July 2021
Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Scott Gustafson
Featured Artist: Scott Gustafson In Gustafson’s delightful style of illustrating fairy tales, the characters come to life as they are imagined, in such classic stories as “Peter Pan,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and many more.
Find out more »August 2021
Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Anna Dittmann
Featured Artist: Anna Dittmann As a rising young star in the field of fantasy illustration, Dittmann has taken advantage of changes in the way artists learn and produce their craft illustrating for a variety of media, including book covers, comic books, tattoos, magazines, and advertisements.
Find out more »Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – The Magic of Trees, Plein Air with Ruth Sanderson
Fantasy art is a blend of realism and imagination. In this intensive plein air workshop, Ruth Sanderson will demonstrate painting one of the many great trees on the Museum grounds, and incorporating a fantasy element into the painting—such as a tree spirit, fairies, or other imagined creatures, etc., and then instructing participants in creating their own oil painting. An accomplished, award winning artist, Sanderson is featured in the Fantasy exhibition
Find out more »Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Julie Bell
Featured Artist: Julie Bell After becoming a nationally ranked bodybuilder, Julie Bell began a career in illustration, creating advertisements for numerous companies, designing video game packaging art, and working in the comic book industry, where she became the first woman to illustrate Conan the Barbarian for Marvel Comics.
Find out more »Garden of Easels: Outdoor Art Workshops – Plein Air Landscape Painting with Dan Howe
Accomplished Artist Dan Howe will present plein air landscape painting techniques in oils , and then guide participants in the creation of their own artworks on the Museum grounds. Participants will be welcomed to add fantasy elements, inspired by the Enchanted exhibitions, to their paintings.
Find out more »Art of Brewing Festival
Spend the afternoon sampling some of the best local brews and local food. Be inspired by illustration art in the galleries and on the beer cans! Participants receive ten sample pours and a souvenir pint glass. Purchase food from some of the best local food truck vendors, view current and past label art from the brewers, and see the summer’s featured exhibits in the galleries during the day. Food trucks, music, lawn games and fun.
Find out more »Tuesday Nights: Meet the Artist Series – Gary Gianni
Featured Artist: Gary Gianni Gary Gianni follows in the footsteps of artists like N.C. Wyeth and Hal Foster, illustrating the comic strip Prince Valiant, classic tales such as Moby Dick and Kidnapped, and the latest book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Find out more »40th Anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark
Join us as we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the film, Raiders of the Lost Ark! Reception includes cocktails and hor d’oeuvres and conversation with star Karen Allen prior to the outdoor screening of the film. Doors open at 6:30 to set up for lawn seating and picnics. Bring your own chair or blanket. Food and drink available for purchase. Children under 17 free.
Find out more »September 2021
Land of Enchantment – A Fantastical Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
This outdoor installation of fantastical sculpture is presented in conjunction with our current exhibition, Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Art. The fanciful sculptural works on view throughout the Museum’s thirty-six acre site are inspired by each artist’s imagination and the exhibition’s themes of classical and contemporary mythology, fairy tales, and fantastical heroes and villains
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Norman Rockwell Museum: A Must See!
Berkshire Elegant Country Inns
Blantyre Country Estate
The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home
Live Theatre and Music Outside