Exploring the Four Freedoms

Price: $10 (Virtual Program + Exclusive Q&A)
FREE (Live Web Stream)

Reservations for Zoom are now closed.  You can watch this program for free by watching the live stream on NRM.org and the Museum's YouTube Channel.  The Zoom and YouTube links, with instructions, will be emailed to participants approximately 4 hours prior to each program.

Join three Imagining Freedom catalogue authors - outstanding scholars who will bring little known aspects of the Four Freedoms and Rockwell’s famed paintings into view. What did these stand for in their time? How did they shape perception and generate support for the war effort? Who were they speaking to and who was left out? What do they mean to us today?

Commentators include:
Allida Black, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Millner Center/UVA and historian and advisor to Hillary Clinton (Eleanor Roosevelt & the Declaration of Human Rights: The Four Freedoms in Action);

D.B. Dowd, Professor of Art and American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis (Essay title: Everyman, Meet Somebody: Characterization & Melodrama in Rockwell’s Four Freedoms);

James McCabe, Chief Collections Manager, The Henry Ford Museum (Essay title: Changing the Conversation in Detroit: Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms & the Four Freedoms War Bonds Show).

Exploring the Four Freedoms2020-10-23T15:13:44-04:00

Art, Love, and Identity: The Four Freedoms of Mental Health

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Erik Plakun, Medical Director/ CEO of Austen Riggs Center will share his thoughts on fundamental rights for anyone seeking mental health treatment. Inspired by Rockwell’s personal example and Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, Plakun outlines Four Freedoms of Mental Health in an editorial published recently in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. His Four Freedoms include Freedom from Stigma, Freedom from Dehumanizing Treatment, Freedom to Pursue Recovery, and Freedom of Access to Medically Necessary Treatment.
Art, Love, and Identity: The Four Freedoms of Mental Health2019-07-11T09:40:20-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms: Student Works from the Capital Region”

While its acclaimed exhibition Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & The Four Freedoms continues its international tour this year, Norman Rockwell Museum is once again teaming up with New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors to present an exhibition of student artwork closer to home, exploring what freedom means for a new generation. Reimagining The Four Freedom: Student Works from the Capital Region will return to the Museum for its forth year, with an exhibition on view from March 16 through April 14, 2019.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms: Student Works from the Capital Region”2019-02-27T18:30:50-05:00

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Student Artworks from the Capital Region, New York Closing Celebration

SCHOOL VACATION WEEK
Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Student Artworks from the
Capital Region, New York Closing Celebration
Sunday, April 14,
1 – 3 p.m.
Join the student artists in a closing celebration for this exhibition of original works portraying the meaning of freedom today—artwork created by high school students from New York’s Capital Region.

Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission. Free for children 18 and under.

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Student Artworks from the Capital Region, New York Closing Celebration2019-03-13T11:16:30-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms

Norman Rockwell Museum will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms with the musical performance Paintings in Song, to be held at the Museum on Saturday, November 24, starting at 5:30 p.m. Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s art, Paintings in Song is being performed by choral ensemble Crescendo, led by artistic director Christine Gevert and Berkshire-based composer John Myers.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms2018-11-09T15:51:58-05:00

Anniversary Talk: Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms

ANNIVERSARY TALK
Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms
Sunday, January 6
1:30 p.m.

On January 6, 1941, in his Annual Address to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt argued that Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear should be accepted as human rights not only in the United States, but across the world. On this 78th anniversary of Roosevelt’s Address, Curator of Education Tom Daly will explore the transformation of those Four Freedoms from […]

Anniversary Talk: Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms2018-09-13T14:27:05-04:00

Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms

Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms
Saturday, November 24
5:30 p.m.

Enjoy the Four Freedoms in song with choral ensemble Crescendo, led by artistic director Christine Gevert, and Berkshire-based composer John Myers. Paintings in Song was inspired by Norman Rockwell’s art. His compositions reflect Rockwell’s timeless images in a musical setting, highlighting the continued cultural relevance represented in the artist’s Four Freedoms, among others. Free for Museum members, or included with Museum admission.

Musicians:
Sharon Powers – flute
Charles Huang – oboe
Thomas […]

Paintings in Song—The Four Freedoms2018-11-20T11:14:30-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak

Norman Rockwell Museum will present an evening with contemporary artists whose work is featured in "Reimagining the Four Freedoms," a Museum exhibition currently on view at Hunter College’s Casa Lally in New York, on Thursday, August 9 starting at 5:30 p.m. Artists Bri Hermanson, Jane Feldman, Peter O. Zeirlein, and Pops Peterson, will share their perspectives on the shape of freedom today, as reflected in their work.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak2018-08-03T16:36:51-04:00

FESTIVAL DAY: Celebrating the Four Freedoms

FESTIVAL DAY
Celebrating the Four Freedoms
Saturday, September 8
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings with a day of programming that will explore these timeless artworks and the World War II period. Talks, tours, and performances will include a showing of The Cummington Story, a short documentary created in 1945 portraying the gradual absorption of members of a refugee hotel into a New England town. Music from the Great American Songbook […]

FESTIVAL DAY: Celebrating the Four Freedoms2018-08-27T15:07:11-04:00

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak
Thursday, August 9
5:30 p.m.

