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CONFERENCE: Illustration Across Media: Nineteenth Century to Now
The Society of Fellows at the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces a seminal conference:
LOCATION: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri,
DATE: March 21-23, 2019
CONVENED BY: The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the D. B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Norman Rockwell has a New York City street in his name
Read the following New York Times article by James Barron to learn how high school students were inspired to have a New York City street renamed to honor Norman Rockwell. Manhattan Street is Renamed After
2011 Rockwell Center Scholar, Michael Lobel Awarded the 28th Annual Eldredge Prize for His Book John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Michael Lobel for his book John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration (Yale University Press, 2014). The jurors
ILLUSTRATOR JERRY PINKNEY RECEIVES TWO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Cover illustration for The Little Match Girl Norman Rockwell Museum is pleased to congratulate beloved picture book illustrator Jerry Pinkney on his historic receipt of two lifetime achievement awards in a single day—as
Remembering Joyce K. Schiller
Photo of Joyce K. Schiller, inaugural curator of the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, Norman Rockwell Museum. Norman Rockwell Museum is sad to learn and report of the passing of Joyce. K.
Museum Debuts New Online Illustration History Resource
Illustration History website On August 15, Norman Rockwell Museum will debut a new, comprehensive, online resource dedicated to the art of illustration. Join us at the Museum this Saturday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as we
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Live Frank Schoonover and Gregory Manchess Gallery Talk with our Docent Dan Carubia!
What are you doing over the holidays? Enjoy the light in a heartwarming exhibit for the holidays, "Cultural Traditions: A Holiday Celebration," explores the commonality and distinctiveness of peoples and their traditions around the world through children’s picture books. Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Chinese New Year are celebrated in over 40 original works created by six award-winning children’s book illustrators. On view through February 10th. Free for Members or included with Museum admission.
Please join us today at 5pm for this special talk and booksigning by D.B. Dowd of Washington University in St. Louis. His groundbreaking new publication, Stick Figures: Drawing as Human Practice, focusing on the use and impact of drawing in our lives, is co-published by the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies.
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Norman Rockwell Museum to Present Drawing as Human Practice, a Talk and Book Party, with D.B. Dowd
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Norman Rockwell Museum to Present Drawing as Human Practice, a Talk and Book Party, with D.B. Dowd For further information: Jeremy Clowe Manager of Media Services Norman Rockwell Museum presscontact@nrm.org; 413.931.2290 Learn moreThe countdown begins! Take a pause from holiday preparations to enjoy inspiration in holiday exhibitions, and a talk about Drawing as Human Practice with Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies Senior Fellow D.B. Dowd on Saturday night, starting at 5 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow.
www.nrm.org/event/stick-figures-drawing-as-human-practice-by-d-b-dowd/
Left: Gennady Spirin, "Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.," 2006. "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore, [Tarrytown, NY; Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2006, 11.] Lithograph. Collection of the artist. ©2006 Gennady Spirin. All rights reserved.
Right: D.B. Dowd, "Cassiopeia Does the Twist (detail)," observation of night sky south of Moab, Utah, August 10-11, 2008. Colored pencil drawing overpainted in gouache. From "Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice" by D.B. Dowd. All rights reserved.