Welcome to Watermark Arts


Somatic awareness and artistic expression are essential aspects in creating a more humane and peaceful world.

With a fullness of presence in the living, sensate, wholeness of bodily being, comes a felt experience of the interconnection of all living things.

Somatic explorers exist near the cultural edge, holding this way of wholeness in the face of a widespread and pervasive sense of fragmentation.

Artists, too, work with revolutionary ideas and throughout history have contributed to substantive, peaceful change in society.

Our times call on us to become generators of the culture we wish to live in; to bring somatically-informed creative acts into all aspects of life.

Join us in this movement,

Elaine Colandrea, Artistic Director

Rori Smith, Associate Director

Sandra Capellaro, Galleries Director


Events

News

The Elemental Body: A Movement Guide to Kinship with Ourselves and the Natural World

We are pleased to announce the publication of our book, "The Elemental Body: A Movement Guide to Kinship with Ourselves and the Natural World."

The book is filled with Continuum explorations from authors Elaine Colandrea and Rori Smith and elemental art and poetry from Watermark artists. This project is a multimedia endeavor. The book is accompanied by a library of short films to inspire your relationship with the elements and enrich your practice. 

Read here to learn more about the book.

Moving Art Cards

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Created by Elaine Colandrea and Prue Jeffries, each card offers an image and a somatic practice to deepen awareness to your felt, sensed experience. Enhance your personal practice and increase your embodied presence, artfully! Learn more about Moving Art Cards here.

Omega 2024 - Save the Dates

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Continuum: The Art of Breathing

With Megan Bathory-Peeler, Elaine Colandrea and co-faculty.

June 30 – July 5, 2024
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY
Registration opens soon!

Learn more.

Watermark Arts Journals

Welcoming New Artists

Visit our galleries

Watermark Arts galleries currently features over eighty artists representing all artistic media. We continually grow with more somatically inspired art. Please use the menu at the top to visit galleries and learn more about individual artists, or click on any image in the slideshow.

Continuum & the Creativity of Health Series

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We are grateful for the love of movement you share with us.

Paintings: Cosmic Breast Spiral and Ocean Birthings by Satya Kirsch

Omega 2026 – Movement Meditation for Creative Living

October 22-25, 2026. A somatic movement workshop for those who desire to live artfully, enhance their approach to creative expression, and cultivate self-agency.

Watermark Arts Performances

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Image/Video Credits: Banner - Kathy Cassens; Letter (top to bottom) - Prue Jeffries, Kathy Cassens, Bethany Murray; Footer - Hannah Tobias

Learn more about our programs, series, and projects.

  • Continuum & Creativity Interview Series

    Interviews with artist-practitioners exploring how continuum enlivens their artistic practice (and vice versa). Learn more.

  • Continuum & the Creativity of Health Series

    Interviews with continuum practitioners focusing on the relationship between continuum and health. Learn more.

  • Watermark Arts Journal

    The Journal, published twice a year, presenting writing, art, and photography. Learn more.

  • Water Blessing Project

    An invocation to water and to self-inquiry in service to the whole of existence Learn more.

  • The Artists

    Over 70 artists have their works represented on our website. Learn more.

  • Workshops

    Watermark Arts presents programs at Omega Institute, Shantigar, and Italy. Learn more.

  • Watermark Arts Performances

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  • Watermarkings

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  • Continuum Demonstrations

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