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The Heckscher Museum of Art 

Roaring 20’s Gala 

Honoring 

Artist April Gornik 

and 

Christopher Mitchell of Marshs 

Saturday, October18, 2008 

Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, New York 

Cocktails, followed by Dinner & Dancing 

Silent & Live Auctions 

Black Tie - 1920’s Attire Optional


2 The Heckscher Museum of Art 

APRIL GORNIK 

A major, esteemed figure in the art world, April Gornik divides her time 

between New York City and North Haven, Long Island. Ms. Gornik’s work can 

be squarely placed in the distinguished American landscape tradition. 

Devoid of people, her paintings portray nature but in a carefully composed 

manner that draws on diverse sources of inspiration. The result is surreal 

and sublime. Light plays a powerful role in her paintings, creating a sense of 

mystery and allure, whether it is sunlight or moonlight. In a statement about 

her work, she says that she likes her work to be intuitive, open to interpretation 

and beautiful. 

The Heckscher Museum will present a one-person exhibition of Ms. Gornik’s 

work from May 2 to July 5, 2009. Her work can be found in the collections of 

the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas 

Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 

She is represented by the Danese Gallery in New York.


Roaring 20’s Gala – October 18, 2008 3 

CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL 

At age 35, Chris is Bill Mitchell’s second son to join the family business 

(brother Scott heads the women’s department at Richards). Chris spent two 

years at Mitchells of Westport, where he worked closely with the men’s team 

of sales associates by helping to drive sales and acting as the men’s 

department Team Leader. In August 2005, following the Mitchells/Marshs 

merger, Chris moved to Long Island to head up Marshs as the store manager. 

A Dartmouth graduate, he worked with NBC Sports in New York for 5 years before 

moving to Santa Monica, CA, where he was the Assistant Manager of the 

men’s shop at Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills. 

Chris currently resides in Huntington, NY, with his wife Allison, daughter 

Haley (3) and son Conor (1). For more than 50 years, Mitchells of Westport, 

Richards of Greenwich, and Marshs of Huntington have offered the finest 

quality clothing and exceptional customer service, earning them the reputation 

as premium purveyors of men’s and women’s clothing and accessories.



THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

Board of Trustees 

Margaret Hargraves, Chair 

Hans E. R. Bosch, 

Vice-Chair 

Alan Polacek, Vice-Chair 

Carl G. Markel, Treasurer 

Carolyn Fostel, Secretary 

Jeffrey Tupper, 

Assistant Treasurer 

Andrea B. Klein, 

Assistant Secretary 

Herman (Bud) C. Gehnrich, 

Liaison Officer to the 

Town of Huntington 

Jed C. Albert 

Phyllis Charash 

Stephanie Knight 

Francis Roberts 

Bette Schneiderman 

Jane A. Shallat 

Judith Streiter 

Honorary Trustees 

D. Frederick Baker 

Miner D. Crary, Jr. 

Norris Darrell, Jr. 

Edward G. Shufro 

Advisory Board 

Douglas Arthur 

Arthur Bernhang 

Judith Bernhang 

Rita Castagna 

Dean Failey 

Hon. Robert J. Gaffney 

Myrka A. Gonzalez 

Robin T. Hadley 

Katherine Heaviside 

Frederic B. Ingraham 

Steven A. Klar 

Timothy P. Knight 

Diahn McGrath 

Gary Melius 

Robert Osterhus 

Paula Rohr 

Shirley Rubin 

Patricia P. Sands 

Paul Schneiderman 

Michael Streiter 

Ed Travaglianti 

Town of Huntington 

Frank P. Petrone, Supervisor 

Mark Cuthbertson, Councilman 

Susan A. Berland, Councilwoman 

Stuart P. Besen, Councilman 

Glenda A. Jackson, Councilwoman 

H.E. (Skip) Show, Jr. 

