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LI Best 2022 Visitors Choice Award Winners Announced

June 2, 2022

More than 2,200 votes were cast this year for the Long Island’s Best 2022 Visitors Choice Awards – by individuals visiting the Museum in person as well as online. The…

Youth Ambassadors Inspired by “Long Island’s Best 2022”

May 17, 2022

The Heckscher Museum Youth Ambassadors, a program for students in grades 5 to 9, discuss their favorite artwork from Long Island’s Best 2022 in these new videos. Students visited the…

Students Celebrate Opening of Long Island’s Best 2022

May 3, 2022

The Museum would like to congratulate all of the exhibiting artists and award winners for Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum 2022! Now celebrating its 26th year,…

Print Your Art Out Artists Announced!

April 21, 2022

The Heckscher Museum is pleased to announce the line up of artists who will have the exclusive opportunity to work with a master printmaker from BIG INK, Inc., a traveling…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Richard Mayhew’s “Pescadero” (2014)

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

I’m concerned with the spiritual sensitivity and the illusion of time and space. … I thought that nature was very important so I had to use some element, but that…

New H@H Kids Earth Day Art Activity Video debuts April 22

Create this new H@H project along with Alyssa starting Friday, April 22, 2022 at 10 am! Watch the video right here or on the Museum’s YouTube Channel. Project Overview: Join…

Last Call for Artists: Large-Scale Wood Block Printing

Artists interested in carving a LARGE-scale woodblock can apply to “print with us!” Application Deadline: April 8, 2022 BIG INK, Inc. and The Heckscher Museum of Art are teaming up…

Heckscher Museum Magazine Available: April May June 2022

Check out the April May June 2022 issue of The Heckscher Museum magazine! Get a first look at the upcoming exhibition Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from…

Long Island Biennial 2022 Jurors Announced

Long Island Biennial Application Period Open through April 30 Exhibition Dates: October 1, 2022 to January 22, 2023 Three accomplished women with impressive art credentials will be jurying The Heckscher…

Amityville Students Learn About Richard Mayhew, Nationally Renowned, Long Island-Raised Artist

“Glowing with light and warmth, vibrant, bold and abstract” are just some of the reactions from the 7th grade art classes in Amityville, Long Island, as they viewed the paintings…