The Heckscher Museum of Art July 2014 Exhibitions and Programs

SENIOR SECOND WEDNESDAY

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Programs begin at 1:45 pm

Free Museum Admission for Seniors (62+)

Half-Price Museum Admission for General Public

Groups are welcome 

Midday Music: Timothy Dalton, Classical Guitar

Wednesday, July 9

 

FIRST FRIDAY 

Extended Hours 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Performance 7:00 pm

Free Museum Admission

Celebrate First Friday at The Heckscher Museum of Art.  Explore the Museum’s exhibitions during extended viewing hours and enjoy unique musical performances inspired by artwork on view.

Mind Open Band

First Friday is generously sponsored by TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation.

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Rhythm & Repetition in 20^th-Century Art

Through August 10

Rhythm & Repetition focuses on artists who use repeated shapes as a method to organize their compositions.  Depicting natural, man-made, or purely abstract forms, these artists reveal the search for order that underlies the human experience.  Drawn entirely from the

Museum’s Permanent Collection, this exhibition features work by Berenice Abbott, Richard Anuskiewicz, Oscar Bluemner, Arthur Dove, Childe Hassam, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Richenburg, Emilio Sanchez, and Friedrich Stowasser (Friedensreich Hundertwasser), among others.

This exhibition is sponsored in part with generous support from the Hargraves Family through the Nadon Trust.

 

Exposed: Eadweard Muybridge and the Study of Motion

Through August 3

Credited as the “father of the motion picture,” Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the study of human and animal motion in time-lapse photography that documented the dynamics of ordinary, everyday movement.  Under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, Muybridge produced more than 100,000 photographs, publishing 20,000 of them in his eleven-volume Animal Locomotion (1887).  His work caused a sensation in artistic and scientific circles, helping spur the development of modern art and contributing to the science of biomechanics.  This exhibition features iconic Muybridge studies of horses and zoo animals, men engaged in various athletic pursuits, and women in domestic activities.

 

Picture Perfect: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Through August 10

This exhibition showcases art created in a wide range of aesthetic sensibilities, including abstract paintings by Stuart Davis, Wayne Gonzales, George D. Green, Richard Hennessy, and Matthew Spender and representational works by Ralph Albert Blakelock, Jerome Blum, and Florine Stettheimer.  Also on view is the oldest painting in the Museum’s collection, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels, which has been recently conserved through the Museum’s Adopt a Work of Art Program.

Editor’s Note:

The Heckscher Museum of Art, founded in 1920 by August Heckscher, serves the people of the Town of Huntington and surrounding communities. Through exhibitions of its permanent and loan collections of art and related programs, it seeks to provide inspiring and transformative educational experiences to encourage a broader understanding of our past and present and enrich the quality of life of the individuals it serves. The Museum’s Permanent Collection contains more than 2,200 works from the early 16^th century to present. For information about The Heckscher Museum of Art, visit www.heckscher.org. 

Museum Hours

Wednesday – Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

First Friday FREE Museum Admission

5:00 pm – 8:30 pm Extended Viewing Hours

7:00 pm Performance

Huntington Township Residents admitted FREE Wednesday after 2:00 pm and Saturday before 1:00 pm.  Proof of residency required. 

Free Museum Admission for Active Military Personnel and Veterans
Available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention Common Access Card (CAC), a DD Form 1173, a DD Form 1173-1, a Veteran’s DD-214, or a Veteran ID card and a driver’s license.  Includes active duty, National Guard, and Reserve military personnel and their families.