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CALL TO ARTISTS: Join The Heckscher Museum’s Emerging Artists Series 2019

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January 2019

What: Long Island Artists are invited to apply to Heckscher Museum’s new Emerging Artists Series 2019 When: Immediately (Rolling Application) Where: Heckscher.org About the Opportunity: The Emerging Artists Series 2019…

The Heckscher Collects: Recent Acquisitions

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January 2019

Significant new acquisitions from The Heckscher Museum of Art are on exhibit — most for the first time. These 24 paintings, prints, and photographs demonstrate the continued evolution and growth…

Collection of a Lifetime: Couple’s Latin American Art at Heckscher

Newsday
BY DEIDRE S. GREBEN

November 16, 2018

“It looks like a plucked chicken,” Milton Bagley says of his Woodbury home. The 90-year-old retired ad man is lamenting the many empty walls and bare spaces in the house…

The Heckscher Museum of Art’s Celebrate Achievement Benefit Honors Devon and Thomas Carroll

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October 20, 2018

In recognition of their significant contributions to arts education and culture on Long Island, The Heckscher Museum of Art honored Devon and Thomas Carroll at is annual Celebrate Achievement Benefit…

Rivera and Beyond: Latin American Art from the Milton and Joan Bagley Collection

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September 2018

An exciting number of masterworks provide a vibrant chronicle of Latin American art in The Heckscher Museum of Art’s exhibition Rivera and Beyond: Latin American Art from the Joan and…

Long Island Biennial

The 2018 Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring exceptional art from contemporary artists across Suffolk and Nassau Counties, opens at The Heckscher Museum of Art on August 4, 2018.…

Two Shows Closely Fitted: Tile Club Laid Side to Side with Biennial

Newsday
BY DEIRDRE S. GREBEN

August 3, 2018

Along with black-eyed Susan and lavender salvia, easels are popping up across Long Island’s picturesque terrain. It’s plein-air painting season and enthusiasts are on the hunt for the perfect vista……

DRAW OUT! 2018 Arts Festival

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August 2018

Get ready to DRAW OUT! The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington invites all ages to the Museum and outside in beautiful Heckscher Park during this lively, free community event.…

The Tile Club: Camaraderie and American Plein Air Painting

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July 2018

Stimulating conversation, warm camaraderie, and art making with painted tiles brought a lively group of artists, writers, and musicians together as The Tile Club. The members embarked on excursions –…

Style in “The Age of Tiffany” The Heckscher Museum of Art

Newsday
BY DEIRDRE S. GREBEN

May 18, 2018

For a few days last fall, visitors strolling through the park surrounding Huntington’s Heckscher Museum may have noticed American sculptor Edward Berge’s early 20th century bronze “The Race” beneath a…