Every Picture Tells A Story: The Storytelling of Noman Rockwell
Apr 25 @ 2:00 PM
Oxford Performing Arts Center, 100 E Choccolocco St, Oxford, AL 36203-1222, United States
The Oxford Arts Council presents the "2024 Spring Arts & Culture Series" in partnership with Alabama Humanities Alliance Road Scholars Speakers Bureau.
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY:The Storytelling of Norman Rockwell, Presented by Dolores Hydock StorytellerThursday, April 25, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
THE STUDIO in the Oxford Performing Arts CenterAddress: 100 East Choccolocco Street
Presented by the Oxford Arts Council, the FREE event will be presented by Dolores Hydock. This program shares a behind-the-scenes look at how Rockwell created his one-image stories in some of his best-loved covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell’s early career, his first surprising encounter with the editors of The Saturday Evening Post, and the techniques he used in his long and successful career as an illustrator and artist will be described. Slide images of his sketches, models, paintings-in-process, and finished work provide insight into Rockwell’s step-by-step process of becoming “America’s Painter” and storyteller on canvas.
The Alabama Humanities Alliance is a nonprofit organization that offers educational and cultural programming to all Alabamians. Founded in 1974, it serves as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and supports programs that encourage storytelling, lifelong learning, and civic engagement. The Road Scholars Speakers Bureau includes more than 30 historians, professors, authors, and other experts who assist local organizations in promoting arts and cultural activities in Alabama communities.
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