3rd Graders Visit the Norman Rockwell Museum

On Friday and Monday Muddy Brook third graders are spending the day at the Norman Rockwell Museum in nearby Stockbridge.  We are on our second year of a wonderful community partnership with the museum, truly connecting our third graders with the art of storytelling through illustration and stories.  Later in the year Jerry Pinkney will visit our students thanks to museum and on Saturday, April 28th our students and families are invited to a free family day where our third graders will have their writing and artwork on display!

 Our docents Claire and Barbara shared lots of information about Mr. Rockwell's artistic process.

 The famous Main Street painting.

 We learned all about the Four Freedoms and how the museum layout was designed to highlight them.

 Students are reflecting deeply about these paintings in the classroom, it is an honor to see them up close in real life!

 Mrs. Williams was a model for Norman Rockwell!  She is now 88 years old.

 Rockwell's self-portrait often inspires other artists, like Tony DiTerlizzi (self-portrait on the left)!

 Patrick O'Donnell led the groups in a drawing exercise using shape and value to draw in the style of Tony DiTerlizzi.  

Tom Daly led classes on a walking tour of Main Street Stockbridge connecting the buildings to Rockwell history.  

Students also visited the archives with Venus Van Ness and viewed the Tony DiTerlizzi exhibition.  We had a wonderful day of learning!