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VOL. VI NO. 11 06/15/2025

Events

1. Norman Rockwell Museum presents Artist Talk with Walter Wick: Children are the Best Audience! July 19, 11:00am

Meet Walter Wick at this special artist talk for all ages. Photographic illustrator Walter Wick has remarked that “children…are the most dedicated and inquisitive audience any artist could hope for.” Wick will discuss how his childhood love of the outdoors, building and play led him on the path to the creation of dozens of books, including the I SPY and Can You See What I See series. Wick will share some of his favorite images. He will also share some advice for young artists and will talk about the unique challenges and possibilities of making images that foster creativity and imagination in people of every generation.

Following Walter Wick’s artist talk, our classroom will open for artmaking activities.

Free with Museum admission; Free for kids, teens and Members

2. Chesterwood presents Arts Alive! June 20 & 21 at 5:30pm

Ian Spencer Bell: Dancer and Poet – The program, called “11 Pieces”, features a pair of 1904 Isadora Duncan works choreographed to Frédéric Chopin’s Minute Waltz and its partner, Narcissus, with live music by classical pianist Lauren Aloia. Bell will also premiere a new self-choreographed piece, Two Impromptus, inspired by intensive training with Sankai Juku, a butoh dance troupe in Japan this past summer.

These programs will include the new monthly ice cream socials for children, reviving a beloved tradition of the French family to open Chesterwood to the community. Chesterwood is teaming up with High Lawn Farm for Monthly Summer Ice Cream Socials for Children on June 22, July 26, and August 24.

Suzette in Stockbridge Bowl. Photo: Lionel Delevingne
Suzette in Stockbridge Bowl. Photo: Lionel Delevingne

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