SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Installation view of the 2025 Student Exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (March 15–April 27, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.

March 8–April 26, 2026

2026 Student Exhibition

The annual Student Exhibition, a tradition for over 70 years at the Parrish, features the work of more than 1,000 young artists from Eastern Long Island schools. Working with their art teachers, after school programs and in art clubs, the students demonstrate creativity, enthusiasm, and technical skill in media ranging from painting to sculpture, drawing, and photography.

Southampton High School Life Skills Class. Photo: Parrish Art Museum

School Visits

Teachers and students are invited to explore the Museum’s permanent collections and special exhibitions. Interactive tours for students focus on a small selection of objects to encourage observation and discussion. A variety of grade-specific themes are available and online tours and workshops can also be arranged.

  • $200 for guided visits. 25 Student Maximum.
  • $250 for guided visits plus gallery activity or studio workshop. 25 Student Maximum.
  • All school programs, tours, and workshops are FREE for Southampton and Tuckahoe Schools.

School visits must be arranged in advance. For more information, please Nathan Malak at malakn@parrishart.org.

The Parrish Art Museum’s educational programming is supported, in part, by the Arts and Letters Foundation; NY Community Trust-Long Island; the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation; Peggy Amster; and the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and Tuckahoe Common School District. Additional support for education initiatives is provided by the Museum’s annual Spring Fling and Midsummer Gala benefit events.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.