The Heckscher Museum Benefit Journal 2025

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October 16, 2025

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

The Deborah Buck Foundation recognizes The Heckscher Museum of Art for its outstanding courage and leadership in the arts.

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

MUSEUM OF ART AND THE 2025 HONOREES

EMMA STEBBINS, Commerce (also known as Sailor),1860, marble. The Heckscher Museum of Art, gift of Philip M. Lydig III.
RICHARD T. CUNNIFF, JR.
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E C K S C H E R M U S E U M B E N E F I T

HONORING

THE BAGLEY FAMILY

BANK OF AMERICA

DEBORAH BUCK

SPECIAL GUESTS

Emmy Award Winning Actress, Cynthia Nixon, The Gilded Age

Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright, Tony Kushner, Angels in America

B ENEFIT CO-CHAIRS

Jessica Brassler

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Celebrating our honorees and the exhibition

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.

Program includes a paddle raise in support of the Museum’s exhibitions, collections, education programs, and community access initiatives.

Paddle Raise Sponsor: CHRISTIE’S

Cover: Emma Stebbins, Sandalphon, 1866, marble. Museum Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund.

INSPIRATION FOR THE 2025 HECKSCHER MUSEUM BENEFIT

This year’s Heckscher Museum Benefit was inspired by the exhibition Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History, curated by Karli Wurzelbacher, PhD, Chief Curator, which is currently on view through March 15, 2026.

Emma Stebbins (1815–1882) carved out a career on two continents and made history as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. In 1856, she embarked from New York City for Rome to further her artistic ambitions. Over the next fourteen years, she created innovative marble sculptures, including unprecedented allegories of labor and industry, as well as incisive interpretations of literary and biblical subjects. Stebbins also sculpted portraits of her chosen family, including her wife, actress Charlotte Cushman, who championed her work. In 1865, with a bronze statue of educator Horace Mann in Boston, she became the first woman to complete a public monument in the US. Stebbins was also the first woman to earn a public art commission for New York City, the iconic Bethesda Fountain in Central Park.

Stebbins’s art speaks to some of the most compelling issues of her time (and ours), including gender and sexuality, ecology and industry, and political conflict and public art. This exhibition brings together most of her rare marble sculptures for the first time. It also examines the rich histories of her monuments, including the Bethesda Fountain, which continues to inspire a vast public with its message of peace and healing.

R: EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain [detail], cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

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HONOREE

THE BAGLEY FAMILY

Joan and Milton Bagley are philanthropists, passionate collectors, and patrons of the arts. They have been generous supporters of the Museum and part of Huntington’s cultural community for over 30 years.

Over more than three decades, Joan, Milton, and the Bagley family have developed an impressive collection of paintings and sculpture by artists across Latin America that is notable for its range, depth, and rich variety of visual expression. The Heckscher Museum was fortunate to exhibit their family’s collection, including masterworks by Fernando Botero, Diego Rivera, and more in the 2018 exhibition Rivera and Beyond: Latin American Art from the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection.

Most recently in 2024, a transformative gift from the Collection of Joan and Milton Bagley was made to the Heckscher Museum’s permanent collection of artworks by Francisco Zúñiga, Roberto Matta, Julio Larraz, and Ignacio Iturria, leaving an important legacy that will allow the Museum to share the family’s treasured art with the community in perpetuity.

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HONOREE

BANK OF AMERICA

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving clients and local communities on Long Island. A partner of more than three decades, the Bank has supported The Heckscher Museum since 1991.

Bank of America’s Art in our Communities program, established in 2008, offers the Bank’s art collection to communities through curated exhibitions that museums and nonprofit galleries may borrow at no cost. In 2019, the Museum’s popular exhibition In a New Light: American Impressionism: Works from the Bank of America Collection was lent through this program, sharing important American Impressionist works with Long Islanders.

The Bank has been a visionary supporter of The Heckscher Museum of Art. In 2024, the Bank underwrote free admission to the Museum, providing visitors and families with access to the Museum’s art collection and exhibitions at no cost resulting in nearly doubling the Museum’s attendance.

