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STUDENT ART FESTIVAL: RAUSCHENBERG 100

The 2025 Student Art Festival: Rauschenberg 100 honors the centennial of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth by joining an international museum initiative organized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Guild Hall will partner 10 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.

Gallery Hours:
Thurday to Sunday, 12-5 PM

Museum admission is always free.

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.

ART SOCIAL: JUNE SURPRISE

$25 ($22.50 for Members)

Join us for the new series, Art Social, where attendees will enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

The project and instructor for this session will be announced soon, but you can trust that it will be a great time!

Additional materials will be provided. The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine/beer/soft drink and lite bites.

ART SOCIAL: COLLAGE-MAKING

with Perry Burns and Jolie Parcher

$25 ($22.50 for Members)

Stretch your creative mind as broadly as it can go in this functional collage-making class led by artist Perry Burns and his wife Jolie Parcher. Gather up pretty papers, paintings that can be cut up, bits of wallpaper, old cards, tin boxes, matchboxes, and anything that inspires you to collage over. There is no need to purchase more stuff when you can easily make a purposeful art piece with existing materials lying around your house or studio.

Additional materials will be provided. The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine/beer/soft drink and lite bites.

ART SOCIAL: WET FELTING

Led by Kerry Sharkey-Miller

$25 ($22.50 for Members)

Art Social offers a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.

Do you have a burning desire to create some amazing fabric from scratch? Join artist Kerry Sharkey-Miller in an exploration of the ancient art of wet-felting. The process of blending wool fibers together to create an incredibly strong and versatile fabric. You will be introduced to some basic techniques of laying out wool fiber and processing the fiber into a 3 dimensional piece of felt using bubble wrap, soap, water and elbow grease! You’ll create a beautiful vessel out of soft and fluffy wool fibers to take home to dry and embellish to your hearts content!

Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine/beer/soft drink and lite bites.

ART SOCIAL: CREWELWORK

Led by Erica-Lynn Huberty

$25 ($22.50 for Members)

Have you always admired gorgeously-coloured embroidery? Are you eager to channel your inner Renaissance Queen? Then Crewelwork is for you… Crewelwork (or Crewel Embroidery) is often associated with England during the 16th to 18th centuries, and from England it was brought to the American colonies. It was particularly popular in New England, including our own Eastern Long Island! Crewelwork was primarily considered “women’s work” and thus was also used to convey subversive and feminist messages through symbolism.

Fiber artist Erica-Lynn Huberty will lead this 2-hour workshop where you will immerse yourself in vibrant colours, rich textures, and intricate designs. Crewel embroidery uses wool to create “surface” stitches, which are more textural than regular embroidery. A wide variety of stitches are used to follow a design outline applied to the fabric. There is no counting or math involved, Crewelwork is a style of free embroidery, similar to drawing. The workshop will teach participants stitches such as: stem stitch, chain stitch, satin, couched, seed and split stitches, and French knots. Participants will be given a choice of traditional designs drawn onto squares of woven linen and stitched using needles, wool thread, and an embroidery hoop.

This session will coincide with the release of Erica-Lynn Huberty’s new novel, The Crewel Wing. Books will be available for purchase on site.

Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine/beer/soft drink and lite bites.

ART SOCIAL: GARMENT REVIVAL – Sold Out

Led by Laurie Lambrecht and Anna-Lena Hamann

$25 ($22.50 for Members) – SOLD OUT

Do you have a piece of clothing that could use a creative touch to bring it back into your wardrobe circulation? For our first Art Social, don’t miss this opportunity to revitalize an item a special way. We will use needle felting to repair small holes or wear and tear and embellish the pieces with personalized motifs or other creative designs. In this way, you can give your garment a personal and sustainable touch.

Please bring an item or items you wish to revitalize. All other materials will be provided. The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine/beer/soft drink and lite bites.

CHANUKAH MENORAH LIGHTING WITH THE JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS

Join us in the lobby along with the Jewish Center of the Hamptons for our annual Chanukah menorah lighting for all in the community to enjoy.

Before the lighting at 5 pm, we invite you into the galleries to view the 85th Artist Members Exhibition and Linda Reville Eisenberg: STILL, and to purchase additional snacks or beverages from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY IN THE GARDEN

HEADSET RENTAL $15 ($13 FOR MEMBERS)

Join us in the Furman Garden for another night of quiet movin’ & groovin’. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and DJ’s Mister Lama, Almond, and Amy “Sits-a-Lot” are back spin tunes from disco to funk, 80s and 90s hip-hop and rap, and pop hits from all decades, filling your ears, and get you on your feet.

Cocktails and snacks are available for purchase at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.

GHOULD HALL’S HALLOWEEN SILENT DISCO DANCE PARTY

HEADSET RENTAL $15 ($13 FOR MEMBERS)
$10 for Students!

Join us in Guild Hall’s “spookified” Furman Garden for the return of our Halloween Silent Disco Dance Party. Wireless headsets will feature three different channels, and guest DJs will spin the best dance tunes from the 70s to today for a scary good time. In addition to the dancing, Guild Hall’s Teen Arts Council will offer interactive activations and activities for all ages. Make sure to come in costume for a chance to win a prize!

Concessions, including wine, beer, and a special witches brew cocktail, will be available for purchase in Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby.