November 2019
Tanglewood Linde Center- Finding Home-Belonging Collaboration with Norman Rockwell Museum
Tanglewood Linde Center Finding Home/Belonging Collaboration with Norman Rockwell Museum Saturday, November 23 10 a. m. – 12 p.m. Special tours of the Finding Home exhibition at the Museum with one of the featured artists Frances Jetter and curators Stephanie Plunkett and Martin Mahoney, with behind-the-scenes insight on the artists and the creation of the exhibition. Included with regular Museum admission. 2 - 5 p.m. At the Tanglewood Linde Center, Lenox, MA (4 miles from [...]
Find out moreThanksgiving Week Activities
Thanksgiving Week November 25 - 30 We love Company… bring yours to the Museum! We’re open throughout the week and weekend, except on Thursday, November 28. Pose for a special holiday photo op with your family and friends with a backdrop of Rockwell’s Freedom from Want. Take time to browse and read children’s books and memoirs in the reading nook of the Finding Home exhibit. Experience the Four Freedoms in Virtual Reality: (Check NRM.org/events for [...]
Find out moreCuratorial Conversations: Grateful for Art
Curatorial Conversations: Grateful for Art Saturday, November 30, 1 p.m. A special Thanksgiving Weekend program. What are we thankful for and how can we show it visually? Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett will lead a close looking exploration through the galleries and will share the behind the scenes story of how the Finding Home exhibit came together. Inspired by the art on view participants working individually or in family groups will create gratitude maps using a [...]
Find out moreDecember 2019
Art Adventures for Kids
Art Adventures for Kids First Sundays, November 3, December 1, January 5, February 2, March 1, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Ages 5 - 10. Get to know your museum! Each adventure includes a welcome activity, gallery exploration, literature experience, and art making using a variety of techniques and materials. Classes are $10 per child includes Museum admission. Caregivers are welcome to join the program, drop off and attend the Voices program, or visit the Museum [...]
Find out moreMeet Rockwell’s Models
Meet Rockwell’s Models First Fridays, November 1, December 6, January 3, February 7, 3 p.m. Find out what it was like to pose for America’s favorite illustrator from Rockwell’s own models. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
Find out moreHOLIDAY FUN at NRM!
HOLIDAY FUN at NRM! Celebrate Rockwell’s Main Street- Family Day Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. See the painting that kicks off the town of Stockbridge’s annual re-creation event. Enjoy gallery talks that highlight Rockwell’s beloved panoramic painting; plus enjoy other holiday-inspired artworks on view. Get creative with DIY art activities in the Art Zone. Try out Virtual Reality (from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) and pose for fun Rockwellian photo ops. Hot [...]
Find out moreHOLIDAY FUN at NRM! Santa’s Workshop in Downtown Stockbridge
HOLIDAY FUN at NRM! Santa’s Workshop in Downtown Stockbridge Sunday December 8, 12 - 2 p.m. Join us at St. Paul’s Church in downtown Stockbridge to create and decorate festive holiday decorations of your own. Free with Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas admission*. *Learn more about the Annual Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas event, recreating Norman Rockwell’s beloved painting, at StockbridgeChamber.org Image Credit: Stockbridge Mainstreet at Christmas (Home for Christmas), Norman Rockwell. 1967. Oil on [...]
Find out moreSaturday Evening Post Cover Exhibition—Special Hours Today 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Please plan to arrive prior to 1:30 p.m. today if you wish to view the Saturday Evening Post cover exhibition. Access to The Stockbridge Room, housing the exhibition, will end at 2:30 p.m. in order for the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Board of Trustees to convene their quarterly meeting. Your flexibility in scheduling and understanding is appreciated. For your convenience, the short video of Norman Rockwell can be viewed here.
