FACES: YOU, ME, and EVERYBODY a multi-media exhibition presented by the Young Artists Residency Project

The Watermill Center is pleased to announce a new multimedia installation project titled FACES: YOU, ME, and EVERYBODY created by The Watermill Center’s Young Artist Residency Project [YARP], an after-school arts program, in partnership with The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center that uniquely engages students ages 8 to 12 in visual and performance arts. The multimedia installation, exploring emotion and sensation visualized through the body, will be presented as part of a public opening at Sara Nightingale Gallery on March 13th from 5pm-7pm.

In collaboration with teaching artist, Andrea Cote, the Young Artists Residency Project is a new education initiative at The Watermill Center giving students of The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center along with children from the community, the opportunity to experiment in art practices at The Watermill Center. Drawing inspiration from The Watermill Center’s mission, YARP focuses on experience through artistic process creating unique investigations and expanding student’s artistic awareness and developing the artistic self.

Watermill Center artist-in-residence Jayoung Chung (Korea) will present alongside Watermill Young Artists on March 13th at Sara Nightingale Gallery. Jayoung Chung will stage her work titled Performing with You, a performance work incorporating drawing, music and technology. As part of the performance she will also present a series of charcoal drawings. For more information on Jayoung Chung and her work click here.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Watermill Center Young Artists: Estefany Bonilla, Habtamu Coulter, Lire Coulter, Naya Davison, Akayda Grizzle, Alanah Johnson, Emari Robinson, Jurisha Ross, Melissa Villa, and Nicole Williams

Andrea Cote is a multi-media artist living on the East End. She has presented performances, installations, and exhibitions in North and South America. Locally, she has presented her work at The Islip Museum, Art Sites, Neoteric Gallery, Dowling College, and a performance at the Jackson Pollock Centennial Celebration. Most recently she created a public community-based project for Downtown Riverhead. Andrea Cote has been working with The Watermill Center as a teaching artist since spring 2013.

Jayoung Chung is a multi-media artist: primarily a visual artist, but also a musician, animator, filmmaker and storyteller. She has had numerous exhibits and installations utilizing nearly every form of media, including performance, film, computer graphics, sound and movement. Her work has been exhibited worldwide in both solo and group shows. In New York, she has shown at such institutions as the IAC Building, the La Mama Gallery, Glasslands Gallery, The Red Room, Culturehub and Issue Project Room. She also participated in the globally renowned “River to River Festival” in 2012. She has exhibited at the New Media Festival, Seoul Arts Center, and HCI Design Conference in Korea, and the Dot Mov Festival in Sapporo, Japan, to name but a few. In addition, her work appears in the permanent collections of the Korean Film Archive. In 2013, she was the Moving Image Director at the Special Olympics Winter Games Opening Ceremony.