When an international art star curates an exhibition revisiting one of the most dynamic eras in American art history, expect fireworks. Eric Fischl, master of the loaded group portrait, has arranged a stunning show featuring more than a hundred works by all the great personalities of the ‘80s, beginning with him and his wife April Gornik, along with Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Jenny Holzer, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annette Lemieux, Charlie Clough and

Opening reception sponsored by

Rebel with a Cause

THE EXTRAVAGANT ‘80sAS ENVISIONED BY ERIC FISCHL

many others. In his brilliant keynote to the show, Fischl wrote: “When I think about the ‘80s I think about the energy, the confusion, the passions and the fault lines. At that time, no one knew who was going to last, who was better, everything was just pushing everything else.” What a decadent decade it was! Madonna and the Ramones, David Bowie and the B-52s were rocking the Palladium and the Mudd Club, the Dow was rocketing and Wall Street was in the movie theaters, the Islanders built a dynasty and the Berlin Wall was

torn down. The artists were on top of a media craze that foretold the digital era and riding a flood of investment in the art market. Fischl compared it to catching a wave off Montauk: “That feeling of being swept up and carried by something so much bigger and more powerful than yourself, something you’d worked so hard to catch, and now you’ve caught it and you’re in it.”

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TuesdayApril 2, May 7, June 41:00 pm - 2:00 pm$5 for Members;Museum admission plus$5 for Non-MembersLimited to 15 per session

You don’t have to be able to draw to enjoy this program! This is not about the final result but rather about taking time to look closely at works of art

ThursdayApril 4, May 2, June 61:00 pmFree with Museum admissionNo reservations neededFirst come, first seated

Bring a sandwich and enjoy lunch with friends as Museum Docent Riva Ettus presents an informative talk on That ‘80s Show. Afterward, join the 2:00 pm Public Exhibition Tour.

Friday, June 216:00 pm - 10:00 pm$10 for Members; $25 for Non-MembersIncludes 1 beverage and light refreshmentsRegistration required

Dress in your favorite ‘80s attire for a gnarly night of ‘80s jams, totally tubular trivia games and righteous radical throwback snacks. Museum galleries are open for a time warp tour of ‘80s artists including Keith Haring, Jean–Michel Basquiat and Cindy Sherman.

Saturday, April 611:00 am - 4:45 pmFree with Museum admission

International Slow Art Day is an annual event where people commit to slowing their pace, to take time to really look at art. There are many ways to participate in this exciting event. Visit the Museum and join the Public Exhibition Tour at 2:00 pm, ask for a Family Guide to explore our current exhibitions, or pick up a Sculpture Map in our lobby and locate some of the many works of art out on our grounds. This is a reciprocal membership benefit with The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor and The Heckscher Museum of Art. Members of those two museums receive free admission on April 6.

Sketching in the Gallerieswith Glenna Kubit

Brown BagLectures with Riva Ettus

Summer SolsticeCelebration, an‘80s Dance Party

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in our galleries to get a better understanding of how the artist created them. Led by artist and educator Glenna Kubit, this program will encourage visitors to slow down as they engage in a variety of drawing assignments that focus on the use of line, proportion, texture and value. Paper, pencils will be provided (participants are welcome to bring their own sketch books).

Front Cover artwork credits:

Keith Haring Untitled, 1988 © Keith Haring Foundation

April Gornik Smoke, 1985

Tseng Kwong Chi Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1987 © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.

Eric Fischl Portrait of Jerry and Roberta, 1989

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Charles A. Riley II, PhD4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, dates below$30 for Members, $40 for Non-Members, per session Limited to 25 per session

A four-part seminar exploring the art, film, music and literature of a crazy but complex era that poses one huge question: How great was the art and will it endure? Charles A. Riley II, PhD

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, dates below$30 for Members, $40 forNon-Members, per session

Gallery Guided Tour with Charles A. Riley II, PhD Sunday, April 7, June 23:00 pm Free with Museum admission

Featuring Eric Fischl, April Gornik and Bryan Hunt with Charles A. Riley II, PhDDate to be announced(subscribe to our e-newsletter)3:00 pm Free with Museum admission

The ‘80s: Age of ExcessDirector’s Seminar Series

Director’s NYCGallery Tours

Director’s Gallery Talk

Panel Discussion:What Did the ‘80s Really Mean?

April 9, Art After MidnightThe intimate secrets and complicated relationships (Fischl, Gornik, Salle, Bleckner, Haring Salle, Basquiat) that made the East Village so different from SoHo or uptown, and the ways in which the dance clubs (Mudd Club, Club 57, Area, Danceteria) became an alternative to the gallery scene. Inevitably, we will talk about the skyrocketing market and the role of dealers and auction houses.

April 30, Burning Downthe HousePulling the music and art together means understanding the role of David Bowie, Madonna (girlfriend of Basquiat and muse to many), David Byrne (RISD graduate and participant in many shows as a photographer), Patti Smith, the B-52s and others. This was also the era of MTV, which altered the perception of music by making it both visual and narrative.

