About this Event
Join us at IN PROCESS on Friday, October 16 from 5:30– 7pm to meet our current Artists-in-Residence: Eglė Budvytytė, Ana Mazzei, Wei Xiong & Emma Ofosua Donkor, the Freestyle Poet.
In Process @ The Watermill Center is our ongoing series of studio visits and open rehearsals that invite the community to gain unique insight into the creative process of our Artists-in-Residence, cultivating an understanding of how artists from across the globe develop new work.
Eglė Budvytytė is an artist working across visual and performing arts. Through songs, poetry, video and performance, she explores movement and gesture as tools for challenging normativity, gender and social roles, while examining collectivity, vulnerability and relationships between bodies, audiences and environments. Her work has been presented internationally, including at La Biennale di Venezia, the Renaissance Society, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Biennale of Sydney, Art Dubai and the Lofoten International Art Festival. She has been a resident at Palais de Tokyo and Wiels. In 2026, she represented Lithuania at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Ana Mazzei is a visual artist, professor, and founder of Teatro Facada. With a Master's degree in Visual Poetics. Mazzei develops a distinct and experimental visual language that expands the possibilities of sculpture, installation, and performance. Her multidisciplinary practice is characterized by a rigorous exploration of form, material, and movement, connecting the traditional and the contemporary with remarkable sensitivity. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions, including the 32nd São Paulo International Biennial, Glasgow International; the 14th Cuenca Biennial; the 37th Panorama of Brazilian Art, Americas Society, New York; the MARCO Museum, Monterrey; the NMNM, Monaco; the Centre for Contemporary Art; the Saludarte Foundation, Miami; Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro; the São Paulo Museum of Art, MASP; the CCSP; Pivô; and Sesc Pompeia, among others. She was selected as an artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; GASWORKS; La Galerie - Centre d’art Contemporaine; Sculpture Studios - Glasgow and has works in private and institutional collections in Brazil and abroad.
Wei Xiong has worked as a sculptor, performer, and visual artist since 2013. Drawing on his cross-cultural background and training in social realist sculpture, Xiong combines traditional aesthetics with postmodern conceptual practice to explore identity, culture, nationality, and ideology amid the challenges of globalization. His work has been exhibited at Old Stone House, the 2nd Future Arts Festival Shanghai, Stroll Garden, CUNY Hunter College, The Blanc Gallery, The Border Project, and Latitude Gallery. He has received residencies from AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and Vermont Studio Center, among others.
Emma Ofosua Donkor is a West African storyteller, performance poet, and cultural strategist whose work sits at the intersection of African literature, cultural memory, identity, and the lived experiences of women. She is the author of I Wish You Courage in the Night Season. Her work has appeared in Decolonial Passage, Perfect Place Anthology, and Literary Sisters: An Anthology. Named among 100 top writers, she received the Most Promising Writer Award from Pa Gya! and was selected as one of 42 Sub-Saharan African delegates for Momentum. She directs the All African Women Poetry Festival.
The Watermill Center is committed to providing accessible programs and services for all patrons and artists with disabilities. For further information about any accessibility needs, please email us at [email protected].
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The Watermill Center, 39 Watermill Towd Rd., Water Mill, United States
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