The Heckscher Museum JanFebMarch 2023

A Second Century of Art and Inspiration

The Heckscher Museum of Art’s 2022 Benefit celebrated the future and welcomed Museum Executive Director and CEO Heather Arnet. The evening was a great success, benefiting the exciting exhibitions and education programs for the coming year. With a shimmering poolside cocktail hour and a glittery candlelit tent, the theme – Moonstruck – came to life and inspired the dazzling fashions worn by guests!

Co-Chairs and Committee members

sparkle: Ali Bosch, Colette Buzzetta, Susan Van Scoy, Poranee Chen, Thayer Orelli, and Darcy O’Neill.

Cover art: George Barker (1844-1894), Niagara Falls, 1888, albumen print. Gift of Neil Scholl.

Clockwise from top left: Cocktails poolside: Brian Swiggett, 2019 Benefit Honoree Laura Powers-Swiggett, 2021 Benefit Honoree Patricia Petersen, and 2013 Benefit Honoree Margy Hargraves; Jessica Brassler and 2015 Benefit Honoree Robin Hadley, Chair, Board of Trustees; Illusionist Seth Kramer dazzled the crowd; Heather Arnet and Town of Huntington Supervisor Edmund J. Smyth; Dan DeDora, Caroline DeDora, Stephanie Rodrigues, and Kavi Packiam; Back row left to right: Matt Hux, Benefit Co-Chair Liz Halpern, Rob Trust, Sarah Trust, Anne Pace, and Kate Chapman. Front row left to right: Liz Hux, Josh Halpern, Emily D'Auria, Chris D'Auria, and Andy Chapman.

Exhibitions

JANUARY 28 – APRIL 16

Viewfinders is guest curated by Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History at St. Joseph’s University, Long Island.

Since the invention of the camera, photographers have enthralled viewers by interpreting the natural world. Viewfinders: Photographers Frame Nature explores artists’ varied responses to the relationship between nature and humans.

These lens-based works reveal the divergent ways in which nature continues to fuel documentation of the human experience and imagination—from images symbolizing the untamed power of nature to those in which the landscape has been shaped and exploited by humans. It traces the lure of photography through five themes culminating

in contemporary times when every person with a smartphone has the power to “frame nature.”

Dr. Van Scoy’s selection of works include black and white, color, and digital photography, photomontage, and video dating from the late 19th century to the present. More than 70 works are grouped thematically in five sections: Picturesque, Wild, Denatured, Abstract, and Imaginative.

Legendary American photographers including Edward Steichen, Larry Fink, Berenice Abbott, and William Eggleston are represented, alongside newly acquired photographs by Kenji Nakahashi and Jeremy Dennis. Dr. Van Scoy also selected a substantial number of works by notable Long Island image makers.

Clockwise, Kenji Nakahashi (1947-2017), Trimming, 1987, chromogenic color print. Anonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi; Berenice Abbott, (1898-1991) West Street, 1936, gelatin silver print. Gift of Mr. Morton Brozinsky; Edward Steichen (1879-1973), Moonlight: The Pond, 1906, rotogravure. Museum Purchase.

JANUARY 28, 2023 – MARCH 2024

Sponsored by Robin T. Hadley

Exploring the spaces we inhabit, Raise the Roof encompasses more than 50 artworks from The Heckscher Museum’s collection that reflect the many meanings of home. The house is a site where daily life unfolds, work takes place, identities cohere and shift, memories form, and imaginations take flight. Raise the Roof: The Home in Art demonstrates the central role that homes play in our lives and in art.

Curator Dr. Karli Wurzelbacher debuts significant recent additions to the collection by contemporary artists such as Courtney M. Leonard, Kenji Nakahashi, Becky Suss, and Stella Waitzkin, and features a promised gift by sculptor Ed Haddaway. Never-before-exhibited photographs by Larry Fink and prints by Robert Dash are featured as are artworks by Romare Bearden, Salvador Dali, Olafur Eliasson, Miriam Schapiro, and Esphyr Slobodkina. Each artist’s work embodies home in a singular and intimate way.

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN LOANED TO HISTORIC GERMAN EXHIBITION

George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun, 1926, one of the Museum’s most significant works of art, is currently on international loan to the prestigious Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

The painting is a highlight among the 100 works in the exhibition George Grosz in Berlin. Grosz was a leader of the politically outspoken Berlin Dada movement, turning his art into a weapon of sharp societal and political commentary. The exhibition examines how the artist’s style and subject matter developed in his native Berlin between the First World War and the Nazi’s rise to power in 1933. The exhibition’s curators note that Grosz’s art from this period “… ruthlessly stages the moral decay of German society. Grosz was legally tried several times on charges of ‘attacking public morals’ and blasphemy.” The exhibition will be on view through February 26.

