The Heckscher Musuem of Art -- January February March 2020

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

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PUTTING THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM “ON THE MAP” THE LEGACY OF EVA INGERSOLL GATLING Eva Ingersoll Gatling (1913-2000), one of the first women in America to direct an art museum, was hired as the Museum’s first full-time professional director in October 1962. She is considered the force that put The Heckscher Museum “on the map” as an important regional museum. Gatling served as director through 1977. Her eye for art and artists set the stage for the Museum to become an important Long Island cultural center.

During her tenure, Gatling acquired some of the Museum’s most notable art works: more than 100 pieces from important artists such as Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Fairfield Porter, and George Luks.

Helen Torr, Oyster Stakes, 1929, oil on paperboard. Gift of Mrs. Mary Rehm. This work will be on view in The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100.

In 1968, Gatling acquired Eclipse of the Sun by George Grosz (1893-1959). She spearheaded the local fund-raising effort to acquire Eclipse of the Sun, encouraging the whole community – from schoolchildren to the then-Governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller – to become involved in the purchase. More than 200 people and institutions contributed. The painting is one of the most significant pieces in the Museum's collection.

Gatling also rediscovered the careers of many 19th- and early-20th-century Long Island artists, notably Helen Torr (1886-1967).

Gatling is credited with saving much of Torr’s work, which was set to be destroyed, and ultimately gave Torr her first museum exhibition, albeit posthumously. Gatling also helped acquire many paintings by Torr's husband, Arthur Dove (1880-1946). The restored Dove/Torr Cottage in Centerport is now part of The Heckscher Museum.

Gatling was herself an avid collector and gifted much of her art to the Museum. Nineteen works from her private collection are now part of the Permanent Collection. Her legacy continues to inspire Museum acquisitions, exhibitions and programs.

“She had an unerring eye for art, and was responsible for enriching the Heckscher collection with significant acquisitions, and elevating its reputation to that of one of the finest regional museums in America.”

RONALD G. PISANO

(1946-2000) FORMER HECKSCHER MUSEUM CURATOR

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PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE JANUARY 3 7 PM First Friday Performance East End Trio JANUARY 5 1 PM Family Hour Sunday JANUARY 8 2 PM Senior Second Wednesday Docent Tour of Locally Sourced: Women’s Voices & East End Exchanges JANUARY 12 1 PM Collection Conversation: Painters JANUARY 26 12 PM Draw In Winterfest Esteban Vicente, Interior Landscape, 1987, oil on canvas. Gift of the Estate of Esteban Vicente.

THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM IS A "WE" STORY

FEBRUARY 7 7 PM First Friday Performance Steve Salerno Jazz Band FEBRUARY 9 1 PM Family Hour Sunday

would otherwise not have a vocabulary. It issues from the heart, mind, and spirit. It requires a state of sustained listening that we need to continue to practice.

Laura Powers-Swiggett is a Long Island artist and an honoree at the 2019 Celebrate Achievement Benefit along with Deborah Kirk Solbert. This essay is excerpted from Laura's speech at the event.

The Heckscher Museum is a “We” story. It’s the story of our community told through art.

I have a vivid memory of standing in the Heckscher about 25 years ago. I was in front of an Esteban Vicente painting of such sublime beauty that for a minute, everything around me dissolved. I understood more fully what my mentor, Stan Brodsky, had been helping me discover. It aroused my senses, lifted my spirits, and expanded my boundaries.

Art gives me a language for tapping into things beneath the surface, things at the core of who I am, and for which I

When I have painted with school children in Haiti, most of whom have never painted before, I am always struck by how it quiets and centers them, and how naturally their stories emerge from their encounter with their materials. Art helps us understand things about each other that our imperfect spoken language cannot.

This island that we live on, this rolling glacial moraine surrounded by ocean, river, and sound, with its special quality of light, has been an inspiration for generations of artists (me, included). What a gift to be in communion with those who have come before: Esteban Vicente, Fairfield Porter, Arthur Dove, Robert Dash, Jane Wilson, Stan Brodsky, Stanley Twardowicz, to name a few of my heroes. Their work will always be near thanks to the Heckscher.

