The Portfolio Vol. 12, No.4 Wmter 1995 The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge ~~'~:<~~~' ~i-. ~~.~.,-_.~.. ,~~~G~~~·'~/~' ~~~~------

The Magical World ofIllustration Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director

ORMAN ROCKWELL WAS Berkshires. An exhibi­ proud to be an illustrator, tion catalogue in the N and he revered the artists Parrish archives indi­ of the Golden Age of American cates that an exhibit of illustration. Upon achieving his his art was held in 1965 own successes, Rockwell himself at Chesterwood, tlle became an influence to genera­ home and studio mu­ tions of young illustrators, many seum of the sculptor of whom are renowned today. Daluel Chester One of the missions of the French. Norman Rockwell Museum is to An entertaining ar­ present Rockwell in the context of ticle in the August 10, the field of illustration. This 1968 issue of The Berk­ autumn, two exhibits demonstrate shire Eagle quotes the power of the visual image to Norman Rockwell, excite the imagination and "Last Monday, I went transport us to far off places and to the Maxfield Parrish times. exhibit at the Berkshire The Al't ofEnchantment, featur­ A Good Mixer, oil on panel, 1924, Museum and was hit by Maxfield Parrish ing the work of twelve award­ right square between winning contemporary illustrators, versary of tlle artist's birtll in 1870, the eyes .. . . There are a great is on display through March 24, and comes to the NOnnall Rock- many beautiful, original paintings 1996. This exhibition celebrates well Museum after its successful by a fine artist, a great techniciall, the wonderful world of children's tour in Japall. Our museum will a true lover of beauty, a magic classic tales. Compiled from be the only American venue for colorist, and original humorist. I recently published books, each tlus retrospective of nearly 100 of am completely reconverted. Do original work reflects its artist's Parrish's images. you know what I did? I just could personal vision, and invites the Maxfield Parrish was one of not resist it. I bought one of his viewer to enter magical worlds. Nonnan Rockwell's heroes, and, pictures." Maxfield Parrish: A Retraspet.tive like Rockwell, he received recogIu­ Today that picture, shown opens November 11 and runs tion and became a household above, hangs in the Studio Gallery though January 28,1996. This name early in his career. Both at tlle Norman Rockwell Museum. major exhibition of Parrish's work illustrators worked for Brown and Also in the Berkshires is a diptych commemorates the 125th almi- Bigelow calendars, Edison Mazda at the parish house of Trinity Lamp advertisemen~, and the Church in Lenox. According to

WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUl_ TO JUDY GOFFMAN CUTLER, Sattwday Evening Post. Richard Jackson, Jr., of Stock­ Executive Director, American lllusu'ators Gallery, NYC; While the Norman Rockwell bridge, this is Parrish's only Laurence S. Cutler, of ARTShows and Products Corp.; The Musewn is the only museum in religious work. If any of our read­ Maxfield Parrish Family Trust of Holderness, NH. The the United States to host tlus ret- ers know tlle stOlY behind these museum gratefully ackpowledges the generous contribution of exhibition fees by ARTShow and Products, Corp., and rospective exhibition, it is not the paintings, we would love to hear exhibition underwriting of Brain Trust, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. first appearance of Parrish in the from you. 2

SCENES FROM TWO MUSEUM RECEPTIONS: The Red Lion InnINorman Rockwell Museum Golf Tournament, and members opening reception of the exhibit, The Art ofEnchantment

Right, D avid L. Klausmeyer, president of the board of trustees, thanks former Senator Jack Fitzpatrick, who with his wife Jane own the Red Lion Inn and Country Curtains, for a donation of over $10,000 from the golf tournament.