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HONOREE DEBORAH BUCK

Deborah Buck is an artist and philanthropist whose work has recently been featured in publications including The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB Magazine, and Two Coats of Paint

In 2019 she founded the Deborah Buck Foundation to support institutions that elevate women’s voices in the arts—past and present. Deborah brings insight and urgency to this purpose, continuing to advocate for a more inclusive cultural landscape. In pursuit of this mission, the Foundation has generously supported The Heckscher Museum, including the exhibitions Salt Life: Arthur Dove and Helen Torr and Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.

As a young artist, Deborah was mentored by Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still, who recognized her independent spirit and sent her to the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. She studied Fine Arts at Trinity College, embracing a broad liberal arts education that continues to inform her practice. Her work defies trends and embraces bold, intuitive expression. She has exhibited widely with solo exhibitions at Jennifer Baahng Gallery, La MaMa Galleria, and The Southampton Art Center, and has been included in numerous group shows. Deborah’s They Had Stars in Their Eyes, is part of the Museum’s permanent collection and was recently exhibited in The Rains are Changing Fast: New Acquisitions in Context

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THE EVENING’S FESTIVITIES

6:30 to 7:30 P.M. Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

7:30 P.M.

Seated Dinner and Program

8:00 P.M. PRESENTATION

Welcome by Emcee Cynthia Nixon

Remarks by Bruce A. Lev, Chair, Board of Trustees

Remarks by Heather Arnet, Executive Director & CEO

Honoring The Bagley Family

Honoring Bank of America

Honoring Deborah Buck

8:30 P.M. Dinner service

9:00 P.M. PADDLE RAISE

Helena Guindo, Auctioneer, CHRISTIE’S

9:20 P.M. Dessert

CYNTHIA NIXON EMCEE HECKSCHER

MUSEUM BENEFIT

Cynthia Nixon is an Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award–winning actor, director, and producer whose career spans almost five decades. Best known for her work as ‘Miranda Hobbes’ in HBO's series Sex and the City, which earned her the first of two Emmy Awards. Nixon also starred in, directed, and executive produced the show’s sequel And Just Like That… She currently stars in HBO's critically acclaimed series The Gilded Age, which was recently renewed for a fourth season.

Nixon’s most memorable big screen appearances include Little Darlings, Amadeus, James White, and A Quiet Passion (as Emily Dickinson). She received Golden Globe nominations for Netflix’s Ratched and HBO’s Warm Springs (as Eleanor Roosevelt) and praise for playing Nancy Regan in Killing Reagan

Nixon will next star in Marjorie Prime on Broadway, opening December 8, 2025. Making her Broadway debut at 14 in The Philadelphia Story, Nixon has appeared in more than 40 plays, 13 on Broadway. She earned four Tony nominations, winning for Rabbit Hole and The Little Foxes. Her theatrical credits include playing the character of Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.

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TONY KUSHNER SPECIAL GUEST

Tony Kushner is a playwright, screenwriter, author, and activist. In 1993, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, the first part of his epic play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, which features Emma Stebbins’s Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain. Kushner was featured as the author of the foreword of The Heckscher Museum of Art’s catalogue for the exhibition Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.

Tony Kushner's additional plays include A Bright Room Called Day, Slavs!, Homebody/Kabul, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key To The Scriptures, and the musical Caroline, or Change with composer Jeanine Tesori. He has adapted Pierre Corneille's The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit, and Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechuan and Mother Courage and Her Children. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of Angels in America, and for Steven Spielberg's Munich, Lincoln, West Side Story, and The Fabelmans. His books include Wrestling With Zion, co-edited with Alisa Solomon; Brundibar, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; and The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present. Among other honors, Kushner has received an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and a National Medal of Arts.

