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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Asher B. Durand’s “Keene Valley”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

The Museum’s founder, August Heckscher, loved landscape paintings. The founding collection is rich in work from Hudson River School artists who were captivated by the natural world, including Frederic Church,…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Still Life with Accordion” and “Levitator #1”

by Jacqueline Covey

In a career that spanned 70 years, Russian-American artist Esphyr Slobodkina (1908-2002) championed American abstraction. She was a gifted and innovative artist and is also well-known as the author and…

The 2021 Year End Annual Appeal Continues!

Thank you to the generous donors who have contributed to the Museum’s Annual Appeal! This amazing support will allow the Museum to inspire an appreciation of art and art-making in…

New H@H Kids “Slice of Art” Collage Project debuts Nov. 20!

Create this new H@H project along with Lisa starting Saturday, November 20 at 10:15 am! Watch the video right here or on the Museum’s YouTube Channel. Project Overview: Join educator…

Youth Ambassadors Lead Fall Tour

November 17, 2021
by Tami Wood, Museum Educator

On Saturday mornings this fall, before the building’s opening hours, the Heckscher Museum of Art was a hub of activity. A diverse group of fifth through ninth grade students from…

Superintendent’s Day Conference for Teachers a Success!

November 15, 2021

On Tuesday, November 2, 77 K-12 art teachers from 14 different school districts across Nassau and Suffolk Counties came together for the Museum’s annual Superintendent’s Day Professional Development Conference.

Help us Shoot for the Moon: Donate Now!

On behalf of The Heckscher Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees, volunteers, and staff, thank you for your ongoing and generous support. This year has been a significant milestone for…

COLLECTION ON THE ROAD: Three Paintings in the Hall of New York at the State Capitol Building

by Jacqueline Covey

Experts regard the Empire State Plaza Art Collection as “one of the greatest public collections of modern American art outside of a museum.” The Heckscher Museum is pleased to have…

Celebrate Achievement Benefit a “Roaring” Success

October 23, 2021

The Heckscher Museum of Art “Dancing Through the Decades” October 21st Celebrate Achievement Benefit was a “Roaring” Success Honoring Nancy Douzinas & The Rauch Foundation Patricia Petersen & Daniel Gale…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Robert Carter’s “Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

“…social experiences, political experiences, economic experiences. Almost whatever you’re going through personally, what the community is going through, find their reflection in the work.” Robert Carter, 2015 In 1973, Robert…