Deputy Executive Director 

Erik H. Neil, Ph.D., Executive Director 

Matthew Campo 

Director of Development



ROARING 20’S GALA COMMITTEE 

Judith Streiter, Chairman 

 

Valerie & Sean Bannon 

Elizabeth & Christopher Bentley 

Victoria Carlin 

Maria & Geoff de Lesseps 

Holli & Ed Gersh 

Margy & Skip Hargraves 

Deborah & Mitchell Hauser 

Sealy & Mark Hopkinson 

Margie Howe 

Kristen & Paul Kisner 

Stephanie & Timothy Knight 

Henriette & Juan LaCroze 

Nada Marjanovich 

Janet & Wayne Naegele 

Ashley & Frank O’Keefe 

Robert Osterhus 

Jane & Barton Shallat 

Heather & Richard Spehr 


Juliet A. Willets 

Judy & Pat Woods


6 The Heckscher Museum of Art


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ABOUT THE HECKSCHER 

Where classic meets contemporary 

The Heckscher Museum seeks to thrive and grow in four basic areas— 

education and public programs, collections, exhibitions, and physical expansion. 

The Heckscher Museum of Art serves the community of Long Island through 

the presentation of great art and art education programs. Since its creation, the 

Museum has strived to engage people through a stimulating and inspiring 

program of exhibitions and educational offerings dedicated to a full understanding 

of the visual arts. 

In 1920, the German-American industrialist and developer August Heckscher 

opened the Museum and surrounding park for the benefit of the people of 

Huntington and the local region. The Museum presented works by Old Masters 

such as Lucas Cranach, Gustave Courbet, François Girardon, and Henry Raeburn 

as well as important American painters like Edward and Thomas Moran, 

Asher B Durand, and George Inness. 

The modern life of The Heckscher Museum really began in 1957, when the 

collection began to grow. Plans were developed for a more active exhibitions 

schedule and a program of educational activities. In 1962, Eva Gatling was hired 

as Director, one of the first women to direct an art museum. During her tenure, 

the Museum made its most important acquisition with the purchase of George 

Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun— a monumental painting from the height of his activity in 

Berlin in the 1920s. Greater emphasis was placed on education programs and improved 

exhibitions. The addition of the Baker/Pisano Collection of American works 

in 2001 was the single largest gift to the Museum since the founding donation. 

A major historic preservation and renovation project, under the direction of 

Centerbrook Architects, was initiated in 2007, upgrading the exhibition space and 

highlighting the original architectural features of the building, installing new 

wiring, and improving the fire suppression system. The Museum has more open 

spaces, better lighting, and a fresher, brighter look allowing the original building 

and the beautiful space to be more in evidence. 

In the coming months and years, The Heckscher Museum of Art will present 

more exhibitions curated in-house by our highly regarded curatorial team and in 

collaboration with other museums. In this way, we will function as a creative 

generator, as all important educational institutions do. 

These are all steps toward the realization of a vision for The Heckscher 

Museum of Art as a vibrant participant in the community, engaged with the ideas 

and issues of the contemporary world. We are committed to a full partnership with 

our community.



FROM THE CHAIR 

Dear Friends, 

Welcome to this year’s Heckscher Museum of 

Art Gala, celebrating the Roaring 20’s, the 

decade that marked the creation of our 

wonderful Museum. For over 87 years, The 

Heckscher has depended on the community’s 

generosity, and with this assistance, we have 

grown by leaps and bounds into the 

acclaimed Museum we are today. The theme 

of the Roaring 20’s is symbolic of returning to 

our roots with the restoration of our beautiful building being completed this 

year, and reminds us of our focus on continued success in the future. 

I know you all join with me in congratulating our honorees April Gornik and 

Christopher Mitchell. Both of these extraordinary individuals, together with 

their families, have been true examples of leadership and philanthropy in our 

communities. We are grateful to call them friends of The Heckscher and recognize 

their achievements tonight. I would also like to thank Judith Streiter, our 

Gala Chair, for her vision and leadership in making this evening so spectacular. 

Her hard work, along with that of the committee and the dedicated staff at the 

Museum, has made this event one to remember. 

Thanks to the support provided by generous individuals and businesses, we 

continue to fulfill our mission of engaging the people of Long Island through 

stimulating and inspiring programs of exhibitions and education offerings 

dedicated to a full understanding of the visual arts. On behalf of the entire 

Board of Trustees at The Heckscher Museum of Art, we thank you for your 

support. 

Sincerely, 

Margy Hargraves 

Chair, Board of Trustees



FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Dear Friends, 

What a great year it has been for The Heckscher! 

