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

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

Gallery Tour and Talk

Meet a Master of Illusion!

Sunday, May 22 2016

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Members Free, Non Members Free with Museum Admission

Join award-winning artist Gary Erbe as he leads a captivating gallery tour exploring his artwork and creative process.  Erbe is a self-taught artist whose work synthesizes trompe l’oeil still life painting with abstraction in a unique style that is at once nostalgic and modernist. Registration is recommended.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS CLOSING THIS WEEK AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

 

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

Through May 15, 2016

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.

 

Celebrating 20 Years

Long Island’s Best: Alumni Exhibition

Through May 8, 2016

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.

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

 

Master of Illusion:  The Magical Art of Gary Erbe

May 21 – August 28, 2016

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, Pien and Hans Bosch, and Fern and Hersh Cohen.

 

Cornucopia: Still Lifes from the Collection

May 21 – August 21, 2016

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.

 

Synapses: Threads for Thought

Opens May 21, 2016

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.

 

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

 

Docent Tour of Master of Illusion

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

 

FIRST FRIDAY

Friday, June 3, 2016

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.

 

Brass Blast of Long Island

Classical Music with a Dash of Pop and Jazz

Friday, June 3, 2016

Savor an enjoyable evening of Americana in the paintings of Gay Erbe and the music of trio Ally Muller, Michael McGowen, and Christophe Quintero. Brass Blast blends the powerful and lyrical sounds of trumpet, French horn, and trombone with an eclectic selection of classical, contemporary pop, and jazz.

 

Exploring Art…Making Memories

Monday, June 27, 2016

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Members $8, Non-Members $10, Care Partners Free

With the understanding that artistic experiences stimulate new pathways of learning, expression, and memories, the Museum offers a unique program for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Specially trained professionals lead an interactive tour of select works and encourage group discussion. Light refreshments will be served. Registration is required. Space is limited.

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

La Nuit des Musées…The Night of Museums

Saturday, May 14, 2016

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.

 

Gallery Tour and Talk

Meet a Master of Illusion!

Sunday, May 22, 2016

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Members Free, Non Members Free with Museum Admission

Join award-winning artist Gary Erbe as he leads a captivating gallery tour exploring his artwork and creative process.  Erbe is a self-taught artist whose work synthesizes trompe l’oeil still life painting with abstraction in a unique style that is at once nostalgic and modernist. Registration is recommended.

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

 

Heckscher Family Hour

Tour and Art Activity

Sunday, May 22, 2016

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.

 

Celebrating Family

Celebrate 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.

 

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.

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