Nassau County Museum of Art has a great deal to offer families on Long Island. In addition to their regular and circulating art exhibits, they have a Children’s Museum where they offer many programs for children and their families. The sculpture park, walking trails, and gardens are open year round. Here are the events and exhibitions lined up for February, March, and April 2012.
EVENTS
CHILDREN’S ART WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Show Us Your LEGOS®
Inspired by the brick art of Nathan Sawaya, presently on view in the Contemporary Gallery, young LEGO® artists are encouraged to bring their plastic brick constructions to the museum for ‘show and tell’ at tables supplied by the museum. The day’s activities include gallery tours and hands-on art making.
Museum admission plus $5 per family materials fee. No reservations are needed. Show Us Your LEGOS® is held in the museum’s main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building. Weekend parking fee is $2 (members free).
FAMILY SUNDAYS AT THE MUSEUM
Sundays from 1 p.m.
February 5, 12, 19 & 26
March 4, 11 & 18
April 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Now there's even more reason for families to plan the weekend around a visit to Nassau County Museum of Art. Each Sunday the museum offers a 1 p.m. docent-led family walk-through of the exhibition and supervised art activities for the whole family beginning at 1:30 p.m. Special family guides of the main exhibition are available in the galleries. Family Sundays at the Museum are free with museum admission and are held in the museum’s main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building. Weekend parking fee is $2 (members free).
WINTER BREAK ART FOR FAMILIES
February 22-24, 11 a.m- 2 p.m.
Families Making Art Together
The winter school vacation week features hands-on art making for children of all ages and their adult companions. Inspired by the colors and subjects of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s work, museum docents will be in the galleries to assist young visitors to develop their own creative responses to what they are seeing in the galleries.
Museum admission plus $5 per family materials fee. No reservations are needed. Families Making Art Together is held in the museum’s main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building.
EXHIBITIONS
MAIN GALLERIES
Through March 18, 2012 (opened December 10, 2011)
The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection
Drawn from an important Long Island collection, this major exhibition showcases approximately 125 oils and works on paper by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), an American artist most closely associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Centered on Tiffany’s paintings, which he created for himself to memorialize his travels and surroundings, The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany offers an uncommon glimpse into the artist’s personal world. It is the first New York exhibit to focus on Tiffany’s paintings in more than 30 years. The exhibition also includes examples of Tiffany’s decorative arts, especially stained glass lamps and windows.
CONTEMPORARY GALLERY
Through March 18, 2012 (opened December 10, 2011)
Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works
No longer just for child’s play, plastic toy building bricks have become material for fine art. The New York sculptor, Nathan Sawaya, is among the most prominent of contemporary artists working with LEGO® blocks. Sawaya’s work, exploring themes of identity, elevates brick art to a new phase of artistic expression through large-scale sculptures that portray complexities of the human condition. Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works is organized by Elaine Berger for the museum’s Contemporary Collectors Circle in cooperation with the Agora Gallery in New York
Opening March 31 in the Main & Second Floor Galleries
March 31, 2012-July 8, 2012
Jim Dine: Sculpture
Work by American artist Jim Dine, culled from a sculpture exhibition first organized by New York City’s Pace Gallery. Featured in the Nassau County Museum of Art showing are works based on Carlo Collodi’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, including sculptures of the title character and a 40-piece print series illustrating Dines’ homage to the classic tale.
Jim Dine is one of the country’s best-known artists. He is regarded as one of the most consistently inventive artists to have emerged in the second half of the 20th century. A painter, sculptor and graphic artist, Dine’s art often incorporates images of everyday life, such as tools, rope, shoes, neckties and other articles of clothing.
ON THE GROUNDS
Ongoing
Sculpture Park
More than 50 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property.
Walking Trails
The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.
Gardens
From restored Formal Gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.
TOURS
Docent Led Tours of the Main Galleries Exhibition, Tuesday-Sunday at 2 p.m.
Docent Led Family Tours, Sundays at 1 p.m.
Tours are free with museum admission
There is a $2 per car parking fee on weekends (members free)
Log onto www.nassaumuseum.org/eventsfor details on events and reservations.
DIRECTIONS
Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road) in Roslyn Harbor. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Docent-led tours of the exhibition are offered at 2 p.m. each day; meet in the lobby, no reservations needed. Admission to the galleries in the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students and children (4 to12). Members are admitted free. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members, free). The Museum Store is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MORE ABOUT THE MUSEUM
Nassau County Museum of Art, governed by a privately elected board of trustees, is chartered and accredited by New York State as a not-for-profit, private educational institution. The museum’s programs and exhibitions are made possible through the support of Nassau County under County Executive Edward P. Mangano and the Nassau County Legislature, the museum’s board of trustees, memberships, corporate memberships, event and exhibition sponsors, admissions, special events, private and corporate donations, and government and foundation grants.
Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, hours and directions or log onto www.nassaumuseum.org.
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