The Heckscher Museum connects us to our past, present, and future. Through its education programs, scholarships, and exhibitions, it encourages and nourishes today’s practicing artists and art appreciators. It nurtures the next generation. It makes the creative spirit more accessible to all of us.

FEBRUARY 10 3 PM Docent Open House Join our team!

FEBRUARY 12 2 PM Senior Second Wednesday Musical Performance, Serenade Duo FEBRUARY 12-16 Hearts for Art FEBRUARY 13 7 PM Emerging Artist Series FEBRUARY 23 1 PM Collection Conversation: Photographers MARCH 6 7 PM First Friday Performance Chris Covais Mind Open MARCH 11 2 PM Senior Second Wednesday Docent Tour of Locally Sourced: Huntington’s Own and Landscape MARCH 21 5:30 PM Members Opening Reception Amanda Valdez and Long Island's Best MARCH 26 6:30 PM Talk with Artist Amanda Valdez Members and Sponsors Only MARCH 29 1 PM Family Hour Sunday

THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Committee Robin T. Hadley Chair Trudy H. Calabrese Vice Chair Margaret M. Hargraves Vice Chair

Bruce A. Lev, CPA Treasurer Bette Schneiderman, Ph.D. Secretary Robert J. Aquilina Pien Bosch

John T. Callaghan John Coraor, Ph.D. Richard Cunniff, Jr. Brendan V. FitzGerald Franklin Hill Perrell Steven W. Roth Bruce Segal

Emeriti Trustees D. Frederick Baker Hans E.R. Bosch, Ph.D. Herman C. (Bud) Gehnrich Timothy S.J. Heckscher Andrea B. Klein Carl G. Markel

Francis Roberts, Ed.D. Patricia P. Sands Jane A. Shallat Edward G. Shufro James D. Watson, Ph.D. Michael W. Schantz, Ph.D. Executive Director & CEO

Cover art: Henry Fukuhara, Untitled (Heckscher Park Scene), c. 1980, watercolor and pencil on Miller paper. Gift of the artist. (Detail) Learn more about the cover art in Museum News.

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Exhibitions

WOMEN’S VOICES IN LOCALLY SOURCED THROUGH MARCH 15

The Women’s Voices gallery in Locally Sourced celebrates the work of important women artists represented in the Museum’s collection. This dedicated gallery reveals how women’s

contributions to Long Island’s culture have been extensive and enduring. While women are represented throughout the exhibition, this gallery highlights work by female artists in honor of the 100th

anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteeing women the right to vote.

Paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper created by women are on view.

“In the first half of the 20th century, Helen Torr, Betty Parsons, Esphyr Slobodkina, and Hedda Sterne broke with societal conventions to pursue art careers in the face of gender discrimination,” explains Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator. “They played pivotal—and underrecognized—roles in shaping American modernism.”

The Museum has championed women artists with shows including the first retrospective of Helen Torr’s work. Most recently, the Museum presented You Go Girl: Celebrating Women Artists (2016) and A Brush with HerStory: Paintings

by Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso (2019).

“As we strive to preserve and share more complete histories of art, the importance of exploring art by diverse women remains vital,” said Wurzelbacher.

Locally Sourced is sponsored by Robin T. Hadley Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein

“THE ABSTRACT WORLD WAS CONSIDERED COLD BECAUSE IT DIDN’T HAVE FIGURES. BUT IT HAD FIRE, ENERGY, NATURE, LIGHT, SPACE— IT CONCENTRATED ON ALL THOSE VALUES." ARTIST BETTY PARSONS (1900 – 1982)

Betty Parsons, Gulf of Mexico, 1951, gouache on paper. Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation.

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MARCH 21 TO MAY 3 Featuring the best art from high school students in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, this prestigious exhibition – the jewel of the Museum’s education programs – will feature an impressive 100 works in honor the Museum’s centennial.

Long Island’s Best 2020 jurors are Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator, and guest juror Nancy Richner, Director (retired), Hofstra University Museum of Art. Amanda Valdez, Phase Us, 2019, embroidery, acrylic, gesso, and oil stick on mounted paper on canvas.

Courtesy of Amanda Valdez and Denny Dimin Gallery.

