Friday, January 8, 2010

Normal Rockwell

We visited an exhibit honoring the art of illustrator Norman Rockwell this afternoon. It was a really well-done display, with several of his paintings brought to "life" by creating life-size sculptures of them. Very kid-friendly, with lots of stuff to climb on or touch. I always have loved Normal Rockwell because each of his pictures tell a story, making it fun to stand and explore them. The girls seemed to enjoy the exhibit - they like to draw pictures that tell stories as well, so I think they identified with that aspect of his art. See if you can figure out what was Liam's favorite part of the exhibit!

We had the girls "act out" this illustration...

Then we added a modern twist...



An intro to civil rights....




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  1. the new rudy'sJanuary 11, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    where was that? i know that king of prussia mall has some of those up, but i never saw one so detailed. we just got some new yorker 1940's covers of his work from a friend to hang in the house, they are fantastic!

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