Grosz fled to the United States in 1933 in advance of World War II. He lived and worked in Huntington from 1947 until shortly before his death in 1959.

Learn more about George Grosz and Eclipse of the Sun at Heckscher.org.

Clockwise: Robert Carter (b.1924), Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More, 2007, mixed media.

Museum Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund; Salvador Dali (1904-1984), Untitled, 1939, collage and gouache on paper.

Gift of Mr. Alexander Liberman; Pat Ralph (1929-2022), The Visit Home, 1983, oil on vellum. Gift of the Artist.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: THE SLOMO AND CINDY SILVIAN FOUNDATION

The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc. has been a leader in K-12 education through its financial support of Museum Discovery Programs held in the Museum and in schools. The Foundation’s first grant award was for the 2017-2018 school year. With each consecutive year, the Museum has leveraged the influential Foundation’s annual grants to secure the participation of other private foundations.

Residents of Long Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Silvian were known and respected for their civic-mindedness and philanthropy. Mr. Silvian passed away in 2001 and Mrs. Silvian passed away in 2007. Mrs. Silvian funded the Foundation, which began

making grants for charitable purposes in 2008, through a generous bequest. The Foundation makes grants in specific areas of interest to tax-exempt organizations that meet granting criteria. The Museum is honored to be among the Foundation’s grantees and to commemorate the legacy of Mr. and Mrs. Silvian.

The Foundation’s President, Daniel S. Komansky, said, “The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc., is delighted to help fund The Heckscher Museum’s K-12 Museum Discovery Programs. The Museum is a long-time leader in providing meaningful arts education opportunities to Long Island’s school children. As a Long Islandbased foundation having an interest in funding unique educational opportunities, we are proud to help The Heckscher Museum. We wish it continued success with this important program.”

SUPERINTENDENTS DAY WELCOMES TEACHERS

The Museum hosted its annual professional development workshop with more than 114 teachers attending the program. Working in tandem with Huntington Fine Arts the teachers collaborated, created, and learned news ways to develop their students’ visual literary skills. The Heckscher Museum is a New York State Education Department CTLE Approved Provider. Find other opportunities and resources for teachers on Heckscher.org.

MEMBERS & DONORS

VIRTUAL PROGRAM

GEORGE GROSZ IN BERLIN with Dr. Nathalie Lachmann, Curator, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 12 - 1 pm on Zoom*

Museum Members and Donors are invited to a talk on Zoom with Dr. Nathalie Lachmann, Curator of 19th and 20th Century Art at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in Germany. The Heckscher Museum’s masterwork, Eclipse of the Sun by George Grosz, is on view in the Staatsgalerie’s important exhibition George Grosz in Berlin. Hear Dr. Lachmann speak about the exhibition and artist George Grosz.

MEMBERS & DONORS OPENING RECEPTION FOR RAISE THE ROOF AND VIEWFINDERS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 (snow date February 4) 4 - 6 pm*

Museum Members and Donors are invited to see the new exhibitions Raise the Roof: The Home in Art and Viewfinders: Photographers Frame Nature during exclusive visiting hours not open to the general public.

VIRTUAL PROGRAM EXPLORING VIEWFINDERS with Guest Curator Susan Van Scoy THURSDAY, MARCH 2 5:30 - 6:30 pm on Zoom*

Hear Guest Curator Dr. Susan Van Scoy provide a deeper look at the exhibition Viewfinders: Photographers Frame Nature The exhibition includes more than 70 lens-based works in black and white, color, digital photography, photomontage, and video. Dr. Van Scoy is an Associate Professor at St. Joseph’s University, Long Island, whose research delves into the history of photography.

*PLEASE NOTE: You must be a current Member or Donor to register for these events. Advance registration is required. The Zoom links and passwords will be provided upon registration. Contact Caitlynn Schare at Schare@Heckscher.org or 631.380.3229 ext. 710 to register, check your membership status, or join/renew.

Museum Educator Alyssa Matthews leads Bay Shore High School students through the Long Island Biennial

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21

12 - 5 pm Free

Take part in a variety of hands-on art activities for kids of all ages. Explore the Long Island Biennial. Watch traditional Chinese dance performances by Wendi Weng and create a special art project celebrating the Year of the Rabbit with artist Han Qin.

KIDS & FAMILIES

FAMILY HOUR SUNDAY

JANUARY 8 | MARCH 5

10:30 - 11:30 am $10 per child; adults free Registration recommended at Heckscher.org/familyhour

Children ages 5 through 10 are invited for a family-friendly art experience with Museum educator Tami Wood.

DUAL LANGUAGE FAMILY HOUR SUNDAY

FEBRUARY 12

10:30 - 11:30 am $10 per child; adults free Registration recommended at Heckscher.org/familyhour

Enjoy a special Family Hour Sunday in both Spanish and English with Museum Educators Tami Wood and Karina Gimenez.

