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Brockport Artist Helen Hastings Has Ties to William Merritt Chase's Summer Colony

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Sue Savard, director of volunteers at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

Sue Savard, director of volunteers at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

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A "memory drawing" by Helen Hastings, undated, from her studies under William Merritt Chase at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. COURTESY SUE SAVARD

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A "memory drawing" by Helen Hastings, undated, from her studies under William Merritt Chase at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art. COURTESY SUE SAVARD

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

Sue Savard, director of volunteers at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

Sue Savard, director of volunteers at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

A gallery features work by Helen Hastings at the Emily L. Knapp Museum of Local History in Brockport. CHRISTOPHER R. MARTIN

From the lawn of the Customs House during the fall by Elliot Schmidt. ELLIOT SCHMIDT

From the lawn of the Customs House during the fall by Elliot Schmidt. ELLIOT SCHMIDT

authorMichelle Trauring on Apr 22, 2025
This story begins with a trunk. For decades, it sat untouched in the attic of the Emily L. Knapp Museum in Brockport, until Sue Savard came along, a retired professor... more

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