Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation

Residency program - this program is open for artists from allartistic backgrounds as well as social scientists, alumni of thecenter's summer, and former artists-in-residence with a specialfocus on emerging artists and cross-disciplinaryapproaches. Theprojects are evaluated and selected by a prestigious committeeconsisting of people from diverse artistic, humanities and sciencebackgrounds

Artistic resources - the library of inspiration is a program that brings together the foundations archives, library resources and information about the watermill art collection as well as digital materials as a resource for artists and scholars into one complete user friendly database. The primary purpose of the archive is to document the work of robert wilson, as well as that of his collaborators and contemporaries. The archive collects, organizes, preserves, describes and provides access to all formats of documentary materials. In addition, the archive preserves and documents the work of the Foundation.

International summer program - international summer program consists of daily workshops with robert wilson and his collaborators that focus on new projects in development for theater and opera, installation and exhibition design, furniture and fashion design, film and video, landscaping, and architecture. The participating artists provided site-specific installations and performances for a large open house, which was free to the public. Additionally, guest lecturers spoke to the artists and local community on a variety of subjects regarding science and artduring the summer lecture series series.