Norman Rockwell Museum

Food For Thought: Hats Off!

Thursdays, March 11 and  March 18 at 12:30 p.m.

Join Joyce K. Schiller, Ph.D., Norman Rockwell Museum Curator of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, for a lively look at shifting trends in fashion, haberdashery, and furnishings of the 20th century America’s through Saturday Evening Post imagery. Bring lunch; beverages and dessert are provided.

 $6, $4 Museum members, or free with Museum admission.

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Image credit: “Daydreaming Bookkeeper,” Norman Rockwell, 1924. ©1924 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.

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"Mountain Tribesman," James Gurney, 2007. ©2007 James Gurney. All rights reserved.

Painting What Doesn’t Exist:
An Afternoon with James Gurney

Saturday, March 13, 1 - 4 p.m.

Award-winning fantasy artist and creator of Dinotopia, James Gurney, explores ways to incorporate detail and imagination into stunningly realistic fantasy settings. At 1 p.m., the artist will discuss the step-by-step techniques that have won him worldwide critical acclaim, followed by hands-on art making and a booksigning of Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist. Free with Museum admission, kids and teens free.

About James Gurney:

James Gurney is the best-selling author and illustrator of the Dinotopia book series. He has worked on assignment as a National Geographic artist, and illustrated seventeen United States postage stamps, and numerous book covers. An accomplished, award-winning artist, Gurney is the recipient of many prestigious honors, including seven Chesley Awards from the Association of Fantasy Artists, two Hugo Awards from the World Science Fiction Convention, and Best of Show from the Art Director’s Club. Gurney’s art currently appears in museum exhibitions around the world, including the Norman Rockwell Museum traveling exhibition Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney.

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"Untitled (Dylan on the Floor)," Gregory Crewdson, 2001. ©Gregory Crewdson. All rights reserved.

The Artist & The Photograph: 
Contemporary Pathways
with Gregory Crewdson

Saturday, March 27, 5:30 p.m.

Join acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdson for a look at contemporary pathways in photography, from assembled narration to the moving image. Mr. Crewdson will share examples of his own inspired works; a reception with the artist will follow. $10, $7 Museum members.

ADVANCE RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED- limited seating available. Call 413.298.4100, ext. 221, or e-mail us: reservations@nrm.org

Gregory Crewdson received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Purchase in 1985 and an M.F.A. in photography from Yale in 1988. He has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe. His work has been included in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Crewdson is Senior Critic at the Yale School of Art, and is currently heading the Graduate Photography Program.

Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
On view through May 31, 2010

Find a fascinating parallel universe to Norman Rockwell’s paintings in the meticulously composed photographs that informed his work. Based on the recently released book Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera and advances in the Museum’s ProjectNORMAN digitization project, the exhibition pairs Rockwell’s photographic references with original artwork to reveal, frame-by-frame, the creation of the artist’s iconic paintings.

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First Wednesdays, April 7, May 5, 2:30 p.m.

Meet the models that inspired Rockwell’s art! Free with Museum admission.

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Thursdays, March 11, April 8, May 13, 12:30pm
This engaging lunchtime lecture series offers lively cultural perspectives on one of 20th century America’s most popular magazines, The Saturday Evening Post. 

• March 11, and April 8, Joyce K. Schiller, Ph.D., Norman Rockwell Museum Curator of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, will offer a lively look at shifting trends in fashion, haberdashery, and furnishings of the 20th century through Saturday Evening Post imagery.

• May 13, Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett will take visitors Behind the Camera to explore Rockwell’s extensive use of photography in creating his famous covers for the Post. Bring lunch, beverages and dessert are provided.
$6, $4 members, or free with Museum admission.

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Saturday Series on February 27, March 27, & April 24, 5:30 p.m. with reception to follow.
Inspiring evenings with noted photographers Kevin Sprague, February 27; Gregory Crewdson, March 27; and Jonathan Doster, April 24; explore contemporary pathways in photography, from assembled narration to the moving image. $10, $7 members.

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Educators and librarians are invited to join Museum education staff for a presentation of ProjectNORMAN, the upcoming digital database of Norman Rockwell’s work. Refreshments will be served. Free. To register, call 413.298.4100, ext. 260, or e-mail prog@nrm.org.

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Saturday, April 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Talented photographer Sabine Vollmer von Falken will help you navigate your digital camera to achieve outstanding results. Fledgling and experienced amateur photographers are welcome! Members of the Berkshire Camera Club will be on hand to help you understand features of your digital camera. Please bring your digital camera. $12, $8 members.

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