Norman Rockwell Museum awarded National Humanities Medal-America’s highest recognition of work by individuals and institutions in the field of the humanities.
Monday, November 17, Laurie Norton Moffatt Norman Rockwell Museum Director/ CEO, Berkshire Creative Co-Founder and board member, accepted the National Humanities Medal on behalf of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
One of nine individuals and institutions honored at the White House event, the Norman Rockwell Museum was the only museum among the winners.
“Norman Rockwell Museum is deeply honored to be the recipient of the National Humanities Medal,” said Ms. Norton Moffatt, who has served as director of the museum since 1986. “Norman Rockwell’s great gift was to capture on canvas our common humanity and crystallize universal feelings through his sensitive depictions of life’s fleeting moments. He was unsurpassed in illuminating the concerns and joys of everyday Americans. For 40 years, it has been the museum’s great pleasure to contribute to the field of American visual studies by exploring the art of Norman Rockwell and the illustrators who preceded and followed him.”
Fittingly, the medallion presented to Ms. Norton Moffatt at the White House was designed by illustrator and former medal winner —one of over 400 illustrators whose work has been presented by Norman Rockwell Museum.
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