The Long Island Museum Of American Art History & Carriages

TO PRESERVE COLLECTIONS OF 19TH CENTURY LONG ISLAND AND AMERICAN ART, HISTORY AND HORSE-DRAWN TRANSPORTATION HISTORY AND OFFER INTERPRETATION OF THESE COLLECTIONS AND RELATED HISTORICAL TOPICS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

CHANGING EXHIBITIONS JULY 1, 2021 JUNE 30, 2022TWIN PEEKS: SCENES SEEN TWICE, PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS MARCH 19 AUGUST 1, 2021 - CHOSEN ENTIRELY FROM LIM'S ART COLLECTION, TWIN PEEKS PRESENTED SIDE-BY-SIDE VIEWS OF NEARLY 60 PAINTINGS, FROM THE 1830S TO THE PRESENT, PLACED BESIDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR LOCATIONS AND BUILDINGS. PRIMARILY DRAWN FROM LONG ISLAND OR NEW YORK CITY ARTISTS AND LOCATIONS, THIS PROJECT WAS AN ADVENTURE IN DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION FOR LIM'S ART COLLECTION. ARTISTS DID NOT LEAVE BEHIND GPS COORDINATES, TITLES CAN LEAVE VAGUE AND UNEVEN CLUES, AND THE MUSEUM HAS ONLY RECENTLY ATTEMPTED TO MORE CAREFULLY TRACK THE LOCATIONS OF PLACES REPRESENTED IN THEIR COLLECTION.PART OF THE POWER OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IS ITS ABILITY TO CAPTURE AND EVOKE A CERTAIN PLACE THAT RESONATES WITH THE VIEWER'S IMAGINATION AND EXPERIENCE. WHETHER WORKING OUT OF A TRADITION OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, IMPRESSIONISM, PHOTO REALISM, OR ABSTRACTION, ARTISTS OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS HAVE BEEN THE RECORDERS OF A SPECIFIC MOMENT AND AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LOCALE THEY CHOSE PUT TO CANVAS OR PAPER. OCCASIONALLY, THEIR RENDERINGS MAY BE THE ONLY TANGIBLE DOCUMENTATION THAT REMAINS OF A LOCATION THAT HAS VANISHED DUE TO THE FORCES OF MODERNIZATION: ROAD CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER HUMAN- AND NATURAL-BORN PHENOMENA MAKE THE LANDSCAPE MUTABLE AND DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE THE SAME WAY, EVEN JUST TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS LATER.ARTISTS ABROAD MARCH 19 AUGUST 1, 2021 - TRAVEL DELIGHTS, CHALLENGES, AND EDUCATES US AS WE EXPERIENCE NEW PLACES AND MEET NEW PEOPLE. BUT THE CURRENT PANDEMIC HAS CURBED OUR TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY. WHILE STUCK AT HOME WE CAN FIND PLEASURE IN SEEING DEPICTIONS OF PAST EXPERIENCES AS WE FANTASIZE ABOUT FUTURE ONES. THE COLLECTION OF THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM HAS A SMALL BUT COMPELLING COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ARTISTS WHO TRAVELED ABROAD BETWEEN THE 1860S AND 1960S. AMERICAN ARTISTS SINCE THIS COUNTRY'S FOUNDING HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO EUROPEAN ART AND LANDSCAPES, ESPECIALLY ITALY. THEY VISITED MUSEUMS AND COPIED FAMOUS WORKS OF ART, AND ROAMED CITIES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE TO PAINT AND SKETCH SCENES OF DAILY LIFE AND PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPES. SKETCHES IN INK AND WATERCOLOR QUICKLY DOCUMENTED FORM AND COLOR, WITH SOME BECOMING INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE WORKS IN OIL.FIRE & FORM: NEW DIRECTIONS IN GLASS AUGUST 20 DECEMBER 