>>> BACK "ON THE ROAD IN SOUTH COUNTY," THE NORMAN ROCKWELL
MUSEUM IN STOCKBRIDGE IS ONE OF THE PREMIERE TOURIST ATHEMRACTIS
IN ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS. MANAGER OF SERVICES JEREMY CLOWE
JOINS US AT NAUMKEAG TO TALK ABOUT THE ROCKWELL MYSTIQUE AND
LEGACY. >> IT'S Q
LTE IMPREVIOUS. YOU REALLY DON'T RECLY
DEPTH OF HIS SKILL, COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WERE USED FOR,
MADY.ZINE COVERS AND TIME. S.
IT'S KIND OF AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THESE FAMILAPR
IMAGES IN THE TRUE FORM THEY WERE CON CEASED IN.
>> IT'S TNEW A ROCKWELL PIECE IS IMMORTALIZED IN A COPY AT THE
UNITED NATIONS BUILDING. AND THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP AND
YOU WILL FOCUS A BIT ON THAT THIS YEAR, I GATHER.
>> YEA S WAY,RE ACTUALLYOF S
LTE PLEASED TO PARTNER WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK WITH A SMALL
INSTALLATION. IT'LL BE IN THE MAIN VISITORS
CENTER, PRESENTING ROCKWELL'S WORK, THE PAINTING CALLED "THE
GOLDEN RULE." ROCK WE WILL WAS A HUMANITARIAN
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. HE HNSH AN EARLY INTEREST, YOU'E
SEEN THE FOUR FREEDOMS PAINTINGS IN OUR COLLECTION.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PICTURED THROUGH THE 1960s.
AND THE UNITED NATIONS WAS A CONCEPT HE HNSH BEEN WOR> YNG WH
AS EARLY AS THE 1940s, AND ACTUALLY EVENTUALLY BECAME THAT
KBCTURE,S FOR THE GOLDEN RULE." >> IT AMAZES ME, HERE WE ARE
MORE THAN 40 YEARS HENCE, AND YET HIS WORK IS SO RELEVAN3
IT >> HE WAS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST
BUT HIS WORK AND THE S> YLL WAS SO RKS ARDED AND CONNECTED WITH
PEOPLE THAT I THINK IT HAS TRANCE SENDED THA3
IT SO YEA
S THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW, AN AREA OF
INTEREST IN ROCK WE WILL'S WORK THAT MCESBE RESONATES WITH A
STORY. LIKE THE RUBY BRIDGES
INTEGRATING THE SOUTHERN SCHOOLS IN THE LATE 5EEDO.
SO WONDERFULLY COMPOSED IN THE PICTURE CREATED FOR "LOOK"
MADY. QNE IN THE 6EEDO. WE HNSH A REQLE UST FROM PRESIDT
BARACK OBAMA TO HANG THAT PAINTING OUTSIDE THE OVAL
OFFICE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MUSEUM
ITSELF. YOU ARE OPEN YEAR-ROUNRI3 YOU
DON'T CLOSE EVEN THOUGH THE BERKSHIRES GET A LITTLE QUIETER,
LITBARE COLDER. EXCETH FOR A FEW HOLIDCESS YOU
ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
INTERESTED ME, EVERY DCES THERE IS A GALLERY TALK WHERE PEOPLE
CAN COME ICET SOME CONE FROM THE WITHSELL T TEL
INT PE COPLE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
ENCOUNTER. >> I THIME, THAT'S REALLY ONE OF
THE STRONGEST ELEMENTS OF OUR MUSEUM, THIS SORT OF HLL TAN
INIPR3 THOCH.
WE HAVE G LDES THAT ARE VERY
WELL VERSED IN ROCKWELL'S WORK AND THEY HAVE WORKED THERE FOR
MANY YEARS NOW. OFTENTIMES MODELS FOR THE
PICTURES ARE STILL IN THE AREA. A FELF HAVE WORKED AT THE MUSI 3
P3 OVER THE YEARS.
THEY WILL LEAD YOU RIGHT T3 SOUGH
THE GALLERIES AND TALK ABOUT THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THE ARTWORK
AND MAYBE THEIR REMEMS BANCES OF WHEN HE WAS WOR> YNG ON THE
PIECE. SO THAT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL
COMPONENT TO THE VISIT. YOU GET TO GET A SENSE OF THE
COMMUNITY HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY AND THE BERKSHIRES AND ROCK WE
WILL'S PLACE IN THA3 IT
>> YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT IN THE FACT THAT STOCKS BIDGE WAS HIS
HOME THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE, HIS STUDIO THAT HE HAD IN TOWN
YOU HAVE RECREATED AND REB LLT
IN THE MUSI TM, CORRECT? >> WHEN THE MUSEUM REOPENED IN
ITS CURRENT SPOT IN THE EARLY UR 90S WE BROUGNTE HIS STUDIO TO
THE SITE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ALLROND
VISITORS TO ENTER INTO THE ORIGINAL SPACE, WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE IN THE YEAR 1D A0. YOU WALK INTO THAT B
L,ING AND FEEL LIKE ANY MINUTE NOW ROCK WE
WILL IS GOING WALK DOED IN ST OUS OR THROUGH THE DOOR.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING REALLY BRINGING NORMAN
ROCK WE WILL INTO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
MANY, MANY ITEMS YOU HAVE NOW DI
PEOTI TED AND THEY ARE EASILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OR
RESEARCHERS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
THAT'S AN AMA QNG PROJECT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER.
>> WE BEGAN THAT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
WE WITE SEEING THE REAL EARLY FRUITION OF THAT GOAL TO, SHARE
THE WORK WITH A MUCH WIDER INTEING RATIONAL AUDIENCE.
NOW AND FOR RESEARCHERS IT'S COMPLETELY ACC OUTABLE, JUST THE
TYKBNG OF A SED IN PARTICULAR PAINTING, A MODEL'S
NAME, PEOPLE CAN REALLY LEAING A GREAT DEAL.
JUST A YEAR AGO WE RECEIVED A COLLECTION FROM THE FAMOUS
ARTIST SCHOOL, A CORRESPONDENCE C3
THORSE ROCK WE WILL WITH AS A TEACH FORE BACK IN THE 1940s
AND6,95EEDO. THAT WORK IS A
INTO B KNG DIGITIZED.
THERE'S A TREASURE TROVE OF THINGS TO LEAING R ABOUT ROCE.
>> WELL, JEREMY CLOWE, MANAGER OF MEDIA SERVICES AT THE
ROCKWELL MUSI THERE THAME,S FOR COMING BY.
>> THANK YOU.