Stockbridge guests and golfers, from left to right: Jim and Kimberly Obanhein, Rick and Teresa Iemolini, and Karen Williams

Above right, museum trustee General Robert F. McDermott and his wife Marnie came from Texas to attend the board of trustees The Nonnan Rockwell Museum meeting and the tournament reception. Board of Trustees

David L. Klausmeyer President Frank Dolson, golfer and a Bobbie Crosby First Vice-President former model for Norman Patricia Deely Second Vice-President Rockwell's painting The Steven Spielberg Third Vice-President Family Tl'ee, recounted his Perri Pctricca "1'reasu rcr experience as a Rockwell Thomas Patti Clerk model. John T. Batty 111 Brian]. Quinn Right, exhibit curator Lila \V. Berle Jean Rousseau Stephanie Plunkett, Roselle Kline Chartock Lincoln Russell Manager of Adult Services, Daniel DuBois Joseph M. Salvadore welcomes members to the Joan SerVaas Durham Ronald Staffieri opening of the new exhibit, Jane P. Fit"Lpatrick Aso O. Tavitian Tbe A17 of El1cbrl71tment. Paul W. Ivory Douglas Trumbull Robert F. McDermott Laughran S. Vaber Timothy R. McLevish Richard Wilcox Linn Cary Mehta Lee Williams

Honorary Board Members John M. Deely,)r. Norma G. Ogden

Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director Cris Raymond, Editor

The P011jo/io is puhlished four limes a year by The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Inc., and is sent free to Right, illustrators Alain all members.

Vaes (ReY71onl the Fox) and Copyright 1995 Barry Moser (Beauty and The Norman Rockwell Museum at StOckbridge. the Beast) autograph their books. 3

Children s Book Illustration in America - Then and Now Stephanie H. Plunkett, Manager ofAdult Ser1Jices ODAY, THE CONCEPT OF strengthen the learning process. children's books without By mid-century, awareness of the T illustrations seems unima­ importance of mass literacy grew. ginable. However, early juverule lllustrated newspapers and literature was seldom accompa­ periodicals, which depended upon nied by pictures. The first books artists as interpreters and story­ intended for American children tellers, began to reach large consisted of Puritan religious numbers of readers at low cost. works-spiritual guides, stories of What had largely been an anony­ the pious lives and early deaths of mous business became a profes­ young chiJdren, catechisms, and sion that commanded respect and bibles. 'When books were illus­ consideration. trated, such as The Protestant Tutor After the Civil War, high-speed and The New England Primer, presses, color lithography, and dle published in Boston during the invention of the halftone made 1680's, they included images of reproductive processes more hell fire and damnation that were accurate. ABC's, nursery rhymes, intended to influence yOlmg read­ fairy tales, and LiteralY classics ers' moral behavior. were published in picture-book During the eighteenth century, form, often in full color. Artists many more illustrated books for experimenting with new styles and children were published. How­ techniques gave remarkable ever, in chapbooks, small reason­ impetus to children's literature, ably priced books that contained a which was experiencing a period variety of ballads and tales, of growth and creativity. printers adopted woodcuts Today, about 6,000 children's previously used elsewhere, which books are published yearly. were sometimes mrrelated to the Reflective of our visually oriented text. Morally instructive adven­ culture, there is a trend to let ture stories and books on deport­ illustration tell dle story. A ment and natural history were willingness on the part of pub­ especially popular. lishers to push dle limits of Authors and illustrators often illustrative style has made were not identified in early books, children's books one of the most although by the mid-1830s a exciting and innovative fields. demand for juvenile publications This maturing market has been created new opportunities. The met with endmsiasm from Illustration from The Steadfast Tin Soldier history of American illustration is contemporary illustrators. Across largely a nineteenth-century dle pages of a book, time passes OUR CURRENT EXIIIBITION, THE phenomenon that paralleled the and events unfold slowly in a way Art ofEnchrmtment, celebrates the growing awareness and desire to that is not possible in a single art of children's book illustration document the beauty of this new illustration. These images endure through the work of twelve cel­ land of opportunity. For children, in a way that others do not, for ebrated contemporary iJJustrators. early sterile textbooks were no dle visual riches found in child­ The exhibition will be on view longer sufficient, and instruction ren's books are discovered again through March 24, 1996. and amusement became more and again, and shared across closely aligned in an effort to generations. 4

Dove," Coach, oil on canvas, 1935. Norman Rockwell gave this painting to the Society of Illustrators' Museum of American Illustration for The Illustrators Hall ofFame its permanent collection. Terrence Brown, Director, Society ofIllustrators

