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.
Friday, June 18 from 7pm to 8:30 p.m.
Keynote:
Jesse Kowalski, Exhibition Curator
A History of Modern Fantasy Illustration
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
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:
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 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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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:
Tickets: $20 for members, $35 for non-members.
(valid ID with proof of age required to participate in beer tasting)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Children’s Book Readings from Jan Brett: Stories Near and Far, on the hour
Throughout the day:
Throughout the Day!
Winter Wonderland Scavenger Hunts (for children & families)
Jan Brett-signed books available in the Museum Store. Included with admission; free for kids & teens. Advance admission tickets at NRM.org
Book Launch Celebration: Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker
Sorry, this day is at capacity, no more RSVPs permitted. Pre-signed books are available through the Museum Store at Store.NRM.org.
Meet author/illustrator Jan Brett and Hedgie, a costumed character and beloved favorite from her stories! Set out on a Winter Wonderland Scavenger Hunt for kids and families; and enjoy recorded book readings by the artist herself.
11 - 11:30 Meet, Greet & Book Signing* with Jan
11:30 - 12:00 Meet, Greet & Book Signing* with Jan
1 p.m. : Remarks, Reading, Drawing Demo, and Book Signing*
Enjoy a drawing demo, readings, and book signing* of her newest book, Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker, as well as other classic favorites.
2 - 3 p.m. : Book Signing* with Jan
3 - 4 p.m. : Book Signing* with Jan
Included with admission; pre-ordered book required for book signing. (Minimum of one book, max of two please.*) Free for kids & teens, and Members, with book purchase.
*Please note: Jan will do her very best to sign books with personal inscriptions; depending on the number of attendees, she may provide hand-signed bookplates as an alternative; these will be available for all personal book copies.
An indoor adventure with the beloved stories and animals featured in Jan Brett’s books, on view in our featured exhibition Jan Brett: Stories Near & Far. Explore the art on view by going on a Winter Wonderland Scavenger Hunt. Readings from Jan Brett’s books are scheduled throughout the week and take-home activities are available. Find your favorite books in the Museum store, signed by the artist!
Included with admission; free for kids & teens, and Members. Advance admission tickets at NRM.org
The Norman Rockwell Museum will be closed Saturday, January 1st through Friday, January 7th, 2022. The Museum will be re-open again on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10AM. Have a happy and safe holiday season!
FREE EVENT
Join us for a live art activity with illustrator Jan Brett during this lively, interactive online program. The artist will read Cozy and lead an art activity inspired by her beloved characters. Bring your pencil, paper, and your questions along – a conversation with Jan will follow!
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.
