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MISSION & HISTORY
Takaezu Toshiko The Gateway Bell, 2003
LongHouse Reserve exemplifies living with art in all forms.
Founded by Jack Lenor Larsen, its collections, gardens, sculpture and programs, reflect world cultures and inspire a creative life.
Through its arboretum, sculpture gardens, and educational programs, LongHouse brings together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, with a strong conviction that the arts are central to living wholly and creatively. Dedicated to quality and integrity, LongHouse programs encourage a broad concept of learning.
Art Focus
The art focus at LongHouse is ethnographic and handcrafts -- both areas of collecting with aspects for every purse. Some of these functions, at least on occasion; most merely lift the heart and expand the imagination.
Art in the Gardens ia an exhibition of sculpture at LongHouse. This season our sculptors include: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Howard Ben Tré, Alfonso Ossorio, Lynda Benglis, Claus Bury, Bryan Hunt, Pavel Opocensky, Dale Chihuly, Eric Fischl, Willem de Kooning, Grace Knowlton, Sol LeWitt, Daniel Libeskind, Izumi Masatoshi, Costantino Nivola, Ricardo Regazzoni, Mia Westerlund-Roosen, Toshiko Takaezu, Nuzuma Minoru, Yoko Ono, George Rickey, Barbara Shawcroft, Takashi Soga, Tony Rosenthal, Peter Voulkos and Shin Shang-Ho.
Education Focus
Inspired by the natural beauty and sculptural aesthetic at LongHouse, the Education Committee seeks to empower visitors in a compelling and personal way. By providing a variety of resources to enhance their experience, we strive to awaken the senses, deepen one's appreciation and empower the artist within. We provide docent-led school tours, curriculum and family-activity guides, on-line materials, and video. It is our intent that these resources along with our festivals, workshops, and invitational Student Annual will build strong lasting relationships between LongHouse and our students, educators, families and community.
Garden Focus LongHouse gardens become an expansive case study of a considered lifestyle at the turn of millennium. The objective is to simultaneously create landscapes as an art form and to demonstrate planting potentials in this climate -- with broad selections of species and cultivars. In an era when such extensive plant collections could be construed as indulgence, the sharing of them is the pleasure of both the Founder and the foundation. Belief is that experiencing such pleasures in relation to living spaces, in time, and with seasonal changes is the soundest learning experience. LongHouse Reserve was created in December 1991. With a distinguished Board and Advisory Committee Jack Larsen continues an expanding program of visual and performing arts as well as education programs. To enable the Reserve to expand its activities with confidence in the future, Mr. Larsen made a gift of a remainder interest in his house and garden to the Reserve for $1 per year. Eventually LongHouse Reserve's interest in the house and gardens will ripen into full ownership. LongHouse Reserve, is a nonprofit public charitable organization and is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is chartered in the State of New York. LHR has been awarded many grants over the past few years from such organizations as The Cowles Charitable Trust, Cowtan & Tout/Larsen, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Bank of America, Glickenhaus Foundation, Johnson Family Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Philip Morris Companies, Edward R. Roberts Family Foundation, and Vital Projects.
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