Returning to Stockbridge following a six city tour that has taken Rockwell’s art and the work of other creators to New York, Detroit, Washington DC, Normandy, France, Houston, and Denver, Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom explores the indelible odyssey of the Four Freedoms, humanity’s greatest and sometimes most elusive ideals.
Your perfect Sunday afternoon… music and art surrounded by nature. With gratitude to regional and internationally acclaimed musicians thrilled to share their passion and talent with you on the beautiful lawn of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Featured Artists:
The Richard Stanmeyer Quintent
Program:
Original compositions by Richard Stanmeyer, notable jazz standards, plus pieces by Billy Strayhorn and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Your perfect Sunday afternoon… music and art surrounded by nature. With gratitude to regional and internationally acclaimed musicians thrilled to share their passion and talent with you on the beautiful lawn of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and regional musicians
Program:
Selections from Marcelo, Beach, and Mozart
Your perfect Sunday afternoon… music and art surrounded by nature. With gratitude to regional and internationally acclaimed musicians thrilled to share their passion and talent with you on the beautiful lawn of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Featured Artists:
Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and regional musicians
Program:
Selections from Vivaldi, Mozart, Foote, and Gould
Your perfect Sunday afternoon… music and art surrounded by nature. With gratitude to regional and internationally acclaimed musicians thrilled to share their passion and talent with you on the beautiful lawn of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
This event is sold out but spaces are still available for the August 30 Performance.
Featured Artists:
The Richard Stanmeyer Quintent
Program:
Original compositions by Richard Stanmeyer, notable jazz standards, plus pieces by Billy Strayhorn and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
We’re excited to welcome you back on Sunday, July 12, 2020! Advance online purchase of timed-tickets will be required. We will be observing new measures that are required to ensure the safety of all patrons and staff. LEARN MORE>
The Museum will begin selling timed-tickets to the Museum starting on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 12pm EST. The Museum will re-open to the public starting on July 12, 2020.
ONLINE Sketchatorian: A Contemporary Twist on Classic Illustration with Skylar Smith Thursday, May 7 “Drawing You into History, One Illustration at a Time” Join arts and cultural historian Skylar Smith for this series of snappy virtual art experiences exploring the social, cultural, and material underpinnings of classic illustrations, which are re-contextualized for today’s times. The continuity and evolution of American identity, branding, politics, women’s rights, and gender identity is explored with humor, wit, and a [...]
From the Archives is a video series that explores the archives of the Norman Rockwell Museum. In these videos, the NRM Curatorial staff will highlight both archival elements both from Norman Rockwell but also from the Museum’s broader illustration collection. Each episode will focus on a unique theme.
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.
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.
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.
The Stockbridge Room (lower level of the museum) will be closed at 2 - 4 p.m. today
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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.
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:
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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
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.