May 2, Lower East SideTrace the steps of the ‘80s art stars and visit the sites of their greatest triumphs (and parties), from Club 57 on St. Mark’s Place to the studios and off-beat spaces where they had shows, where movies such as Slaves of New York were filmed or scenes in the novels of Jay McInerney and Brett Easton Ellis were set. We’ll view the existing murals of Keith Haring, visit the new Brant Foundation gallery (with its Basquiat blockbuster) as well as trendy galleries. Meet at Brant Foundation, 421 East 6th Street.

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May 14, Bright Lights, Big CityA literary seminar focusing on the novels and stories of Jay McInerney, Brett Easton Ellis, Tom Wolfe, Tama Janowitz and others whose fiction and poetry, like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work in the Jazz Age, captured the antics of the era.

May 28, The Searchfor MeaningBy 1989, the Berlin Wall had come down, the stock market had “corrected” and many of the art stars were either dead or slipping into obscurity. This is our chance to re-evaluate the legacy of the era in terms of the arts and social change.

June 13, ChelseaThe not-to-be-missed shows of the spring art season in the world’s most vibrant art neighborhood, with special attention to works by artists in our exciting ‘80s show. Highlights include Joan Mitchell at Zwirner, Gagosian, Pace, Matthew Marks, Gladstone, MetroPictures and many more. Meet at Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24th Street

Join some of the stars of the ‘80s for a look back at the friendships, highlights (and lowlights) and momentous events of the dynamic decade as they look back from today’s perspective.

Opening reception of Wild Kingdom: 100 Years of Animal Art and Hunt Slonem: Eden Never Ends

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DON’T MISS THE ‘80S

ARTIST PANEL DISCUSSION

Artist in the Gallery Series

Films

Musical Performances

Music Videos that Shaped the ‘80s11:00 am, 12:00 pm,1:00 pm, 3:00 pmEvery Tuesday - Sunday**with the exception of Special ProgramsFree with Museum admission

Nothing shaped the ‘80s more than music videos. We explore the top videos that shaped the music video industry today from the view of the directors and the artists themselves. (2010, 51 min)

Hedayat ShafeeiPersian Music PerformanceSunday, March 243:30 pmat The Manes CenterFree with Museum admission

In honor of Nowruz, the Persian New Year and celebration of Spring, enjoy the sounds of traditional Persian music performed on the Tar, a long-necked lute with local musician and master Hedayat Shafeei.

SO80s The Concert:iSchool Chamber OrchestraSunday, July 73:00 pmFree with Museum admission

Video transformed the music scene when MTV first aired in 1981, altering our experience of the songs of Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, David Bowie, the B-52s, Blondie and other stars. Join the inimita-ble iSchool Chamber Orchestra for an original re-interpretation of top songs of the decade scored for classical instruments and performed by virtuosi.

Muna TsengSunday, May 193:00 pmFree with Museum admission

‘80s New York! A Tale of Two Siblings, Tseng Kwong Chi and Muna Tseng

When Muna Tseng and her brother Kwong Chi arrived in Manhattan, two talented artists in the right place at the right time, they found themselves at the center of the action. Her brother’s provocative photographs of Haring, Basquiat, Warhol and others are spectacular mementos of the era, while his enigmatic and often funny self-portraits offer wry commentaries upon the immigrant experience. Muna, his sister, is a dancer and choreographer who collaborated with the director Ping Chong on a theater work that recalls the boundless era. Her intimate insights and observations are a direct link to some of the most brilliant creative minds of the ‘80s.

Charlie CloughSunday, June 303:00 pmFree with Museum admission

The founder of Hallwalls, a now-legendary artists’ cooperative that gave Cindy Sherman and Robert Longo their starts, Charlie Clough is an exceptionally talented artist with a brilliant theory of the relationship between painting and photograph. One of the stars of the blockbuster Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 at the Metropolitan Museum, his work uses images of historic masterpieces as a start. Then Clough paints on them, re-photographs them, and repeats the process. This is an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the ways in which the artists of the ‘80s transformed images into art.

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FAMILYTOURSEVERY

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Every Sunday except April 211:00 pm tour at the MansionArt activities 1:30 pm - 4:00 pmat The Manes CenterFree for Members; Museum admission plus $3 materials fee per child for Non-Members

Converse, collaborate and create together during our Family Sundays. Each week explore new art materials, vocabulary and ideas in our studio with our Museum

Sunday, May 51:00 pm - 4:00 pmat the MansionNo reservations needed$15 materials fee per family for Members; Museum admission plus $20 materials fee for Non-Members

Run, skip, hop or jump to the Museum for a day of art making inspired by movement and nature. Free Style Arts Association will engage families

Tuesday to ThursdayApril 23, 24 and 2511:00 am - 2:00 pmat The Manes CenterNo reservations needed$15 materials fee per family for Members; Museum admission plus $20 materials fee for Non-Members

Three days of art making inspired by the art on view in the Museum’s current exhibition That ‘80s Show, a different project will be featured each day. Come join the fun!

Thursday, May 2Rain date: May 165:30 pm$5 for Members;$10 for Non-Members

Laura Lynch and Katie Aragon of the Museum’s Education Department will lead a walk through the Museum’s Sculpture Park, one of the largest sculpture parks in the region. The Park includes large-scale installations, many in the Museum’s permanent collection, others are on loan from prestigious museums and galleries. Meet on the front terrace of the Museum.