We have elegantly restored galleries, a new website, 

a new logo, a new newsletter, and an exciting 

array of new exhibitions and educational programs. 

The response has been enthusiastic from 

both the critics and our visitors. Our membership 

roles are growing, and we are creating new ways 

for people to volunteer and become involved with the Museum. 

This year’s gala reflects the energy and optimism that has infused the Museum. 

For the first time, one of our honorees is a noted artist, April Gornik. April resides 

in Suffolk County on the east end of Long Island, and she has developed an international 

reputation as a painter of mystical landscapes that range from the 

spiritual to the sublime to the surreal. By honoring April, we hope to underscore 

The Heckscher Museum’s commitment to the artistic heritage of Long Island and 

to contemporary visual artists. We are especially pleased that April Gornik will be 

presenting an important body of work at The Heckscher in 2009. 

Marshs clothing store has been an important presence here for decades, as a 

cornerstone of the business community. Selecting Christopher Mitchell as an 

honoree emphasizes the importance of The Heckscher’s relationship with the 

town of Huntington and with the community. The Mitchell family has an especially 

distinguished history in supporting cultural and other charitable causes. It 

is obviously a central part of their philosophy to give back to the community and 

help those in need. 

Both of these distinguished individuals honor us with their presence tonight. I congratulate 

them both for their accomplishments and thank them for their generosity. 

Best regards, 

Erik H. Neil, Ph.D. 

Executive Director



2008 GALA COMMITTEE CHAIR 

Dear Honorees, Colleagues, and Guests, 

Warmest welcome to our Roaring 20’s Gala honoring two distinguished individuals 

who have made such a positive difference in the Long Island community, 

April Gornik and Christopher Mitchell. Congratulations and our thanks to them 

for enriching our lives. 

For decades, The Heckscher Museum of Art has focused on inspiring the people 

of Long Island with acclaimed exhibitions and educational offerings. I am proud 

to be part of an organization that is dedicated to providing a deep understanding 

of the visual arts. 

Tonight, we celebrate this legacy by returning to the era where it all began. I want 

to thank members of the Gala Committee who tirelessly volunteered their time 

and enthusiasm to insure the success of this evening. I would especially like to 

thank Margy Hargraves, Erik Neil, Matt Campo, and the Development Department 

for their commitment. 

On behalf of the Committee, along with the Board of Trustees and Staff at The 

Heckscher, thank you for joining us tonight and for caring as much as you do. 

With best wishes, 


Trustee 

2008 Gala Committee Chair



SCROLL OF HONOR 

Gershwin Sponsor 

Pien & Hans Bosch 

Capone Sponsors 

Marlene & Edward Shufro 

Judith & Michael Streiter 

Flapper Sponsors 

Danese Gallery 


Ann Eden Woodward Foundation/Judy & Pat Woods 

Ellington Sponsors 

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein 

Newsday Media Group 

Jane & Barton Shallat 

Diane & Howard Wohl 

Underwritings 

Kick-Off 

Marshs of Huntington 

Invitations 

Henriette & Norris Darrell




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Hans and Pien Bosch Salute 

with their 

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Honoring 


and 

Christopher Mitchell of Marshs



Congratulations to 

April Gornik and 

Chris Mitchell 

Special Thanks To 

Board of Trustees Chairman Margy Hargraves 

and Executive Director Erik Neil for their leadership 

To the fabulous committee for their support and 

enthusiastic efforts 


Stephanie & Timothy Knight 

Elizabeth & Christopher Bentley Henriette & Juan LaCroze 


Nada Marjanovich 

Maria & Geoff de Lesseps Janet & Wayne Naegele 

Holli & Ed Gersh 

Ashley & Frank O’Keefe 

Margy & Skip Hargraves Robert Osterhus 

Deborah & Mitchell Hauser Jane & Barton Shallat 

Sealy & Mark Hopkinson Heather & Richard Spehr 

Margie Howe 


Kristen & Paul Kisner 

Juliet A. Willets 

Judy & Pat Woods 

To Director of Development Matthew Campo for his support 

and encouragement 

And to the Development Department “support team “ 

Erin Sforza 

Judy Kaestner 

Christine Nottonson 

Judith and Michael Streiter



Congratulations to the Honorees 

April Gornik and Christopher Mitchell 

and to The Heckscher Museum of Art 

Permanent Collection 

Journal Selection donated by 

Marlene and Edward Shufro 

RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ, TEMPLE OF OCHRE, 1982, 30 X 36", ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, HECKSCHER MUSEUM, GIFT OF EDWARD G. SHUFRO, 

