Jill Rowen, Author at The Heckscher Museum of Art

Call to Artists: Emerging Artists Series 2022

Artists are invited to apply to The Heckscher Museum’s third annual Emerging Artists Series! Selected artists will each have the opportunity to take over the Museum’s Instagram account @Heckschermuseum for…

Watch Centennial Artwork Come to Life in Body Paint

Maris O’Brien, a 2021 Long Island’s Best exhibiting artist, has found a passion and a large following through an unique use of her art: body painting. The Museum immediately spotted…

The Lasting Impact of Long Island’s Best

August 3,2021

As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of Long Island’s Best, the Museum invited alumni to share how the program shaped their lives and careers. Responses from working artists, therapists,…

Donor Spotlight: Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein

July 16, 2021

Through their love of art and their philanthropy, Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein have been an integral part of the Museum for many years. As exhibition sponsors – currently…

Connie Fox Reviewed in Artforum Summer Issue

Review Summer 2021

Connie Fox: The Sammy’s Beach Series was reviewed in the Summer issue of Artforum. Writer Barry Schwabsky reflected: “While the fourteen “Sammy’s Beach” paintings Fox made between 2007 and 2014—presented…

Heckscher Museum Takes Over @52Museums July 5 to 11

The Heckscher Museum is taking over the @52Museums Instagram account for the week of July 5 to 11, just in time for its 101st anniversary on July 1o. We are…

Heckscher Magazine Available: July August September 2021

Check out the July August September 2021 issue of The Heckscher Museum magazine! Read about the new acquisitions in The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100 exhibition, and much more!

Artists “Graduate” from Long Island’s Best to Emerging Artists

June 28, 2021

Three Long Island’s Best alumni were chosen for the 2021 Emerging Artists Series. Now working visual artists, the three are sharing their artwork through the Museum’s Instagram account. The artists…

Donors Conserve Torr Paintings for Centennial Exhibition

June 28, 2021

Adopt a Work of Art: The Deborah Buck Foundation and Andrea and Neil Kreinik The work of artist Helen Torr inspired donors to conserve two works currently on view in …

Museum Welcomes New Additions to Staff

The Heckscher Museum is pleased to welcome two new staff members to the Curatorial and Visitor Services teams. Justyce Bennett has joined the Museum as Curatorial Assistant. Justyce attended St.…