The Watermill Center to Host 21st Annual Summer Benefit

The Watermill Center's 21st annual summer benefit will take place on Saturday, July 26 beginning at 6 p.m. This year the theme is “One Thousand Nights and One Night/Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade,” which will bring together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design and society.

The Watermill Center, founded by Robert Wilson, hosts an international summer program with participants from over 25 countries. For the benefit, the residents create installations and performances on the Center’s eight and a half acre campus.

The proceeds from the benefit, and an online art auction featuring many of today's best known contemporary artists, will support the Watermill Center's year round artist residency programs for young and emerging artists. The art work is posted online and bidding is open. See the work and bid online through 3 p.m. on July 26.

The Watermill Center is a 20,000 square foot flexible working space including a 6,000 volume research library, galleries, rehearsal and staging spaces, workshops, offices, and residences situated on six acres of artist-designed and landscaped grounds. The Watermill Collection of over 8,000 art and artifact pieces spanning the history of humankind is integrated into all aspects of the building and grounds as a reminder that the history of each civilization is told by its artists.

Tickets to the benefit start at $500 and can be purchased online http://watermillcenter.org/benefit