Family Sundays

Art on the Movewith RADD Crossfit andFree Style Arts Association

Spring Break for Art

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educators. Family Sundays provide children and the adults in their lives the opportunity to take time from their busy lives to reconnect while talking about and making art together. New Projects are featured every week. All Family Sundays will draw inspiration from the current exhibition. In lieu of Family Sundays, on May 5 the Museum is offering a Super Family Sunday (article below).

with messy movable art on the Museum’s grounds to flex your creative muscles. Then get your bodies moving with members of the RADD Fitness team of Glen Head in activities designed for all ages and abilities. Inspired by your time outside, families will create kinetic sculptures using a variety of recycled materials. Dress for artmaking and physical activity. Program will move indoors in case of rain.

FOR FAMILIES

SUPER FAMILY SUNDAY

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A CREATVE PLACE FORALL AGES

AND ABILITIES

By Charles A. Riley, II PhD

What a difference a century makes! For exactly 100 years, the stately mansion that is home to the Museum has overlooked Hempstead Harbor from its sylvan hilltop. An elegant masterpiece designed by the era’s pre-eminent architect, it has witnessed the transformation of the region and, in important ways, has become a symbol of change. Once the private domain of one of America’s foremost families, it became a monument to the triumph of art and land preservation for the public. Both as a private residence and public park and museum, it has served as a 145-acre sanctuary of beauty and intellectual idealism on an Island that has, just outside its stately gates, gone through dramatic alteration.

Then and Now...The Museum CelebratesThe Frick Mansion at 100

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The story begins with the legendary William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), one of the most influential “public intellectuals” in American history. Poet, lawyer, conservationist, political activist and patron of the arts, in 1843 he settled in his Roslyn home, Cedarmere, on Hempstead Harbor. In 1862 Bryant built a Gothic Revival guesthouse on his Upland Farm, now the Museum property.

In 1900, Lloyd Stephens Bryce, purchased Upland Farm and commissioned the architect and tastemaker Ogden Codman to design a Georgian mansion. Soon after, Henry Clay Frick, co-founder of US Steel Corporation and world-famous art collector (our sister museum is the world-famous Frick Collection on upper Fifth Ave.), purchased the estate for his son and daughter-in-law, Childs and Frances Frick. They gave the re-designed mansion its official name: Clayton. Childs Frick (1883-1965) was a Princeton grad with a passion for natural history.

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The grounds so lovingly developed by the Fricks were among the foremost landscapes in America. Outdoor life at Clayton was focused on swimming, tennis, polo, riding, golf and skiing. The family even kept its own zoo with a bear pit, snakes and an alligator, an aviary, a monkey house and otters.

The Frick family and their guests enjoyed Clayton for half its century-long history. Once the Museum and sculpture garden were established, thirty years ago this year (another milestone to celebrate), the shift from private playground to public museum and land preserve re-defined Clayton’s raison d’être.

As we look ahead to the next hundred years, two unique strengths of the 21st century Museum’s top-notch educational program bear exceptional promise: our commitments to

making art accessible to the community and to a message of sustainability. Led by Laura Lynch and her outstanding team, the education program is at the forefront of the momentous progress made in the “inquiry-based” way of learning art, one of the great developments in museum culture of the past century. And Childs Frick’s ambitious landscaping experiment turns out to be have been prophetic, surrounding the Museum with a masterpiece of preservation.

Thanks to these forward-looking ideas, the future of this 100-year-old Gilded Age venture is golden.

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TAKE ANART CLASS

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YOUR INNER ARTIST

By Reem Hussein, Manager of The Manes Center

I often find myself experiencing a sense of admiration and excitement as I walk from art studio to studio at The Manes Center. Creativity, determination (and sometimes frustration) can immediately transform into enthusiasm and a sense of accomplishment with just one stroke of a pencil, colored chalk or paintbrush. I have known both roles, art student and educator and understand firsthand the complex emotions that a single two-and-a-half-hour art class can entail. Mostly, I understand the creative desire to master a medium or technique, which brings an overwhelming sense of satisfaction and calm, as well as excitement. In the studio, student and teacher cultivate a relationship driven by this need, to make something tangible.

As manager, I have the pleasure of meeting all our students, witnessing their progress and smiles as their skills are

Art Student Spotlight: Phyliss Solomon

EDUCATION

elevated week in and week out. I immediately connected with Phyliss Solomon, one of the first to enroll in our art classes in Fall 2017. A former educator, Phyliss had put off a lifelong passion for making art to nurture her beloved career and family. In the early stages of retirement, Phyliss came to us with an interest in photography. With only studio art classes offered, she signed-up for a watercolor painting class with instructor Pam Koehler in what she describes as “a lucky accident.” Phyliss continued taking additional four and six-week sessions of watercolor before moving on to pastel painting with Michelle Palatnik, acrylic painting with Roshanak Keyghobadi and currently figure drawing. She enjoys acrylic most, a medium she was already comfortable with, describing her time making art as, “the only time I’m present. The time just goes, and I can spend all day in class.” The camaraderie among students and teachers is essential to her process. “I do like the class

critiques, because you learn from students’ drawings and paintings. I enjoy the feedback and talking to others about their art.” With a designated class time each week to create, she has been quite prolific, completing several works, two of which were selected for our inaugural student-faculty art show last Summer. She advises fellow students to take a class for at least two full sessions before moving on to another medium. Currently, Phyliss studies life drawing on Thursday mornings and plans on enrolling in a colored pencil class.

With students like Phyliss and so many of our returning and new students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, our programs and art classes have become an essential part of our campus life. All of us, including our dedicated staff of teaching artists, share the gratifying rewards of seeing enthusiastic students like Phyliss use each day in the studio as another opportunity to connect, inspire and learn.

Thursday, May 94:30 pm - 6:00 pmRSVP required, please emailllynch@nassaumuseum.orgFree for educators

With generous support from TFCU (Teachers Federal Credit Union), Evenings for Educators provides networking, learning and professional development experiences for active administrators and educators

Evenings for Educatorsteaching across Nassau and Suffolk Counties. These programs invite educators to special evenings featuring a reception, guest speakers, professional development and a guided tour of current Museum exhibitions. Pictured left, artist Cao Jun demonstrates his painting process for teachers attending a recent program.

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Register on our web site at www.nassaumuseum.org/artclasses, come join us! For Kids and Teens Acrylic Painting Art After School College Portfolio Prep Drawing Drop-in Figure Drawing

Persian CalligraphySaturday, March 232:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Persian Poetry CollageSunday, March 241:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Flower Felting: Wool and SilkSaturday, March 3010:00 am - 2:00 pm

Story Tots for Ages 3 - 5Every Friday10:00 am - 11:00 amFree for Members$5 per child for Non-Members

Studio Saturdays Every Saturday 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Art LabFor Ages 5 - 12Session I: July 8 - 19 Session II: July 22 - August 2 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Upcoming Art Classes

One Day Workshops

Drop-In Weekly Programs

Summer Art Programs

EDUCATION

For Adults Abstract Painting Acrylic Painting Beginner Drawing Mixed Media CollageColored PencilDrop-in Figure Drawing Figure Drawing Portrait Drawing Watercolor Painting Pastel Painting

Beginner WatercolorSaturday, May 411:00 am - 3:00 pm

Landscape Painting in WatercolorFriday, May 1011:00 am - 3:00 pm

Mother’s Day WorkshopSaturday, May 1110:00 am - 12:00 pm

Chinese Brush PaintingSunday, May 1910:00 am - 12:00 pm

Family SundaysEvery Sunday1:00 pm tour at the MansionArt activities 1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree for Members; Museum admission plus $3 materials fee per child for Non-Members

Summer StudioFor Ages 12 - 14July 8 - 19 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Summer High School IntensiveFor Ages 14 and upJuly 22 - August 2 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

We offer our sincere thanks to Americana Manhasset, Wheatley Plaza and to our 2018 Champions for Charity shoppers for raising nearly $6,500 to support exhibitions and programs at the Museum.

Champions for Charity®

Shoppers Raise $6,500

DEVELOPMENT

Brooks Brothers hosted Museum supporters at their kick-off event for Champions for Charity. It was a festive occasion to start the holiday shopping season!

The Museum and itsexhibitions are supported byThe County of Nassau under County Executive Laura CurranThe Nassau County Legislature the Museum Board of Trustees

Members including Museum Council, Corporate Committee, Contemporary Collectors Circle and Friends of the Garden, Exhibition and Event Sponsors, Government and Foundation Grants, Corporate and Private Donors, sources of earned income such as admissions, facility rentals and the Museum Store

Our Major DonorsHelp the Museum ProvidePrograms of Substance

Other generous contributions are provided byThe Capital Group Companies Charitable FoundationFerriday Fund-Charitable TrustBequest of Stanley LiptonTotal Wine and More

Educational programs are made possible through the generosity ofOvation, America’s Only Arts NetworkTeachers Federal Credit UnionWells Fargo Bank

Additional educational support is provided byMargaret Neubart FoundationMilton & Sally Avery Arts FoundationNorth Shore Autism Circle

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Challenge Grant DonorDr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Cuchel

$5,000+The Rita and Frank Castagna Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Michel David-WeillSeth and Tracey KupferbergKlar Organization / Steven A. KlarThe Ariel and Alaleh Ostad Charitable Annuity TrustMr. & Mrs. Alan SeligsonThe Leviton Foundation

$1,000+Mr. & Mrs. Manuel BarronMs. Deborah A. CannonMr. Jun Cao and Mrs. Nancy ZhangMr. & Mrs. Adam GoodMs. Sarina W. GwirtzmanDr. & Mrs. George KaneRobert and Esther MayerMs. Evelyn RechlerCynthia and Michael RubinbergMiss Marjorie ShukowMr. & Mrs. H. Brooks SmithMs. Shining SungThe DCDD Goodwill Foundation, Inc.

