Norman Rockwell Museum Archives

Norman Rockwell Museum – Can You Draw This, Educating America’s Cartoon and Comic Artists

Illustrator Ryan Hartley Smith and NRM Chief Curator Stephanie Haboush Plunkett host this lively talk about the art of cartoons and comics. The discussion focuses on the dramatic evolution of the field and the resulting changes in how cartooning is taught –from the introduction of the popular Famous Artists Cartoon Course, in 1956, to the diverse stylistic and storytelling approaches of our time.

Producer: Norman Rockwell Museum
Series: Norman Rockwell Museum
Category: Studio Shows & Interviews

Norman Rockwell Museum – Drawing Demo with Henry Louis Mitchell Ch. 1

Draw inspiration from the Famous Artists School Cartoon Course! Creative Director of Character Design for Sesame Workshop, Louis Henry Mitchell walks us through elements of chapter one of the course - The Cartoon Head. Pick up a pencil, grab a piece of paper and join in!

Producer: Norman Rockwell Museum
Series: Norman Rockwell Museum
Category: Studio Shows & Interviews

Norman Rockwell Museum – All for Laughs, The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course

What did “famous” cartoonists Al Capp, Whitney Darrow, Barney Tobey, Dick Cavalli, Willard Mullin, Rube Goldberg, and Harry Haenigsen have in common? They were all celebrated visual humorists in the mid-twentieth century and faculty of the Famous Artists Cartoon Course—a popular correspondence course launched in the 1950s that was designed to teach artists to be funny.

Producer: Norman Rockwell Museum
Series: Norman Rockwell Museum
Category: Studio Shows & Interviews

Norman Rockwell Museum – Anita Kunz, Original Sisters

Original Sisters is a series of portraits that reveals and honors the contributions of history-making women. To create the series, award-winning illustrator Anita Kunz carefully researched, wrote about, and portrayed each subject, sometimes compiling scant available information to establish a more complete picture.

Producer: Norman Rockwell Museum
Series: Norman Rockwell Museum
Category: Studio Shows & Interviews

Norman Rockwell Museum – Anita Kunz, Original Sisters Exhibition Opening

Artist Anita Kunz shares stories of her subjects, including Josephine Baker, Joan of Arc, Greta Thunberg at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Show closes May 26.

Producer: Norman Rockwell Museum
Series: Norman Rockwell Museum
Category: Studio Shows & Interviews