Closed Today. Open Thurs – Sun, 12 – 5 pm.
April 30, 2022 – May 29, 2022
This annual exhibition features extraordinary works of art created by Long Island high school students. 399 works of art from 55 high schools were submitted for jurying this year, with 79 selected by Karli Wurzelbacher, Heckscher Museum Curator, and guest juror, artist and Long Island’s Best Alumna, Emily Martin.
All of the exhibition’s components, including artist statements written by each student and images of artwork from the Museum’s exhibitions that inspired students, are available here.
Follow #hmalibest for artists of the day and more throughout the exhibition.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.
The Darrell Fund Endowment/Henriette Darrell
Pritchard Charitable Trust
ARTISTIC SPONSOR
Strong-Cuevas Foundation
PATRON SPONSORS
TD Charitable Foundation
Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE SPONSORS
Inna Gellerman, DDS, Gellerman Orthodontics
Callaghan LLP
The Long Island’s Best Program features a complete list of all exhibiting artists and awards, participating schools, information on the exhibitions that inspired students in 2022, and more!
Museum visitors, both online and in person, will determine the winners of the 2022 Visitors Choice and Virtual Visitors Choice Awards! Voting begins Saturday, April 30. Vote below for Virtual Visitors Choice and visit the Museum in person to vote for Visitors Choice. Voting ends May 29, 2022. Winners will be announced Thursday, June 2!
Alexandra Hugel
Total Eclipse
Digital photograph
Syosset High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Chrysoula Highland
22 works of art from Long Island’s Best 2022 will be on view June 1 – 30 in the windows of Mitchells, located at 270 Main Street, Huntington, NY.
Congratulations to the following artists whose artwork will be on view at Mitchells!
Justine Abarca, Northport HS
Alexa Able, Herricks HS
Kimberly Argueta Rodriguez, Uniondale HS
Mia Baric, Smithtown HS East
Jeanna Boltz, Half Hollow Hills HS East
Lucas Ceraso, Huntington Fine Arts
Rachel Chong, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Omar Cruz, Huntington HS
Amber Dacanay, East Meadow HS
Tabitha Dreher-DeRiggi, Lindenhurst HS
Evelyn Evans, Long Beach HS
Anjali Gauld, Manhasset HS
Jillian Goldbach, Long Beach HS
Zakariyah Hanif, Newfield HS
Wajeeha Hassan, Jericho HS
Paige Hillebrand, Patchogue-Medford HS
Alexandra Hugel, Syosset HS
Hannah Ikawa, North Shore HS
Ara Kim, Hicksville HS
Joanna Lee, W. T. Clarke HS
Sean Mascaro, John F. Kennedy HS
Sia Parikh, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS
Aisy Franciscovich
Me, Myself and I
Oil on canvas
Huntington High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Kristin Singer
*Heckscher Achievement Award*
Eight works of art from Long Island’s Best 2022 will be on view June 1 – 30 at Firefly Artists Gallery, located at 162, Main Street, Northport, NY.
Congratulations to the following artists whose artwork will be on view at Firefly Artists Gallery!
Amelia Bhairo, West Hempstead HS
Justine Blain, Valley Stream Central HS
Hannah Briggs, Oyster Bay HS
Aisy Franciscovich, Huntington HS
Yuyu Liu, Portledge School
Malak Shehata, Hicksville HS
Lily Wagner, Hicksville HS
Zhezhong Yu, Roslyn HS
FRIENDS & FAMILY PREVIEW DAY
Saturday, April 30
11 am – 3 pm
Exhibiting artists and their teachers, friends and family, Museum Members, and Donors are invited for this exclusive preview day. View Long Island’s Best 2022 before the exhibition is open to the general public.
AWARD CEREMONIES
Award Ceremony I: Saturday, April 30, 4 – 5 pm
Award Ceremony II: Saturday, April 30, 6 – 7 pm
Digital invitations to follow.
ARTIST MEET UP
Sunday, May 15
5 – 6:30 pm
Long Island’s Best 2022 exhibiting artists are invited to meet their fellow “LI Best-ers” for this casual evening of fun conversation and more!
Digital invitation to follow.
