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Norman Rockwell Museum Receives Local Education and Curatorial Grants - September 14, 2007
Stockbridge - Norman Rockwell Museum has received two generous grants from local organizations to help support both its educational and curatorial efforts.
The Museum received a $25,000 grant from the town of Stockbridge Community Preservation Committee to support preservation, detailed cataloguing, and public access for the Museum's extensive Norman Rockwell Stockbridge Photographic Collection. The project is a critical component of the Museum's multi-year initiative, ProjectNORMAN, and will help to preserve a significant era of the Town of Stockbridge's history and culture. Norman Rockwell's historic place in the Town has helped to maintain and preserve the character of Stockbridge. The grant is from a municipal fund established through the Community Preservation Act and administered by the Stockbridge Community Preservation Committee.
A $6,000 grant was received from Sheriff Carmen C. Massimiano, Jr. and the Deputies of Berkshire County to support essential art programs at Norman Rockwell Museum for many of the elementary school children in Berkshire County. These children will benefit from hands-on art experience as they stretch their imaginations and explore the world of Norman Rockwell and illustration art. The grant was funded with proceeds from the annual Sheriff's Road Race. The Art Programs for Schoolchildren began in 2006 with a generous grant from High Meadow Foundation, and additional support from Sheriff Massimiano and the Deputies of Berkshire County, and a Target Local Store grant.
Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to art appreciation and education through new scholarship that illuminates Norman Rockwell's unique contributions to art, society, and popular culture. As a center devoted to the art of illustration, the Museum also exhibits the works of contemporary and past masters in an ongoing series of compelling artist showcases. Previous exhibitions at the Museum have presented the work of Frederic Remington, Charles Schulz, Winslow Homer, Howard Pyle, J.C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, Rockwell Kent, Al Hirschfeld, Robert Weaver, David Macaulay, James Gurney, and others. Set on a picturesque 36-acre estate in Stockbridge, MA, the hometown of America's favorite artist, the Norman Rockwell Museum is one of the leading arts institutes of the Berkshires.
Norman Rockwell Museum is open daily. General public admission is $12.50 for adults, $7 for students, and free for visitors 18 and under (five per adult). Kids Free Every Day is a gift to families from Country Curtains and the Red Lion Inn. On Wednesdays from November to May, senior citizens are admitted at half-price. The Museum is open daily, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May through October; from November through April, weekday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and weekend/holiday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gallery tours are available daily, beginning on the hour. Antenna Audio Tour of select paintings from the Museum's permanent Norman Rockwell collection is available. Rockwell's studio, located on the Museum grounds, is open May through October.
For more information, the public is invited to call 413-298-4100, ext. 220. Visit the Museum's Web site at http://www.nrm.org |
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