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Norman Rockwell Museum

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A young cedar tree stands against the winter sky in the native garden at Bennington Museum.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Visual Arts

Daydreaming collage meets a native winter garden

November 16, 2023
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On a clear November morning, I was walking through the native plant garden at the Bennington Museum, and I found a mouse telling stories.

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Rufus and Margo Rose, members of the Tony Sarg troupe, created a Gepetto marionette with their own puppet theater cast of Pinocchio kneels in profile with Sarg's artwork behind him. Press photo by Kate Abbott, courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum
Rufus and Margo Rose, members of the Tony Sarg troupe
Visual Arts

Moving right along — Tony Sarg gives puppets an artist’s hands

August 16, 2023
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Tony Sarg has come a long way to reach the Norman Rockwell Museum this summer. An artist and illustrator in Germany, London and New York, he influenced puppetry across America — even to the Muppets.

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Nora Krug, a German American author and illustrator whose drawings have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and more, examines structures that lead to extremism — and people who resist them.
Nora Krug
Visual Arts

Nora Krug stands against hate — and for humanity

March 22, 2023
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Growing up in Germany, Nora Krug felt the weight of the past. Her teachers led her into detailed research on political figures and national movements, she says, but she had never talked with her own grandparents about their experiences in World War II …

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The outdoor sculpture Big Bling catches sunset light in golden curves in North Adams.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Visual Arts

Berkshire art catches momentum in 2023

January 12, 2023
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Even in midwinter, artists are working in their studios here and curators are planning new shows — from wood-fired ceramic vessels to storm waves …

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Birch trees stand close together on the shore of Lake Paran in North Bennington.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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We made these memories for ourselves — #berkshireweekend

January 5, 2023
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What can we imagine for 2023? … Looking ahead, I’m hoping for a rise in returning energy. 2022 has held quiet moments of intense beauty.

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Two children stand in golden light with an owl and a cat, looking toward a castle on the horizon, in Hilary Knight's illustration. Press image courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum
Hilary Knight
Visual Arts

Hilary Knight reveals hidden worlds in New York

November 22, 2022
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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 books by Kay Thompson — the indomitable six-year-old girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel — relaxes in a busy library. Press image courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum
Hilary Knight
Visual Arts

Eloise in the Berkshires — A book behind the scenes

November 22, 2022
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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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A raku vessel made by Donna Bernstein, a ceramics artist at the Clay Cottage gallery and studio, sits on a patio in the sun. Press photo courtesy of the artist
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Visual Arts

Studios open and kilns and conversations – #berkshiresweekend

September 16, 2022
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In the next week we can make paper out of old jeans, or see a potter lift the top off a raku kiln while the bowls inside are glowing like molten glass … Artsweek Berkshires is coming back.

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A Black woman listens to music, her eyes closed and her head back in bliss, in Noa Denmon's illustration. Press image courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum
Art by Noa Denmon
Visual Arts

‘Imprinted’ honors BIPOC artists and histories and futures

September 15, 2022
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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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A croissant from Berkshire Mountain Bakery rests on a table in the sun on the bank of the Housatonic River.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Field trips in an unexpected world #this weekend

August 4, 2022
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It’s the season for field trips and picnics in the Berkshires … sourdough bread and iced coffee, or roadside stands with peach ice cream.

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