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ANGEL OF THE WATERS SPONSORS

Bank of America

Deborah Buck

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

CHERUB SPONSOR

Denise & Nic Deacetis

MARBLE SPONSORS

Ann Eden Woodward Foundation – Judy & Pat Woods, Trustees

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Joanne & Michael Durney

Priscilla & Robert C. Hughes

Jessica Brassler & George Kakoulides

Bruce & Cheryl Lev

Kristin & Dustin Smith

BRONZE SPONSORS

Robert & Linda Aquilina

The Bagley Family

Nancy & Kostas Douzinas

Elizabeth & Josh Halpern

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein

Anita & Gordon Lamb through The Jefferson Family Charitable Foundation

Newmark

Bette & Paul Schneiderman

Jane Shallat, Barton Shallat, & Laura Shallat Benson

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COPPER SPONSORS

Colette Buzzetta, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Trudy & Tom Calabrese

John Callaghan, Callaghan LLP

Susan & Jeff Futter

Lynn & Frank Gundersen

Margy Hargraves

Lady M Confections Co. LTD

Mark & Christine McAteer

William & Pamela McGuinness

Jan Pratt

Bruce Segal

Rozita Shay, ArtFactor LLC

Brian Katz & Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D.

Sheri & Robert Zekraus

GRANITE SPONSORS

Anonymous

Butnick & Levenson LLP

Danielle & Leland Deane

Empire National Title Agency

Bess & David Fuchs

Nina Habib, Colleague Executive Search

Beverly & Toby Kissam

Denise & Mitchell Kramer

Evangelina & Raf Lanza

Mercedes-Benz of Huntington – Jim Buzzetta

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GRANITE SPONSORS

Evangeline Morphos

Eve Ellis & Annette Niemtzow

Northwell Huntington Hospital

Pen + Brush

Sarah & Rob Trust

Gini Hanson & Brad Warner

Deedee & Michael Wigler

JOURNAL SPONSORS

Fern & Hersh Cohen

Main Street Nursery

Francis Roberts

Southdown Marketplace

Jean M. Thatcher, Mayor, Village of Lloyd Harbor

Toxic/Nature Charitable Foundation

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ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

Katherine Acey

Erica & Henry Babcock

Ted & Rebecca Bahr

Bernadette Castro, In Honor of Trudy Calabrese

John Coraor

Susan Dunbar, Girls Inc. of Long Island

Filomena Ricciardi & Eric Goldsmith

Andrea & Neil Kreinik

Elsa Limbach

Dr. Robyn Joseph & Evan Mestman

Mary Mittnight

Constance Berrill & John Norbeck

Stephen & Darcy O’Neill

Pure+Applied – Urshula Barbour & Paul Carlos

Brooke Kamin Rapaport & Richard A. Rapaport

Jaclyn Ryan

Patricia P. Sands

Carole Segal

Mark Somen

Jennifer & Randall Stone

Gail Wasserman

Phyllis Woods

EVENT DONATIONS

Christie’s

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Evangeline Knell, Identity Digital

List as of 9.23.25

2026 EXHIBITIONS

EMMA STEBBINS

CARVING OUT HISTORY

Through MARCH 15

LONG ISLAND’S BEST

YOUNG ARTISTS AT THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM

MARCH 28 – MAY 3

ARTISTS TEACHING ARTISTS

FROM THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM COLLECTION

MARCH 28 – MAY 3

JANICE LEE, The Red Scarf, 2025, colored pencil. Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2025.

2026 EXHIBITIONS

LONG ISLAND BIENNIAL

MAY 16 – SEPTEMBER 13

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN NOW

SEPTEMBER 26 – MAY 9, 2027

GEORGE GROSZ, Eclipse of the Sun, 1926, oil on canvas. The Heckscher Museum of Art Museum Purchase.