YOUTH AMBASSADORS:

WINTER 2023 PROJECT TRAININGS SATURDAYS*

JANUARY 28 | FEBRUARY 4 | FEBRUARY 11 10 am - 12 pm

FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOUR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 4 - 5 pm $50 per child Registration required Learn more about the program Heckscher.org/youthambassadors

Work as a team to create exciting tours during four training sessions. Lead a tour for friends and family on February 12.

*Students must attend all training sessions to ensure the best possible experience. Attendees must be registered in the program.

HeARTS FOR ART & VALENTINE’S DAY

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 12 - 5 pm Free

Spread the love with #heartsforart. Decorate a heart and create an art project to give to friends or family.

FIRST FRIDAYS

5 - 8:30 pm EXTENDED HOURS 7 pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Free

JANUARY 6 Three M Trio FEBRUARY 3 Toby Tobias MARCH 3 Flutissimo! Flute Quartet & Pianist Aglaia Savalas Messina

Presenting Sponsor

LONG ISLAND BIENNIAL ARTISTS IN THE GALLERIES

SELECT SUNDAYS

1 - 3 pm Free

JANUARY 8 Edward Acosta, John Benevento, Gina Mars, Eileen W. Palmer, Steve Palumbo, Lauren Skelly Bailey JANUARY 22 Karl Bourke, Scott Farrell, Alisa Shea, Christine Tudor, Despina Zografos

DOCENT/VOLUNTEER TEA

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

3 - 4 pm Registration required at Heckscher.org/volunteertea

Join our volunteer team! The Museum is looking for life-long learners from all backgrounds to help us bring artwork to life for our visitors and assist staff behind the scenes. No art background required.

TOUR & SKETCH WITH PROTÉGÉ ART STUDIO

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

10 - 11:30 am

Ages 15+. All skill levels welcome. Bring your own sketchbook and pencil or iPad. $10 Members; $15 Non-Members Register online at heckscher.org/sketch

Begin with a guided tour of the current exhibitions. Join artist and owner Robyn Cooper for an introduction to sketching from artwork on view.

WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY IN HECKSCHER PARK

with artists Raymond Germann and Barbara Roux

SATURDAY, MARCH 11 (snow date March 12) 9 am - 12 pm

All skill levels

$20 Members; $25 Non-Members Registration required at Heckscher.org/winterphoto

Explore Viewfinders and learn from exhibiting artists Barbara Roux and Raymond Germann. Experience beautiful Heckscher Park (dress for the outdoors) and enjoy a walking tour and photoshoot led by Raymond Germann. Warm up in the Museum with an informal critique and hot beverages. If bringing an SLR, please bring a USB cord to facilitate the critique.

ARTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE LONG ISLAND BIENNIAL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11

12 - 1 pm on Zoom* Free

*Registration required for Zoom log in and password at Heckscher.org/biennialpanel

Heather Arnet, Executive Director & CEO, leads a virtual panel with Biennial artists Cheryl McBride, Brianna Hernández Baurichter, and Nia Adams, a leading voice in Long Island's advocacy community. Hear how artists are addressing important topics in their work, and how each of us can connect with local resources and community organizations to support positive change.

THREE PAINTINGS:

RICHARD MAYHEW, BETTY PARSONS, JANE WILSON

JANUARY 28 - JUNE 4

This focused installation brings together the work of three Long Island artists who boldly paved their own creative paths. Mayhew (b. 1924), Parsons (1900-1982), and Wilson (1924-2015) each created abstract paintings inspired, in part, by their experiences of nature, specific landscapes, or weather. They all worked in New York City during the 1950s, when Abstract Expressionism was the dominant style. Artists of color and artists who were women were sidelined by many galleries and museums throughout the twentieth century. Mayhew and Wilson forged careers by teaching and by joining artist collectives (Spiral for Mayhew; Hansa Gallery for Wilson), while Parsons started her own influential commercial art gallery. Explore new exhibitions inside.

Richard Mayhew, Pescadero, 2014, oil canvas. Museum Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund.

VISIT HECKSCHER.ORG FOR EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION

HECKSCHER MUSEUM HOURS

Thursday through Sunday 12 to 5 pm (Closed Monday through Wednesday)

DOCENTS IN THE GALLERIES

Docent volunteers are available in the Museum to answer visitor questions on select days. Please see heckscher.org/ calendar for details.

DIRECTIONS

LIE or Northern State Parkway to Route 110 North. Turn right onto Route 25A East, Main Street, in Huntington. Left onto Prime Avenue.

PRIVATE GROUP TOURS

Tours for groups now available. For scheduling and fees, register at Heckscher.org/visit/groups-tours/

BOOK YOUR VISIT IN ADVANCE WALK-INS WELCOME

Go to Heckscher.org/reopening

GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON.