Norman Rockwell Museum » Special Events http://www.nrm.org The Home for American Illustration. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Exhibition Opening Event: Everett Raymond Kinstler, Pulps to Portraits http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/exhibition-opening-event-everett-raymond-kinstler-pulps-to-portraits/ http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/exhibition-opening-event-everett-raymond-kinstler-pulps-to-portraits/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:11 +0000 JClowe http://www.nrm.org/?p=17226 Saturday, March 10, 2012, 5 to 7 p.m. Join us for a special evening with Everett Raymond Kinstler, the prominent American portraitist who began his career as a comic book artist and illustrator working for the popular publications of his day. Reception will follow with refreshments and a cash bar. $20, members free. RSVP 413.931.2221, or email rsvp@nrm.org]]> Artwork by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 2011. Oil on canvas. Collection of the artist. ©Everett Raymond Kinstler. All rights reserved.

Artwork by Everett Raymond Kinstler, 2011. Oil on canvas. Collection of the artist. ©Everett Raymond Kinstler. All rights reserved.

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 5 to 7 p.m.

Commentary at 5:30 p.m. by artist Everett Raymond Kinstler

Join us for a special evening with Everett Raymond Kinstler, the prominent American portraitist who began his career as a comic book artist and illustrator working for the popular publications of his day. The artist’s original illustrations and portraits of noted celebrities—from John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Tony Bennett, and Tom Wolfe to artists James Montgomery Flagg, Alexander Calder, and Will Barnet―will be on view in this exploration of his outstanding career in the arts.Reception will follow with refreshments and a cash bar. $20, members free. RSVP 413.931.2221, or email rsvp@nrm.org
]]> http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/exhibition-opening-event-everett-raymond-kinstler-pulps-to-portraits/feed/ 0 POP! Creating Art in 3D http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/art-workshop/ http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/art-workshop/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:20:06 +0000 DHeck http://www.nrm.org/?p=17056 Monday through Friday February 20-24 from, 1 to 4 p.m. (February School Vacation Week) ]]> POP! Creating Art in 3D

Monday through Friday
February 20-24 from, 1 to 4 p.m. (February School Vacation Week)
Take a lively interactive look at the art on view and design exciting 3D creations that reach beyond the frame! The basics of pop up art and sculpture will be explored during this special series that encourage students to think outside the box. For students 7 and up. Take one or take them all! $15, $12 members per day

]]> http://www.nrm.org/2012/01/art-workshop/feed/ 0 February Birthday Bonanza! http://www.nrm.org/2011/01/february-birthday-bonanza/ http://www.nrm.org/2011/01/february-birthday-bonanza/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:43:14 +0000 JClowe http://www.nrm.org/?p=17391 Photo of Norman Rockwell and Grandma Moses, circa 1949. Photographer unknown. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. ©NRELC: Niles, IL.

Photo of Norman Rockwell and Grandma Moses, circa 1949. Photographer unknown. Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. ©NRELC: Niles, IL.

It’s Norman Rockwell’s birthday (February 3, 1894 to be exact)! To celebrate, Norman Rockwell Museum is offering free admission on Friday, February 3, 2012, to all Normans, Normas, and anyone else celebrating a birthday on that date!

The fun continues on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, when we will celebrate the 200th birthday of Rockwell’s literary hero, Charles Dickens! The Museum will offer free admission on that date to all Charlies, Charlenes, Chucks, and those who share the same birthday. And be sure to catch the exhibition Norman Rockwell and the Ghost of Dickens, on view at the Museum through March 4, 2012.

 

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