Specialties
The Watermill Center: A Laboratory for Performance The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the Arts and Humanities completed in 2006 on the Long Island, NY site of a former Western Union communication research facility. Founded by theater and visual artist Robert Wilson as a place for young and emerging artists to work, learn, create, and grow with each other, Watermill integrates performing arts practice with resources from the humanities, research from the sciences, and inspiration from the visual arts. Watermill supports projects that integrate genres and art forms from diverse view points and that break traditional forms of representation and cultural specifics. At the core of Watermills programming lies the year-round support of artists in residence. Through both the International Summer Program and through one to four week individual residencies hosted from September through June, Watermill annually welcomes over 150 artists from around the world.