19, 2021 - ORGANIZED BY THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM, FIRE AND FORM: NEW DIRECTIONS IN GLASS FEATURED NEARLY 50 WORKS FROM NINE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, ALL PROVING THAT GLASS IS A SCULPTURAL CREATION OF NEAR-INFINITE ARTISTIC AND NARRATIVE VARIETY. THE ARTISTS CHOSEN IN THIS EXHIBITION ALL ILLUSTRATED A VARIETY OF APPROACHES, METHODS, AND INSPIRATIONAL STARTING POINTS. AND THEY INCLUDED SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT CREATORS IN THIS MEDIUM. TOOTS ZYNZKY'S FILET DE VERRE VESSELS, MADE FROM THOUSANDS OF LAYERS OF MULTICOLORED GLASS THREADS, ARE STUNNINGLY ORIGINAL AND INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE. JUDITH SCHAECHTER CREATES STAINED GLASS LIGHTBOXES THAT EVOKE MAGNIFICENT FLORA AND FAUNA DETAILS (BUTTERFLIES, WILDFLOWERS, MAGPIES) EVEN WHILE HAUNTINGLY GROUNDED BY DILEMMAS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. ANOTHER STAINED GLASS ARTIST, JOSEPH CAVALIERI, USES ARRESTING POP CULTURAL IMAGES FROM ISAAC HAYES TO THE SIMPSONS IN A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES. DEBORAH CZERESKO, THE INAUGURAL WINNER OF THE RECENT NETFLIX SERIES BLOWN AWAY, EXPLORES THEMES OF GENDER AND ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION THROUGH GLORIOUSLY COLORFUL BLOWN GLASS, INCLUDING A CAR MUFFLER, A GIANT PEACH, AND A STILL LIFE BOWL OF FRUIT. THE MARRIED COUPLE BENGT HOKANSON AND TREFNY DIX, HAVE MANIPULATED GLASS THAT ECHOES AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT VISUAL INSPIRATIONS, INCLUDING A "TAPESTRY" SERIES THAT IS A NOD TO THE TEXTURE AND COLORS OF SOME NATIVE AMERICAN AND ASIAN CLOTH. MARIANNE WEIL, AN ARTIST WHO BEGAN AS A BRONZE AND COPPER SCULPTOR, CAME TO INCORPORATE CAST AND BLOWN GLASS WITH METAL IN HER WORK THAT SOMETIMES SUMMONS THE RUINS OF LOST CIVILIZATIONS. ANDY STENERSON CREATES RONDELLE GLASS SCULPTURES WITH COMPLEX COLOR WHEELS CONVEYED THROUGH CIRCULAR PATTERNS AND CANING. THIS VISUALLY STRIKING EXHIBITION SPRAWLED OVER A TOTAL OF 2,500 SQUARE FEET IN LIM'S VISITOR'S CENTER. IT WAS ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED 30-PAGE CATALOGUE THAT WAS PRINTED AS A TAKEAWAY FOR VISITORS AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE GIFT SHOP.TIFFANY GLASS: PAINTING WITH COLOR AND LIGHT AUGUST 20 DECEMBER 19, 2021 - LIM'S EXHIBITION, TIFFANY GLASS: PAINTING WITH COLOR AND LIGHT, WAS ORGANIZED BY THE NEUSTADT COLLECTION OF TIFFANY GLASS IN QUEENS, NY. THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ITS KIND AT LIM, IT INCLUDED FIVE WINDOWS, TWENTY LAMPS, AND SEVERAL DISPLAYS SHOWING HOW TIFFANY GLASS WAS MANUFACTURED, HOW HIS LAMPS WERE ASSEMBLED, AND HOW COLLECTORS TODAY CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN AUTHENTIC LAMPS AND FORGERIES. AS A PAINTER, LOUIS C. TIFFANY WAS CAPTIVATED BY THE INTERPLAY OF LIGHT AND COLOR, AND THIS FASCINATION FOUND ITS MOST SPECTACULAR EXPRESSION IN HIS GLASS "PAINTINGS." USING NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS, TIFFANY STUDIOS CREATED LEADED-GLASS WINDOWS AND LAMPSHADES IN VIBRANT COLORS AND RICHLY VARIED PATTERNS, TEXTURES, AND OPACITIES.THE EXHIBITION FEATURED SOME OF