Stockbridge, MA, USA

Laurie Norton Moffatt

Director/CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum

Stockbridge, MA, USA

Laurie Norton Moffatt is director and CEO of Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. A leading scholar of American illustration art, she authored the Norman Rockwell catalogue raisonné and led the growth of the museum from a small house in the artist’s hometown to be a global leader in illustration art exhibitions, scholarship and digital collections connectivity. She founded the Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, the nation’s first art history scholarly institute in American illustration art which is a hub of illustration art collections, museums, libraries, universities, scholars, curators and professors across the country.

Sessions

Mainstage

Visions of a Nation

Saturday, July 18, 3:45 – 4:05 pm

Illustration art has constructed culture in America. Norman Rockwell Museum, Center for American Illustration Art, is a leader in celebrating and presenting the art of illustration as one of the most powerful visual art forms. Norman Rockwell, whose work forms the Museum's nucleus collection, was an iconic visual communicator whose images continue to serve as some of the most enduring and potent symbols of America's aspirations. illustrators must understand their power and societal influence. They must continue to uphold freedom of expression, to give expression to the most compelling ideas of the times, and be a beacon of hope to inspire future generations. Examples of Norman Rockwell Museum's global work, its 2026 exhibition to commemorate the Nation's 250 anniversary, Visions of a Nation: From Revolution to Rockwell, and fresh contemporary ways for museums to work with illustrators to engage social action will be presented.