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Willowtail to participate in SWCO Gives Day

Southwest Colorado Gives is a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado to inspire generosity in our five county community and increase online giving for local participating nonprofits. Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center offers time and space for practitioners in the arts and ecology. Residents contemplate and develop their projectsContinue reading "Willowtail to participate in SWCO Gives Day"

Eirene Hamilton

Eirene Hamilton Writer/Ethnobotanist/Educator 2021 Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Scholarship Eirene Hamilton from Bluff, Utah had a one-week long residency at Willowtail.  She is a writer, ethnobotanist, environmental activist and language educator. During her stay, she read several poems for the staff and visiting guests. Her performance was very moving, thought provoking and beautiful. Some of theContinue reading "Eirene Hamilton"

Maureen May

Visual and Performance Artist Maureen May Durango visual and performance artist Maureen May completed her extremely productive one-week residency.  Her printing focused on 2020 issues from "2020 Vision" to "Murder Hornet a.k.a. Super Spreader", animations, and more. My Willowtail experience was exceptional. I was in charge of how I use my time in any way, whether itContinue reading "Maureen May"

Sonja Horoshko & Renee Podunovich

Visual Artist Sonja Horoshko & Poet Renee Podunovich Collaborative Residencies “Unlike other residencies, Willowtail is not about a place-name recognition, or personal Cloy résumé. It is about sharing the aesthetically abundant and rich life of Peggy and Lee.They generously hold the deep, vast, warm and wide open space and time for those most fortunate to workContinue reading “Sonja Horoshko & Renee Podunovich”