On May 17,2018 the Huntington Arts Council celebrated our 55th Anniversary by honoring Lisa Hock Mack, Director of Huntington Fine Arts, Stan Brodsky Artist and Robert Carter Artist & Educator. The event took place at Huntington Fine Arts, Greenlawn NY. The 55th Anniversary Celebration, from 5:30PM -8:30PM consisted of cocktails, dinner, silent auction and live music. The event was filled with HAC Staff, board members, friends and family of the Arts Council and the honorees. Lisa Hock Mack, Director of Huntington Fine Arts, was presented with the Harry & Sandy Chapin Arts and Humanitarian Award and Stan Brodsky Artist and Robert Carter Artist & Educator were each presented with the Harry & Sandy Chapin Legacy Award. Josh Chapin, Harry and Sandy’s son was present to help present the awards and celebrate with the honorees. Huntington Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci was also in attendance. The honorees each received several proclamations and letters of congratulations from local and state officials. The crowd was so genuine with standing ovations for each of the honorees as a display of appreciation and in acknowledgment of the contributions each have made to art and arts education.
- Huntington High School String Quartet
- Jeanne Hewitt & Stan Brodsky
- Samuel Miller, Toni Wortman, Town Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci, Robert Carter, Marc Courtade
- Christopher Gotzen-Berg
- Paul Biedermann and his wife Glenda
- Eileen Kathryn Boyd, Robin Gordon, Maryann Hurd
- Lisa Hock Mack and her brother
- Samuel Miller, Lisa Hock Mack, Josh Chapin, Marc Courtade
- Marc Courtade, Samuel Miller, Stan Brodsky, Josh Chapin
- Samuel Miller, Robert Carter, Josh Chapin, Marc Courtade
- Our new logo!
- Kerry Irvine & Nancy Tracy
- Samuel Miller (far right), family & friends
- John Chicherio, Regina Van Bell, Maureen Starr, Marc Courtade, Rachel Kalina, Kieran Johnson
- Dudley Music Performs
- Nina McCann (left) with her husband, Jim Ricca (right) with his wife
- Josh Chapin (left) with Lisa Hock Mack (seated) and Lisa’s family
- Constance Sloggatt Wolf, Charles Wolf, Pamela Waldroup
- Diego Garcia, Maryann Hurd, Nancy Tracy and her son Cameron
- Environmental art installation by Tonito Valderrama
- Sarah Jenness, Angela Rogan