NEWS

Stockbridge, Mass.—February 22, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum announces the launch of Imagining Freedom, an interactive virtual exhibition that explores the history, artistic interpretations, and contemporary resonance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s concept of four basic human rights, the Four Freedoms. The exhibition highlights the important role of Norman Rockwell and other artists in advancing and communicating these ideals, envisioned as core human rights for all people. The launch of this new virtual exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the publication of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms portrayals in The Saturday Evening Post.

January 16, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to highlight recent national coverage of Leo Lionni: Storyteller, Artist, Designer, the 184-page volume published by Abbeville Press that accompanies the Museum’s first major American retrospective of the artist. Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reviewed the exhibition catalog as a significant new exploration and celebration of Leo Lionni’s protean creative career.

January 14, 2024—Today is the anniversary of one of Norman Rockwell’s most powerful paintings of the Civil Rights era. The Problem We All Live With appeared on the cover of Look magazine on this day 60 years ago—January 14, 1964.

January 9, 2024—Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to announce three new exhibitions opening in 2024. This year, we are celebrating mystery and wonder, art and humor, and portraits of bravery and change. Learn more here!

Stockbridge, Mass.—December 4, 2023—A new holiday special, Christmas in New England, features Norman Rockwell Museum and Stockbridge as part of its exploration of classic holiday traditions enjoyed by New Englanders from the coast of Maine to the hills of the Berkshires. The program highlights Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, the cherished holiday tradition that transforms downtown Stockbridge to reflect Rockwell’s iconic painting of that name. Rockwell’s legacy endures in Stockbridge, where the artist remains one of the community’s “most beloved residents,” notes producer and program host Lindsay Paris.

Stockbridge, Mass.—November 30, 2023—Norman Rockwell Museum today announced three appointments to refreshed Museum leadership positions. Hilary Dunne Ferrone has assumed the role of Chief Philanthropy Officer to lead Norman Rockwell Museum’s annual fundraising campaign and to align its fundraising programs with the Museum’s strategic initiatives and overall strategic growth plan. Kathryn Potts has been named Chief Learning and Engagement Officer, responsible for developing engaging learning content and programming to inspire the Museum’s visitors, community members, and digital audiences. Potts will oversee the Museum Guides and build on the Museum’s long tradition of excellent public education and interpretive work. Tiffani Silverman joins the Museum as its new Director of People and Culture to develop strategic human resources initiatives and programs and foster and deepen a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

A wise man once told me that an artist has at least three acts in their creative lives. Throughout his, Leo Lionni had three major roles that intersect this weekend with the opening of “Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni” (Nov. 18–May 27) at the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Bershires’ hub for illustration.

Stockbridge— On Saturday, November 18th, Norman Rockwell Museum opens the first major American retrospective of artist Leo Lionni, a groundbreaking modernist graphic designer and magazine art director who gained worldwide popularity as the writer and illustrator of nearly 40 children’s books in as many years.