$250 - $999Frank J. Antun FoundationMr. & Mrs. Dwight A. ArnesenMr. & Mrs. Harvey BernsteinMs. Ellen BloomMichael D. Brown, Esq.Eve CalifanoLinda and Arthur Carter

Ms. Mary ChenMs. Kelly ChenMr. & Mrs. John K. Colgate, Jr.Ilene S. Cooper, Esq.Cooper Foundation / Eugene S. CooperMr. & Mrs. Leonard FeldEsther Fortunoff-GreeneMr. & Mrs. Stanley GellerMrs. Theodora W. HootonLarry and Pearl JacobsMr. & Mrs. Ragnar M. KnutsenMr. & Mrs. Richard C. LaskeyMrs. Jean W. LesserMr. & Mrs. James P. LevinMr. & Mrs. Wayne LiptonDr. & Mrs. Peter K. LynchMr. & Mrs. John OwensMs. Risa Y. PulverPureGreen, LLC / David StetsonRTS Print Services / Ray SikorskiDr. Jane SegadelliMs. Marilyn B. SeidlerMr. & Mrs. Robert SilverbergMr. & Mrs. Thomas StaceyDr. & Mrs. Myron SusinMr. & Mrs. John TreiberMs. Laurel P. TriaCarol WolowitzKathy and Ira Zankel

$100 - $249Mr. Doug ArgueMr. & Mrs. Terrill BarnardMr. & Mrs. Mark BaydarianMrs. Katrina H. BeckerMs. Paula BergerTerri and David BobrowMr. & Mrs. Christopher Boylan

We sincerely appreciate the generous outpouring of support for our 2018 Annual Appeal. We reached record participation with 256 donors, welcomed 131 new donors and raised 6% more than last year! We are grateful to Trustee Sharon Cuchel and her husband Dr. Stephen Cuchel for their generous $50,000 Challenge Grant which greatly enhanced the results. This is the 5th year they have given so generously.

2018 Annual AppealRaises Record $151,829

Thank You to All 256Annual Appeal Donors

DEVELOPMENT

In addition, we want to thank Angela Susan Anton and Charles A. Riley, II PhD for their efforts in co-chairing this year’s Annual Appeal.

Proceeds from the Annual Appeal will fund the many exciting activities and programs planned for this year – a year in which we will celebrate our 30th anniversary. This funding supports our efforts to deliver exhibitions of substance, concerts, films, lectures, art classes for all ages and abilities, family programs, school field trips, artist talks and workshops, new sculpture commissions, publications and so much more.

Our sincere thanks to all of our donors whose contributions help the Museum enrich the lives of over 200,000 people each year.

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Mr. & Mrs. Ernie CanadeoDr. & Mrs. Robert CarrasDr. & Mrs. Jorge CerrutiMs. Lisa ChiecoChristina’s Epicure Ms. Jane E. CliffordMr. Peter CurcioMr. & Mrs. John P. Curtin, Jr.Ms. Judith DelaneyMs. Koula DelianidesMrs. Nancy DeMatteisMs. Rachelle EpsteinMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. FinkelMr. & Mrs. John H. FlynnMr. & Mrs. Patrick FoyeMr. & Mrs. Frederic FuruyaMr. & Mrs. Roger GerberMrs. Louise GreenbergMrs. Melanie S. GrotasPeter V. HoumereDrs. John and Ellen KillianMr. Jay KlahrMrs. Marion KleinkramerAlice LevienRuizhu LiDr. Alexander LupenkoMr. Jerry MachtingerMr. & Mrs. George MalinMr. & Mrs. Irving MarkowitzMs. Nasrin MesbahMr. William MillerMrs. Deborah MiragliaBarry and Maija NobelMs. Elizabeth NugentMrs. Susanne OlinDella and John OstendorfMs. Kathleen J. PerryMr. & Mrs. James PiCarol Polsky and Paul VitelloMs. Janet PriceMs. Joan QuatranoMr. & Mrs. Irwin RobinsonMrs. Walter L. Ross IIMr. & Mrs. Howard RubinMr. & Mrs. Robert SimkinsMrs. Patricia TulchinMrs. Joan S. WalterMr. Ira M. Warren and Ms. Cindy SeloverMark SilversteinStephen and Mina WeinerMrs. Shoshanna WingateMs. Penny Zaleta and Mr. Kurt A. AmslerMrs. Maxine Zinder

Under $100Ms. Christine AmbersAnonymousEleanor ArnostMr. Richard BensonMr. & Mrs. John BluntMrs. Lorna BodianMs. Anne S. BorofskyMs. Marie BradyMs. Dee Dee BrixMr. Wolstan Brown and Ms. Judith RymerMrs. Catherine A. BuckleyMr. & Mrs. Dan BudneMs. Diane CahillMs. Terese CavanaghMs. Helene ChusidMrs. Jane CohenMr. & Mrs. Gerald CohenMs. Evelyn CruzMs. Susan G. DanzigerMs. Amy DavidsonMs. Genevieve DeBlasioMrs. Marilyn DeLalioMs. Jeanette DelponteMrs. Jane DiaksMs. Judith A. DiBartoloMs. Sharon DobbsMs. Bogusia Doroszczyk-KnyszMs. Ruth EichackerMs. Eve EpsteinMs. Tegwan EpsteinLinda FennellyCarol and Richard FitzmauriceHilda FlandersMr. & Mrs. Robert ForresterMr. Branch FurtadoMs. Diane GodlewskiAllan and Edie GoldbergMr. Robert N. GoldingMr. & Mrs. Shawn GordonMs. Amanda GorozdiJuliet Jamie GregorioMs. Jacqueline M. HabererMrs. Janet HanniganMr. & Mrs. David HarringtonMs. Gene Heller

