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My DIA Notifications Exhibition American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell March 8 - May 31, 2009 One of America's most enduring artists comes to the DIA in spring of 2009. From idyllic childhood scenes to commentaries on the post-war era and segregation, many paintings in Rockwell's six-decades of work have become icons of America. This wonderful exhibition features every Saturday Evening Post cover and a large number of Rockwell's exquisitely detailed paintings. Whether you're taking a look back or discovering him for the first time this is a must-see exhibition. Click here to visit the special exhibition site. Image caption: Triple Self-Portrait, Norman Rockwell. 1960. Oil on canvas, 44 ½ x 34 ¾". Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum. ©1960 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.   American Chronicles has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.  In Detroit, support has been provided by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit. Additional support has been provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program.  Publication support has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation Media sponsorship has been provided by the Curtis Publishing Company and by the Norman Rockwell Estate Licensing Company. Conservation support has been provided by the Stockman Family Foundation March 6 - Music: Libby York March 6 & March 7 - Member Lecture: Norman Rockwell: American Chronicler March 8 - Public Lecture: Norman Rockwell: American Chronicler March 13 - Music: The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players March 15 & March 22 - Storytelling: American Family with Judy Sima March 21 & March 28 - Artist Demonstration: Rockwell's Freedom from Want (Patrick Wise) April 4 & April 11 - Artist Demonstration: Rockwell's Freedom of Worship (Sabrina Nelson) April 5 & April 12 - Storytelling: American Family with Corrine Stavish April 25 & May 2 - Artist Demonstration: Rockwell's Freedom of Speech (Bill Murcko) May 3 & May 10 - Storytelling: American Family with Tonya Dallas May 9 & May 16 - Artist Demonstration: Rockwell's Freedom from Fear (Senghor Reid) May 17 & May 24 - Storytelling: American Family with Yvonne Healy May 22 - Music: Phil Kline's Zippo Songs: Poems from The Front May 29 - Music: Sara Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion, and Robert Jones   Exhibition Seventy-second Annual Student Exhibition April 26 - May 31, 2009 Walter Gibbs Learning Center The Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition returns to the DIA after years in exile to inaugurate the Walter Gibbs Learning Center in the Wayne and Joan Webber Education Wing. The seventy-second such show features the works of young artists, from kindergarten to twelfth grade, in a range of mediums, including drawing, ceramics, collage, and jewelry, among others. A panel of three judges selected the works to be exhibited from the hundreds submitted for consideration. While the museum was undergoing years of renovation and construction, the show was held in the main Detroit Public Library, across Woodward Avenue from the DIA. This year, student art works can be viewed on the online photo-sharing site Flickr.com.