OOPERSTOWN, CANTON, extravaganzas. The medium here, come well schooled in the rich Saratoga Springs, East the Norman Rockwell Museum, is rustory of American illustration. C 63rd Street-some of not the message; the message is The discussions of the group are these key words are more obvious the criteria of excellence-a career lively, and cross a myriad of art than others, but to the worlds of full of excellence. movements, merna, and genres. baseball, pro-football, horse The Illustrators Hall of Fame is The names of the selected are racing, and illustration they all the Society of Illustrators entry awaited eagerly by a growing mean but one thing, the Halls of into this league. To date, 82 artists number of Illstorians, collectors Fame. have been honored for their and educators. The national need to take a mo­ "Distinguished Achievement in ment, reflect, and honor the gTeat­ the Art oflllustration." It's About Time! est practitioners of a specific pro­ The first so honored was The presentation of the Hall of fession is a natural phenomenon Norman Rockwell who was Fame medal to the contemporary of our culture. The day to day elected in 1958. It then followed illustrator and the framed certifi­ successes accumulate into a sig­ annually that a contemporary artist cates to the fanlilies of the nificant body of work. The failures was added to the rostrlU11. In 1974, deceased artists takes place at the soon are forgotten, and only the it became apparent that the great President's Dinner of the Society. gloss remains for future genera­ illustrators of the past were not TIllS black tie gala, held alIDually tions to revere in the Halls of included. From that year on, two in lateJlU1e at 128 East 63rd Fame. Throughout America, pan­ posthwnous selections were made. Street in New York City, is a theons have been erected to past Nominations are presented to a "warm and fuzzy" affair with its stars. They range from modest comnllttee comprised of all past share of laughs and tears. Artists faciljties, almost roadside attrac­ presidents of the society. Over. the approach awards in a different tions, to mega-stage, mega-media years, this small group has be- light than most other professionals. 5

The ongoing development of their original art, drawn from major surely the brightest in dle illustra­ art often leaves them uneasy about public and private illustration tion firmament, for no artist in taking a backward glance. The collections nationwide, will be history is better known nor more unspoken competition now looked on as a "What was What" beloved. Yet Rockwell was drawn quantified by a lifetime award can primer in American culture, to dle narrative power of picture set into motion a quick, "It's about mores, and graphic divergence. making by dle works of Howard time!" For long-standing friends, The curating of dus show is an Pyle, Edwin Austin Abbey,J.C. who have agonized together over equal nUx of the Hall of Fame Leyendecker, Coles Phillips and deadlines, cranky clients, and uncooperative gouache, this ... not merely a mirror ofour shining moment for one often brings out the very best in heart­ cultural past, but rather a timeless reflection ofthe felt sentiments from the others. American character Norman Rockwell, it is told, also was reluctant to venture to Committee of the Society of others-all of whom he adnllied New York for that first HalJ of Ulustrators who chose the artists, and emulated before the trade­ Fame Award. A limousine with and Maureen Hart Hennessey mark Rockwell genius fully a tuxedoed committee inside was who selected the specific images. emerged. The Hall of Fame is dispatched, and Rockwell relented. These works, a sigtuficant not merely a mirror of our cul­ As with many such galas, the amount of which are from dle tural past, but rather a timeless speeches droned on. Rockwell's Permanent Collection of me reflection of the American char­ reaction was a note passed to the Society of Ulustrators, will be on acter. It is also a tribute to dle evening's master of ceremonies exhibit at dle Delaware Art Mu­ great talents of the illustrator's stating, "My limo is double­ semn, dle New Britain Museum of profession, ever informing parked. Could you step on it?" American Art, the International and inspiring new generations of The names of the eighty-two Musemn of Cartoon Art, the Na­ artists." artists in dle Uluso'ators Hall of tional GalJery of Caricature and The sigtuficance of the illustra­ Fame are a "Who's Who" in the Cartooning, and dle Brandywine tors Hall of Fame goes well world of illustration, and begin­ River Museum. beyond the brass plaques in the ning on February 10,1996 and lobby of me Society ofillustra­ continuing through May 27th, Admired and Emulated tors Museum of American visitors to the Norman Rockwell Vincent DiFate, President of the illustration. It is a a penn anent Museunl will be given dle first Society ofilluso'ators and Chair­ pWlctuation mark to dle careers opportunity to view a retrospective man of its Pem1anent Collection of the 82 artists who were proud of dleir work. This exhibition of committee said: "Rockwell's star is to be called "illustrators."