Mrs. Annette HirshanMr. & Mrs. Robert HochbergMr. Glenn HowardMr. Douglas K. HyerMr. & Mrs. Howard IngramMr. Lee JacobMr. & Mrs. Marc JosloffDr. & Mrs. Suk Sik KimMs. Pamela KoehlerMrs. Sheila KolodnyMr. & Mrs. Andrew KrausMs. Katherine KushayMr. David LevineMr. Edward LinenschmidtMrs. Myra MarkowitzMs. Sima MatthesMrs. Donna McCoydMr. & Mrs. Richard MeadeMs. Diane Menna and Ms. Sari MennaMs. Helen R. MooreMr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. MorganMrs. Bonnie NewmanMrs. Myrna NiegoDr. & Mrs. Leon M. OxmanMs. Therese PadykMs. Joy PerlaMrs. Sharon PesnerMrs. Mary L. PolakMr. Gary RoeburtMr. & Mrs. Howard RottoMrs. Lynn RubinMs. Bernice SchmidMrs. Linda SchwartzMrs. Marian Schwartz

Susan SchwartzMr. Theodore SchwartzmanMs. June SchwarzMrs. Ruth G. SelterMs. Rhoda SelvinMr. & Mrs. Larry SingbandMr. & Mrs. Gary SmithHon. and Mrs. Arthur SpattMs. Tatiana B. SperanskyMr. Barrie C. SpiesMr. & Mrs. Harry Stuckey, Jr.Dr. Rita TeslerMs. Laurel TompkinsMr. & Mrs. Frank TrombinoStephen and Anne WattersMrs. Diane WeinerSusan WeinsteinMs. Sandy WestenMr. Gabriel Wiesenthal and Ms. Marcia Kaplan-Mann

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The Museum Council offers members access to unique experiences in art and design. In November, the group visited the United Nations for an exclusive private tour by Museum member Zaw Win of the Undersecretary General’s office. Plans are underway for a wonderful year of art trips and behind-the-scenes events for this group of generous Museum supporters. Contact Tara Keblish at (516) 484-9338, ext. 23 or membership@nassaumuseum.org if you are interested in learning more about this unique group.

Mona C. Engel, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard FeinsteinMr. & Mrs. Paul FeinsteinMr. & Mrs. Mitchell FriedmanMr. & Mrs. George Kane Ms. Rachelle Krieger Ms. Elyse Luray and Ms. Kathleen GuzmanMr. & Mrs. Jonathan MillerDr. & Mrs. Barry NathansonMr. & Mrs. Donald RechlerMr. & Mrs. Marc RechlerMs. Fay RooseveltMr. & Mrs. Martin RosenmanMr. & Mrs. Michael RubinbergMr. & Mrs. Cye E. RossMr. & Mrs Steven G. SchneiderMr. & Mrs. Clark SchubachMr. & Mrs. Martin SternbergMr. & Mrs. Harvey WertheimMr. & Mrs. Arnold WolowitzMr. & Mrs. Donald Zucker

The Museum CouncilVisits the United Nations

MEMBERSHIP

The Contemporary Collectors Circle (CCC) is a special group of members who keep current on the New York City art scene. They survey pre-selected Chelsea galleries to see the best of the season’s offerings, followed by lunch at Bottino’s. An exciting trip is planned later this Spring, led by Charles Riley, II PhD. Monies raised by the CCC help fund acquisitions of contemporary art for the Museum’s permanent collection.

Mr. & Mrs. William AchenbaumMr. & Mrs. Paul BergerMs. Deborah A. Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Frank CastagnaMr. & Mrs. Mitchell CooperMr. & Mrs. Frank D’AmbrosioMr. & Mrs. Leonard FeinsteinMrs. Alvin KatzMs. Alix B. Michel Mr. & Mrs. Donald RechlerMr. & Mrs. Martin RosenmanMr. & Mrs. Barry RubensteinMr. & Mrs. Michael RubinbergMr. & Mrs. Arnold Wolowitz

Thank You to OurContemporary Collectors Circle Members

Co-ChairsDeborah A. Cannon Becky CreavinM. Patricia Janco-Tupper

Director’s CircleMr. & Mrs. Manuel Barron

Curator’s CircleMr. & Mrs. Melvin Kaplan

SponsorsMr. & Mrs. William AchenbaumHon. James D. BennettMr. & Mrs. Paul BergerMrs. Lillian BorofskyMr. & Mrs. Frank CastagnaMs. Daniella CippitelliMr. & Mrs. William T. Comfort

DEVELOPMENT

On November 14, alice+olivia’s Americana Manhasset store hosted a shopping event benefiting the Museum. It was a fun evening, with guests having a great time shopping, where alice+olivia’s Keith Haring capsule collection was unveiled. We are grateful to alice+olivia for their $1,082 donation representing a portion of sale proceeds from the benefit.

