East Hampton’s Guild Hall will present the “2025 Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg100,” on view from Saturday, November 15, through Sunday, January 26.
A long-standing tradition on the South Fork, the Guild Hall Student Art Festival celebrates the imagination and artistic achievements of students in kindergarten through grade 12. The exhibition is developed in close collaboration with local schoolteachers, school districts and professional artists. This year’s festival is held in conjunction with “Rauschenberg100,” an international initiative commemorating the centennial of artist Robert Rauschenberg’s birth.
Guild Hall will partner eight public schools with 10 East End artists to explore Rauschenberg’s legacy and the “gap between art and life” — a concept the artist embraced by incorporating everyday objects, collaborative methods, and mixed media into his work. The festival highlights the importance of creativity, chance and civic engagement in the artistic process.
The program will culminate in a student exhibition of new, original works created in partnership with guest artists. It will also include a special presentation of Rauschenberg’s work from Guild Hall’s permanent collection, co-curated by the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council and Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts.
Participating schools include Amagansett School, Bridgehampton School, East Hampton High School, East Hampton Middle School, John Marshall Elementary School, Shelter Island School, Springs School and Pierson Middle-High School.
Guest artists collaborating in this year’s festival are Bastienne Schmidt, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Eva Faye, Evan Yee, Kevin Teare, Laurie Lambrecht, Linda K. Alpern, Margaret Garrett, Peter Dayton and Scott Bluedorn.
For more information, visit guildhall.org. Guild Hall is at 158 Main Street in East Hampton.
Staff Writer on Oct 26, 2025