MUSEUM STAFF

ADMINISTRATION

Heather Arnet Executive Director & CEO

Evan Waddy-Farr Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives

Jessica Cox Digital Content & Administrative Manager

CURATORIAL

Karli Wurzelbacher, Ph.D. Chief Curator

Kerrilyn Blee Registrar & Exhibitions Manager

Jessica Rosen Curatorial Assistant

EDUCATION & VISITOR EXPERIENCE

Joy L. Weiner Director of Education & Public Programs

Kristina Schaaf Director of Visitor Experience

Lisa Sayedi Manager of Docents & Community Outreach

Maya Argov Marketing, Design & Visitor Services Coordinator

Julia Sledge Museum Art Educator

DEVELOPMENT

Julie Sengle Director of Development

Caitlynn Schare Associate Director of Development

Jill Rowen Public Relations/Marketing

Athena Kokinakis Membership Associate

BUILDING SERVICES

Kenneth Moss

Jose R. Hernandez

Jason Lenox

Mark O’Braitis

Director of Facilities

Sr. Guard Nehemiah Gooden Guard

Sr. Guard Ben Lazarus Guard

Sr. Guard

TJ Surlis Guard

Kathleen Zazzaro Guard

PAST HONOREES

2024 Robert C. Hughes

Kasmira Mohanty

Han Qin

2023 Robert G. Carter

Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D.

Andrea Wozny

2022 Heather Arnet

2021 Nancy Douzinas & The Rauch Foundation

Patricia Petersen & Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty

2019 Deborah Kirk Solbert

Laura Powers-Swiggett

2018 Devon & Thomas Carroll

2017 Pien & Hans E. R. Bosch

Bunny Hoest & the memory of Bill Hoest

2016 Pearl F. & Erwin P. Staller

Deborah & Mort Künstler

2015 Robin T. Hadley & the memory of John Hadley

Sandra Benny & Richard Vaux

Bruce A. Lev, CPA, Chair

2014 Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein

Richard Gachot

2013 Margy Hargraves

Stan Brodsky

2012 Christian White

2011 Astoria Bank

Barbara Ernst Prey

2010 United States

Congressman

Steve Israel

Eduardo Lacroze

2009 Frank Olt

2008 Christopher Mitchell, Mitchells

April Gornick

2007 Edward G. Shufro

2006 D. Frederick Baker

2005 Agnes Trill Funk

2004

Catherine & Raymond Jansen

2003 Elizabeth Watson

2002 New York Senator

Carl L. Marcellino

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ex- Officio Trustees, Heather Arnet

Robert J. Aquilina, Vice Chair

Trudy H. Calabrese, Vice Chair

Mike Durney, CPA, Treasurer

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr., Secretary

Jessica Brassler

Colette Buzzetta

John T. Callaghan, CPA, CFE

John E. Coraor, Ph.D.

Susan Futter

Elizabeth Halpern, J.D.

Evangeline Knell

Bette Schneiderman, Ph.D.

Bruce Segal

Rozita Shay

Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D.

Greg Wagner, Town of Huntington

TRUSTEES EMERITI

D. Frederick Baker

Hans E.R. Bosch, Ph.D.

Herman C. (Bud) Gehnrich

Robin T. Hadley

Margaret M. Hargraves

Timothy S.J. Heckscher

Andrea B. Klein

Carl G. Markel

Francis Roberts, Ed.D.

Jane A. Shallat

Edward G. Shufro

James D. Watson, Ph.D.

ART CIRCLE MEMBERS

The Museum appreciates the generosity of the Art Circle members who provide vital funding for general operations, exhibitions, and education programs.

Masterpiece

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Robin T. Hadley

Elizabeth & Josh Halpern

Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D. & Brian Katz

Bruce & Cheryl Lev

Patricia J. Petersen

Marjorie Shukow

Muse

Trudy & Tom Calabrese

Danielle & Leland Deane

Jane & Barton Shallat

Barbara Mitchell & J. Zach Sullivan

Studio

Joan B. & Milton F. Bagley

Fern & Hersh Cohen

Susan & Jeffrey L. Futter

Margaret M. Hargraves

Jeanne Hewitt

Priscilla & Robert C. Hughes

Judy Jorge

Holly Roseman & Marcia Kaplan

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein

Francis J. Roberts

Patricia P. Sands

Tami & Scott Schneider

Bette & Paul Schneiderman

Rozita Shay

Carol & William Tabler

Elizabeth & James D. Watson

Peri & Martin Wenz

Fiona & Jan A. Witkowski

Life Members

For Outstanding Contribution to the Museum

D. Frederick Baker

Pien & Hans E.R. Bosch

Henriette Darrell

Alexander W. Katlan

Carl G. Markel

Shirley Rubin

Marlene Shufro

VISONARIES

Among the more powerful ways to sustain the Museum’s mission is to build endowments in support of the art collection, education programs, exhibitions, facilities, and general operations. The Museum thanks the following Visionaries whose legacies will live on through planned giving.