1985.004



 

Judy and Pat Woods 

and 

The Ann Eden Woodward Foundation 

Congratulate Honorees 


Christopher Mitchell 

and proudly support 


2008 Roaring 20’s Gala



August Heckscher would be so happy to see 

the restored Museum and he would be thrilled 

to know that April Gornik and Chris Mitchell 

are our honorees! 

August Heckscher would be so happy to see the restored 

Museum and he would be thrilled to know that 

April Gornik and Chris Mitchell are our honorees! 

Thank you April and Chris for helping us 

to continue August Heckscher’s legacy 

and dream! 

Thank you April and Chris for helping us to continue 

August Heckscher’s legacy and dream! 



Penrhyn Stanlaws, August Heckscher, 1925, August Heckscher Collection


APRIL GORNIK 

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HONORING OUR HONOREES 

Senator Carl L. Marcellino 

Paul Fleishman, Raymond Jansen, Supervisor Frank Petrone, Senator Carl L. Marcellino




Elizabeth Watson 

Dr. James Watson 

Elizabeth Watson 

Tom Suozzi 

 

Catherine Jansen 

John Cooper 

Elizabeth Watson




Catherine and Raymond Jansen 

Catherine Jansen, Margy Hargraves, Raymond Jansen




Agnes Funk 

 

 

Phyllis Charash 

Catherine Jansen 

Agnus Funk 

Shirley Rubin




D. Frederick BAker 

Matt Crosson, Bernadette Castro, D. Frederick Baker, Margy Hargraves, Tim Knight






 

Ed Shufro and Family





and its Outstanding Honorees 



Andrea & Peter Klein 

Man Ray, La Ville (The City), from the portfolio, “Électricité”, 1931, rayograph, 10-1/8 x 8 in. 

Heckscher Museum of Art; Museum Purchase with funds provided by Andrea B. and Peter D. 

Klein. © Man Ray Trust



Congratulations to April Gornik 

and Christopher Mitchell 

 

We are honored to share 

this evening with you and 

celebrate your commitment 

to the arts and to our community. 

 

Rabbi Barton and Jane Shallat



To our special and unique friend 

whom we admire and love 

Judith Streiter. 

Your personality, love of life, 

and creative talents 

have helped to bring about an 

evening that will be remembered 

with fond memories. 

Congratulations to the Honorees 

April Gornik and Christopher Mitchell 

Diane and Howard Wohl







“Every great work of art has two faces, 

one toward its own time and one toward 

the future, toward eternity.” 

Daniel Barenboim 

__________ 

WE TOAST THE EXCITING FUTURE OF 

THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART 

EDIE & CARL MARKEL 

George Grosz, Eclipse of the Sun, 1926, oil on canvas, 81-5/8 x 71-7/8 in. 

Heckscher Museum of Art; Museum Purchase 1968.001



Official school of New York Dance Theatre, Inc. 

ROARING 20’S GALA




Our special sister 


The gala committee 

And The Heckscher staff 

For a fantastic gala evening 

 

Beth and Allen Levithan



The job of the artist is always to deepen 

the mystery. - Sir Francis Bacon 

Congratulations to April Gornik, 

Christopher Mitchell, 

and The Heckscher Museum of Art! 

Bette and Paul Schneiderman 

Nicolas de Largillière, Portrait of a Lady, presumed to be the Marquise de La Ferrière, 1697



 

Our best wishes to 


and honorees 

April Gornik 

and 


 

Stephanie and Tim Knight





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Ferdinand Richardt, Niagara, c. 1855, Oil on canvas, 25 x 33 in., August Heckscher Collection 1959.012 

Permanent Collection 

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The Heckscher Museum of Art would like to thank the following donors 

for their generous Goods & Services and Art Auction Contributions 

Goods & Services 

A Rise Above Bake Shop 

ABGraphics 

Aix en Provence 

Ashbourne Antiques 

Azure Chocolat 

Barney’s Restaurant 

Ben’s Garden 

Body & Soul Fitness and Yoga Center 

Cassina USA, Inc. 