Find out moreNorman Rockwell in Detail
Norman Rockwell in Detail Second Fridays, November - February 1:00 p.m. Explore Norman Rockwell’s unique brand of visual storytelling and the artist’s adventures in illustration with Curator of Education Tom Daly. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. Featured topics include: November 8: Rockwell’s Images of Home December 13: Rockwell on the Holidays January 10: This Land is Your Land by Woodie Guthrie and Rockwell’s Sense of Place February 14: Rockwell [...]
Find out moreHoliday Book Fair – Meet the Authors
Holiday Book Fair - Meet the Authors Saturday, December 14, 1 - 4 p.m. 1 - 2 p.m. Berkshire Music School music teachers read and perform music inspired by Norman Rockwell’s children’s book, Willie Was Different. 2 - 4 p.m. Holiday Books Open House. Local authors share remarks about creating their books. Signed copies are for sale. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. Reserve your members ticket at tickets@nrm.org Image [...]
Find out moreNRM Storybooth: Record Your Story!
NRM Storybooth: Record Your Story! Saturday, November 9, Saturday, December 14, Sunday, January 19, Sunday, February 16, 2 p.m. Record your story at the NRM story booth! Bring a meaningful object or image and tell us the story behind it. We learn from each other’s stories. Select stories will be shared through the digital interactive in the Finding Home exhibition. This project is an extension of the Berkshire Immigrant Stories project developed by the Tenement [...]
Find out moreMember/Donor Holiday Party
Be our guest at the second annual Member/Donor Holiday Party. Bring the whole family for an array of activities, fun, and art-making while we eat and drink festive treats and celebrate the best of the season! Find out more
New! Cover This!
New! Cover This! Third Fridays, November - February, 1 p.m. Enjoy close looking at specific themes in Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post Covers This is a walking and conversation tour. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. November 15, Home December 20, Music January 17, Journeys February 21, Love
Find out moreSchool Vacation Week – Sketch Club – Digital Day: Holiday Traditions
School Vacation Week Sketch Club - Digital Day: Holiday Traditions Thursday - Monday, December 26 - 30, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Ages 7 and up. Create images with digital technology inspired by images representing holiday traditions from around the world. This class encourages experimentation and skill development using iPads (provided). Check out #nrmsketchclub online. $8, $5 members. FOR KIDS! (Programs are free for Museum members, children 18 and under, or included with admission, unless otherwise [...]
Find out moreSchool Vacation Week: Holiday Drop-In Art Program
School Vacation Week Holiday Drop-In Art Program Thursday - Monday, December 26 - 30, 1 - 4 p.m. Enjoy close looking at holiday themed art and hands-on art activities that take inspiration from traditions of people throughout the world. Fun for all ages. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission
Find out moreJanuary 2020
Voices Program Series
Voices Program Series First Sundays, January - May, 2 p.m. This series welcomes a variety of voices from our community to the Museum to explore: What can we learn when we look at others’ stories? What do we need to remember and why does it matter? How can making art help us reflect on and better understand our own and others’ stories? Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. January 5, [...]
Find out moreART WORKSHOPS: Making Small Moments Big
Martin Luther King Weekend – A Place to Land: Jerry Pinkney
Martin Luther King Weekend A Place to Land: Jerry Pinkney Saturday, January 18, 1 p,m Caldecott Medalist illustrator Jerry Pinkney will share his creative process illustrating his new book, A Place to Land, written by Barr Weinstein. This extraordinary new work is about Martin Luther King Jr. and how he came to write his legendary I Have a Dream speech. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
Find out moreMartin Luther King Weekend – Readings from How to be an Antiracist
Martin Luther King Weekend Readings from How to be an Antiracist Monday, January 20, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Join local students, Museum staff, and volunteers in a reading of National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, How to Be an Antiracist . Part memoir, this extraordinary and timely book was published in August 2019. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
Find out moreMartin Luther King Weekend – MLK Day Family Art Adventure
Martin Luther King Weekend MLK Day Family Art Adventure: Monday, January 20, 1 p.m. This family program appropriate for elementary age students and their caregivers includes close looking and conversation about Norman Rockwell’s civil rights images, reading of the new children’s book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniau, and art making in response. Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission.