Support from alice+olivia

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Thank You to Our Corporate MembersCorporate BenefactorsAmericana ManhassetFlushing BankWheatley Plaza Associates LP

Corporate PartnersBrooks BrothersCastagna Realty Co.Healthplex, Inc.Ike, Molly & Steven Elias Foundation Rallye Motors, Inc.RXR Realty GroupSparkling Pointe Vineyard and Winery

Corporate Friends358 Columbia Realty Corp. Albanese & Albanese, LLPDaniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Douglas Elliman Real EstateEuropean Decorative Arts CompanyMordfin GroupRuskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. PGA TOUR SuperstorePrager Metis CPAs LLCRTS Print ServicesSyl-Lee Antiques

MEMBERSHIP

THURSDAY,APRIL 4

Co-Chairs Michael D. BrownRobert O. Mayer The Museum’s Corporate Members are business supporters who meet for congenial evenings of networking during each exhibition. The Roslyn Chamber of Commerce (pictured bottom left) attended the most recent event and the Moxxie Network will attend an upcoming event on May 16.

Corporate Committee to HostUpcoming Art of Golf Event

Corporate membership supports exhibitions and education programs at the Museum and members are recognized in MuseNews, lobby signage and on the Museum’s website.

Don’t miss an upcoming fundraising event The Art of Golf and Tennis Too!, hosted by the Museum’s corporate friends (pictured bottom right) which will be held on Thursday, April 4 at the PGA Tour Superstore

in Westbury. This event raises much needed funds for the Museum’s many outstanding education programs. It’s a fun evening of networking, golf, games, shopping, great food from top Long Island restaurants, craft beer and wine. Tickets are $75 ($50 for juniors) with sponsorship

opportunities available. Visit www.nassaumuseum.org/artofgolf to purchase tickets and find out more.

To learn more about Corporate Committee membership, contact Tara Keblish at membership@nassaumuseum.org or call (516) 484-9338, ext. 23.

Small Business Partners C.A.R. Consulting Services Collard & Roe, PC New York Center for Facial Plastic & Laser SurgerySmiros & Smiros Architects, LLP

Individual Business PartnersARCAP PartnersDee Dee Brix, Luxury Home Specialistbsquared photographyNancy Cuite, Luxury Real Estate AgentFortitude Investment Group, LLC

Mollie Grossman, Licensed Associate Real Estate BrokerHelene Power PhotographyHillary Needle Events Inc. Gail Holman, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker King Sweeney Strategies LLCTracey Murray Kupferberg, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker Law Office of Cary Scott GoldingerMagnum AV SystemsNorth Shore ClosetsDenise Rafkind, Art Director/Photographer

golfartof(and tennis, too!)

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THE BOARD

President Angela Susan Anton

Executive Vice PresidentFrank Castagna*

Vice PresidentArthur S. Levine*

TreasurerWilliam Achenbaum

Secretary Deborah A. Cannon

MembersW. Russell G. Byers, JrTodd Cohen, MDMrs. Stephen J. CuchelMrs. Gerard L. Eastman, JrMaryam FranzellaCoco HanSteven A. KlarHarvey R. Manes, MDCynthia Senko Rosicki, EsqLaura SaviniJonathan R. SerkoMargaret L. Stacey

Trustees EmeritiMrs. Vincent de RouletAlan Seligson*H. Brooks Smith*

*Past Presidents

The Nassau County Museum of Art is chartered and accredited by New York State as a not-for-profit private educational institution and is governed by a privately elected Board of Trustees.

DirectorCharles A. Riley II, PhD

Director EmeritaConstance Schwartz

Board ofTrustees

ON VIEWJANUARY 25TO MAY 12

Nearly a hundred art lovers crowded The Manes Center on January 25 for a special evening: a combined opening for the splendid Manes Collection show, curated by Harvey Manes, and

Author! Author! Dr. Harvey Manes Debuts Book and Exhibition atThe Manes Center

a book launch for Collecting Art for Pleasure and Profit, written by (who else?) Harvey Manes. Signing dozens of books for fans, leaping atop a bench to speak to the eager crowd (where did he learn that trick?), cracking wise and sharing his masterpieces, Dr. Manes was in fine form.

The first visitors to the show, which has drawn steady attendance since and has its own docent-led tours, enjoyed an extraordinary glimpse inside one of Long Island’s most renowned private art collections, personally curated by the collector. This generous offering features some of his

best-loved masterworks by a roster of art historical giants from Rembrandt and Picasso (side-by-side in fantastically provocative juxtaposition) to Dali, Calder, Lichtenstein, Botero, the irresistible Chagall and others.

One of the toughest challenges for a serious collector is keeping pace with Contemporary art, and the highlights he assembled of the stars of the ‘80s (Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and their “patron saint” Andy Warhol) resonate with the survey exhibition that opened at the Museum’s Saltzman Building in March.

Born in Brooklyn, an orthopedic surgeon and attorney, Harvey Manes is proud to be an art historical autodidact with a passion for the work of art as object or as expression of the dreams and emotions of an artist, a passion undimmed by formal training. Dr. Todd Cohen, board member and collector, also jumped up on the bench to make a toast, pointing out the juxtaposition of sculptures by Rodin and Dr. Manes himself.

