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Northport Harbor Sponsors and Above Receive Limited Edition Germano Giclee Print

Generous Celebrate Achievement Benefit sponsors at the $7,500 Northport Harbor level and above will receive a special gift with their donation this year – a signed, limited-edition giclée print of…

Shop AmazonSmile This Holiday Season to Benefit the Museum

If you plan to do your shopping on Amazon this holiday season, please select The Heckscher Museum as your AmazonSmile charity. Run by its parent organization Amazon, AmasonSmile is a…

Heckscher Museum Magazine Available October November December 2022

October 2022

Check out the latest edition of The Heckscher Museum magazine. Make note of the exciting events for the coming months tied to Long Island Biennial. Read how corporate sponsors make…

COLLECTION ON THE ROAD: Betty Parsons’s “Tugboat”

Compiled by Jacqueline Covey

The Heckscher Museum of Art shares work from its Collection with institutions across the country and around the world. This summer, seven of our artworks are on view close to…

Historic Artists’ Sites of Long Island Website Launched

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation and grant recipient The Heckscher Museum of Art announce the launch of the new website Historic Artists’ Sites of Long Island, www.lihistoricartistssites.org developed by…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Richard Mayhew’s “Pescadero” (2014)

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

I’m concerned with the spiritual sensitivity and the illusion of time and space. … I thought that nature was very important so I had to use some element, but that…

Amityville Students Learn About Richard Mayhew, Nationally Renowned, Long Island-Raised Artist

“Glowing with light and warmth, vibrant, bold and abstract” are just some of the reactions from the 7th grade art classes in Amityville, Long Island, as they viewed the paintings…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Alison Saar’s “Reapers”

By Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

I’ve always wanted my work not to just be angry but point toward some resolution or express some optimism. But it’s been harder and harder to come up with something…

Priscilla C. Hughes Joins Board of Trustees

The Heckscher Museum of Art is pleased to announce the election of Priscilla C. Hughes, Esq., to the Board of Trustees. Priscilla Hughes recently retired from world-wide media company Thomson…

Michael W. Schantz Departs The Heckscher Museum of Art; John E. Coraor Named Interim Director

Huntington, NY – Michael W. Schantz has stepped down as Executive Director & CEO of The Heckscher Museum of Art, fulfilling a ten-year commitment. The Board of Trustees has announced…

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