AMANDA VALDEZ

MARCH 21 TO MAY 3 Contemporary artist Amanda Valdez creates brilliantly colored, patterned, and textured abstract paintings by cutting, sewing, dying, painting, and embroidering canvas and other cloth. Featuring more than a dozen paintings, including several that are among the artist’s largest, this exhibition explores Valdez’s engagement with abstraction and “women’s work” with fiber. She conjures surprising compositions through thoughtful use of different materials and modes of making.

“In Phase Us, Valdez experiments with space, color, and texture through the juxtaposition of diverse materials. The

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dense embroidered circles punctuate a shape created in smooth white gesso and fields of painterly marks created with oil stick,” notes Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator.

Valdez’s evocative forms, especially those that suggest the body, hint at visceral feelings and emotional states. Valdez believes that abstraction “allows for the creation of meaning to happen in the viewer.”

Valdez was born in Seattle and lives in Brooklyn. She has worked in Guatemala and New Orleans and completed artist residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Byrdcliffe, the MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo. In addition to a solo exhibition at Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum in 2016, she has shown her work in galleries in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Tokyo. She received an MFA from Hunter College in New York City and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Eloni Peralta, Piano (top), Elmont Memorial High School, Achievement Award in Photography 2019

GENEROUS SUPPORT for Long Island's Best is provided by: PRESENTING SPONSOR The Darrell Fund Endowment.

ARTISTIC SPONSOR Strong-Cuevas Foundation.

PATRON SPONSORS Patricia and Vincent Mallardi III TD Charitable Foundation The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation and RBC Wealth Management.

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE SPONSOR Inna Gellerman, DDS, Gellerman Orthodontics.

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THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART HONORS DEBORAH KIRK SOLBERT AND LAURA POWERS-SWIGGETT OCTOBER 19, 2019 HUNTINGTON COUNTRY CLUB

It was a festive night for the Celebrate Achievement Benefit! The Huntington Country Club welcomed Museum guests to honor Deborah Kirk Solbert and Laura Powers-Swiggett. Thanks to the generosity of the sponsors and attendees, this Celebrate Achievement gala was the most financially successful in the Museum’s history.

Pien Bosch, Mary Alice Kolodner, Susan Sheeline, and Kristin Smith served as Benefit Co-Chairs. Mary D. Lindsay and Margy Hargraves were Honorary Committee Co-Chairs.

Honoree Deborah Kirk Solbert (lower left) and family.

The honorees were commended for their support of The Heckscher Museum and of the arts on Long Island. Proceeds will fund programs and exhibitions for emerging and established Long Island artists. Visit Heckscher.org for more photos.

PLATINUM SPONSORS The Cunniff Family Robin T. Hadley The Lindsay Family Mary D. Lindsay Nancy Metz & George Lindsay, Jr. Terry & Bob Lindsay

Kristin & Dustin Smith GOLD SPONSORS Pien & Hans Bosch The Carroll & Broderick Families The Hargraves-Mandy-Hall Family Irene and Peter J. Klein through The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation

Patricia & Vincent Mallardi III The Solbert Family Pearl F. Staller

Honoree Laura Powers-Swiggett (center) with family.

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L to R, Anne May, Maggie Schubauer, Christie McNicol, and Benefit Co-Chair Mary Alice Kolodner

SILVER SPONSORS Linda & Robert Aquilina Laura & Brian Swiggett BRONZE SPONSORS Ann Eden Woodward Foundation – Judy & Pat Woods, Trustees

Callaghan Lucerino & Associates LLP Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Patricia Petersen Deirdre O’Connell Tom Calabrese

Henriette M. Darrell Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein Anita & Gordon Lamb through The Jefferson Family Charitable Foundation

PATRON SPONSORS Trudy & Tom Calabrese Kathy & Jack DiMaio Stan Gale Lynn & Frank Gundersen Lessing’s/Sandbar Bruce & Cheryl Lev Pamela Sheard McGuinness & William McGuinness Lisa & Brian Olson Bette & Paul Schneiderman Toxic/Nature Studios – Tami & Scott Schneider

Robin & Paul Vermylen

Dawn & Alan Kisner Mary Alice & Michael Kolodner Sally & Tom Megear Mercedes-Benz of Huntington – Jim Buzzetta

