Jill Rowen, Author at The Heckscher Museum of Art

Long Island’s Best 2025 Visitors Choice Winners

May 21, 2025

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Visitors Choice and Virtual Visitors Choice Awards for Long Island’s Best 2025. Maia Schnaider, Half Hollow Hills High School West, won the Visitors…

Heckscher Museum Gifted ASL Sign Name

May 9, 2025

The Heckscher Museum is honored to have been gifted an American Sign Language (ASL) sign name by Mónica Ortiz-Menier, an artist and member of the Museum’s Accessibility Committee. Sign names…

Volunteer Opportunities: Open House

May 5, 2025

Open House: May 18, 10 to 11 am The Heckscher Museum of Art is looking for Guest Experience Volunteers. Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Museum. Join us…

Heckscher Museum Wins 2025 Long Island Imagine Award

May 2, 2025

The Heckscher Museum of Art was honored to be selected as an award winner at the 13th annual Long Island Imagine Awards on April 29th. The Museum gratefully serves as…

Nurturing Teen Voices at The Heckscher Museum

April 28, 2025

The Heckscher Museum has debuted Teen Voices, a new initiative giving high school students a platform to talk about art and disseminate the artwork in current Museum exhibitions. Available through…

Three Heckscher Loans on View in “Deco at 100”

The Heckscher Museum of Art has loaned three works to the Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Deco at 100, on view through June 15. According to Nassau County,…

Important News Impacting the Museum and How You Can Help

Last year, we shared the news with you that The Heckscher Museum of Art was awarded a distinguished $250,000 grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in…

Collection Spotlight:McCausland and Maurer

By Jessica Rosen, Curatorial Assistant This collection spotlight is the second in a series that highlights the voice of the important art critic and art historian Elizabeth McCausland (American, 1899–1965),…

Collection Spotlight: Elizabeth McCausland and Arthur Dove

By Jessica Rosen, Curatorial Assistant This collection spotlight is the first in a series that highlights the voice of the important art critic and art historian Elizabeth McCausland (American, 1899–1965),…

From the Observer: Who Was Emma Stebbins?

Looking ahead to the exhibition Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History, an Observer article calls attention to new insights and about the neoclassic sculptor that goes beyond her iconic…