Find out moreDavid Macaulay Weekend: A Master Technical Drawing Class with David Macaulay
David Macaulay – The Making of Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
David Macaulay: The Making of Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World Sunday, January 26, 1 p.m. Meet legendary artist and author David Macaulay whose work is on view. He will discuss the making of Crossing on Time, his personal memoir of immigrating to the United States from Great Britain on the extraordinary steamship the SS United States. A book signing will follow. Free for Members, children/teens 18 [...]
Find out moreFebruary 2020
34th Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show Opening
34th Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show Opening Saturday, February 1, 2 - 4 p.m. A diverse selection of original works by talented teens.. Reception will feature a guest speaker with an inspiring story on becoming an artist. Free for artists and their families on opening day. Sponsored by Berkshire Bank
Find out moreVoices Program Series: Girls Right The World
First Sundays, January - May, 2 p.m. This series welcomes a variety of voices from our community to the Museum to explore: What can we learn when we look at others’ stories? What do we need to remember and why does it matter? How can making art help us reflect on and better understand our own and others’ stories? Free for Members, children/teens 18 and under, or included with admission. February 2, 2 p.m. Meet [...]
Find out moreART WORKSHOPS: Playing with Point of View
Love Geography!
Curatorial Conversations: Valentine’s Day Treasure Trove
A Master Linoleum Cutting Class with Frances Jetter
Frances Jetter: The Making of Amalgam
Frances Jetter Weekend Frances Jetter: The Making of Amalgam Sunday, February 16, 1 p.m. Meet renowned artist Frances Jetter whose work is on view. She will share the process of making Amalgam, her visual memoir of her grandfather’s immigration from Poland to the United States. A book signing will follow. ABOUT MASTER ARTIST WEEKENDS A rare opportunity to learn from the four unique and brilliant Finding Home artists; each will offer a Saturday master class [...]
Find out moreSketch Club – Digital Days: Personal Geographies
Sketch Club - Digital Days: Personal Geographies Monday - Friday, February 17 - 21, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Ages 7 and up. Create images with digital technology inspired by images from the Finding Home exhibit. Who are we, where are we going, and how can we show it in an image? This class encourages experimentation and skill development using iPads (provided). Check out #nrmsketchclub online. $8, $5 members. Event Sponsor:
Find out moreDrop-In Art Program – Journeys, Perspective, and Storytelling with Images
Drop-In Art Program - Journeys, Perspective, and Storytelling with Images Monday - Friday, February 17 - 21, 1 - 4 p.m. Enjoy this fun-filled week of drop-in art activities for all ages. Each day will feature close looking at images, style, and technique of an artist on view starting with Rockwell’s Day In The Life of a Girl. Explore the themes, journey, and perspective; then create an image that tells a personal story. Free for [...]
Find out moreMake Visual Stories: Mixed Media with artist Melanie Mowinski
March 2020
ART WORKSHOPS: Journeys and the Passage of Time
Make Visual Stories with Artist Melanie Mowinski: Accordian Book Making
Make Visual Stories with Artist Melanie Mowinski: Accordian Book Making Saturday, March 28, 10:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m. Play with ideas in partnership artist Melanie Mowinski and an advanced design student. This arts workshop based on the accordion book and an artifact—directly inspired by Frances Jetter’s book, Amalgam uses collage, drawing, and painting. Bring an artifact and a willingness to share your story and experiment. Leave with an accordion book that uses text and images [...]
Find out moreMay 2020
Make Visual Stories with Artist Melanie Mowinski: Community Art Project and Festival – Steamroller Art
Make Visual Stories with Artist Melanie Mowinski Community Art Project and Festival - Steamroller Art Saturday, May 2*, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. What is steamroller art? In a morning workshop, make a linoleum cut of an image that represents home. In the afternoon, linoleum cuts made on site will be combined with those from high school, college students, and community members over the course of the Finding Home exhibit. Printing on Tyvek we’ll steamroll [...]
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