In 1958, Norman Rockwell was the first artist inducted into the T1Iustrators lIall of Fame, honored for his "Distinguished Achievement in the Art of Illustration." 6

Massachusetts. She taught in the David L. KJausmeyer Elected public schools for twenty years and she developed a curriculum President ofthe Board of Trustees on the Nazi Holocaust and co­ edited the book, The Holocaust Bea Snyder, Manager of Public Affairs and Membership Years: Society on Trial. In 1989, she initiated the monthly cable Four New Members Join the Board television program "Focus on Education." Dr. Chartock AVID L. KLAUSMEYER HAS Massachusetts. He is active in graduated from Skidmore Col­ been named president of community and civic activities, lege, earned a Master's Degree at r D the board of trustees, and serves on the board of Hunter College, and completed succeeding Lila Wilde Berle who Fairview Hospital, Berkshire her doctorate at the University of l cuhninated an extraordinary ten­ Health Systems, First National Massachusetts at Amherst. She year-tenure. Berle served on the Bank of the Berkshires, and and her husband Dr. Alan S. board for seventeen years, and will Berkshire Life Insurance Com­ Chartock have two children and remain on the board for one more pany. He and his wife Suzanne live in Great Barrington. year. have five grown children and live Lincoln Russell is a free-lance The new board president has in Lenox, Massachusetts. photographer and has worked for been a member of the board of Upon assuming his new role, a wide range of clients. He is best trustees since 1982, and has been a Klausmeyer stated: "I view my known for his work with the Bos­ board officer for over ten years. primary goal as providing a ton Symphony Orchestra, and is He played an active role in continuity during this period of currently writing a book about building the new museum when transition. The museum is a new he served as Chairman of the and viable instimtion that pro­ New board president, David Development Committee oversee­ vicles great value to its KJausmeyer and his wife, Suzanne. ing the museum's $5 million members, to the conunu­ capital campaign. Most recently, nity and to its visitors." Klausmeyer led the board and staff in the development of a strategic New Board Members plan. Also at the September He was President and General board meeting, four new Manager of the Mead Specialty members were elected. Paper Division where he led the Dr. Roselle Kline company through a period of Chartock is an associate accelerated growth. He is cur­ professor of education at rently Director of the Manufac­ Nortll Aclams State turing Partnership of Western College, Nortll Adams,

From left, Roselle Chartock, Lincoln Russell, Joseph M. Salvatore, and Aso o. Tavitian , .I 7

