STUDENT ART FESTIVAL: RAUSCHENBERG100
The 2025 Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100 honors the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth by joining an international museum initiative organized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Guild Hall will partner 8 Public Schools and 10 East End Artists to collaboratively delve into what Rauschenberg called the “gap between art and life,” valuing chance and collaboration in a wide range of materials, subjects, styles, and creative techniques.
The Festival concludes with an exhibition of new works and creative presentations by the partnered public schools and artists, and a special presentation of Rauschenberg’s work held in Guild Hall’s permanent collection. The permanent collection exhibition will be co-curated by the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council and Museum Director & Curator of Visual Arts, Melanie Crader.
Participating Schools: Amagansett School; Bridgehampton School; East Hampton High School; East Hampton Middle School; John Marshall Elementary School; Shelter Island School; Springs School; Pierson Middle-High School
Participating Guest Artists: Bastienne Schmidt; Candace Hill–Montgomery; Eva Faye; Evan Yee; Kevin Teare; Laurie Lambrecht; Linda K Alpern; Margaret Garrett; Peter Dayton; Scott Bluedorn
ABOUT THE STUDENT ART FESTIVAL
The Guild Hall Student Art Festival (SAF) is a beloved tradition that encourages and celebrates the artistic achievement and imagination of students, Kindergarten to Grade 12, on the South Fork of Long Island. Through close collaboration with schoolteachers and districts, we explore an annual theme, partner each participating school with regional artists, produce an exhibition of new works, and link the tenets of creative production to civic participation.
Please note this exhibition is open Thursday – Sunday, 12 – 5pm with the exception of holidays.
