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Applications for the 2018 Watermill Center Artist Residency Program are now closed. Check back here in early 2018 to apply for the 2019 Artist Residency Program.

Applications for the 2018 Watermill Center International Summer Program are open through Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 11:59pm.

The application for the 2018 International Summer Program is available online at http://watermillcenter.slideroom.com

About

Since 1992, The Watermill Center has hosted the International Summer Program under the direction of Founder ­and Artistic Director Robert Wilson. Each July and August, approximately 60-100 artists from over 30 countries gather at Watermill’s Long Island, NY site. Participants spend five to six weeks in an intense collaborative creative environment. The Summer Program provides a unique opportunity to observe the development and performance methodologies of Robert Wilson and his collaborators; to work with established professionals in the international performing arts world; to forge relationships with artists from a broad range of experience levels and disciplines; to develop networks of US and international professional contacts; and to investigate what it means to be a “global artist.”

The Summer Program participants receive access to an extensive collection of resources central to the Watermill experience: daily meetings with Robert Wilson; lectures on subjects including theater and opera innovation, installation, design, and science led by international cultural luminaries, established artists and scientists; opportunities to propose and develop new work for public presentation during The Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction and Discover Watermill Day; 20,000 square feet of rehearsal/design spaces and outdoor stages; a theater production archive; The Watermill Center Study Library; The Watermill Center Collection; and The Center’s eight-and-a-half acre landscaped grounds and sculpture gardens. Participants will also have an opportunity to audition for Robert Wilson’s summer staging rehearsals and to take part in workshops with his collaborators.