Special Events
admin2018-09-13T19:25:22+00:00Special Events at The Watermill Center engage a unique and international network of artists, organizations, and arts enthusiasts and professionals. All funds raised support The Center’s year-round Artist Residency and Education Programs, providing a unique environment for emerging artists and thinkers to explore and develop new work. Artists’ Table includes [...]
Public Programs
admin2018-09-04T16:10:32+00:00Engage with artists and thinkers from around the world through our unique and innovative programming. In Process @ The Watermill Center invites the community to engage with our Artists-in-Residence on Saturday afternoons through open rehearsals, workshops, studio visits, lectures or artist talks. Lectures at The Watermill Center engage the [...]
Yoga
admin2018-03-14T18:39:27+00:00Enjoy a free, 90-minute yoga class on the scenic grounds of The Watermill Center. Based on the principles of Ashtanga yoga as developed by Sri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India, these classes focus on breath synchronized with movement and a mind-centering practice that improves one’s understanding of the architecture of [...]
Tours
admin2018-01-25T12:55:39+00:00Walk through history with a guided tour of The Watermill Center building, grounds, gardens, art collection and study library. The Watermill Collection contains over 8,000 pieces representing all continents and many eras, from the stone age to the present. Housed in a place where performers, artists and scientists from [...]
Artists’ Table
admin2018-05-29T18:45:21+00:00Artists’ Table includes a farm-to-table meal prepared by local chef and restaurateur Jason Weiner and features an intimate presentation by our Artists-in-Residence. Chef Jason Weiner boasts extensive experience at many of the country’s top kitchens. Since 2001, he has served as executive chef and proprietor of Almond restaurant which [...]
Patron Trips
admin2017-11-17T19:46:18+00:00Robert Wilson and The Watermill Center engage a unique and international network of artists, organizations, and arts enthusiasts and professionals. Through our semi-annual Patron Trips, we open closed doors granting patrons and members exclusive access to performances, private collections, studio visits, and receptions in private homes. For more information [...]
Benefits
admin2018-01-23T16:16:58+00:00Among The Watermill Center’s most popular events is the Annual Summer Benefit & Auction. Described as “an enchanted forest” and ”performance art extravaganza,” the Annual Summer Benefit unites the worlds of art, performance, music, theatre, design, architecture and fashion. All funds raised support The Center’s year-round Artist Residency and [...]
Exhibitions
admin2017-12-20T15:55:36+00:00Exhibitions at The Watermill Center reflect the diverse interests and practices of our Artists-in-Residence. Reaching across disciplines our exhibitions engage the local community with a global array of ideas and viewpoints. Help us keep over 82% of our programs free. Make a donation today! View all past exhibitions here. [...]
Lectures @ The Watermill Center
admin2018-03-14T18:01:36+00:00The Watermill Center offers a variety of lectures by leading voices in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Our Summer Lecture Series engages with the local community through intriguing dialogue and creative collaboration across disciplines. Previous speakers have included Dr. Cornel West, Philip Glass, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Marina Abramovic, Daniel Libeskind, Hilton [...]
In Process @ The Watermill Center
admin2018-01-11T20:44:33+00:00In Process @ The Watermill Center invites the community to engage with our Artists-in-Residence on Saturday afternoons through open rehearsals, workshops, studio visits, lectures or artist talks. Watermill’s mission is to provide artists and thinkers the opportunity to focus on the development of their work and practice. Artists-in-Residence have gone on [...]
Circus of Stillness: The Power Over Wild Beasts
admin2017-04-21T19:26:56+00:00The Watermill Center will once again brings together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design, and society for Circus of Stillness: the power over wild beasts, The 22nd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit. Watermill International Summer Program Participants come from over 25 countries to create installations and performances throughout [...]
Marlene Dietrich in Dr. No’s Ludovico-Clinic (Dr. Baby’s Erzland)
admin2017-04-21T16:54:29+00:00July 26, 2008, 12:00 am Marlene Dietrich in Dr. No’s Ludovico-Clinic (Dr. Baby’s Erzland) The Fifteenth Annual Watermill Summer Benefit & Auction. Beginning at 6pm, the evening will include cocktails, silent and live auction hosted by star auctioneer Simon de Pury, performances, art installations, dinner, special guest performances, and dancing. [...]
INFERNO: SIXTEENTH ANNUAL WATERMILL SUMMER BENEFIT
admin2017-04-21T16:42:51+00:00July 25, 2009, 6:00 pm Beginning at 6pm, the evening will include Bacardi cocktails, a silent auction, performances, art installations, dinner, dancing and a live auction hosted by auctioneer Simon de Pury. This gala brings together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design and society for an evening that is [...]
Lilian Colosso
admin2017-12-13T21:14:17+00:00In residence: September 6 - October 11, 2017 To Embrace the World performance, film, photography During Lilian Colosso’s residency, the visual artist will continue to explore her performance piece To Embrace the World (2016), wherein she embraces trees, rocks, and bushes for extended periods of time (5 to 8 [...]
Fan Letters
admin2017-11-10T11:47:44+00:00Fan Letters, an audiovisual duo collaboration between composer Dylan Neely and video artist Alex Nathanson – will utilize their residency at The Watermill Center to develop their opera Autocomplete. In preparation for a festival premiere, Nathanson will delve into the at-scale realization of the scenic design's video element, which involves [...]
Brian O’Mahoney
admin2017-11-27T18:37:43+00:00TALK TO ME by returning resident artist Brian O’Mahoney, is a performance that explores anxieties around communication by establishing new languages based on image and gesture. Nonsensically but seriously investigating interpersonal relations, TALK TO ME is a romp through new and absurd physical dialects. Constantly finding more elaborate and obtuse ways [...]
Marianna Kavallieratos & Dom Bouffard
admin2017-12-13T21:06:50+00:00While in residence at The Watermill Center choreographer/performer Marianna Kavallieratos and composer/sound-artist Dom Bouffard will develop the intermedia performance work titled DEATH. Incorporating movement, sound, color and real-time digital media, the piece seeks to be a celebration of life, which without death would be meaningless. It is a study [...]
