Superintendent's Day Conference 2025
The Heckscher Museum of Art strongly believes in its role as an educational resource for professional development for K-12 teachers and administrators. Every school year, educators across all disciplines are invited to grow and learn along with their colleagues at the Museum!
Left to right: Artist Lori Shorin; Lori Shorin, Manna From Heaven, Clay, 32 x 26 x 24 inches.Â
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
9 am – 3 pm
The Heckscher Museum of Art & Old First Church
K-12 teachers are invited to join us for this full day of interactive and collaborative art discussions and activities at the Museum and Old First Church in Huntington! Â
Enjoy curator-led tours of the exhibition Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History. This ground-breaking exhibition is the first to recognize Emma Stebbins (1815–1882) as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. While her Bethesda Fountain in Central Park has been a global icon for 150 years, the full scope of Stebbins’s life and work is virtually unknown.Â
Meet, learn, and create with two inspiring contemporary artists, Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso and Lori Shorin, who both work figuratively like Stebbins more than 100 years later.Â
At the museum, artist Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso will share an inspiring presentation of her work that brings light and pays tribute to great female painters from the Renaissance through the modern era. Often melding her own image with other artists, Dellosso creates unique self-portraits that tell fascinating stories. She meticulously studies the paintings and self-portraits of the featured artists, as well as their histories. Learn more about Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso’s work
At Old First Church, artist Lori Shorin will present her work and guide hands-on activities. Shorin is a figurative sculptor inspired by quiet moments of contact between people that express an inner connection. In the past six years, she has created compositions of figures from different faiths having a shared experience. Currently her work combines the classical approach to the figure with new technology to deepen her exploration of connectedness between people. Learn more about Lori Shorin’s work
After learning about Shorin’s creative process, get inspired by a live figure model. Sculptural and drawing materials will be provided to nurture your creative spirit and enrich your curriculum!
Left to right: Artist Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso; Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Peeling Onions: Homage to Lilly Martin Spencer, 2025 (detail), Oil on Linen, 36 x 36 inches.
$125 per person*
*Registration required. Space is limited. Fee includes all supplies. This program is BOCES aidable. No payment is required at the time of registration. Invoices will be sent after the conference takes place. Participants receive a certificate for 6 CTLE Hours after the program takes place. The Heckscher Museum of Art is a NYSED CTLE Approved Provider.
General Registration will open on Thursday, September 18 at 10 am. Link will be posted here.Â
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School District Members enjoy PRIORITY REGISTRATION for this conference and receive FREE ADMISSION for three teachers. Become a School District Member today!
All activities meet the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and Common Core Learning Standards. The Heckscher Museum of Art is proud to be an Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) pursuant to Section 80-6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education of The New York State Education Department (NYSED).
