The Heckscher Museum of Art Upcoming Exhibitions and Programs

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.

Timo Vollbrecht, Saxophone

Friday, February 6

Described as “luminously fine” by New York’s All About Jazz Magazine, Timo Vollbrecht is one of Germany’s most important up-and-coming jazz performers. He has performed in 25 countries on four continents including such landmark venues as the Village Vanguard, Blue Note Jazz Club NY, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Alice Tully Hall. In his dynamic and emotive music, Vollbrecht merges Berlin’s urban sounds with the impulsive vibe of the American metropolis. He moves beyond his jazz roots by integrating elements from classical, minimalism, post-rock, experimental music and today’s song culture.

3-PART PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Inspiration & Expression with Daniel Mirer, Professor of Photography

Thursday, February 5, 12, and 19

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Members $150, Non-Members $200 

Enjoy three evenings with photographer and LIU Post Professor Daniel Mirer.  First, find inspiration for your photography during a private guided tour of the Museum’s Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography exhibition.  Get energized by experimental approaches to the medium and innovative 21^st-century artistic practices.  Shoot photographs between class meetings and bring your work for group discussion and critique.  All levels from beginner to advanced are welcome.  Ages 18+.  Participants are invited to exhibit their work in the Central Gallery Friday, March 6, through Sunday, March 8.  An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 6, at 6:00 pm.

Registration is required.  Space is limited.

 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 welcome 

Docent Tour of Ferdinand Richardt’s Niagara: A Study in Landscape Painting

Wednesday, February 11 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 

Heckscher Family Hour

Sunday, January 25

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Museum Admission (children free) + $5 activity fee per child

For families with children ages 5 – 10 years

Join museum educator Tami Wood for a family-friendly tour of the Museum’s Ferdinand Richardt’s Niagara: A Study in Landscape Painting exhibition. Families will experience the exhibition through close looking, lively conversations, and hands-on gallery projects.

Registration is recommended. Space is limited.

HANDS-ON ART WORKSHOPS

School’s Out, Art’s In!

For artists ages 7 – 11 years

Registration is required. Space is limited.

Workshop A: Explore Experimental Art

Tuesday, February 17

10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Members $15, Non-Members $20

Create an original work of art inspired by installation artist Mariah Robertson, whose work

is on view in the Museum’s Modern Alchemy exhibition.  Experiment with materials and display your art in a very non-traditional way.

 Workshop B (2-Part):  “Animal Mix-up” Sculpture

Wednesday, February 18 and Thursday, February 19

10:00 am – 12:30 pm each day

Members $30, Non-Members $35

Get inspired by the unexpected combinations in artwork on view. Then, go 3-D and create a mixed-up animal sculpture crossing two different animals!  Participants must register for both days.

Poetry for the HART Teen Poetry Project

The Heckscher Museum, in partnership with the Town of Huntington, invites students ages 14 through 18 years residing in and/or attending school in the Town of Huntington to visit the Museum (admission free) and compose poetry inspired by a work of art on view in the Power, Politics & War: Selections from the Permanent Collection exhibition.  Poems must be received by February 1, 2015.  For general inquires about Poetry for the HART, visit www.huntingtonny.gov/hartpoetry. For details on the Poetry and Art category, call 631.351.3214.

 

EXHIBITIONS AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography

Through March 15, 2015

Today, photographs are ubiquitous and often accepted as straight-forward documents of the observed world.  Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography focuses on 20^th- and 21^st-century artists who have pushed the boundaries of photography in myriad ways.  From photograms, combination printing, solarized images, and chemical experiments of the early 20^th century through contemporary practice in a broad range of approaches, including untraditional processes and digital techniques, this exhibition examines images that have a complex relationship to objective reality.  Featured artists include Harry Callahan, Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Abelardo Morell, Lucas Samaras, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Edmund Teske, Jerry Uelsmann, and many others. 

Modern Alchemy is sponsored in part by Advantage Title and through generous support from Frank Lourenso & Gary Stevens – Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

This exhibition is also sponsored in part through generous support from The John Hahn Foundation.

Ferdinand Richardt’s Niagara: A Study in Landscape Painting

Through April 12, 2015 (Closed March 9 – 20)

Among America’s most iconic natural sites, Niagara Falls has been a popular tourist destination since the early 19^th century.  Ferdinand Richardt’s Niagara depicts the attraction as it appeared at mid-century, with charming genre elements set against the grand landscape.  Featuring European and American works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, this exhibition examines the painting within a broader landscape tradition, including intimate views of East Coast locales and dramatic scenes of the American West by Hudson River School artists, as well as images of man’s multifaceted relationship to water.

 Power, Politics & War: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Ongoing

To highlight the significance of George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun as a critique of the corrupt Weimar government in 1920s Berlin, this exhibition places the painting in the context of other works from the Permanent Collection that depict themes of power, politics, and military aggression.  Featured works include paintings about the American Revolution and the birth of America by Alonzo Chappel, the Franco-Prussian War by Etienne Berne-Bellecour, and photographs from World War II by the Russian photographer Mark Markov-Grinberg.  This close look at Eclipse of the Sun is occasioned by its inclusion in the upcoming exhibition New Realities and Neue Sachlichkeit: Modern German Art during the Weimar Republic, to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in late 2015. 

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.

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