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Long Island’s Best 2020 Awards Announced!

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
April 17, 2020

Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum, the most prestigious juried competition for Long Island high school students, has announced top prize winners for 2020. All of the…

Interview with Alumnus Nicole Noel: A Long Island’s Best Success Story

In this centennial year, we asked Valley Stream Central High School alumnus Nicole Noel to share her experiences with The Heckscher Museum’s prestigious high school program. Nicole Noel was the…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 4): Garden Collage

April 14, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about contemporary artist Amanda Valdez and her piece Sticky Garden, which is on view online in the exhibition…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Alice Rahon’s “La Conjuration des Antilopes”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator
and Emily A. Finan, Curatorial Intern

In earliest times painting was magical; it was a key to the invisible. In those days the value of a work lay in its power of conjuration, a power that…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 3): Circus Tent Fun

April 7, 2020

For this week’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about the work of art Circus Tent by George Luks in our collection and getting inspired to create our…

View “Amanda Valdez: Piecework” Online Today!

April 3, 2020

Browse images of all of the artwork, explore the digital exhibition brochure, and read Curator Karli Wurzelbacher’s essay on the artist and her work. This exhibition features 20 works of…

April/May/June Issue of Heckscher Museum Magazine Available Now

April 2, 2020

Check out the latest issue of The Heckscher Museum Magazine! Read about Long Island’s Best, and our signature show: The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100! Please note: any program dates featured…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 2): Calder Colorful Balloon Drawing

March 31, 2020

For today’s Heckscher at Home Kids Edition, we will be learning about the work of art Balloons by Alexander Calder in our collection and getting inspired to create our own colorful…

H@H Kids Edition (Episode 1): Abstract & Realistic Foil Sculptures

March 25, 2020

We are happy to kick off our “Heckscher at Home” Kids Edition Series during this unprecedented time. We hope that these fun and educational art activities, which you can create…

Congratulations to “Long Island’s Best” Exhibiting Artists 2020!

March 19, 2020

The Museum is thrilled to announce that Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2020 exhibiting artists have been determined! In honor of our 100th Anniversary in 2020, Museum Curator Dr.…