Joan B. & Milton F. Bagley • Robin T. Hadley • Margaret M. Hargraves

Catherine A. Jansen • Alexander W. Katlan • Danielle & Jay Klahr

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein • Carl G. Markel • Anonymous

BEQUESTS RECEIVED

Ernst Basch • Lachlan P. Braden • Miner D. Crary, Jr.

Theresa A. Cwierzyk • Norris Darrell, Jr.

John Nicholas Estabrook & Dorothy Coogan Estabrook • Carolyn Fostel

Agnes Trill Funk • Dr. Mary B. Holt • Elisabeth S. Livingston

Mary Torr Rehm • Marion Wiethorn

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LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Exhibitions and Education Programs are Generously Supported by

Ann Eden Woodward Foundation

– Judy & Pat Woods, Trustees

Robert & Linda Aquilina

ArtCare Conservation

Atlantic Nurseries, Inc.

Bank of America

Anonymous

Art Bridges Foundation

Joan B. & Milton F. Bagley

Christopher Renzo Bianchi & The Bianchi Family

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Callaghan LLP

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Darrell Fund Endowment/Henriette Darrell

Nic & Denise DeAcetis

Danielle & Leland Deane

Deborah Buck Foundation

Carly & Michael Del Piano

Donors to the Heckscher Museum Benefit

Donors to the Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Fund

Donors to the Stan Brodsky

Scholarship Award

Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards

Charitable Foundation

Joanne & Michael Durney

Every Page Foundation

The Fred I. & Gilda Nobel Foundation

Frederic R. Coudert Foundation

Gellerman Orthodontics, Inna Gellerman, DDS

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Robin T. Hadley

Margaret Hargraves & Family/Nadon Trust

The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

Jeanne Hewitt

Priscilla & Robert C. Hughes

Ike, Molly & Steven Elias Foundation

Institute of Museum & Library Services

Jefferson Family Charitable Foundation

Jessica Brassler & George Kakoulides

Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D. & Brian Katz

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein

Michelle Hatzopoulos & Evangeline Knell

Andrea & Neil Kreinik

Alicia L. Ruberti & Kathryn Kroleski

Bruce & Cheryl Lev

LGBT Network

Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

Members of The Heckscher Museum of Art

Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.

Mitchells

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

Patricia J. Petersen

Pritchard Charitable Trust

Rapaport Shallat Foundation

Rea Charitable Trust

Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation

Bruce Segal

Laura Shallat Benson

Marjorie Shukow

Slomo & Cindy Silvian Foundation

Kristin & Dustin Smith

The Spionkop Charitable Trust

Peter F. Cohen & Jeffrey Sposato

Stan Brodsky Trust

The Stebbins Fund in memory of James F. Stebbins and Jane Stebbins

Greenleaf

Tang Family Foundation in memory of Norris Darrell, Jr.

Terra Foundation for American Art

William Blair

William Talbott Hillman Foundation

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Town of Huntington: Edmund J. Smyth, Supervisor • Dr. Dave Bennardo, Councilman

Salvatore Ferro, Councilman • Brooke A. Lupinacci, Councilwoman

Theresa Mari, Councilwoman • Andrew Raia, Town Clerk

Suffolk County: County Executive Edward P. Romaine • Legislator Stephanie Bontempi

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
EMMA STEBBINS, The Lotus Eater, 1863, marble. The Heckscher Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund.

Congratulations to The Heckscher Museum on a year of beautiful programming and exhibitions.

Thank you to the brilliant staff and honorees for your creativity and generous support.

The Kakoulides Family

EMMA STEBBINS, The Lotus Eater, 1870, marble. Collection of Karen Bechtel and William Osborne.

