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Huntington

Art of Edward Lange Project Launched With Website, Events

May 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Edward Lange, [Northport, Lower Main Street], 1880 from the Collection of Preservation Long IslandPreservation Long Island has announced the Art of Edward Lange Project, a collaborative effort to reexamine the life and art of Edward Lange (1846–1912), a German immigrant and prolific landscape painter who worked in and around Huntington, Long Island during the 1870s and 1880s. Lange sketched and painted town centers, local businesses, and private residences. [Read more…] about Art of Edward Lange Project Launched With Website, Events

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Cold Spring Harbor Exhibition Gallery, Cultural History, Huntington, Long Island, painting, Preservation Long Island, Suffolk County, Town of Huntington Historic Partnership

Heckscher Museum of Art Appoints New Executive Director

February 4, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Heckscher Museum of Art courtesy Wikimedia user Station1The Board of Trustees of The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, on Long Island, has appointed Heather Arnet as the organization’s Executive Director and CEO. [Read more…] about Heckscher Museum of Art Appoints New Executive Director

Filed Under: Arts, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, Long Island, Museums

Historic John Coltrane Home Gets $1M Grant

November 9, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

John and Alice Coltrane Home in 2009The John and Alice Coltrane Home in the Dix Hills neighborhood of Huntington, on Long Island, NY, was awarded a million dollar grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the preservation of the house, enhance organizational capacity, and expand programmatic offerings.

The multi-year grant is expected to be used to support rehabilitation of the home where great works of twentieth-century music were created, and to hire a full-time executive director to lead the project. The home is where jazz saxophonist John Coltrane lived from 1964 until his death in 1967 and in which he composed A Love Supreme. [Read more…] about Historic John Coltrane Home Gets $1M Grant

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Coltrane Home, Cultural History, Friends of the Coltrane Home, Grants, Historic Preservation, Huntington, Jazz, Long Island, Musical History

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