Installation view of the 2025 Student Exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (March 15–April 27, 2025). Photo: © Gary Mamay.
2026 Student Exhibition Preview Day
All-Day Free Admission Plus Refreshments & Live Music
March 7, 11 am - 5 pm
11 AM–12 PM | Gallery Preview
12–2 PM | Young Artists Preview
12–2 PM | Expression Sessions Drop-In Drumming Circle with music therapist Mike Guglielmo
12–4 PM | Imagination Play Project Workshops with Play Curator Linda White
2–4 PM | High School Artists Preview
2–4 PM | Southampton String Ensemble
Join us at the 2026 Student Exhibition Preview Day to celebrate student artists in our East End community! Enjoy free admission all day, plus refreshments and live music.
Free and open to all. No registration is required.
Subscribe to the Parrish Art Museum e-newsletter to receive updates and information about this and other upcoming programs.
About the 2026 Student Exhibition | March 8–April 26, 2026
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.
ACCESS PARRISH Celebrates 10 Years
Founded in 2016, ACCESS PARRISH marks 10 years this year of making art accessible to all. The program serves year-round community members with a wide range of neurodivergent, physical, and cognitive disabilities, fostering wellbeing, connection, creativity, and lifelong engagement with art for individuals with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism, and cancer, as well as veterans, seniors, caregivers, and families facing social, economic, or physical barriers.
Celebrating this milestone, the 2026 Student Exhibition showcases artwork by ACCESS PARRISH participants inspired by Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care and the 250th anniversary of the United States, exploring themes of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, sustainability, and Long Island ecology.
Exhibition Support
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.
About Linda White & The Imagination Play Project
Linda White is the founder and creator of Imagination Play Project. As a play curator, her focus began with young children and has grown to working with people of all ages and abilities. Drawing inspiration from the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the rich aesthetic landscape of NYC, she creates experiences using a variety of objects that encourage exploration, engage the senses, and inspire creativity. Learn more →
2026 Student Exhibition Preview Day
All-Day Free Admission Plus Refreshments & Live Music
March 7, 11 am - 5 pm
11 AM–12 PM | Gallery Preview
12–2 PM | Young Artists Preview
12–2 PM | Expression Sessions Drop-In Drumming Circle with music therapist Mike Guglielmo
12–4 PM | Imagination Play Project Workshops with Play Curator Linda White
2–4 PM | High School Artists Preview
2–4 PM | Southampton String Ensemble
Join us at the 2026 Student Exhibition Preview Day to celebrate student artists in our East End community! Enjoy free admission all day, plus refreshments and live music.
Free and open to all. No registration is required.
Subscribe to the Parrish Art Museum e-newsletter to receive updates and information about this and other upcoming programs.
About the 2026 Student Exhibition | March 8–April 26, 2026
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.
ACCESS PARRISH Celebrates 10 Years
Founded in 2016, ACCESS PARRISH marks 10 years this year of making art accessible to all. The program serves year-round community members with a wide range of neurodivergent, physical, and cognitive disabilities, fostering wellbeing, connection, creativity, and lifelong engagement with art for individuals with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism, and cancer, as well as veterans, seniors, caregivers, and families facing social, economic, or physical barriers.
Celebrating this milestone, the 2026 Student Exhibition showcases artwork by ACCESS PARRISH participants inspired by Regeneration: Long Island’s History of Ecological Art and Care and the 250th anniversary of the United States, exploring themes of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, sustainability, and Long Island ecology.
Exhibition Support
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.
About Linda White & The Imagination Play Project
Linda White is the founder and creator of Imagination Play Project. As a play curator, her focus began with young children and has grown to working with people of all ages and abilities. Drawing inspiration from the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the rich aesthetic landscape of NYC, she creates experiences using a variety of objects that encourage exploration, engage the senses, and inspire creativity. Learn more →
