Hilary Knight has explored New York as an artist for more than 70 years — and at 96, he still explores the city today in his drawings and paintings. Though he is often known as the illustrator of the Eloise books, he has wandered over a wild field.
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Eloise in the Berkshires — A book behind the scenes
Eloise has come to the Norman Rockwell Museum with visions of New York — a look into the mind of the artist who brought her to life.
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Fresh bread on rainy mornings – #berkshireweekend
Ice Glen feels like its own world. You walk through a gap in the rock, and the land changes — steps and caves, boulders covered with moss and fern.
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Magical mystery tours are waiting to take you away (#berkshireweekend)
A luna moth made out of firelight is glimmering in the leaves. Jack o-lanterns hang like lanterns, carved with petals and wings …
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‘Imprinted’ honors BIPOC artists and histories and futures
Imprinted at the Norman Rockwell Museum honors contemporary BIPOC artists and considers representations of Black, Indigenous, people of color in America across 400 years.
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What’s your first real taste of summer? (#this weekend)
You know the feeling when something hits home and you feel your expression shift instinctively — like tasting something that surprises you with its flavor?
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Let’s go Maying — it’s blossom time
This is the transforming time, every year. We come to a day or two in May when every bare budding twig seems to open all at once …
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Winterlights dance in the dark at Naumkeag
It’s full moon, and I’m walking up the old road across the fields, so I can see the hill above me … glowing red and gold. Naumkeag in Winterlights is bright as penny candy.
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We have liftoff into the Northern Lights (Nov 17 newsletter)
The berries make a vivid streak along the road, and there’s something buoyant about that wash of color now against a grey sky.
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New dig affirms Mohican homesites in the Southern Berkshires
An archaeological dig along the Housatonic River shows the site of Mohican homes over a long span of years.
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