Join Massachusetts artists Bri Hermanson, Jane Feldman, Peter Zeirlin and juror/artist Pops Peterson whose work is featured in Reimagining the Four Freedoms, a Museum exhibition currently on view at Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy in New York. Artists will share their perspectives on the shape of freedom today, as reflected in their work. Bri Hermanson’s clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pentagram, Xerox, Philanthropy […]

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Contemporary Artists Speak2018-08-07T14:43:20-04:00

The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great

The Fight for the Four Freedoms:
What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great
Thursday, July 12
5:30 p.m.

Award-winning historian and writer Harvey J. Kaye will offer reflections on the Four Freedoms and their legacy today during this special event. Kaye reveals how the victories and defeats of the Depression Era and World War II, and the struggles of our parents and grandparents, contain the bricks and mortar for rebuilding our democracy. The contributions of Norman Rockwell and […]

The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great2018-07-02T10:38:43-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms”

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms, Norman Rockwell Museum is once again teaming up with New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors to present an exhibition of student artwork, exploring what freedom means for a new generation. Reimagining The Four Freedoms is on view at the Museum from March 16 through April 8, 2018.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms”2018-04-09T11:41:26-04:00

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Student Artwork from Region 6 Capital Eastern District, New York CLOSING RECEPTION

YOUNG ARTISTS SERIES
Reimagining the Four Freedoms:
Student Artwork from Region 6 Capital Eastern District, New York
CLOSING RECEPTION
March 16 to April 8, 2017
Exhibition Event: Sunday, April 8
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

An exhibition of original of original artworks re-imagining Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms by Region 6 Capital Eastern District high school students from Albany, Rensselaer, and Schenectady County will be on view. Free.

Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Student Artwork from Region 6 Capital Eastern District, New York CLOSING RECEPTION2018-03-16T13:58:27-04:00

A Story for Our Time: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms

On January 6, 1941, 77 years ago tomorrow, President Franklin Roosevelt (pictured above in 1934) proclaimed the need to defend four essential freedoms—Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—as a reason for the U.S. to enter World War II. Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms, a major exhibition organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum and opening at the New-York Historical Society on May 25, 2018, tells the story of how the Four Freedoms, as expressed by Rockwell, brought the country together in defense of universal human rights. It is a story for our time.

A Story for Our Time: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms2018-01-05T13:19:09-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Announces Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & The Four Freedoms

At a press briefing held Wednesday, March 29, at New York City's historic Roosevelt House, Norman Rockwell Museum announced details of the first internationally touring exhibition devoted to Rockwell’s iconic depictions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms.

Norman Rockwell Museum Announces Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & The Four Freedoms2018-04-09T11:39:05-04:00

Reimagining The Four Freedoms: Closing Reception

Emily Bini, "Freedom of Education," 2017 Emily Bini, “Freedom of Education,” 2017. Mixed media. Grade 9, Guilderland High School.

Learn what freedom means to today’s younger generation, and meet the artists behind this exhibition of original artworks created by New York Capital Region students.

Organized by New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors, Reimagining The Four Freedoms will feature works from students enrolled in Studio in Art classes […]

Reimagining The Four Freedoms: Closing Reception2017-03-13T12:40:46-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Reimagining The Four Freedoms

For the second year, Norman Rockwell Museum is teaming up with New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors to present a unique exhibition of student artwork exploring what freedom means in the 21st century—Reimagining The Four Freedoms is on view at Norman Rockwell Museum from March 18 through April 9, 2017.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Reimagining The Four Freedoms2017-10-05T10:44:26-04:00

Reimagining The Four Freedoms

Emily Bini, “Freedom of Education”, 2017. Mixed media. Grade 9, Guilderland High School. ©Emily Bini. All rights reserved.

Reimagining The Four Freedoms:

Student Artwork from Capital Region
Eastern District, New York

Young Artists Series

March 18 through April 9, 2017

In celebration of the 76th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech, enjoy this exhibition of original artworks re-imagining the concept and Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings. Organized by New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors, […]

Reimagining The Four Freedoms2017-04-10T09:16:57-04:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Announces Call for Artists to Reimagine the Four Freedoms

Norman Rockwell Museum calls on artists working in all media to reimagine the four essential freedoms enunciated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear, and to consider their relevance today.