his trips abroad with BSO director Connecticut and are building a members, Theodore Evans, Will­ Seiji Ozawa. Last sununer he home in Stockbridge. iam Goessel, Harvey C. Krentz­ served as co-host for the Boston In addition to the election of the man, William]. Napolitano, and Symphony Orchestra's triple president and new members, the Mark L. Selkowitz. birthday party at Tanglewood for chairman of the Nominating Com­ At the meeting, Director Laurie Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo­ mittee, Jean Rousseau, Norton Moffatt said, "It has been a Yo Ma, which drew a record audi­ announced the following slate of pleasure to work with such a ence for a single performance at officers for the coming year: devoted board. I will dearly miss Tanglewood. Russell, a graduate Bobbie Crosby, 1st Vice President; the members who are leaving and of Boston University, is an active Patricia Deely, 2nd Vice President; thank them for their invaluable f volunteer for many of the county's Steven Spielberg, 3rd Vice Presi­ contribution to the museum. We not-for-profit institutions. He and dent; Perri Petricca, Treasurer; welcome our new board members l his wife, Nancy Fitzpatrick, live in and Thomas Patti, Clerk. and look forward to working with Stockbridge. Also announced was the depar­ them as the museum grows in new Joseph Martin Sa lvadore, ture of the following five board directions. " president of Wheeler and Taylor, Inc. Insurance and Real Estate, was born in Stockbridge. A graduate of Bryant College with a B.S. in Industrial Management, Salvadore is active in community affairs. He is past president of the Southern Berkshire Community Fund, a corporator of Lee Baltle, and a member of Rotary. He served as president of the South­ ern Berkshire Community Fund, and the Independent Insurance Agents of Berkshire COlmty. Salvadore lives in Stockbridge with his wife Patricia and two children. Museum Director Laurie Norton Moffatt and past board president Lila Aso O.Tavitian co-folmded and w. Eerie wend their way down the scenic walk on a misty afternoon. is CEO of Syncsort, Inc., a computer software firm specializ­ ing in system management software. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, The Lila Wilde Berle he came to the United States in 1961, and completed both under­ River Walk , graduate and graduate studies at Columbia University where he LLOWING THE SEPTEi\1BER 27TII BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET­ .I received a masters degree in ing' a scenic walk on the museum grounds was dedicated to Lila nuclear engineering. Tavitian's RWilde Berle in honor of her seventeen years as a board member, interest in providing educational ten of which she served as president of the museunl. opportlmities to college students At the dedication ceremony, Laurie Norton Moffatt, Museum has resulted in his granting Director, said that the walk is symbolic of the work that Lila has done in financial assistance to gifted the preservation of the natural scenic beauty of Berkshire County. It students from Eastern European was Lila who chaired the selection of the Linwood estate as the site for countries. He also sponsors the new home of the museunl, and it was her vision that has preserved visiting scholars from Eastern the magnificent landscape of this 36-acre site. Thus, it is a fitting and Europe through the New School lasting tribute to the dynamic leadership of Lila that this walk and a for Social Research. He and his secluded granite bench at the riverside stand as a reminder of her wife Arlene reside in Greenwich, dedication to the museum and to the Berkshires. 8

Help the Museum Buy This Painting

MUSEUM NEGOTIATED the purchase of the TIpainting, Heart's Dearest, a story illustration from Louisa May Alcott's novel, Little Women for $125,000. Thus far we have raised more than $50,000 toward the purchase of this important painting. Your tax deductible gift to the Norman Rockwell Mu­ seum will help us finish paying for this newest addition to the museum's collection. Gifts of any size are appreci­ ated, and donors of $100 or more will receive, as a special thank you, a copy of the newly published pictorial guidebook, The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, which covers both the highlights of the museum's collections as well as a visual journey over the museum's landscape. To contribute to the purchase of Heart's Dea1'est, please enclose your gift in the envelope pro­ vided, or mail to:

Art Acquisition Fund The Norman Rockwell Museum Heart's Dearest, oil on canvas Stockbridge, MA 01262. making a gift of it now, or join For further information about the Legacy Society and make a the gift of art or ot~er planned TIIERE IS ANOTHER WA Y THAT bequest in your will. Not only gifts, please call Philip S. Deely, you can help the Norman can you enjoy substantial tax Associate Director/External Rockwell Museum in its mission savings, you will have the satis­ Relations at (413) 298-4122. to preserve and communicate faction of knowing that your gift Your support of these efforts the art legacy of Norman of art will delight generations of help to preserve the legacy of Rockwell. If you own original museum visitors from around Norman Rockwell for the gen­ artwork by Rockwell, consider dle counuy and dle world. . erations to corne. Thank you. 9