Joanne & Michael Durney proudly support The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Congratulations to Honorees The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

EMMA STEBBINS, Industry (also known as Miner), 1860, marble. The Heckscher Museum of Art, gift of Philip M. Lydig III.
EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, An Early Stroll in the Park, 1890, oil on canvas. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, The Blount Collection.
EMMA STEBBINS, Portrait of Henry Waterbury, c. 1849, drawing on paper. Collection of Caroline Welling VanDeusen.
EMMA STEBBINS, Autumn (also known as Bacchus), c. 1863–66, marble. Collection of Tyler Elizabeth Burgess.

Joan and I, along with most of our family from all over the United States, are delighted to join our Heckscher Museum friends on this memorable evening. Our family is proud to share our Art Collection with the Museum and all its visitors.

Joan and Milton Bagley

Francisco Zúñiga, Woman with hands on her face (Mujer con manos en la cara), 1976, bronze. Gift from the Collection of Joan and Milton Bagley.
EMMA STEBBINS, Sandalphon (also known as Angel of Prayer), 1866, marble. The Heckscher Museum of Art Museum
Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund.

The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

We celebrate your commitment to the arts, our community, and The Heckscher Museum of Art. Elizabeth & Josh Halpern

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain [detail], cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Heckscher Museum of Art and congratulates the 2025 Benefit honorees

The Bagley Family, Bank Of America and Deborah Buck

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Jane Shallat, Barton Shallat, & Laura Shallat Benson salute the work of The Heckscher Museum of Art and the accomplishments of The Bagley Family Bank of America Deborah Buck and Heather Arnet

MARY CALLERY, Tree, n.d., brass. The Heckscher Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Mary Callery.
EMMA STEBBINS, John Wilson Stebbins, 1865, marble. The Center for Fiction/The Mercantile Library Association of the City of NY, Gift of Mary Stebbins Garland and Family, 1884.

the Bagley Family Bank of america

Deborah Buck and the Heckscher Museum of art thank you for making a difference!

John Murray, cartographer, J. & C. Walker, engraver, Plan of Rome, c. 1850–56. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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“A Discovered and Undiscovered Gem of the Community” Robert & Linda Aquilina
EVELYN BEATRICE LONGMAN, Youth Eternal, 1920, marble, with bronze water spout. The Heckscher Museum of Art, August Heckscher Collection.

COPPER SPONSOR

EMMA STEBBINS, Harriet Hosmer, c. 1859, mixed media including charcoal, white chalk and graphite on paper. Gift of Harriet Hosmer Carr, Watertown Free Public Library.

TRUDY & TOM CALABRESE

EMMA STEBBINS, Machinist, c. 1859, marble. Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the Antiquarian Society.

Congratulations to The Heckscher Museum for the first important exhibit of an important artist. The museum just keeps growing! Bravo, Margy Hargraves

EMMA STEBBINS, John Neal Tilton, c. 1865, marble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Milroy, 2024.

THE FUTTER FAMILY PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART

Congratulations to Honorees The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

EMMA STEBBINS, Machinist's Apprentice, c. 1859, marble. Art Institute of Chicago, gift of the Antiquarian Society.
EMMA STEBBINS, Joseph the Dreamer (also known as Agriculture), 1864, marble. Belfast Central Library, Libraries NI, Northern Ireland, gift of R. G. Dunville

With appreciation for our honorees The Bagley Family Bank of America

Deborah Buck and all that they do to support The Heckscher Museum of Art

Colette Buzzetta, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

EMMA STEBBINS, Receiving Gate of the Reservoir, n.d., reproduction of a photograph from the Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858-82. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

With appreciation to The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HONOREES

The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

RICKY FLORES, Puerto Rican Day Parade – 1983 – Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, New York City, 1983, silver gelatin print. Collection of the artist.
EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

With appreciation to The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

Congratulations to Honorees

The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

LYNN & FRANK GUNDERSEN

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

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EMMA STEBBINS, California Gold Miner, c. 1857-1882, reproduction of
photograph from the Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858-82. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
EMMA STEBBINS, Charlotte Cushman, 1870, marble. The Heckscher Museum of Art, Museum Purchase from the Charlotte Cushman Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.