Cinema Arts Centre 

Edwynn Hauk Gallery 

Nancy Engelhardt 

Frank Ohman School of Ballet 

Frassanito Jewelers 

Friends of the Arts 

Greenlawn Cleaners 

Helisport 

Sealy & Mark Hopkinson 

Huntington Country Club 

Huntington Indoor Tennis 

Jonathan’s Ristorante 

Kabul Restaurant 

Monica Rich Kosann 

Henriette & Jacque Lacroze 

LI Pulse Magazine 

Long Island Philharmonic 

Main Street Nursery 

Martha Clara Vineyards 

Midville Pharmacy 

Milena Lowenstein, 

Licensed Massage Therapist 

Morolay 

Ohman’s New York Dance Theatre 

Optical Shoppe 

Orpheus Salon & Spa 

Osteria da Nino 

Paper Parlour 

Parkett 

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Renarts 

Rexer-Parkes 

Robin Rotenier 

Sedoni Gallery 

Sfoglia NYC 

Sole Provisions 

Southdown Marketplace 

Southdown Wines & Spirits/ 

J. Scott Muscatello & Juan Mejia 

Southwest Airlines 

Spa Adrianna 

Staller Center for the Arts, 

Stony Brook University 

Star Playhouse - Suffolk Y JCC 

The Framing Workshop 

The Laughing Moon 

The Pink Link 

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 

Tutto Pazzo 

Vittorio Auto Body Inc. 

Village Artist 

Art Auction 

John Alexandre 

Anderson Galleries/Lynda Anderson 

Betty Krulik Fine Art/ 

Betty Krulik & Jean Cohen 

Lisa Breslow 

Stan Brodsky 


Carolina Nitsch Gallery 

Joe Constantino 

Sue Contessa 

George D’Amato 

Grace DeGennaro 

Gerald Peters Gallery 

April Gornik 

Bill Grabowski 

Leslie Heller 

Anita Lamb 

April & Neil Marchesano 

Jeanette Martone 

Louis Newman/David Findlay Jr. Gallery 

Luise Ross/Luise Ross Gallery 

Frank Ohman 

Frank Olt 

Perlow Gallery 

Andreas Rentsch 

Helen Rousakis 

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Best Wishes to the Honorees and 


 

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“What art offers is space– 

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John Updike 

Thanks to The Heckscher Museum of Art 

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EXHIBITIONS 

Mythic Landscapes of America 

November 15 through January 4 

Landscape painting in America has often been about ideas of national identity 

and the uniqueness of the country. The Heckscher Museum of Art is fortunate to 

have an exceptionally strong collection of landscape paintings from the 19th- and 

early 20th-centuries. As a group, they tend to emphasize the natural majesty of 

the country with a delicate balance of the Real and the Ideal. Nature is most often 

directly presented with little evidence of human activity. When human presence is 

recorded, the balance is weighted toward the power of Nature. Settlement and 

pastoral innocence achieve equilibrium in paintings. The themes of silence and 

solitude appear repeatedly. In the Western works, we might see signs of redeeming 

heroes, noble savages or laconic cowboys, but there is no indication of 

conflict or strife. 

In the more modern images, there is still an attempt toward calmness or spirituality, 

although just as often there is a disruption of the myth. The commercial or 

industrial comes to dominate the landscape. Mass culture reconfigures the experience. 

American innocence has been lost, and we can no longer accept the 

straightforward myth of a unique Arcadia. Yet, there is still a wistful remembrance, 

if not a longing for that beauty. 

Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, 1911, oil on canvas, 

20 x 30 in. The Heckscher Museum of Art; August Heckscher Collection. 

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EXHIBITIONS 

Five Centuries of Art: 

Selections from the Permanent Collection 

Through April 26, 2009 

This installation of outstanding art spans the breadth of the Museum’s Permanent 

Collection of paintings. Old Master works will include Lucas Cranach’s Virgin, Child, 

St. John the Baptist and Angels, 1534, the oldest work in the collection; 17th century paintings 

from Holland’s Golden Age, such as Melchior d’Hondecoeter’s magnificent Stripped 

of Borrowed Feathers: The Raven-Jackdaw; Francois Girardon’s baroque sculpture The Rape of 

Proserpine, 1693; and 18th century Italian paintings, including a Venice scene depicting 

the Grand Canal by a follower of Giovanni Antonio Canaletto. Landscapes by European 

and American artists, a strength of The Heckscher collection, will include works by 

William Merritt Chase, Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena, 

Thomas Moran, and William Trost Richards, presenting a variety of 19th century artistic 

approaches to the recording of place. A small selection of portraits dating from the 

17th through the 20th century, including the French painter Nicholas de Largillièrre, 

the English portraitist George Romney, and the American Florine Stettheimer will also 

be on display, as will a rare tile painting by Winslow Homer, Resting Shepherdess, 1872, 

and George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun, 1926. 

Felix-Francois-Georges-Philibert Ziem, The Venice of the Poets, undated, oil on canvas, 

28-1/2 x 41-1/2 in. Heckscher Museum of Art; August Heckscher Collection.1959.049.



EXHIBITIONS 

Slobodkina Rediscovered: 

A Pioneer of American Abstraction 

January 10 through March 22 

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of her birth, a mini-retrospective of this 

Russian-American artist will include works from The Heckscher Museum’s extensive 

Slobodkina holdings, supplemented with works from the collection of the Slobodkina 

Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and 

the National Museum of American Art. Although Slobodkina’s earliest paintings are 

impressionistic, under the influence of cubism she began working in an abstracted 

style and her most important work is non-objective. A founding member of the 

American Abstract Artists group in 1936, Slobodkina executed works in all media, but 

is most widely known as the author/illustrator of the children’s book Caps for Sale. 

Paintings, sculpture, and works on paper will be included in this installation, the first 

venue of the larger traveling exhibition organized by the Slobodkina Foundation. 

Esphyr Slobodkina, Vortex #2, 1991, oil on masonite, 48 x 48 in. Gift of the Artist. 1997.012.023;



EXHIBITIONS 

Robert Rauschenberg and His Contemporaries: 

Recent Prints from Universal Limited Art Editions 

January 10 through April 4 

The Heckscher Museum is pleased to present a selection of approximately 35 prints 

from Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) located in nearby Bay Shore, Long Island. 

The prestigious print publisher ULAE was founded more than fifty years ago by the late 

Tatyana Grosman. This selection of works will show the diversity of the workshop’s 

production, including both well-known and emerging artists, abstract and figurative 

imagery, and a range of print types (etching, aquatint, mezzotint, lithography, etc.). 

Among the artists to be featured are Cecily Brown, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, 

and Robert Rauschenberg. 

Robert Rauschenberg, Lotus I, 2008, pigmented ink jet with photogravure, 453⁄4 x 60 in. 

Co-copyright Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Universal Limited Art Editions 2008/Licensed by 

VAGA, New York, NY.



EDUCATIONAL & PUBLIC PROGRAMS 

ADULT PROGRAMS 

ART HISTORY 101: AMERICAN LANDSCAPE 

Wednesday, November 19, 7 to 8 pm 

The Heckscher Museum’s Executive Director Erik Neil will survey the development of 

landscape painting in 19th- and 20th-century America with specific reference to the 

Museum’s Mythic Landscapes of America exhibition. The lecture will include discussion of 

such major artists as Thomas Cole, George Inness, Frederick Church, and 

Albert Bierstadt among others. 

Free Admission 

ART HISTORY 101: FERNAND LÉGER, MASTER OF MODERNISM 

Wednesday, December 17, 7 to 8 pm 

The Museum’s Chief Curator Dr. Kenneth Wayne will discuss the life and works of 

this legendary French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. 


THE BEAT: POETRY OF THE 50s AT BOOK REVUE 

Tuesday, November 11, 7 pm 

In collaboration with Book Revue, The Heckscher Museum presents a night of poetry 

from some of Long Island’s most famous literary inhabitants. James Friel, Kate Kelly, 

and friends will read works from Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, 

and other “beat generation poets.” . 