Ashley & Frank O’Keefe Wendy Powers & Edmund Hollander Patricia & Francis Roberts Patricia Sands Linda & Michael Schantz Lisa & Peter Schiff Schultheis & Panettieri, LLP – Alex Campo

Jane & Barton Shallat Marisela & Cary Staller Rebecca & Robert Swiggett Val & Warren Titus Susie & Stanley Trotman Elizabeth & James D. Watson Jane & Peter White Deedee & Michael Wigler JOURNAL DONORS Aboff’s, Inc. Fern & Hersh Cohen FARRELL FRITZ, PC NawrockiSmith LLP Carol & Jim Swiggett MUSIC SPONSORS Lisa & Doug Arthur

TOP: Benefit Co-Chairs Susan Sheeline and Pien Bosch MIDDLE: Benefit Co-Chair Kristin Smith with Lisa Olson.

BELOW: L to R, Michael W. Schantz, Laura Powers-Swiggett, Deborah Kirk Solbert, and NY State Senator James Gaughran.

DONOR SPONSORS Erica & Henry Babcock Mary Jo Balkind Christey & Peter Blohm Colette Buzzetta Kate & Andy Chapman Phyllis N. Charash Liz & Chip Clothier Kirsten Heinemann & Christopher Brown Sealy & Mark Hopkinson Nancy & Charles Hoppin

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Museum News

ADOPT A WORK THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM CELEBRATES 100 The Heckscher Museum is fortunate to hold an extraordinary number of masterpieces and archival materials by the renowned Huntington artist Arthur G. Dove. Now, these important artworks and historical objects are in serious need of conservation.

The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100, opening May 16, will showcase paintings and drawings by Dove as well as art materials he used. The goal is to protect and preserve Dove’s art and objects for exhibition and ensure this significant holding will be enjoyed by Museum goers in future years.

Conservation for the Arthur Dove Archive has three components:

DOVE WATERCOLORS Ten important Dove watercolors need conservation glass. Over time, exposure to indoor and outdoor UV light rays can contribute to fading and deterioration of art. Museum conservation glass would replace the regular glass currently in frames. Conservation glass effectively blocks UV light rays to protect against fading and helps keep framed pieces brighter, longer.

ARTHUR DOVE CREATIVE OBJECTS Materials used by Dove are a special part of the collection.

Well-used brushes, tubes of paint, and colorful jars of pure pigment from Dove’s studio require conservation and study. Once conserved,

the objects would ultimately be housed in protective casing at the Dove/Torr Cottage in Centerport.

ARTHUR DOVE ART LIBRARY The Museum has a number of art books owned by Arthur Dove. They have underlined sections, and notes in the margins in Dove’s own writing. The books speak to his techniques, especially his color choices. Written color formulas and experimental daubs of paint within these books are archival treasures.

Care and preservation of the collection is one of the principal responsibilities of a museum. The Adopt a Work program offers a unique opportunity for donors to become proud “parents” to some of the Museum’s most important treasures, benefiting the Museum, the sponsor, and generations to come.

A complete list of works available for conservation can be found at heckschercollection.org under the Adopt a Work tab. A donation is tax deductible.

To Adopt a Work, please contact Deborah Johnson, Deputy Director & Director of Development, 631.351.3006 or Johnson@Heckscher.org.

Ten Arthur Dove watercolors need conservation glass, including Untitled Centerport #2, watercolor and pencil on paper, 1941. Gift of Mr. William C. Dove. The Dove archives include pigments and tubes of paint that need restoration and proper storage.

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TEACHERS BRING GREAT ART TO LIFE More than 75 art teachers from across Long Island participated recently in a lively Superintendent’s Day Conference, The Heckscher Museum’s annual professional development program. Led

by Museum Educators, the teachers collaborated, created art, and learned new ways to develop their students’ visual literacy skills. Among the highlights were the creative, live interpretations of great art pieces. This year, the Museum partnered with Huntington Fine Arts.

The Heckscher Museum is a New York State Education Department CTLE Approved Provider. Find other opportunities and resources for teachers on Heckscher.org.