One of the great patrons of twentieth-century art (notably Matisse, Modigliani and Soutine) was Dr. Alfred Barnes. Like him Harvey Manes is never bored in the company of his art, and looking at art in his company is never boring.

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Especially for the Museum community’s longstanding members, who remember her warm smile and legendary sense of diplomacy, the passing of Joan Saltzman allowed us to honor a dear friend, the genuine “first lady” of the Nassau County Museum of Art. Her immeasurable significance to the Museum from the moment of its founding will always be at the core of the institution’s history.

Anyone who had the pleasure of working closely with Joan Saltzman recalls her thoughtful and unpretentious manner, her intelligence and empathy and her advocate’s ability to accomplish visionary goals. In addition to the Museum, she was a nationally recognized advocate for people with disabilities, the founder of the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center and a major figure in Hofstra University’s

Honoring Joan Saltzman, the “First Lady” of the Museum

SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE

counseling services; her public service also included efforts to house the homeless and to promote racial equity. Many members of the Museum family took time to recall their favorite stories of her unfailing support. Jean Henning, Fernanda Bennett, Laura Lynch, Monica Reischmann and Director Emerita Connie Schwartz all joined to recognize her as a gracious reminder of the traditions and ethic of the founders’ vision for the Museum. As past Board President Alan

Seligson observes, “None of you would be here today if it were not for Joan and Arnold Saltzman.”

Joan Saltzman was born in Manhattan in 1919, and graduated from Barnard College with a degree in sociology in 1941. She was married to Arnold for 71 years, and their home in Sands Point was a museum in its own right of masterworks that were often loaned, magnanimously, to our exhibitions. The names of Joan and Arnold Saltzman are on the facade of the mansion. “Each day we enter the building, we should pause to recall what Arnold and Joan Saltzman mean to us,” says Board of Trustees President Angela Susan Anton. This Museum is fortified by the abiding memory of their principles.

The Library in the Saltzman Building offers a unique and historic space for an intimate luncheon or dinner, cocktail party or business meeting. The former study of Childs Frick, a dedicated naturalist and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, is paneled in dark wood with a herringbone floor and French doors leading through the adjacent tented pavilion and onto the lush grounds of the William Cullen Bryant Preserve. The Library offers a capacity of 40 for a seated dinner or up to 50 guests in an auditorium seating or cocktail reception. Visit www.nassaumuseum.org/facilityrentals or contact John Ryan, (516) 484-9338, ext. 45 or jryan@nassaumuseum.org for details or to schedule a tour.

The Libraryis Perfect forIntimateEvents

FACILITY RENTALS

ON VIEWJULY 20 TONOVEMBER 3

Ever since Leonardo was mesmerized by the wave patterns of water, artists including Seurat, Jackson Pollock, Mark Tobey, Dorothea Rockburne, Olafur Eliasson and others have attempted to capture the invisible energy fields that surround us. The art enters a dialogue with “real” but beautiful images from

Energy: Power Into PaintUPCOMING EXHIBITION

cyclotrons at Brookhaven and the laboratory of Nicolai Tesla in one electrifying experience of art and science.

www.nassaumuseum.org(516) 484-9338Art Donations, ext. 30Education and Public Programs, ext. 12Facility Rental, ext. 45Giving & Support, ext. 25Membership, ext. 23The Manes Center, (516) 626-5280

Open to the Public Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 am - 4:45 pmExhibition Tours Tuesday - Sunday, 2:00 pm Mansion Tours Saturday, 1:00 pmFamily Tours Sunday, 1:00 pm Family Art Activities Saturday, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sunday, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Admission Fees $12 Adults, $8 Seniors (62+) $4 Children (ages 4 - 12), Free (under 4) Members free at all times

LIE to Exit 39 (Glen Cove Road). Go north 2 miles to Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) and turn left. At the second traffic light, turn right into the Museum entrance // Nassau County’s N20 bus stops at the entrance to the Museum // LIRR stations at Manhasset (Port Washington line) and Roslyn (Oyster Bay line) are a short cab, Uber or Lyft ride away.

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It would be impossible to find a more colorful and fitting honoree for this year’s Museum Ball than the charismatic Joseph Graziose. Literally a pillar of the community, he is a tremendous example of the local kid making it big. Joseph Graziose and his family are so well-known in Glen

Introducing Joseph Graziose, Ball Honoree

MUSEUM BALL SO80s ON JUNE 8SPONSORED BY RXR REALTY

Cove that he could probably run for office. His commitment to the arts, architecture and style is everywhere reflected in the elegance of the hundreds of residences he has built on Long Island as the Executive Vice President of Residential Development and Construction at RXR Realty, a company with a long family history of magnanimous support for the Museum. Among the developments that have benefited from his eagle eye are Ritz-Carlton Residences in North Hills, the developments in Garvies Point and Village Square in Glen Cove and the Engineers Country Club.

Tseng Kwong Chi Keith Haring’s Birthday Party, Le Train Bleu, Paris, France, 1987Courtesy Eric Firestone Gallery © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.