual scenes. $20, $15 members. Please pre-register; register@nrm.org, or call 413-931-2221
An Evening with Illustrator Bri Hermanson Saturday, October 20 5 p.m. A gifted scratchboard illustrator, Bri Hermanson has created works for such clients as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, SKYY Vodka, Xerox, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Norman Rockwell Museum's traveling exhibition, Reimagining The Four Freedoms. She will describe the ways that she has told stories of cultural significance through her work, while adding a human element we recognize in the art of Norman Rockwell. Born 100 years [...]
PRE-HALLOWEEN TOUR Luminaries: Exploring Stockbridge Cemetery Thursday, October 25 5 p.m. Join Curator of Education Tom Daly for a walking history tour of Stockbridge Cemetery, which boasts the burial sites of such luminaries as Norman Rockwell, Elizabeth Freeman, the Sedgwick Family, and other notable town residents. A cider and donut reception will precede the tour on the lawn adjacent to the bell tower parking area at the Old Town Hall. $5, members and children 18 [...]
Meet Rockwell’s Models Fridays, November 2, December 7, January 4, February 1 3 p.m. Find out what it was like to pose for America’s favorite illustrator from Rockwell’s own models, who will share their personal experiences. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission. Art Talk Series Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission. Free for children 18 and under.
Norman Rockwell in Detail Fridays, November 9, December 14, January 11, February 8 1:30 p.m. Explore Norman Rockwell’s unique brand of visual storytelling during this enlightening and engaging series exploring the artist’s adventures in illustration, with Curator of Education Tom Daly. Featured topics include: Celebrating Our Veterans—Rockwell’s Tributes (Veterans Day, November 9); Norman Rockwell: Covering the Holidays (December 14); Remembering the Four Freedoms (January 11); Norman Rockwell’s Presidents and Candidates (February 8). Free for Museum [...]
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.