Heckscher Museum Youth Ambassadors met with artist Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, in back, with her painting Genevieve Estelle Jones’ Dream (Self-Portrait Homage), 2015. Oil on linen. Collection of William and Barbara Meek.

THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART

YOUTH AMBASSADORS LEAD MUSEUM TOURS “Graduates” of The Heckscher Museum’s Family Hour Sundays can now look forward to a more grown-up art experience in the galleries through a new program for students in grades 5 to 8.

The inaugural group of The Heckscher Museum's Youth Ambassadors, trained by Educator Tami Wood, led visitors through three exhibitions during the Huntington Village Art Walk in October. The students also enjoyed meeting and talking with artist Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso.

“The Youth Ambassadors did a great job!” said Wood. “They each led a portion of the Museum tour, and shared what they learned. They engaged participants with questions and activities. It was clear that their experience with Family Hour over the years has made them comfortable in the Museum talking about art.”

For information on upcoming Heckscher Museum Youth Ambassador opportunities, contact: Education@Heckscher.org

Administration Michael W. Schantz, Ph.D. Executive Director & CEO Douglas B. Cohen Director of Finance Jessica Cox Executive Assistant/Office Manager/ Website Coordinator Exhibitions & Collections Karli Wurzelbacher, Ph.D. Curator Kerrilyn Blee Assistant Curator Christine Marzano Registrar Development Deborah Johnson Deputy Director & Director of Development Caitlynn Schare Development Manager Jill Rowen Public Relations/Marketing Michelle Yadoo Marketing & Design Assistant Education & Public Programs Joy L. Weiner Director of Education & Public Programs Kristina Schaaf Director of Visitor Experience Lisa Sayedi Lead Museum Educator Alyssa Matthews Museum Educator Helen Potter Visitor Services Coordinator Building Services Kenneth Moss Superintendent of Building & Grounds

COVER STORY: FUKUHARA’S HECKSCHER PARK During the Museum’s professional development day, teachers recreated great art, including this version of Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas.

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California-born watercolorist Henry Fukuhara (1913–2010) was detained with his family in a camp for Japanese-Americans in Owens Valley, CA, during WWII. His release from the Manzanar camp was contingent on his promise to leave the West Coast, so he relocated to Long Island. On the cover is the serene watercolor he donated to the Museum in 1981. Fukuhara depicts Heckscher Park in winter, a scene he first sketched on a paper bag. That paper bag is an amazing historical artifact and is safely held in the Museum's Permanent Collection. This watercolor is on view in Locally Sourced.

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Programs

MEMBERS AND SPONSORS EVENTS EXHIBITION RECEPTION AMANDA VALDEZ and LONG ISLAND'S BEST SATURDAY, MARCH 21 5:30 to 7:30 pm

FIRST FRIDAY SERIES Enjoy extended hours and a musical performance in the galleries.

5 to 8:30 pm. Performance 7 pm.

Free JANUARY 3 EAST END TRIO FEBRUARY 7 STEVE SALERNO JAZZ BAND MARCH 6 CHRIS COVAIS MIND OPEN

SENIOR SECOND WEDNESDAY

Members/Seniors (62+) Free.

General Public Half-Price Admission All Day Programs 2 to 3 pm JANUARY 8 DOCENT TOUR OF LOCALLY SOURCED: WOMEN’S VOICES & EAST END EXCHANGES GALLERIES FEBRUARY 12 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, LOVE SONGS WITH SERENADE DUO MARCH 11 DOCENT TOUR OF LOCALLY SOURCED: HUNTINGTON’S OWN AND LANDSCAPE GALLERIES

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TALK WITH ARTIST AMANDA VALDEZ THURSDAY, MARCH 26 6:30 to 7:30 pm Members and Sponsors Only! Free Join artist Amanda Valdez as she discusses her work and artistic process in a special program for current Members and Sponsors.

The Museum will open at 6 pm in advance of the talk for guests to view the exhibition, Amanda Valdez.

Please note: You must be a current Member or Sponsor to register for this event. Registration is required. Space is limited. Call 631.351.3006 or email Schare@Heckscher.org to register or join.

GALLERY TALKS COLLECTION CONVERSATION 1 pm Free Celebrate our 100th and learn about the outstanding contemporary artists in our permanent collection. Curator Karli Wurzelbacher leads conversations with select artists from Locally Sourced.