THE MOST CELEBRATED OF TIFFANY'S WORKS. CHOSEN FOR THEIR MASTERFUL RENDERING OF NATURE IN FLOWERS OR LANDSCAPE SCENES, THEY EXEMPLIFY THE RICH AND VARIED GLASS PALETTE, SENSITIVE COLOR SELECTION, AND INTRICACY OF DESIGN THAT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF TIFFANY'S LEADED-GLASS OBJECTS. THIS EXHIBITION ALSO HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE KEY FIGURES AT TIFFANY STUDIOS WHO MADE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTISTRY OF THE WINDOWS AND LAMPS CHEMIST ARTHUR J. NASH AND DESIGNERS AGNES NORTHROP AND CLARA DRISCOLL.TWO CENTURIES OF LONG ISLAND WOMEN ARTISTS - TWO CENTURIES OF LONG ISLAND WOMEN ARTISTS, 1800-2000 PROVIDED A SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WOMEN ARTISTS ON LONG ISLAND, REVEALING A VITAL AND PREVIOUSLY UNDER-EXAMINED SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS REGION'S CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC LEGACY. THE STORY OF LONG ISLAND'S ART HISTORY HAS OFTEN BEEN TOLD FROM A MALE-ORIENTED POINT OF VIEW. HOWEVER, WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS WORKED AT THEIR EASELS ALONGSIDE MEN, IN BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR ROLES, ACROSS THIS REGION. FOR MANY WOMEN ARTISTS, LIMITED ACCESS TO ACADEMIES AND EXHIBITIONS PREVENTED THEM FROM ACHIEVING THE SAME PROFESSIONAL AND CRITICAL SUCCESS AS THEIR MALE COLLEAGUES. BUT FOR OTHERS, WHO OVERCAME THE BARRIERS AND PREJUDICES AGAINST THEIR SEX TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS SERIOUS ARTISTS, THEIR NAMES HAVE OFTEN BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE PREDOMINANT DISCOURSE.DISPARITIES CONNECT TO A CONTINUING GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE ART WORLD WHICH PLAYS OUT IN THE PRESENT DAY WITHIN OUR REGION. BY FOCUSING AN EXHIBITION ENTIRELY ON WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ART HISTORY IN THIS REGION, FROM BROOKLYN TO MONTAUK, OVER 200 YEARS, THIS PROJECT PROVIDED AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A NEW FULLER, RICHER ACCOUNTING OF WOMEN'S PROLIFIC AND EVER-CHANGING IMPACTS.DRAWN FROM LIM'S OWN COLLECTION, PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, AND THE COLLECTIONS OF MUSEUMS THAT INCLUDE THE PARRISH MUSEUM OF ART, THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART, AND GUILD HALL, THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED OVER 80 WORKS FROM CLOSE TO 70 DIFFERENT ARTISTS, BOTH CELEBRATED AND RELATIVELY UNKNOWN AND FORGOTTEN, FROM DIFFERENT ERAS AND A DIVERSE SET OF BACKGROUNDS, STYLISTIC APPROACHES, AND MATERIALS. ARTISTS INCLUDED FEATURED BOTH WELL-KNOWN NAMES TO THE ART WORLD WHO WORKED FROM LONG ISLAND SUCH AS HELEN TORR, EDITH MITCHILL PRELLWITZ, LEE KRASNER, ELAINE DE KOONING, GRACE HARTIGAN, AND HOWARDENA PINDELL AND ARTISTS WHO HAD A LOWER PROFILE DURING THEIR LIVES BUT ARE GAINING RENEWED APPRECIATION TODAY. ON LONG ISLAND, WOMEN MADE IMPORTANT IMPACTS TO EACH MOVEMENT OF MODERNIST ART, FROM IMPRESSIONISM TO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND BEYOND. THIS PROJECT TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO EACH GENERATION OF OUR REGION'S ART HISTORY.

