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International Summer Program
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The 2014 International Summer Program Application is available now. The deadline for submission isMarch 12, 2014 at 5pm EST.

Start your application: watermillcenter.slideroom.com (http://www.watermillcenter.slideroom.com)

If you have questions about the program please contact: [email protected]

(mailto:[email protected]?subject=Summer%20Program%20Web%20Inquiry) .

Application Guidelines are found below.

For the past 20 years, The Watermill Center has hosted an International Summer Program led by Artistic DirecWilson. Each summer, approximately 65 artists from almost 30 countries gather at Watermills Long Island, NYcampus. Participants spend two - five weeks in intense creative exploration which provides a unique opportunitestablished professionals, particularly the development and performance methodologies of Robert Wilson andlasting relationships with other artists from a broad range of experience levels and disciplinary specificity; develUS and international professional contacts; focus on new work, and embody what it means to be a global artis

Participants receive access to an extensive collection of resources central to the Watermill experience: ongoinapprenticeships and daily workshops with Robert Wilson and his collaborators; lectures on various subjects froopera innovation, installation, design, and science led by international cultural luminaries, established artists, aopportunities to develop new work for public presentation during the annual Watermill Summer Benefit(http://watermillcenter.org/benefit) and Discover Watermill Day (http://watermillcenter.org/events/discover_2010) ; access to 20,feet of rehearsal/performance/design spaces; a theater production archive; a 6,000 volume library(http://watermillcenter.org/programs/library) ; outdoor stages; the Watermill Art Collection; and the Centers landscaped

In addition to workshops, all participants share in the responsibilities of daily life: housekeeping, cooking, cleanmaintaining the Watermill grounds and gardens. Daily physical labor, including landscaping and the constructiospecific installations is an integral part of the Summer Program. This live/work environment reflects the Waterartist works differently in an environment that he or she has helped to create and maintain.

All participants are lodged in shared rooms in either the Center's dormitory or rented summer houses. Sharedprovided for transport to and from the Center. All participants spend the entire day (from 9am to 10pm, seven dthe Center. All meals are prepared with trained chefs and served at the Center.

Admission

An admission committee, which includes Robert Wilson, selects participants according to their artistic ability, aand creative potential, as well as their cultural and professional background. Selection is also partially determinthe needs of the particular year's workshops, while aiming to ensure a balance between new and returning par varying disciplines, countries, and backgrounds. In 2011, over 70 artists and students between 17 and 65 yeararound the world participated in Watermill's International Summer Program.

Program Fee

Since 2008, the tuition for each International Summer Program participant has been provided in full by the Byr


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a erm oun a on. e oun a on spen s approx ma e y , on eac ar s , w c covers ous ng, ootransportation, materials needed for work in the program, and the operating cost of the facility. The Foundationfunds through sponsorships from foundations, as well as individual benefactors who support the mission of theoining the Watermill Mentor Program. If you are interested in participating in the Mentor Program by sponsorinplease contact TJ Witham at (212) 253-7484 ext. 22 or [email protected] (mailto:tj.witham@watermillsubject=Summer%20Mentor%20Program%20Inquiry) .

Participants are required to pay the costs of their own travel to New York and The Watermill Center and for itepersonal use, and are encouraged to find funding individually, if needed, through scholarships, foundations, an

Click HERE (http://www.watermillcenter.org/programs/summer-2013) to read about the 2013 International Summer Progra

The 2014 Watermill Center International Summer ProgramApplication Guidelines

Application DeadlineWednesday, March 12, 2014 at 5pm EST

Program Dates

The Watermill Center 2014 International Summer Program will run from July 13 to August 16, 2014.

Contact

[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) : use this email address forabout the program or the application process. (mailto:[email protected])[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) : use this email address for any technical questionswith the Slideroom application portal.

Application Requirements

Admission to the program is by selection only. The Watermill Center uses Slideroom to gather applications and

for its International Summer Program. All material must be submitted via the online portal through Slideroom EXCEPTIONS.

The Application will be available online starting January 6, 2014 at: watermillcenter.slideroom.com(http://www.watermillcenter.slideroom.com)

The online application portal will lead you through the various required questions, attachments, and media uplosamples). There is a $10 USD fee per proposal. Payment is accepted on the Slideroom website and pays for tonline application portal. If you are unable to make this payment for any reason, please notify us at

[email protected] to explain the issue.

Applications are due March 12, 2014 by 5pm EST.


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Specific application instructions are available step-by-step on the Slideroom application portal.

