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Norman Rockwell Holiday Covers Norman Rockwell, Christmas Trio, 1923. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1923. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, Norman [...]
The Berkshire Eagle Highlights ‘Illustrators of Light’
Electric light is something we take for granted. But just over 100 years ago, half of all homes in the U.S. were still dependent on gas lights and candles. In the 1920s, as the fledgling technology was introduced to more homes, Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of General Electric, began a marketing campaign exalting the warmth and impact of the incandescent light bulb.
The Berkshire Edge: “NBS’s ‘Today Show’ comes to Stockbridge”
From Tiny Tim to The Big Man and his bride, locals created quite a festive scene as NBC’s “Today Show” hosted by Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager broadcast from the front of The Red Lion Inn, courtesy of affiliate NBC 10 Boston’s evening anchor Priscilla Casper. The production was the first in a series from the network’s long-running news show highlighting America’s most festive Main Streets during the holiday season.
TODAY Show comes to Stockbridge this Friday!
With Christmas now just weeks away, the TODAY Show is bringing back their beloved holiday series, “Merriest Main Street,” where they highlight towns and cities across the country full of holiday cheer and merriment, that attract crowds near and far. They are kicking off their third season of the series, with the town that is pictured in one of Norman Rockwell’s most famous holiday paintings “Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas.
In the Spotlight reviews “Original Sisters”
The unassuming, yet internationally renowned and award-winning, sketch artist Anita Kunz brought a group of 12 media folk on a special tour through her current exhibit “Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage” at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA. Leading the group and answering questions along with Kunz were two staff representatives from NRM.
Greenfield Recorder reviews exhibitions on view
She’s the first woman, and the first Canadian, to present a solo exhibit of her work at the Library of Congress, and two of her paintings can be found at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery. You’d recognize Anita Kunz’s often satirical works from the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time, Rolling Stone and the New York Times magazines as well the designs on more than 50 book jackets.
The Berkshire Eagle reviews “Original Sisters”
When you find them on the walls, you’ll find out that Buffalo Calf Road Woman is the Northern Cheyenne "who has become known as Custer’s final foe” or that Goddard, a victim’s rights activist, is the inventor of the rape kit. You can learn that Smith was the illustrator of the most recognized tarot card deck in the world and that Johnson was a Black transgender woman was one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City.
Norman Rockwell Museum Launches Award-Winning Virtual Field Trip Program to Enhance Art Education Nationwide
Stockbridge, MA – November 25, 2024 – The Norman Rockwell Museum (NRM) is pleased to announce the launch of its innovative Virtual Field Trip (VFT) Imagining Freedom, designed to bring art and civic education directly to students and teachers nationwide. Leveraging advanced interactive technology, the program delivers an engaging virtual museum experience, showcasing Norman Rockwell’s iconic works and significant American illustration art alongside the Museum’s rich educational resources—all digitally accessible to classrooms across the country....
Observer features “Original Sisters”
Anita Kunz has made a career of drawing famous people: presidents and other world leaders for the covers of the New Yorker, Variety and Time…, and rap and rock stars for Rolling Stone. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. For the past four years, however, she’s focused less on portraying VIPs and more on depicting subjects and stories unfamiliar to many or even most of us.
The Berkshire Edge reviews “Original Sisters”
Stockbridge — Portraits of historically famous women, as well as some less well known, are all part of the exhibit “Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage” on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum. The exhibit opened earlier this month and will be on display until May 26. Toronto native Anita Kunz created these portraits during lockdown amidst the COVID pandemic.