Norman Rockwell Museum Invites Artists To Design Garden Gates
STOCKBRIDGE - Norman Rockwell Museum invites artists and craftspeople working in all media to submit proposals for "In Full Bloom: Artists Design Garden Gates," a unique outdoor exhibition to be held at the Museum during its busy summer season.Garden gates are the quintessential element of an ideal garden and provide symbolic entry into a world of color and aesthetic beauty; three-dimensional, weather-resistant, outdoor gates will be reviewed by a panel of prominent arts professionals, with final selections being exhibited on the Norman Rockwell Museum grounds from July 5 through September 7, 2008. Prizes will be awarded for: Best In Show, Most Inventive, Most Classic, Most Functional, and Viewer's Choice. Deadline for entries, including application form, sketches and concept statements, is March 25, 2008. Artists will be notified of acceptance by April 1, 2008.
For further information on the exhibition and submission guidelines, please call 413-298-4100, ext. 207, or send an e-mail to csable@nrm.org.
Norman Rockwell Museum is open daily. General public admission is $12.50 for adults, $7 for students, and free for visitors 18 and under (five per adult). Kids Free Every Day is a gift to families from Country Curtains and the Red Lion Inn. On Wednesdays from November to May, senior citizens are admitted at half-price.
The Museum is open daily, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May through October; from November through April, weekday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and weekend/holiday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gallery tours are available daily, beginning on the hour. Antenna Audio Tour of select paintings from the Museum's permanent Norman Rockwell collection is available. Rockwell's studio, located on the Museum grounds, is open May through October.
For more information, the public is invited to call 413.298.4100, ext. 220. Visit the Museum's Web site at http://www.nrm.org
