Art, Healing, and Community: A New Way to Experience the Museum
April 21, 2025 | At The Rockwell Museum, we believe in the power of art to transform how we see the world—and ourselves. With that in mind, we’re excited to introduce the Art & Healing Guide, a new resource developed in collaboration with local care organizations to support reflection, connection, and comfort through art. Made possible with support by …
Rockwell Paper Scissors: Block Printing
March 18, 2025 | Minna Citron, recently featured in Minna Citron: Color and Shape, was an artist who lived in New York City and became known in the art scene in the 1930s. She was a painter and printmaker and raised two children on her own. A printmaker is an artist who makes pictures by creating designs on a …
Exploring Color! The Rockwell Museum’s Vibrant Theme for 2025
January 15, 2025 | At The Rockwell Museum, we believe art has the power to ignite conversations, provoke emotions, and inspire new ways of seeing the world. This year, we’re thrilled to announce our annual theme: Color!—a celebration of the hues, shades, and tones that shape our lives and creative expressions. From bold strokes of pigment on canvas to …
Rockwell Wrapped: Top 10 Moments of 2024
December 17, 2024 | In 2024, the Museum’s annual theme was Creating Connections; we explored what happens when pieces and parts come together. A single brush stroke on a canvas, a lone stitch in a textile, or a solitary paper shape may not mean much on their own. But when an artist makes connections, they create a work of …
The Rockwell Museum Welcomes Erin M. Coe as New Executive Director
October 28, 2024 | The Rockwell Museum is excited to announce that Erin M. Coe will take the helm as the new executive director in January 2025. With decades of experience as a museum leader, curator, educator and arts advocate, Coe brings a wealth of expertise and vision to The Rockwell as it advances its position as a destination …
Rockwell Paper Scissors: Sugar Skull Scratch Art
October 9, 2024 | Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an annual celebration in Mexico and throughout Latin America. People who celebrate believe that the spirits of their deceased loved ones return to visit on November 1 and 2. To encourage spirits to visit, families build ofrendas—tables covered with colorful decorations, photos, and the deceased’s …
Request for Artist Applications: 2025 Alley Art Project
July 24, 2024 | The Rockwell Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is seeking to hire an experienced mural artist to work with Rockwell’s Youth and Visitor Engagement Educator and the High School Learning Center (HSLC) students and staff to plan, design and paint a mural. Key Dates Application Due Date Extension: Friday, October 4, 2024 Artist Finalist Interviews: Mid-October …
Smithsonian National Youth Leadership Team: High School Learning Center & Rockwell Museum Will Travel to DC
June 19, 2024 | The Rockwell Museum is proud to be one of four Smithsonian Affiliate museums nationwide participating in the Smithsonian Youth Leadership Team (YLT) in collaboration with the High School Learning Center (HSLC) of the Corning-Painted Post Area School District. This Smithsonian Institution (SI) program is spearheaded by the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Students Sophie Gilbert, …
Rockwell Paper Scissors: Pop-Up Puppet Theater
April 4, 2024 | Many of the works of art in The Rockwell Museum collection show animals. Some of the animals are in their habitats. Habitats are the places animals live! These places include water, air, shelter, and food for the animals to survive. Norman Akers’ painting Elk Calling, on the right, shows an elk emerging from water. There are …
Brian Lee Whisenhunt's Top 10 Rockwell Moments
March 29, 2024 | In case you missed it, our fearless leader Brian Lee Whisenhunt has accepted a position at the Gilcrease Museum in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is in his final days here at The Rockwell Museum. He’ll feel right at home in the Museum’s collection, which features a comprehensive collection of art of North America, …