Robert Rauschenberg, Landing (Anagram), 1995. Inkjet dye on transfer paper, 20 1/4 x 31 1/8 in. (51.4 x 79.1 cm). Anonymous gift. Photo: Gary Mamay
The 25/2026 Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg 100 celebrates the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth as part of an international initiative organized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. A collaboration between eight East End public schools and ten regional artists, the exhibition explores what Rauschenberg described as the “gap between art and life,” embracing experimentation and chance through a wide variety of materials and creative approaches.
Participating schools are Amagansett School, Bridgehampton School, East Hampton High School, East Hampton Middle School, John Marshall Elementary School, Pierson Middle-High School, Shelter Island School, and Springs School.
Participating artists are Linda K. Alpern, Scott Bluedorn, Peter Dayton, Eva Faye, Margaret Garrett, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Laurie Lambrecht, Bastienne Schmidt, Kevin Teare, and Evan Yee.
Organized by Anthony Madonna, theater director & curator of performing arts; Kayla Matters, programs manager, learning + new works; and Claire Hunter, museum coordinator & curatorial associate.
Curated by the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council with Melanie Crader, museum director & curator of visual arts.
Impressions Transferred: Lasting Legacies of Robert Rauschenberg is on view in the Tito Spiga Exhibition Space.
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.
Sponsors
This project is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Learn more by visiting rauschenbergfoundation.org.
Media Partner: The East Hampton Star
Additional support provided by Dime Community Bank.
The Guild Hall Teen Arts Council is sponsored by the Meringoff Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor.
Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from Bobbie Braun—The Neuwirth Foundation, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway.
Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Toni and Seth Bernstein, Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, and Barbara Toll.
Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details.
This project is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Learn more by visiting rauschenbergfoundation.org
Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Toni and Seth Bernstein, Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, and Barbara Toll.