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT BY A STAFF OF MUSEUM EDUCATORS, WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAMS SUPPORT NEW YORK STATE AND NATIONAL LEARNING STANDARDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, ART AND LANGUAGE ARTS. DURING 2021/2022, STUDENTS FROM 30 SCHOOLS REPRESENTING 16 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 5 PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES WERE SERVED. THE MUSEUM'S APPROACH IS TO TEACH LEARNING THROUGH OBJECTS; TRAINING STUDENTS IN THE PROCESSES OF INQUIRY AND THINKING RATHER THAN IN THE ACCUMULATION OF PARTICULAR SKILLS. STUDENTS EXAMINE DOCUMENTS, ARTWORK, VEHICLES, COSTUMES AND RELATED OBJECTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE TIME IN WHICH THEY WERE CREATED AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE AND USED THEM. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF CLASSES FROM THE SCHOOL PROGRAM. ALL CLASSES ARE BASED ON REAL OBJECTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS.- SCHOOL DAYS LETS STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL DAY IN THE MUSEUM'S NASSAKEAG ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE. THIS 'TIME TRAVEL' PROGRAM IS A STUDENT FAVORITE DUE TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO REENACT A TYPICAL 1800S SCHOOL DAY.- WAGONS WEST ENABLES STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-6 TO FOLLOW A FICTIONAL FAMILY AS THEY PREPARE TO PACK THEIR WAGON, AND LEAVE FOR A JOURNEY WEST ON THE OREGON TRAIL. THEY WILL VISIT AUTHENTIC VEHICLES, LEARN ABOUT OVERLAND TRAVEL, AND MEET A BLACKSMITH TO LEARN ABOUT WAGONS, WHEELS, AND EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR THE SIX MONTH JOURNEY TRAVELING WEST.- VEHICLES FOR CHANGE: ELIZABETH JENNINGS AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ON NYC'S STREETCARS, ALLOWS STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT 19TH CENTURY STREETCARS, CARRIAGES, AND WAGONS. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE TRANSPORTATION SEGREGATION OF THE TIME, AND ELIZABETH'S EFFORTS AND SUCCESS IN ENDING THIS INJUSTICE.- MEET THE MUSEUM PROVIDES OUR YOUNGEST VISITORS IN GRADES PRE-K-2 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSEUM THROUGH ROLE-PLAY, ART PROJECTS AND STORIES AS THEY EXPLORE OUR CARRIAGES AND PAINTINGS.- STREETS OF NEW YORK ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THE TOOLS AND ORIGINAL VEHICLES THAT HELPED SHAPE THE LIVES OF 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORKERS. THROUGH THE USE OF PROPS, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND GUIDED DISCUSSION IN THE CARRIAGE MUSEUM GALLERIES, STUDENTS WILL NOTE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO OUR 21ST-CENTURY WORLD.

THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAM SERVES A REGIONAL/LOCAL AUDIENCE, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A CORE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. DURING 2021/2022, 6,157 SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES HANDS-ON, FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTERS WITH ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN A WAY NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE VIRTUAL UNTIL APRIL, 1 2022 AND SOME FAMILY PROGRAMS WERE VIRTUAL FOR PART OF THIS YEAR AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEPARTMENT HOSTED 8 FAMILY BOOK CLUB PROGRAMS, WHERE 71 PARTICIPANTS JOINED THESE DISCUSSIONS IN SPRING-SUMMER 2022. 250 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY OUR RETURN TO IN-PERSON HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN EVENT IN OCTOBER 2021.