Martin Luther King Weekend A Place to Land: Jerry Pinkney - Artist Talk and Book Signing Saturday, January 18, 1 p,m Caldecott Medalist illustrator Jerry Pinkney will share his creative process illustrating his new book, A Place to Land, written by Barry Wittenstein.
Martin Luther King Weekend Readings from How to be an Antiracist Monday, January 20, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Join local students, Museum staff, and volunteers in a reading of National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, How to Be an Antiracist . Part memoir, this extraordinary and timely book was published in August 2019. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
Martin Luther King Weekend MLK Day Family Art Adventure: Monday, January 20, 1 p.m. This family program appropriate for elementary age students and their caregivers includes close looking and conversation about Norman Rockwell’s civil rights images, reading of the new children’s book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniau, and art making in response. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
David Macaulay: The Making of Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World Sunday, January 26, 1 p.m. Meet legendary artist and author David Macaulay whose work is on view. He will discuss the making of Crossing on Time, his personal memoir of immigrating to the United States from Great Britain on the extraordinary steamship the SS United States. A book signing will follow. Free for Members, children/teens 18 [...]
35th Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show Opening Saturday, February 1, 2 – 4 p.m. A diverse selection of original works by talented teens. At 2:30 p.m., a reception will feature guest speaker Wendell Minor with an inspiring story on becoming an artist. A book signing will follow. Free for artists and their families on opening day. Sponsored by Berkshire Bank
Celebrate Norman Rockwell's birthday today with free cupcakes while supplies last!
Norman Rockwell: American Freedom Private Tour and Reception Invitation only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Tuesday, February 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Rockwell Society members are invited to join Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum for a private tour of the Four Freedoms exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Private tour begins at 5:00pm. Reception from 6:00-8:00pm with remarks at 6:30pm. Thank you to the Host Committee Co-Chairs, Marita [...]
Meet Rockwell’s Models First Fridays, November 1, December 6, January 3, February 7, 3 p.m. Find out what it was like to pose for America’s favorite illustrator from Rockwell’s own models. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. December 6: Ed Locke – model for The Runaway; Before the Shot January 3: Ed Locke February 7: Claire Williams - model for Family Planting Tree, Woman at Home, Woman at Office
Meet Rockwell’s Models First Fridays, November 1, December 6, January 3, February 7, 3 p.m. Find out what it was like to pose for America’s favorite illustrator from Rockwell’s own models. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. December 6: Ed Locke – model for The Runaway; Before the Shot January 3: Ed Locke February 7: Claire Williams - model for Family Planting Tree, Woman at Home, Woman at Office
Norman Rockwell in Detail Second Fridays, November - February 1:00 p.m. Explore Norman Rockwell’s unique brand of visual storytelling and the artist’s adventures in illustration with Curator of Education Tom Daly. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. Featured topics include: November 8: Rockwell’s Images of Home December 13: Rockwell on the Holidays January 10: This Land is Your Land by Woodie Guthrie and Rockwell’s Sense of Place February 14: Rockwell [...]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT This special conversation and tour with Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett will take a small group into the archives for a rare opportunity to see artworks about love not currently on view. Limited to 12 people. Tickets required. $30 includes admission; members free.
Frances Jetter Weekend Frances Jetter: The Making of Amalgam Sunday, February 16, 1 p.m. Meet renowned artist Frances Jetter whose work is on view. She will share the process of making Amalgam, her visual memoir of her grandfather’s immigration from Poland to the United States. A print signing will follow. ABOUT MASTER ARTIST WEEKENDS A rare opportunity to learn from the four unique and brilliant Finding Home artists; each will offer a Saturday master class [...]
NRM Storybooth: Record Your Story! Saturday, November 9, Saturday, December 14, Sunday, January 19, Sunday, February 16, 2 p.m. Record your story at the NRM story booth! Bring a meaningful object or image and tell us the story behind it. We learn from each other’s stories. Select stories will be shared through the digital interactive in the Finding Home exhibition. This project is an extension of the Berkshire Immigrant Stories project developed by the Tenement [...]