Across the Generations

Melinda Georgeson, Manager ofYoltth SenJices

HAT DO ALL OF US make the subsequent museum visitors many of the old stories around the world have visit a meaningful experience. about our town's Main Street and W in common? We all Students visit the museum and the people who once strolled it. have stories to tell. Stories about meet with a professional storytel­ The Across the Generations pro­ our lives connect us to the rest of ler who introduces the program gram has been a very gratifying mankind, to our societies, and to and the reasons why storytelling is experience for me." our families. The stories told to us important to people everywhere. Com bining visual experiences and about us influence our The students divide into smaller and awareness of the traditions of development. groups, tour musewn The Commonwealth of Massa­ galleries, and listen to A great opportunity to chusetts has begun to encourage staff storytellers from interaction of the arts with other different generations. pass on to young visitors many discipline areas. Across the Genera­ The staff storytellers ofthe old stories tions, a new program here at the stand in front of Rockwell museunl, is doing just that­ paintings and tell a story from integrating the visual arts with their own lives that was sparked oral histories provides students language arts and social studies. by one of dle images. Before with a chance to evolve their Guided by a professional story­ leaving, the students gather once personal insights. Rockwell's teller, Across the Generations in­ more with the storyteller, and linages invite us to pause and volves students in the discovery of then have the chance to tell their reflect on both change and family stories sparked by Rockwell own stories. This is a very special continuity; sometimes a pause to Images. part of dle program. In dle words see where we have been helps us Across the Generations begins in of Henry H. Williams, Jr., to see where we are going. the classroom. Teachers receive septuagenarian staff storyteller, information and ideas on how to "From my 30 years as a resident introduce the concept of oral here in Stockbridge, and my long ANYTHING CAN SPARK A STORY: history and family stories, and on relationship with dle Rockwell an object, a place, a smell, a color, why this is important to our lives. family, this has been a great a series of events, or an image. This kind of preparation helps to opportunity to pass on to young Rockwell's images have a way of sparking stories on a personal Henry H.Williams, Jr., tells a story about Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas level. Some of us may have had an experience similar to the one occurring in his pictures. Do you remember your first dance? First love? Family car trips? How about the time you ran away from home, or stared into the mirror wondering what you would be like when you grew up? Who hasn't been chased from the swimming hole? Start thll1k:ing of some of your stories and keep dle memo­ ries alive by telling them to someone of a different generation. You may bodl be surprised by what you have in COlmnon. 10

ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JOHN F. FORTIER, Associate Director Jr. joined the Norman Rockwell Museum in September W as the Associate Director for Administration and Opera­ Joins the Museum tions. His duties at the museum are multifold as he will be oversee- ing the administrative, legal, merchandise marketing, financial, Staff personnel and facilities areas, including technology and information systems. This newly created position was brought about by the incredible growth of the museum since we opened our new building in the spring of 1993.The experience and credentials thatJack brings with him will enhance the administrative and operational expertise of our museum. Jack Fortier was formerly with Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts where he served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer with responsibilities that included the college's financial operations, human resources, physical plant, risk management, and legal affairs. He is a graduate of Florida State University with a Q) :cc: Master of Business Administration from Rollins College in Winter c: '"::> (/J Park, Florida. We welcome Jack and his wife Shellie and their three children Alyssa, John III, and Cassie to the museum family.

Hail and Farewell FOR EIGHT YEARS, CHERYL our members wish her well. Brown answered the Norman Priscilla Ethredge will now be in the Membership Roc1..'Well Museum members' the voice on the other end of the Office questions, solved problems, and line. Please call Priscilla at (413) kept the records in the member­ 298-4120 if you have any ship office. Everyone at the questions regarding your mem­ museum and her friends among bership.

HE NORMAN ROCKWELL by fax at 1-413-298-4144. On 20% Holiday Museum store is offering Tuesday, December 12 from T a 20% Double Discount 6pm-9:00pm, eastern standard Double bonus as a benefit of member­ time, any current museum mem­ ship in the month of December. ber or anyone who calls to sign up Discount This Double Discount for as a new member will receive the purchases will be available on 20% holiday bonus discount. Saturday, December 9. On this Also the names of any mem­ date, the store will have a pre­ bers, current or new, making museum hours special opening, museum purchases on these two from 8am-10am, only for cur­ dates will be added to a drawing, rent members and prospective which will take place on Decem­ new members. To complete the ber 13 th, for the prize of a 14"x holiday mood, refreshments will 34" framed print of Norman be served. Rockwell's Stockbridge Main Catalogue orders and new Street at Christmas-a value of members sign-up will be avail­ one hundred and ten dollars. able by phone at our hot line HAPPy HOLIDAYS number of 1-800-742-9450 OF 11