Artists will have the opportunity to engage with each other and discuss their work in relation to theme, media, and art historical context.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 Painters: Janet Culbertson, Bruce Lieberman, Paton Miller, Roy Nicholson, Frank Olt, Dee Shapiro, Louise Sloan, and Christian White.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Photographers: Ray Germann, Joanne Mulberg, Andreas Rentsch, Barbara Roux, and Neil Scholl.

EMERGING ARTIST SERIES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 7 to 8 pm Free Featured Artists: Robyn Cooper, Melissa Misla, Lauren Skelly-Bailey, and Marie Saint-Cyr. The Museum hosts this bi-monthly series for contemporary Long Island artists.

Enjoy an evening of artist discussions, and see the featured artists’ work on display. Following the talks, join us for a “Meet and Greet” Artist Wine Reception!

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FAMILIES & CHILDREN FAMILY HOUR SUNDAYS GUIDED TOURS & ACTIVITIES JANUARY 5 • FEBRUARY 9 • MARCH 29 1 to 2 pm Children ages 5 - 10 Join Museum Educator Tami Wood for a family-friendly museum tour! Families experience the current exhibitions through close looking, lively conversation, and hands-on gallery projects. $5 per child Adults: Members Free Non-Members: Museum Admission Registration required. Payment at door.

Register online at bit.ly/registerforfamilyhour

HEARTS FOR ART FEBRUARY 12 TO 16

Free with Museum Admission Fall in love with art! Place a paper heart in front of your favorite artwork and share a photo with #heartsforart and #heckschermuseum.

THE BOOK GROUP AT THE MUSEUM! 1 to 2:30 pm Members $15, Non-Members $20 per session

In the inspiring setting of the Museum galleries, join book group leader Jeri Weitman, and read an artfully curated selection of fiction and non-fiction books sure to be enjoyed by all!

MONDAY, MARCH 2 THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR

BY KASSIA ST. CLAIR MONDAY, APRIL 6 THE BRIDAL CHAIR

BY GLORIA GOLDREICH MONDAY, MAY 4 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE

BY HEATHER ROSE

JOIN OUR TEAM AND BECOME A DOCENT OR VOLUNTEER! DOCENT OPEN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 3 to 4 pm Are you interested in learning what it takes to become a Docent or Volunteer at The Heckscher Museum? Join us for a Volunteer Meet & Greet in the galleries.

Staff will explain what being a Docent entails and also discuss additional volunteer opportunities at the Museum.

Current Volunteers will be on hand to share their experiences and answer any questions you may have.

Email Volunteer@Heckscher.org or call 631.351.3250 to RSVP.

Registration is required. Space is limited. https://bit.ly/hmabookgroup Member Events Family Events

COMMUNITY EVENT!

DRAW IN WINTERFEST SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 12 to 4 pm Free Escape the cold and celebrate creativity at our annual Draw In Winterfest!

Enjoy an array of art activities in the galleries for all ages. Meet and create with artist Robyn Cooper, and use the digital action painter. Explore the Locally Sourced exhibition with the Museum’s Youth Ambassadors as they lead a tour at 12 Noon.

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Guy Carleton Wiggins, Huntington, L.I., c. 1905, oil on board. The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Visit Heckscher.org for exhibition and program information.

HECKSCHER MUSEUM HOURS

Wednesday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm Saturday & Sunday 11 am to 5 pm Closed Monday & Tuesday

ADMISSION FEES

$8 Adults; $6 Seniors (62+); $5 students (10 and over) Children under 10 and Museum Members Free. Reduced fees for Huntington Township Residents.

FREE VIEWING HOURS FOR HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS

Wednesday after 2 pm, Saturday before 1 pm. Proof of residency required.

FREE ADMISSION FOR ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

Proof of service required (up to 5 family members).

DOCENTS IN THE GALLERY

(Private tours available, call for reservations.)

Wednesday through Friday 2 pm to 4 pm; Saturday & Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm Directions: LIE or Northern State Parkway to Route 110 North. Turn right onto Route 25A East, Main Street, in Huntington. Left onto Prime Ave. Generous support provided by the Town of Huntington.

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