Book Revue, 313 New York Avenue, Huntington 

VOICES AND VISIONS 

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS / CONTEMPORARY DIALOGUE 

presents Roy Nicholson 

Thursday, November 20, 7 to 8:30 pm 

Throughout his career, Roy Nicholson has developed paintings in series. The artist 

explains, “One painting will often suggest alternatives that can be followed and 

exploited. Ideas can spread like branches of a tree. Most recently, Nicholson’s paintings 

contain abstract and representational references to landscape, particularly his 

garden. Non Members $5, Members Free Admission



EDUCATIONAL & PUBLIC PROGRAMS 

presents Tonito Valderrama 

Thursday, December 18, 7 to 8:30 pm 

Artist Tonito Valderrama will share images of his environmental art installations 

and ephemeral works. These pieces deal with current environmental issues and 

the importance of the relationship between man and nature. 

Non Members $5, Members Free Admission 

MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM 

Share the gift of music surrounded by the beauty of art. 

FIRST FRIDAYS presents Five Towns College Chamber Music & Flute Ensemble 

Friday, December 5, 7 to 8:30 pm 

Enjoy the talents of Five Towns College’s Flute Ensemble along with select chamber 

music ensembles from the music department. These energetic groups 

will perform an array of classical and jazz repertoire along with holiday favorites. 


HECKSCHER HOLIDAYS 

AN EVENING OF ART, MUSIC, FOOD, & WINE 

Saturday, December 13, 7 to 9 pm 

Celebrate the joy of the holiday season at The Heckscher Museum! Be entertained 

by the glorious sounds of the acappella group The Dickens Trio. Enjoy delicious 

gourmet appetizers served by Pentimento Restaurant of Stony Brook and savor 

wines poured from Long Island’s Paumanok Vineyards while viewing the Museum’s 

current exhibitions. 

Non Members $10, Members $8 

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY PROGRAMS 

2ND ANNUAL ARTree CELEBRATION & GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP 

Saturday, December 20, 1 to 3 pm 

Children ages 8 and up are invited to put on their bakers hats and roll up their 

sleeves to design and create their own unique gingerbread houses. Participants will 

sketch their candied, holiday works of art and turn them into ornaments to help 

decorate the Museum’s ARTree! 

Non Members $10, Members $5 Advance registration required



BECOME A MEMBER 

Members Enjoy Great Benefits 

> Free admission to the Museum 

> Invitations to Exclusive Members Events 

> Reduced fees for Museum Programs 

> Invitations to Exhibition Opening 

Receptions 

> Subscription to The Heckscher newsletter 

> Reduced rates on books and catalogues 

Membership Levels 

Students/Senior $35 

Supporter $40 

Dual $65 (two adults) 

Family $75 (two adults & children under 18) 

Fellow $175 

Additional benefits include: 

> Enrollment in North American 

Reciprocal Museum Program 

> Evaluation of Artwork by Chief Curator 

(should not be considered authentication 

or an appraisal) 

> One guest pass (admits two) 

> Invitation to join the Friends & Collectors 

Circle 

Patron $500 


> Free admission to the Museum for two 

accompanied guests 

> Two guest passes (each admits two) 

> Additional invitation for two 

to Exhibition opening receptions 

> Free admission to Voices and Visions 

> Opportunity to attend one Friends 

& Collectors Circle Event 

> One Heckscher-originated catalogue 

August Heckscher Society Membership 

Benefactor $1000 


> Listing on the Honor Roll in the Museum 

central gallery 

> Invitation to exclusive AHS receptions, 

behind the scenes tours of major cultural 

institutions with curators, unique opportunities 

to view and purchase art, 

tours of private collections, and other 

special events 

> Free admission for accompanied guests 

(four per visit) 

Director’s Circle $2,500 


> Personal gallery tour with the Museum 

Curator 

> Free admission for accompanied guests 

(six per visit) 

Chairman’s Club $5,000 


> Free one-time use of the Museum 

facility for a private reception 

(some restrictions apply) 

> A personal behind-the-scenes tour of the 

Museum’s Permanent Collection 

> Membership in Friends & Collectors Circle 

Friends & Collectors Circle 

An Enhancement of Membership: 

(Must be a member at 

the Fellow Level and above.) 

Individual - $300 

Dual - $500 

Corporate - $1,000

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