Long Island Biennial: Call for Entries  

New Guidelines, New Opportunities 

Applications Open May 1 to June 30, 2020

Huntington, NY –The Heckscher Museum of Art is now accepting entries for the 2020 Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring works by visual artists from Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Biennial reflects the area’s thriving art scene by featuring artists that represent a considerable number of communities throughout Long Island.  The exhibition offers Long Island's emerging and established artists the opportunity to gain broader public awareness of their work.  

Inaugurated in 2010, this 10-year anniversary of the Long Island Biennial coincides with The Heckscher Museum’s centennial. In honor of this milestone, this year’s Biennial exhibition will expand to all four of the Museum’s galleries.  Updated guidelines will give all submitting artists more opportunities.  Each artist can submit up to three works of art for the jurors’ consideration.  In addition, the finished size of each artwork has increased.   Entries may be submitted in the following media: painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, and mixed media. Long Island Biennial applications and complete Guidelines are available at Heckscher.org. Applications for Long Island Biennial are open May 1 to June 30, 2020. 

Long Island Biennial jurors are Erin Kimmel, Art Writer and Ph.D. candidate in Art History, Stony Brook University; Heidi Lange, Director of DC Moore Gallery, New York City; and Paton Miller, Artist/Curator. 

Paton Miller is a Long Island artist whose art is represented in The Heckscher Museum collection.  He is an experienced curator, which will inform his work as a Long Island Biennial juror. “It is fascinating how many artists work on Long Island, which is a relatively small geographic area,” said Miller. “My work experience as a curator has proven to me how varied human expression is.  It surprises me every time.  A benefit of being a practicing artist is that I am now able to enjoy art even more.”  His advice to artists: “Being different really counts; you have to have your own personal voice.” 
 
About the Heckscher Museum of Art
The Heckscher Museum of Art is celebrating its Centennial through 2021. Founded by philanthropists Anna and August Heckscher in 1920, the Museum’s Permanent Collection comprises more than 2,300 works from the 16th to the 21st century, including European and American painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photography.  Located in scenic Heckscher Park in Huntington, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To celebrate the anniversary, the Museum plans an expansive Centennial exhibition in 2021, The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100: Tracing History, Inspiring the Future. Visit Heckscher.org for more information.