With appreciation to The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HONOREES

The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

Sheri & Robert Zekraus

Unidentified photographer, Spanish Steps, ca. 1860–70, albumen silver print. Getty Museum.

Likely Silsbee, Case & Co. Photograph Artists (Boston, MA), Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins, ca. 1861, cabinet card photograph. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain [detail], cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

We salute the work of Heather Arnet and The Heckscher Museum of Art. Eve Ellis and Annette Niemtzow

Bess & David Fuchs are proud to support the Heckscher Museum Benefit.

Unidentified photographer, Arco di Druso, Roma, ca. 1860–80, albumen silver print. Getty Museum.

Pen + Brush wishes

Congratulations to Deborah Buck on this welldeserved honor!

Deborah Buck, a groundbreaking artist of our time, whose imaginative contemporary narratives blend the mystical and the everyday, layering wit, critique, and emotional depth into paintings that are both intimate and universally resonant.

Stay tuned for details on her solo retrospective exhibition at Pen + Brush, New York City, in Fall 2026.

With appreciation to The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

Congratulations to Honorees The Bagley Family, Bank of America, and Deborah Buck

Denise & Mitchell Kramer

Deborah Buck, Detail from collage mural “ Build a Better Bird”, 2024
James Anderson, St. Angelo and St. Peter’s [detail], ca. 1853, albumen silver print. Getty Museum.

I am delighted to be part of this special celebration. Congratulations to the Honorees and the Museum!

Evangeline Morphos

STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain [detail], cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

With

appreciation to

The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

Beverly & Toby Kissam

Emma Stebbins, Angel of the Resurrection, n.d., reproductions of photographs from the Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858–82. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Congratulations to The Bagley Family Bank of America and Deborah Buck

We are honored to share this special night with you! Gini Hanson & Brad Warner

The Bagley Family, Bank of America, and Deborah Buck

We celebrate your commitment to the arts, our community, and The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Evangelina & Raf Lanza Raf Development Corp.

EMMA STEBBINS, Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain, cast 1870, installed 1873, bronze and stone. Central Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
EMMA STEBBINS, John Gibson, n.d., reproduction of a photograph from the Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858–82, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

With appreciation to The Heckscher Museum of Art for enhancing our community and enriching our lives.

Leland M. Deane, MD, FACS

New York City

Garden City

Babylon

EMMA STEBBINS, Monument, n.d., reproductions of photographs from the Emma Stebbins scrapbook, 1858–82. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Best Wishes to The Bagley Family, Bank of America, Deborah Buck, and The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Sarah

& Rob Trust

EMMA STEBBINS, Horace Mann, cast 1864, bronze. Massachusetts State House Art Collection, given by the School Children and Teachers of Massachusetts under Res. 1859, ch. 113.

Congratulations to The Heckscher Museum of Art and the 2025 Honorees Deedee & Michael Wigler

Romualdo Moscioni, Via Sistina, Palazzo Zuccari, and Via Gregoriana, Rome, ca. 1885–93, albumen silver print. From the John Neal Tilton scrapbook, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Board and Staff of The Heckscher Museum are honored to celebrate the incredible achievements of our Honorees!

Martha Edelheit, Bethesda Fountain, 1973, acrylic on canvas. Eric Firestone Gallery.

Thank you for your outstanding enthusiasm and commitment to the arts and culture on Long Island.

EMMA STEBBINS, Samuel, 1870, marble. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, gift of James H. Ricau and museum purchase.

In a time when the Arts, Science, and Humanities are under attack, support for great cultural institutions like the Heckscher Museum is more important than ever.

The Francis & Patricia Roberts Family
James Anderson, Panorama of Rome [from the Palazzo Zuccari], 1859, albumen silver print. Getty Museum.

Congratulations and thank you to the honorees for your contributions to the success of The Heckscher Museum of Art.

Fern & HersH CoHen

HENRY INMAN, Emma Stebbins, c. 1839–1841, oil on canvas. The Heckscher Museum of Art Museum Purchase: Town of Huntington Art Acquisition Fund.

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