Programs &' Events

January 7 3pm: Gallery Talk 20 lOam-2pm: Family Time 21 3pm: Gallery Talk Sun. Maxfield Parrish: Sat. Fantastic Places Sun. First Steps: The Early Works Harmony by Design ofNorman Rockwell and lOam-4pm: Adult Pastel Maxfield Parrish 13 lO:30am-12pm: In the Workshop with artistJim Sat. Studio Classroom Schantz* Exploring Maxfield Parrish in Acrylic. Ages 9 and up* 5:30pm: Evening Lecture The Early Work ofMaxfield 5:30pm: Tales for a Parrish and the Arts & Crafts Wmter's Eve. Movement with author Coy Storytelling performance for Ludwig* adults with Robert King*

February 3 lOam-12pm:AdultArt 10 1pm-4pm: Adult Art 21 l0:30am-12pm: In the Sat. Workshop Sat. Storytelling Workshop Wed. Studio Classroom The Art ofthe Picture Book From the Ear to the Eye ofthe Color tiS Complements with illustrator Jane Dyer* Beholder with storyteller Judith Ages 8 and up* Black and illustrator Anna 5:30pm: Tales for a 1O:30am-12pm: In the Vojtech* 22 Wmter'sEve Thu. Studio Classroom Storytelling performance 6pm-7:30pm: Members The Shadow Knows for adults with Ellie Toy* Exhibition Opening Ages 8 and up* Society ofIllustrators Hall of 3pm: Gallery Talk lO:anl-12pm: In the Studio 4 Fame 23 Sun. From Idea to Illustration: Fri. Classroom The Artist's Process 17 lOam-2pm: Family Time Felt Mosaics Sat. Family Ties Ages 8 and up* 10 1O:30am-12pm: In the Sat. Studio Classroom 18 3pm: Gallery Talk 24 1O:30am-12pm: In the Body Tracings: Life Size Full Sun. Society of Illustrators Hall of Sat. Studio Classroom Body Portraits Fame Soft Sculpture Ages 8 and up* Ages 7 and up* 20 lO:30am-12pm: In the Tue. Studio Classroom Rockwell in Relief Ages 7 and up*

March 2 llam-2pm: Adult Art 9 1O:30am-12pm: In the Studio 17 3pm: Gallery Talk Sat. Workshop Sat. Classroom - Judging a Book Sun. The Art ofEnchantment Childl'en's Books from A to Z Ages 9 and up* with author/illustrator The Art ofEnchantment Closes 5:30pm: Tales for a Wmter's 24 Mariarma Mayer* Sun. Eve - St01ytelling performance 3 11am: Insights: Talk & for adults with Diane Edgecomb* Please call (413) 298-4100 ext 220 for reservations and infor­ Sun. Brunch with Hall of Fanle 16 9am-4pm: Special Seminar mation. All programs take place illustrator Burton Sat. The Picture Book at The N01'711an Rockwell Museum Silverman* at Stockbridge, Route 183 , 10am-2pm: Family Time Stockbridge, Massachusetts. 3pm: Afternoon Tea & 8 Sun, Wind, Rain The musemn store is open Fri. Talk - Covers ofthe Satur­ during programs and events. day Evening Post with Store proceeds support museum author Jan Cohn* * Pre-registration requested. operations. 12

Crane - A Character for Your Collection

UlLD YOUR OWN NORMAN ROCKWELL COLLECTION AND help us build ours. Sales from our signed and numbered B Signature Collection ofArtist's P1'oojs (a gift from Norman Rockwell) directly support the museum's art acquisition and endow­ ment funds. In the late 1930s, Norman Rockwell illustrated characters from classic American literature: Captain Ahab, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and two canvasses ofIchabod Crane were among the notable figures. Rockwell envisioned painting a series of pictures of all the celebrated characters in American fiction accompanied by excerpts from the texts. "But it's a sad story," he lamented. "I found no publisher who would take them, so they died a terrible death." Not so! One of the two Ichabod Crane paintings entertains thou­ sands of visitors each year at the Nonllan Rockwell MuselUll. You may Ichabod Crane, purchase Ichabod Crane in a linuted edition signed and numbered color lithograph, 19 '11" x 25 'h" , ca Artist's Proof drrough the museum store and catalogue. Major credit 193 7, price on cards are accepted. Call 1-800-742-9450 for information and a copy of request. the muselU11's Signature Collection catalogue of available AP's.

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