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2005
July/August 2005
Parrish Paradise
"With their recent coffee table book, Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists, the Cutlers have made many of the gems of the collection available to a wider audience." The Pennsylvania Gazette
June 5, 2005
Saturday 11
"Mansions and music festivals are Newport staples. Add the National Museum of American Illustration to this Rhode Island cupboard." The Boston Globe
2004
February 2004
Painting and architecture, the perfect blend
by Florence H. Allen
"...this collection has preserved a time in America that no longer exists." Cape Cod Prime Time
2003
September 2003
The National Museum of American Illustration: A New Treasure in Newport, Rhode Island
"Long shunned by art museums for their mass-produced works, illustrators have earned a home of their own in one of Newport's most beautiful neighborhoods." The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles
July 31, 2003
NMAI : National Museum of American Illustration
"Based in Newport, Rhode Island, The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) was founded in 1998, with the support of the National Arts Club..." intute: arts & humanities
Summer 2003
American Icons in Newport
"As a nation that uses images to create and reflect itself, where better to unravel our character than at Newport Rhode Island's National Museum of American Illustration?" Antique & Fine Art
March 2003
National Musuem of American Illustration
"Remember those classic Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell covers? Or artwork that used to accompany old ads in magazines like Collier's? So do Laurence and Judy Cutler..." Rhode Island Monthly
February 6, 2003
Love in Newport and Around the World
"More about Valentine's Day than you really need to know." Newport Daily News
January 16, 2003
Huge sprinkling of visual pixie dust
"Now, the best and biggest of Parrish's murals has been reassembled at the National Museum of American Illustration on Bellevue Avenue in Newport [RI]" Providence Journal
2002
December 10, 2002
Bellevue Ave. museum wins Golden Web Award
"The www.americanillustration.org Web Site had previously recieved acclaim from Web designers and award programs in England, Italy, France, Venezuela, Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Israel, Russia, China and New Zealand."
Newport This Week
November 7, 2002
Another national treasure on Bellevue Avenue
by Mary Lou Daly
"One of Newport's best kept secrets was opened to the public last weekend, providing visitors with an extraordinary artistic display." Newport This Week
November 1, 2002
Historical Society Antique Auction
"Friday night Dolly Briggs was a co-chair of the Historical Society's Artisan's & Antiques Fair Preview Party & Auction at the Great Friends Meeting House where great friends turned out to bid on items donated by local companies..."
Antique and the Arts Weekly
October 31, 2002
Museum to open to public
by Janine Weisman
"Applause greeted a unanimous decision by the city's Zoning Board of Review Monday night to allow the National Museum of American Illustration to put up a sign on the wall along Bellevue Avenue." The Newport Daily News
July 9, 2002
Series of murals to be displayed at museum
"Now the museum has Parrish's largest work - one of the panels measure 15 feet wide and 10 1/2 feet high - and his smallest, a landscape entitled "The Tallwood Pearl" Parrish painted in 1915 on a 1 1/2 inch diameter mother-of-pearl button..." The Newport Daily News
July 1, 2002
A Museum of One's Own
by Susan Frith
"It took a year and a half, after all, for the retired architect and his wife, art collector Judy Goffman Cutler CW’63 GEd’64, to get permits to convert Vernon Court, a Gilded Age mansion they bought and restored, into a museum ...."
The Pennsylvania Gazette
May 23, 2002
Battle of the signs
"There is something quintessentially Newport about a new dispute involving the National Museum of American Illustration - rich people, mansions, aesthetics, tourists and confusing directions." The Providence Journal
April, 2002
A Rockwell Revival
by Alasdair Nichol
"Given that Rockwell has performed the posthumous feat of being both a piblic favoriate and critical darling, where does that leave the market for his work? Well, as you have probably guessed it he is something of a "hot" commodity."
Antiques Roadshow Insider
2001
December 27, 2001
Gifts enrich city institutions
by Janine L. Weisman
"With little or no budget for acquisitions, Newport's museums depend upon the generosity of philanthropists to strengthen their collections." The Newport Daily News
September 20, 2001
A new exhibit of items from 13 Museums...
by Bill van Siclen
"The Smithsonian Institution in Washingtion, D.C., likes to bill itself as 'America's attic.' In the same spirit, Newport might want to start calling itself 'America's fancy front parlor'." The Providence Journal
Fall, 2001
For the Love of Art
by Richard Needham
"...the outpouring of support by individuals from The National Arts Club, The Society of Illustrators, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackeler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Newport City Council and Newport's mayor, the Cutlers earned their victory in court." New England Travel & Life
August 9, 2001
Vernon Court's illustrative art speaks volumes
by Heather MacWilliams
"Laurence and Judy Cutler describe their home as a beaux arts adaptaion of a 17th century chateau and enlighten about 30 attendees on the architecture of their home and its uncanny ability to frame their extensive art collection..."
Newport This Week
July 27, 2001
Our benevolence and philanthropy
by Laurence S. Cutler
"The mission of the National Museum of American Illustration, at Vernon Court, is to share "the most American of American art" with the public and to preserve it in perpetuity." The Providence Journal
July 8, 2001
Made in the USA
by Sandi Kahn Shelton
"Nestled among the mansions, Judy and Laurence Cutler, two natives of New Haven, have founded a one-of-a-kind museum honoring American illustrators." New Haven Register
July 5, 2001
Quiet growth of museum satisfies former opponent
by Lisa Lipman
"Even though town officials once voted it down, they say the museum is doing good things for the city."
