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H@H Kids Edition: Summer Break! Watercolor Painting (Episode 14)

Create this project along with Lisa! Instructional video will premiere on the Museum’s YouTube Channel on Saturday, July 11 at 10 am. Project Overview: First, we will learn about what…

August Heckscher Live!

The Heckscher Museum of Art was thrilled to discover this video of founder and philanthropist August Heckscher to share in time for our 100th anniversary this week! Heckscher and his…

New Summer Break H@H Virtual Activities for Kids begin July 11

Celebrate art and get outdoors this summer with H@H Kids Edition: Summer Break! The Museum’s Education Department is thrilled to announce this new summer version of its popular Heckscher at…

Heckscher Museum Takes Over @52Museums July 6 – 12

The brainchild of a self-described social media and museum “activist,” founder Mar Dixon created @52Museums as a campaign and Instagram account to bring museums together from around the globe. The…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Hans Hokanson’s “Little Gull”

By Emily A. Finan, Curatorial Intern

I am influenced by the volume and the availability of the wood … The wood itself kicks me off, encourages me, speaks back to me. I am in direct confrontation…

LI Best Artist Meet Up A Success!

June 17, 2020

The annual Long Island’s Best arts-in-education initiative provides students with engaging and authentic art experiences, challenging them to develop their own unique creative voices and share their artwork with a…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Howardena Pindell’s “Relationships (Kandinsky #1)”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

In Relationships (Kandinsky #1) (1996), Howardena Pindell blends varied artistic languages to create a multimedia work bursting with energy and meaning. The diamond-shaped acrylic on canvas painting will be a…

A Time to Help

June 12, 2020

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 13): Looking Out & Looking In: Lift-a-Flap Fun

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about artist Emilio Sanchez and his piece La Casa Vivienda, which is from the Museum’s permanent collection. Then,…

From the Studio: Amanda Valdez

By Amanda Valdez, Artist

When The Heckscher Museum temporarily closed to the public, we were installing the exhibition Amanda Valdez: Piecework. Originally scheduled to open on March 21, the show debuted virtually instead. The…