Holiday Special

This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas weekend, inspired by Norman Rockwell's beloved holiday portrait of the town where he lived and worked, coincidentally, for 25 years. Stockbridge is also home to Norman Rockwell Museum, so the holidays are always a busy time for us as well. 

Welcome to Main Street- Photo courtesy Time Warner Cable News

One of the highlights of the town's annual festivities is a recreation of Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, which is part of our permanent collection. The Museum receives it's fair share of press requests connected to the event, and last Friday was especially busy throughout the day--I found myself taking part in a photo shoot in the town's historic Red Lion Inn for Italian National Geographic, and conducted a video interview about the celebration for Albany's Time Warner Cable News. I'm anxious to see the shots from the talented photographer, but you can already watch the TV interview (which has been airing this weekend) here. A nice change of pace from all the depressing national news lately.

Related Links:

"Stockbridge Main St. Turning into Rockwell's Christmas Painting," Time Warner Cable News, December 5, 2014

Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce

Norman Rockwell Museum

Dia de Los Muertos

Today Norman Rockwell Museum is presenting its annual walking tour of the Stockbridge Cemetery, burial site of such town luminaries as The Sedgwick Family, Elizabeth Freeman, and Norman Rockwell. The tour kicks off at 5 p.m., with a cider and donut reception outside of the town's clock tower (site of Rockwell's 1971 Springtime in Stockbridge painting).

A few weeks ago I headed over to the cemetery, in an attempt to take some "spirited" photos for inclusion in a Halloween events commercial being produced by the Greater Springfield Visitors Bureau and CBS-3 Springfield. It was a bright, late summer day, but my intent was to get some shots that verged on the "scary" and "sinister." Here are a few of the more successful shots:

Camera: Canon EOS 60D, mostly manual setting/non-flash.

All photos by Jeremy Clowe for Norman Rockwell Museum.

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Fright-Filled Links:

"ZombieFest TV spot," CBS-3 Springfield

"Luminaries" (photos by JC), Norman Rockwell Museum Facebook

"Exploring The Stockbridge Cemetery," Norman Rockwell Museum blog (written by JC)