The Watermill Center hosted a free community event on Sunday, August 12th offering a unique opportunity to meet artists from over 25 countries participating in the Center’s International Summer Program. Founded by theatre and visual artist Robert Wilson as a place for young and emerging artists to work, learn, create, and grow with each other, The Watermill Center integrates performing arts practice with resources from the humanities, research from the sciences, and inspiration from the visual arts.

Lucky for me, The Watermill Center is located only one street away from my Hamptons home and offers such a neat way to spend a Sunday afternoon~ enjoy my photo diary below!

Watermill draws inspiration from all of the arts and cultures as well as from the social, human, and natural sciences and is a global community of artists. Living and working together among the extensive collection of art and artifacts lies at the heart of the Watermill experience.

At the core of Watermill’s programming lies the year-round support of artists in residence. Through both the International Summer Program—a highly collaborative residency led by Wilson—and through one to four week individual residencies hosted from September through June, Watermill annually welcomes over 150 artists from around the world.

This unparalleled global residency program is complemented by educational programs with schools and other local institutions, public events such as open rehearsals and lectures, tours of the building and grounds, and seminars and symposia.

Robert Wilson shares, “Watermill is unique within the global landscape of experimental theatrical performance, and regularly convenes the brightest minds from all disciplines to do what no one else is doing.”

The Watermill Center itself is a 20,000+ square foot flexible working space including: a 6,000 volume research library, galleries, rehearsal and staging spaces, workshops, offices, and residences situated on six acres of artist-designed and landscaped grounds.

The Watermill Collection of over 7,000 art and artifact pieces spanning the history of humankind is integrated into all aspects of the building and grounds as a reminder that the history of each civilization is told by its artists.

The Watermill Center is located at:
39 Watermill Towd Road
Water Mill, New York
(631) 726-4628