The sections include:

Personal InformationQualifications , Interests , and Letter of MotivationSpecial Opportunities a chance to express interest in additional participation opportunities.References : 2 references are required the panel will contact references if they need additional informatiAttachment : Resume / CVMedia uploads : images, videos, pdfs, and audio files can be uploaded or linked to. Specific instructions arequirements are found in the MEDIA section of the Slideroom application portal

All technical questions or issues pertaining to work sample uploads, payment issues, or login problems [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Additional questions regarding the program should [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

If you have any work samples that are not electronic that you would like to include, please write [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) to determine if the items are appapplication process.

You can expect to hear from the committee by mid-May via email . Every applicant will receive updates througprocess regarding expected notification dates. We know that everyone is eager to make plans, so please knoour best to review materials in a timely fashion. If you have any further questions that are not explained in thematerials, please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

About the Program

During the Summer Program, every participant works collaboratively across SITE SPECIFIC EVENTS, PERFPROJECT WORKSHOPS, DESIGN PROJECT WORKSHOPS as well as lectures, landscaping and design/bui

Artists apply as individuals and work across the programmed projects and events. The first two weeks focus orealization of an evening of installations and performances staged across the entire eight acres. Throughout ththree weeks, each day the artists split their time across the total program listed above. All work is delivered thr

mentorship of Robert Wilson, his collaborators and a cross-section of multi-disciplinary producers and specialisworkshop environment.

About The Watermill Center

The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities completed in 2006 on the Lsite of a former Western Union communication research facility. Founded by theatre and visual artist Robert Wifor young and emerging artists to work, learn, create, and grow with each other, Watermill integrates performinwith resources from the humanities, research from the sciences, and inspiration from the visual arts. Watermill

within the global landscape of experimental theatrical performance, and regularly convenes the brightest mindsdisciplines to do, in Wilsons words, "what no one else is doing."


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For more than 20 years, one of the most important programs of The Watermill Center has been the InternationProgram led by Artistic Director Robert Wilson. Each summer approximately 65 artists from over 25 countriesgather at Watermill for five weeks of intense creative exploration and artistic development. The Summer Progrunique opportunity for emerging artists to learn from established professionals in a laboratory environment. Thirequires everyone, regardless of experience, to live and work communally; assisting in chores, cooking, gardeconstruction or collection maintenance. This approach is crucial to understanding the collaborative working prorespecting shared resources.

With the opening of its new building in 2006, the Center became a year-round performing arts laboratory for eExpanded programs in the spring and fall include workshops and classes, artist residencies, conferences and lvariety of local and international educational partnership programs. Watermill collaborates with institutions suc

Avenue Armory, Kampnagel Hamburg, CUNY's Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, ArteEast, Performa, Taipei CuChez Bushwick, CPR Center for Performance Research, New York Theater Workshop, Summer Play FestivMtamatic Research Initiative and RADIALSYSTEM V in Berlin.

The Center seamlessly combines performance and rehearsal sites with working and communal living spaces. Imulti-purpose interiors house formal and informal performance spaces, the Watermill Art Collection, a selectioWilson's own furniture designs, an extensive reference library, kitchen facilities, and a dormitory. The Center isix acres of wooded and landscaped grounds in a rural environment.

The Center is located in Water Mill, New York (Southampton, Long Island), approximately two hours by car froCity and JFK airport.

The Facility

The Watermill Center is about living and working as a community, so it is necessary that everyone shares respRespecting the building, the site, fellow artists, and the rest of the Watermill community is integral to a success

Participants receive access to an extensive collection of resources central to the Watermill experience: ongoinapprenticeships and daily workshops with Robert Wilson and his collaborators; lectures on various subjects froopera innovation, installation, design, and science led by international cultural luminaries, established artists, aopportunities to develop new work for public presentation during the annual Watermill Summer Benefit and DisDay; access to 20,000 square feet of rehearsal/performance/design spaces; a theater production archive; a 6,

library; outdoor stages; the Watermill Art Collection; and the Centers landscaped grounds. In addition to workparticipants share in the responsibilities of daily life: housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, and maintaining the Waand gardens. Daily physical labor, including landscaping and the construction of site-specific installations, is anthe Summer Program. This live/work environment reflects the Watermill idea that an artist works differently in athat he or she has helped to create and maintain.

All participants are lodged in shared rooms in either the Center's dormitory or rented summerhouses. Shared vprovided for transport to and from the Center. All participants spend the entire day (from 9am to 10pm, seven dthe Center. All meals are prepared with trained chefs and served at the Center.


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