Author Archives: Peggy Cloy

Tim Kaputska, Durango Graphic Designer 2018 Willowtail Scholarship timkapustka.com

Bronwyn Strickland Beatta, Painter, Dolores/Durango Painter 2017 Durango Art Center Scholarship bronwynbeatta.com

Laura Schiavone, Durango Painter 2017 Durango Art Center Scholarship 2019 Self funded residency laura-schiavone.com

20Moons Dance Theatre, Durango Dance/Performance 2017 Durango Art Center Scholarship (Entire troupe funded by separate 20Moons sponsor) 20moons.com

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tammi Hartung Ethnobotanical Herbalist, Organic Farmer 2017 Willowtail Scholarship [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Tammi Hartung brings more than 40 years of experience as an Ethnobotanical Herbalist and Organic Grower.  She and her husband, Chris, live in southern Colorado where they own a certified organic farm called Desert Canyon Farm. They raise more than 1800 different varietiesContinue reading “Tammi Hartung”

Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik Artisan of Textile assemblages 2017 Artist Residency

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bethany Bachmann 2017 Durango Art Center Scholarship [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I was a child I received an ET (think 80’s movie) award because I was always daydreaming and had my head “in the clouds”.  I was extremely shy and introverted and didn’t really know what to make of the world around me. The language of color,Continue reading “Bethany Bachmann”

Lorena Williams Writer 2017 Willowtail Scholarship 2018 Willowtail Scholarship (Collaborate with Suze Woolf) lorena-williams.com

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ilze Aviks Fabric Artist, Painter, Photographer, 2016 Open Shutter Gallery Scholarship “I have visited Willowtail in summer-what glorious gardens and so many trees! Paths are lined with found objects ,bowling balls and upended machinery.  But to be there in WINTER!!!! Willowtail deep in snow, the lake frozen, except for the aerated circles for ducks toContinue reading “Ilze Aviks”

David Holub Writer, journalist, playwright, “My Willowtail experience — from conceiving a proposal to the actual residency to executing and realizing my project — was the catalyst for so many creative endeavors that did not exist nor would have been possible otherwise.” David Holub   David, former Arts and Entertainment Editor at the Durango HeraldContinue reading “David Holub”