Summer 2008 Capturing Stockbridge, by Linda Szekely Pero
Without deliberately intending to do so, Norman Rockwell spent the last 25 years of his life chronicling the people and places of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. When Rockwell moved to Stockbridge in 1953, he immediately began hiring town residents to pose for his commissions. The treasure of images and records that document posing sessions resides within the archives of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Raw Nerve! The Political Art of Steve Brodner, by Charles Sable
Explosive is an apt term that describes the art of Steve Brodner, whose deftly executed drawings cast a spotlight on the American political scene as it unfolds before us. Working on a national political stage for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and Newsweek, Brodner is one of the most successful, influential, and widely read of today’s political illustrators.Over the Top: The Illustrated Posters of World War I, by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett
During the First World War, richly illustrated posters inspiring public support served as a primary mechanism of mass communication. Designed to rally Americans to the cause, they were powerful symbols of our nation’s engagement with four Liberty Loan campaigns, the War Savings Stamp program, the Victory Loan, and the American Red Cross.The Lineman Finds a Permanent Home
Norman Rockwell’s stunning 1948 painting The Lineman was donated to the Norman Rockwell Museum on March 12, 2008, as a special gift from Verizon Communications.