Democracy, Race and Family in Rockwell's Vision of America • David Churchill, Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba and the Director the Institute for the Humanities (UMIH), ...

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Democracy, Race and Family in Rockwell's Vision of America • David Churchill, Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba and the Director the Institute for the Humanities (UMIH), will look at Rockwell’s use of American history in his art and his changing representation of the United States through out his career and across the twentieth century. • Presented in collaboration with UMIH.

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Illustrating Human Rights: Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms • Clint Curle, Researcher at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, discusses the political power of popular art as illustrated in the Four...

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Illustrating Human Rights: Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms • Clint Curle, Researcher at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, discusses the political power of popular art as illustrated in the Four Freedoms. These iconic works illustrate the political power of popular art, and also reveal a great deal about the potentials and limits of human rights as a means to promote human dignity. • Presented in partnership with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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What's art got to do with it? Advertising, consumer culture and the art of Norman Rockwell • Sarah Elvins, Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba explores Rockwell’s links to ...

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What's art got to do with it? Advertising, consumer culture and the art of Norman Rockwell • Sarah Elvins, Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba explores Rockwell’s links to the advertising revolution of the 1960s • Presented in collaboration with UMIH

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