The Heckscher Museum of Art April through June 2016 Exhibitions and Programs

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

 

Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum

April 9 – May 15

Young artists are capable of amazing creativity and skill! This exhibition features approximately 80 extraordinary works of art created by Long Island’s young artists. Now in its 20th year, Long Island’s Best challenges students in grades 9 through 12 to select a work of art on view in the Museum galleries as inspiration for their own creative expression. The quality of artwork is exceptional and delivers a professional-level show in a broad range of media, styles, and subjects.

 

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Celebrating 20 Years

Long Island’s Best: Alumni Exhibition

April 9 – May 8

Since its inception in 1997, over 4,500 students have entered the Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum, annual juried competition.  To celebrate the 20th anniversary, alumni artwork spanning the history of this major arts-in-education initiative is featured in this exhibition. Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience extraordinary work by Long Island high school students—both past and present.

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Master of Illusion:  The Magical Art of Gary Erbe

May 21 – August 28

Master of Illusion: The Magical Art of Gary Erbe traces the artist’s career from his early trompe l’oeil works to his more recent paintings that combine trompe l’oeil realism with modernist tendencies.   Inspired by popular culture, Erbe’s subjects range from nostalgic images of childhood pursuits and national pastimes, to American jazz and the golden age of 1950s radio, television, and film, to American history, nationalism, and contemporary social issues.  Painted from carefully crafted constructions of objects belonging to our shared American experience, Erbe’s work is at once aesthetically complex and profoundly engaging.

 

Master of Illusion is generously sponsored in part by Astoria Bank, Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein, and by Fern and Hersh Cohen.

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Cornucopia: Still Lifes from the Collection

May 21 – August 21

Still life painting celebrates the abundance, beauty, and diversity of the natural world.  Often intimate and engaging,  depictions of flowers, fruit, and tabletop objects reveal an artist’s skill in rendering varying textures, in capturing the brilliance of nature’s colors, and in developing harmonious, yet complex, compositions.  This exhibition, featuring works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, traces the development of still life painting from late 19th-century naturalism through the formalist concerns of early 20th-century modernism to the verisimilitude of photorealism in the 1970s.  Works by Carducius Plantagenet Ream, William Merritt Chase, Ilya Bolotowsky, Jan Matulka, Helen Torr, Joseph Stella, David Burliuk, Nicolai Cikovsky, Milton Avery, and Robert Kipniss are included.

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Synapses: Threads for Thought

Opens May 21

Synapses: Threads for Thought presents works from the Museum’s collection as a meandering thread of diverse connections.  Paintings, prints, and photographs executed in a range of styles and with varying subjects are arranged so that each work uniquely links to that which precedes and follows it.  The revealed formal and conceptual associations enlarge the viewer’s interpretation and highlight the interconnectedness of visual experience.   With works ranging from a late 16th-century painting of the Annunciation and George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun to abstractions by Arthur Dove and photographs by Larry Fink, this exhibition embraces the breadth of the Museum’s collection.

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EXHIBITIONS AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART

 

You Go Girl! Celebrating Women Artists

Through April 3, 2016

This Permanent Collection exhibition highlights 50 women artists from the 19^th century through today.  Working in representational and abstract styles, and in varied artistic modes, including painting, sculpture, prints, mixed media, and photography, these artists express a wide range of personal and aesthetic concerns.  Featured artists include Berenice Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Dorothy Dehner, Audrey Flack, Jane Hammond, Mary Nimmo Moran, Georgia O’Keeffe, Betty Parsons, Miriam Schapiro, Esphyr Slobodkina, Emma Stebbins, Jane Wilson, and others.

 

You Go Girl! and Men at Work are sponsored in part by Frank Lourenso & Gary Stevens – Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

 

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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 welcome

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Musical Performance by Five Towns College

Wednesday, April 13

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Docent Tour of Long Island’s Best

Wednesday, May 11

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Docent Tour of Master of Illusion

Wednesday, June 8

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FIRST FRIDAY

Friday, April 1

Friday, May 6

Extended Museum 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.

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The Kenn Morr Band

Alternative Folk/Rock

Friday, April 1

Groove to the rhythms, poetic lyrics, and sweet melodies of the internationally acclaimed Kenn Morr Band. An organic collection of lush, three-part harmonies fused with a sparkling array of acoustic instruments to soothe the soul.

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Five Towns College

Chamber Music and Guitar Ensemble

Friday, May 6

Revel in the sounds of chamber music and classical guitar performed by talented students from the Music Division of Five Towns College.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

International Slow Art Day

Saturday, April 9

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Members Free, Non-Members Museum Admission

Slow down and celebrate this global day of connecting to art in an unrushed, meaningful way. All over the world, museumgoers will take time out from busy schedules to slow down and spend time with art. Docents will be in the galleries to facilitate slow-looking at five select works of art.  Families are invited to use the Museum’s Explore the Exhibitions activity guide and visit the Create Your Own Art Activity Station in the Central Gallery. Visit SlowArtDay.com for additional information and to register.

 

Members of The Heckscher Museum of Art, The Whaling Museum & Educational Center of Cold Spring Harbor, and the Nassau County Museum of Art will be admitted free to International Slow Art Day activities in each museum.  If not a member, present The Heckscher Museum admission receipt at The Whaling Museum or the Nassau County Museum of Art to continue enjoying International Slow Art Day free.

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La Nuit des Musées…The Night of Museums

Saturday, May 14

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Free

Celebrate this international Night of Museums, an evening where museums around the world are open late free of charge. Explore the Museum’s Long Island’s Best exhibition highlighting amazing artwork by young artists from the Long Island community. Snap a photo and make a memory with fun props and accessories at the Selfie Station. Enjoy delectable tastings, a variety of art activities, and a “Toast to the Arts!” at the end of the evening.  Visit Heckscher.org for additional information.

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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

 

Town of Huntington 16th Annual Tulip Festival

Sunday, May 1

Members Free, Non-Members $2

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Explore the Museum

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

During this annual collaboration with the Town of Huntington, docents will be in the galleries beginning at 2:00 pm.

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Mask Making Art Activity

“Who Do You Want to Be” Art Activity

12:00 noon – 4:00 pm

Free on Museum Terrace

Children of all ages are invited to create a colorful, mixed media mask to celebrate Spring and wear at the festival.

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Heckscher Family Hour

Tour and Art Activity

Sunday, May 22

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Members Free, Non-Members 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. Families experience the exhibition through close looking, lively conversation, and hands-on gallery projects. Registration is recommended. Space is limited.

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Celebrating Family

Celebrate Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, and Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19, exploring the Museum exhibitions. Parents and grandparents are invited to visit the Museum admission free on “their” special day.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

 

Long Island Biennial 2016

Beginning February 1, 2016, The Heckscher Museum of Art will accept entries for the Long Island Biennial, an exhibition featuring works by visual artists of Nassau and Suffolk Counties. This year’s jurors will be Lori Bookstein, President, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York; Seung Lee, Professor of Art, Director of Fine Arts and Graduate Studies, LIU Post; and Christina Mossaides Strassfield, Museum Director and Chief Curator, Guild Hall, East Hampton. Visit Heckscher.org or LongIslandBiennial.org for more information.

 

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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, the Museum seeks to provide inspiring and transformative educational experiences to encourage a broader understanding of our past and present to enrich

the quality of life of the individuals it serves. The Museum’s Permanent Collection contains more than 2,500 works from 16^th– to 21^st-century European and American painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photography. For information about The Heckscher Museum of Art, visit www.heckscher.org.

 

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Museum Hours

Wednesday – Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

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

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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.