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February Vacation Week at NRM
February 17, 18, 20 & 21 | 11 AM – 3 PM
Join our fun and engaging family programs to see how Norman Rockwell and other artists in the Illustrators of Light exhibition on view, used light to tell stories, create emotions, and bring paintings to life. Their artwork captures the magic of electric lighting—something we now take for granted but was once a brand-new wonder!
NRM Presents All for Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course
Stockbridge, MA, February 6, 2025 – Norman Rockwell Museum is excited to announce the opening of a new exhibition, All for Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. The exhibition, which will run through June 15, 2025, explores the creative genius behind the Famous Artists Cartoonist Course, an influential mid-century training program that shaped generations of cartoonists and contributed to the golden age of American humor.
The Berkshire Eagle: Readings at Rockwell
STOCKBRIDGE — Readings at Rockwell, a new literary series highlighting the power of the written word through dramatic readings, will feature the works of three iconic American authors: Shirley Jackson, Toni Morrison, and Edith Wharton. The literary series, a new partnership between the Norman Rockwell Museum and The Mount, will take place the first Wednesday of each month from March through May, in the museum's galleries. The series, curated by The Mount’s Director of Public Programming Sarah Margolis-Pineo, aligns with Anita Kunz's "Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage."
NRM and The Mount Announce Readings at Rockwell
Stockbridge, MA – January 22, 2025 – The Norman Rockwell Museum is partnering with The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home to present Readings at Rockwell, a new literary series that highlights the power of the written word through dramatic readings of stories by three iconic American authors: Shirley Jackson, Toni Morrison, and Edith Wharton. These intimate performances, held on the first Wednesday of each month from March through May 2025, will take place in the Museum's galleries. The series, curated by The Mount’s Director of Public Programming Sarah Margolis-Pineo, aligns with Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage, an exhibition by renowned illustrator Anita Kunz that reveals and honors the legacy of 285 trailblazing women, both past and present.
The Boston Globe reviews “Original Sisters”
Today “Original Sisters’’ feels urgent. It’s a heartening tether between untold histories and a threatening future. As a woman standing in Kunz’s hall of sisters, I felt a knot inside me loosen. Look who we are, I thought. Look what we can do...
Times Union reviews NRM’s Virtual Field Trip
When the Norman Rockwell Museum sent its “Imagining Freedom” exhibition on its international tour in 2018, something unusual accompanied artist Norman Rockwell’s famous Civil Rights images: a virtual reality experience. By sliding on headsets, 50,000 adventurous — and mostly younger — visitors connected “with almost every object in the exhibition through virtual reality,” said Rich Bradway, the museum’s digital innovation officer, and they interacted with how the art “connected to the culture and society.”
Norman Rockwell Holiday Covers
Norman Rockwell, one of America's most beloved illustrators, created 29 Christmas-related covers for The Saturday Evening Post between 1916 and 1963. These covers, filled with warmth, nostalgia, and the spirit of the holiday season, have become iconic representations of Christmas for many.
NRM Announces 2025 Exhibitions and Program Highlights
Stockbridge, Mass. – December 19, 2024 – Norman Rockwell Museum announces today, the 2025 lineup of exhibitions, and highlights some key events and programs in the coming year. Continuing its focus on the breadth of American illustration art, the Museum offers three major exhibition opportunities, and three collection highlight installations. Visitors can explore diverse eras and forms of visual storytelling, including classic works by Rockwell, intricate photographic illustrations by Walter Wick, narrative portraits of notable women by Anita Kunz, cartoon art by the legendary artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course, and the striking published art of the Jazz Age...
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.