Partnerships with The Watermill Center allow us to expand our ability to engage a growing number of artists, community members, and students through our year-round programming.
Artist Partnerships give additional support for artists to participate in our International Summer Program, Artist Residency Program, and opportunities outside of The Watermill Center
Education Partnerships support Watermill’s year-round education initiatives, engaging local educators, children, and families through creative workshops.
Programming Sponsorships support the expansion of The Center’s year-round programming through exhibitions, lectures, workshops and special events.
Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Each year, The Watermill Center reserves a place in it’s Artist Residency Program for any LCD Alumni who apply. Those who are accepted are provided with venue space at Lincoln Center to show the work they create during their residency at Watermill.
The Directors Lab is geared toward professional directors in early career stages and is free of charge. The Lab is not open to students, or those planning to return to school. It is designed for emerging directors who are working professionals, who have finished their studies. And studies are not required – many Lab directors are working directors who have never gone to college. The Lab also seeks directors working in a wide variety of ways – from new play directors, to Broadway AD’s, to directors in experimental theater, in church drama ministries, in opera, in devised work, in theme parks and cruise ships, in theaters newly founded in small communities.
www.lct.org/explore/directors-lab
Parrish Art Museum
Initiated in 2018, Parrish Art Museum gives the opportunity for one Inga Maren Otto Fellow from The Watermill Center to create work that will be exhibited onsite as part of their Platform Series.
Inspired by the natural setting and artistic life of Long Island’s East End, the Parrish Art Museum illuminates the creative process and how art and artists transform our experiences and understanding of the world and how we live in it. The Museum fosters connections among individuals, art, and artists through care and interpretation of the collection, the presentation of exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives, programs, and artists-in-residence. The Parrish is a center for cultural engagement, an inspiration and destination for the region, the nation, and the world.
The Arts Arena
Each year, The Arts Arena choses one Watermill Alumni to perform at their Paris venue.
The Arts Arena is a non-profit multidisciplinary initiative for the visual, literary, and performing arts, film, and issues of culture and society. Since its founding in Paris in 2007, it has presented more than 240 cultural events to spark connections across artistic disciplines and between the arts and the worlds of business, economics, cultural policy, sciences, technology, and sustainable development. Arts Arena exhibitions, performances, debates, colloquia, lectures, and festivals are free and open to the public, thus giving access to the highest quality of artists to the broadest and most diverse audience. Arts Arena events take place in Paris and New York, and its publications are available internationally.
Fundacion Teatro a Mil
Fundacion Teatro a Mil supports Chilean or Latin American artists who are accepted to the International Summer Program or Artist Residency Program by providing financial support for airfare to The Watermill Center.
Fundación Teatro a Mil aims to contribute to the geographic and socioeconomic decentralization of access to culture through projects of excellence, audience, and artists education programs and broadcasting opportunities for the troupes. Their most recognized project is Santiago a Mil International Festival, which is celebrated every January since 1994.
The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center
Children from The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center come to The Watermill Center weekly to participate in the Young Artists Residency Project.
The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreation Center was born out of tragedy in 1949, when a house fire killed the untended children of migrant farm workers. The community rallied to find the first, community-based migrant child care center in the country. The Center continues to serve the less fortunate on the East End and offers an After-School Enrichment Program, a low-cost summer camp, Youth Programs and Adult Development services, such as ESL and GED. It also hosts Head Start for preschoolers from as far away as Montauk and Westhampton.
Bridgehampton Head Start
Children from Head Start (ages 3-5) and their families participate in monthly collaborative workshops at The Watermill Center.
Bridgehampton Head Start is one of 23 centers under the umbrella of Long Island Head Start, which serves 1628 at-risk and vulnerable children and families located throughout Suffolk County, and has been participating in this partnership for the past two years.
Hayground School
Hayground School’s Senior Learners (ages 12-14) participate in a month-long residency at The Watermill Center, workshopping an original work of theater.
Since 1996, Hayground School has provided an innovative educational experience for its students, and a model of progressive academic excellence for schools and educators around the world. Hayground School’s mission is to create a community of students and mentors who explore together the central questions of human culture in the natural world. Our shared tools are meaningful inquiry, authentic scholarship, a spirit of creativity, and a respect for different perspectives.
The Retreat
Clients of The Retreat come with their children to participate in monthly workshops at The Watermill Center.
The Retreat is a safe haven for families in crisis. Since 1987, The Retreat has been providing domestic violence and sexual assault services and education to families, friends and neighbors on the East End of Long Island. Professionals and trained volunteers give clients the opportunity to safely heal and reestablish their lives, free from violence.
Hamptons Arts Network
The Watermill Center is a founding member and active participant in the Hamptons Arts Network. Part of the membership includes partnering with other member organizations in presenting THAW Fest, a three-day arts festival, held each year in March on the East End of Long Island.
The Hamptons Arts Network is a consortium of not-for-profit organizations collaborating to create a united arts community in the Hamptons. Their goal is to promote partnerships and shared programming among its members. Hamptons Arts Network advocates for the arts in the area of economic development, tourism, and education.
Spring Place
Starting in 2018, Spring Place provides The Watermill Center with space to host their Viewpoints lecture series and Spring Party.
Spring is where culture, creativity and ideas come together to transform brands. It is an innovative and collaborative marketing ecosystem comprised of a creative agency, a production and events group, and Spring Place, a collaborative workspace and business club. Spring has deep roots in the fashion and luxury sectors and decades of experience working with brands in fashion, beauty, entertainment, music, art and technology. The global Spring community has headquarters in London, New York and Milan, with future openings set to include Los Angeles and Paris.