Sketch Club - Digital Days: Personal Geographies Monday - Friday, February 17 - 21, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Ages 7 and up. Create images with digital technology inspired by images from the Finding Home exhibit. Who are we, where are we going, and how can we show it in an image? This class encourages experimentation and skill development using iPads (provided). Check out #nrmsketchclub online. $8, $5 members. Event Sponsor:
Virtual Reality Rockwell! Every Day over February school vacation week 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The magic of virtual reality (VR) gives a new view into Rockwell’s Four Freedoms. Discover the themes of the paintings, war time culture, Rockwell’s painting process, parodies of Rockwell’s paintings, and much more. 10 minute session, or as time permits.
New! Cover This! Third Fridays, November - February, 1 p.m. Enjoy close looking at specific themes in Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post Covers This is a walking and conversation tour. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. November 15, Home December 20, Music January 17, Journeys February 21, Love
Drop-In Art Program - Journeys, Perspective, and Storytelling with Images Monday - Friday, February 17 - 21, 1 - 4 p.m. Enjoy this fun-filled week of drop-in art activities for all ages. Each day will feature close looking at images, style, and technique of an artist on view starting with Rockwell’s Day In The Life of a Girl. Explore the themes, journey, and perspective; then create an image that tells a personal story. Free for [...]
Americanness and Identity in Art MCLA Student Presentations Sunday, March 1, 2 p.m. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts students share projects that reflect on the concept of identity and Americanness in art. Projects will explore Rockwell's representations of gender, race, class, age, and nationality with Professor Hannah Noel. Voices – Stories from our Community First Sundays, March 1, April 5, May 3, 2 p.m. This series welcomes a variety of voices from our community to [...]
Art Adventures for Kids First Sundays, March 1, April 5, May 3, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Ages 5 - 10. Get to know your Museum! Each adventure includes a welcome activity, gallery exploration, stories, and art making using a variety of techniques and materials. Grownups are welcome to participate in the program or visit the Museum on their own.
The Stockbridge Room (lower level of the museum) will be closed at 2 - 4 p.m. today
Digital Art Demonstration and Conversation Saturdays, March 7, April 4, May 9, 1-3 p.m. Discover the magic behind digital art with Educator/ illustrator Patrick O’Donnell as he demonstrates and discusses l illustration techniques in Photoshop employed by many top illustrators today including the artists currently on view, Yuyi Morales and Frances Jetter.
Daily Gallery Talks are suspended in observance of public health guidelines. Read more here... Gallery & Exhibition Orientation Talks Daily Make the most of your visit with our orientation talks with expert guides, included with admission! Rockwell Gallery Talks at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.; approximately 20 minutes. Special Exhibition Talks featuring Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys at 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. approximately 20 minutes.
This program is suspended in observance of public health guidelines. Read more here... Norman Rockwell in Detail Second Fridays, March - June 1:00 p.m. Explore Norman Rockwell’s unique brand of visual storytelling and the artist’s adventures in illustration with Curator of Education Tom Daly.
This program is suspended in observance of public health guidelines. Read more here... What are our journeys and what makes home? Join us for a multimedia performance of art, memoir and Berkshire immigrant stories followed by a community conversation. This show is based on four personal immigration stories by artists David Macaulay, Frances Jetter, James McMullan and Yuyi Morales, all on view in Finding Home: Four Artists' Journeys at the Norman Rockwell Museum through May 25. These artists’ visual memoirs are woven with Berkshire Immigrant Stories to invite reflection on our own and others’ stories, and how together we make a community. Created at the Norman Rockwell Museum, directed and performed by local high school students and performed at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. All are welcome.
ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Illustration and Its Histories: New Resources, New Voices, New Directions Organized by the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College, New York City, this one-day interdisciplinary symposium brings together scholars, curators, and artists who are exploring new approaches to the study of illustration within historical and contemporary frameworks.
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.
