Norman Rockwell: Humorous Tales and Little Known Facts
Friday, February 14, 2:30 p.m.

Celebrate Rockwell's unique brand of humor during this enlightening series exploring the artist's adventures in illustration. Free with Museum admission, members free.

Clothes Make the Man
(and Woman)
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m.

Explore the meaning ascribed to clothing and to ever-changing fashion trends through the decades, as illustrated on The Saturday Evening Post. Tea and treats will be served. Free with Museum admission.

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Abraham Lincoln Remembers
Saturday, February 15, 5 p.m.

Our 16th President looks back on his eventful life in this portrayal by Phil Jessen, who brings depth and dimension to this well-known public figure through the art of first-person interpretation. An outstanding actor who has brought Abraham Lincoln to life for all ages, Mr. Jessen is a life member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters. A reception and refreshments will follow each program. Adults $10, $6 members; Children 12 and under $5; free with Museum admission.

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Dancing Princesses: The Fairy Tale Art of Ruth Sanderson
Through March 9, 2014

28th Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show
Through March 9, 2014

Wendell Minor's America
Through May 26, 2014

A special selection from:
Norman Rockwell:
Behind the Camera
Through May 31, 2014

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Fact or Fiction?
Every Picture Tells a Story
Sunday, February 16 through Friday, February 21,
1 to 5 p.m.

Explore how the art of Norman Rockwell, Ruth Sanderson, and Wendell Minor tell stories in pictures, and create artworks in mixed media that express your own ideas in these special drop-in workshops for all ages. Special events: Meet Ruth Sanderson on Sunday; take part in a Berkshire Carousel Carving Workshop on Thursday and Friday. Free with museum admission, members free.

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Baseball, Rodeos, and Automobiles: The Art of Murray Tinkelman
March 29 through June 15, 2014

Celebrate the art of Murray Tinkelman, an award-winning artist who has received illustration's highest honors. Baseball, rodeos, classic cars, Native American culture, and other themes that inspire the artist's passionate, life-long interest will be reflected in the works on view.

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Image credits:

Photo of Norman Rockwell with Lincoln the Railsplitter (Young Woodcutter), 1964. Photo by Louie Lamone. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. ©Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved.

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), She's My Baby, 1927. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 4, 1927. Oil on canvas. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Young Jr. ©SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.

Wendell Minor, Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, 2008. Illustration for Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh, Henry Holt and Co. Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection. ©Wendell Minor. All rights reserved.

Ruth Sanderson, Twelve Dancing Princesses, 1990. Cover illustration for Ruth Sanderson's The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1990; Crocodile Books, 2012) Oil on canvas. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, gift from Sanderson MacLeod, Inc. ©Ruth Sanderson. All rights reserved.

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Merry-Go-Round, 1947. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 3, 1927. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collection. ©SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.

Artwork by Murray Tinkelman, 1971. ©Murray Tinkelman. All rights reserved.