The Providence Journal
June 21, 2001
No single group should own the phrase 'Newport mansions'
by Laurence S. Cutler
"The Preservation Society of Newport County has effectively changed its name to Newport Mansions, and almost no one has even noticed." The Newport Daily News
June 2, 2001
The illustrated mansion
by Suzanne C. Ryan
" 'These aren't just paintings to look at,' Laurence Cutler explains, as he begins a tour. 'This is American history visually portrayed.' " Boston Globe
March, 2001
Art & Soul
by Ann M. Moan
"...with backing from notables such as Whoopi Goldberg and Matt Lauer, the National Museum of American Illusration is finally up and running strong in Vernon Court, a turn-of-the-century mansion on Bellevue Avenue." Rhode Island Monthly
2000
October 11, 2000
Bit of Camelot brings in bit of cash
by Bryan Rourke
"Hammersmith Farm, known as the summer White House while Kennedy was president and a popular Newport attraction since it was opened to the public in 1978, closed its doors to tourists last November to become a private residence again." The Providence Journal
September 21, 2000
Finetunning the Picture
by Bill van Siclen
"Drawing attention to a new museum…" The Providence Journal
September 11, 2000
Illustrations showcased in museum
by Anne Kumar
"Vernon Court on Bellevue Avenue proves to be an ideal setting for the American Imagist Collect." The Newport Daily News
August 25, 2000
Illustration in Newport
"The Cutlers present a world-class collection of work by Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, N.C.Wyeth, Frederick Remington and other giants. Indeed, the museum, apparently the greatest repository of classic American illustration, will quickly become a mecca for those wanting to see the creations of srtists who demonstrated that commercial and high-aesthetic impulses can work together for art." The Providence Journal
July 4, 2000
Midsummer Nights
by G Wayne Miller
"In Newport only a few months, the Cutlers are causing a bit of a stir. They have bought Vernon Court, one of the grand old Bellevue Avenue mansions, and they are refurbishing it with the intention of opening a museum for their extensive collection of art by famous American illustrators..." The Providence Journal
May 6, 2000
Court opens door for Cutler's museum
by Joe Baker
"Laurence and Judy Cutler can open an art museum at their Bellevue Avenue home and unveil their vast collection of works by Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and others to the public, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday." The Newport Daily News
April 18, 2000
Museum plan attracts notable supporters
by Robert L. Smith
"The Bellevue Avenue couple who want to open an illustration museum in their home say its advisory board will include high-profile people such as Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Lauer and several directors from the art world." The Providence Journal
March 24, 2000
Laurence and Judy Cutler Present at The National Arts Club
"Laurence and Judy Cutler present their extraordinary tripartite project including The National Museum of American Illustration, The Louis I Kahn Memorial Arch and the Frederick Law Olmsted Park." The National Arts Club
March 1, 2000
Vernon Court owners try three-pronged strategy
by Janine Landry
"Laurence and Judy Cutler have launched a three-pronged attack in hopes of realizing their dream to open their collection of more than 2,000 American paintings to the public." The Newport Daily News
February 28, 2000
Museum merits complete support
by Stephan Brigidi
"Laurence and Judy Cutler have chosen Newport as the home for this important collection, in spite of being courted by many communities including New York City. Let us as a Rhode Island community act gratefully by supporting and embracing the Cutler's gift to us." The Newport Daily News
January 13, 2000
Vernon Court owner states his case
by Laurence S. Cutler, AIA RIBA
"...disinformation bandied about by the few objectors and their lawyers has intentionally confused facts. This is written to clarify some items..." Newport This Week
January 12, 2000
Panel Oks arch, park
by Phil Sweeney
"Newport's Historic District Commission approves a memorial park on Bellevue Avenue planned as a tribute to two famed architects, despite protests from neighbors." The Newport Daily News
January 6, 2000
Museums on Bellevue as a matter of right?
by Bob Ottaviano
"A pair of resolutions introduced by returning Council members would make it easier to open museums on Bellevue Avenue..." Newport This Week
1999
December 28, 1999
Open this museum
"Newport has the opportunity to help develop a new institution - a museum of illustration - that could attract national attention and draw new sorts of visitors." The Providence Journal
December 1999
An Illustration Museum Debuts in Rhode Island
"American illustration and the determinedly French Vernon Court may also seem an odd combination, but ... Both flourished during the early decades of the century, when, in an age before television, everybody from the Vanderbilts to the scullery maid at The Breakers avidly perused the illustrations in The Century, Harper's Weekly and Scribner." Architectural Digest
November, 1999
The National Museum of American Illustration
"There is a new museum, the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, Rhode Island, and its architecture, garden, state-of-the-art restoration, and paintings are dazzling." Maine Antique Digest
September 2, 1999
Art museum idea deserves second chance
"Cities all over the world would gladly compete to house the museum proposed by the Cutlers. We are fortunate that they have settled here." The Newport Daily News
August 12, 1999
Couple wants to build park, arch at site of former Stonegate estate
by Janine Landry
"The combination of the park and arch would comprise the first memorials in the nation to a landscape architect and architect." The Newport Daily News
August 1, 1999
Illustrious Fix-up – The couple who looked at a derelict mansion and saw a Museum
by Channing Gray
"Laurence and Judy Cutler had just one requirement when they went looking for a new house – room enough to hang their art collection." The Providence Journal
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