Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum, the most prestigious juried competition for high school students from Suffolk and Nassau Counties, will be on view from March 17 to April 15, 2018. There were 385 student entries submitted representing a record-breaking 62 participating high schools across Long Island. Jurors took on the difficult challenge of selecting 80 works for the professionally mounted exhibition in the Museum galleries. Now in its 22nd year, Long Island’s Best is the premiere event of The Heckscher Museum’s education programs. This juried exhibition is the only one of its kind on Long Island that provides students the unparalleled opportunity to exhibit their artwork in a prominent museum, and to be featured in a fullcolor catalog that accompanies the exhibition. Museum visitors are treated to exceptional artwork by talented young artists…