Norman Rockwell Museum Announces Call for Artists to Reimagine the Four Freedoms2017-03-01T11:37:25-05:00

Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms

Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms is the first comprehensive traveling exhibition devoted to Norman Rockwell’s iconic depictions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear.

Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms2018-11-14T14:45:09-05:00

WWII on the Homefront – The Four Freedoms (K-12)

WWII ON THE HOMEFRONT – THE FOUR FREEDOMS

An analysis of the images Rockwell painted to describe Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms”, and a brief history of the impact these paintings had on America.

Tell the class about the speech Roosevelt made during WWII in which he described four freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom from want, freedom to worship, and freedom from fear. His point was that these freedoms should […]

WWII on the Homefront – The Four Freedoms (K-12)2017-03-01T11:37:50-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms”

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech, Norman Rockwell Museum is teaming up with New York’s Capital Area Art Supervisors to present a unique exhibition that looks at the concept of the four freedoms, famously painted by artist Norman Rockwell, from the perspective of a new generation. "Reimagining The Four Freedoms" is on view at the Museum from March 11 through April 3, 2016.

Norman Rockwell Museum Presents “Reimagining The Four Freedoms”2017-03-01T11:38:17-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates 75th Anniversary of The Four Freedoms

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of The Four Freedoms, Norman Rockwell Museum will present an afternoon talk and performance on Wednesday, January 6, that pays tribute to President Roosevelt’s speech and Rockwell’s paintings, which are on view and part of the Museum’s permanent collection. Starting at 1 p.m., join members of the Berkshire Music School for a performance of patriotic music from the World War II era. Following the music, the Museum’s Curator of Education Tom Daly will offer historical insight into both Roosevelt’s words and Rockwell’s paintings. The event is free with regular Museum admission.

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates 75th Anniversary of The Four Freedoms2017-03-01T11:38:23-05:00

Reimagining The Four Freedoms

March 11, 2016 through April 3, 2016 * In celebration of the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech, enjoy this exhibition of original artworks re-imagining the concept and Norman Rockwell's iconic paintings. Works from Region 6 Capital Eastern District high school students from Schoharie, Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties will be on view.

Reimagining The Four Freedoms2017-03-01T11:38:42-05:00

“The Four Freedoms” Continue To Reign at New Memorial Park and Norman Rockwell Museum

On January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a speech before Congress, articulating his vision for a postwar world founded on four basic human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The groundbreaking speech also caught the attention of Norman Rockwell, who began working on an iconic series of illustrations depicting each of the freedoms President Roosevelt had outlined in his speech. On Wednesday, October 24 (United Nations Day), another tribute, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, will open on Roosevelt Island in New York City, as a lasting memorial to the President and his ideals that inspired a nation.

“The Four Freedoms” Continue To Reign at New Memorial Park and Norman Rockwell Museum2017-03-01T11:39:58-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Protects The Four Freedoms (Literally) with New Acrylic Glazing

To protect the original Four Freedoms paintings from UV exposure, dust, grime, and an adoring public, the Museum sent the four oil paintings to Williamstown Art Conservation Center last year to be glazed with Tru Vue Optium Museum Acrylic. The glazing project was supported by a grant from the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation, which was generously matched by a private donor.

Norman Rockwell Museum Protects The Four Freedoms (Literally) with New Acrylic Glazing2017-03-01T11:40:01-05:00

The Four Freedoms in Ethiopia

The State Department of the United States of America is actively using cultural diplomacy as a strategy for building bridges with cultures and nations around the world. Ambassador Donald Booth and his wife, retired foreign service officer, Anita Booth, live in a home called Roosevelt House and learned that 2011 was the 70th anniversary of President Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. This inspired the idea to hold an art competition for Ethiopian Artists to render their interpretations of the Four Freedoms today in Ethiopia.

The Four Freedoms in Ethiopia2017-03-01T11:40:48-05:00

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates 70th Anniversary of The Four Freedoms

Norman Rockwell Museum will celebrate the 70th anniversary of “The Four Freedoms,” and the enduring influence of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech and Rockwell's paintings, with a series of community programs starting in January of 2011.

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates 70th Anniversary of The Four Freedoms2017-03-01T11:40:52-05:00

The Four Freedoms: 70th Anniversary Gallery Talk

Thursday, January 6, 2:30 p.m. In his January 6, 1941 address to Congress, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated his vision for a postwar world founded on four basic human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Celebrate the 70th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speech. Curator of Education Tom Daly will offer historical insights and discuss Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings, which were inspired by FDR’s words.

The Four Freedoms: 70th Anniversary Gallery Talk2017-03-01T11:41:15-05:00
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