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Elizabeth Kinahan

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Elizabeth Kinahan, who has painted the bucolic cattle of southwest Colorado’s high mountain valleys, received 2014 Durango Arts Center Scholarship and spent a week at Willowtail and ignites a passion for painting wildlife.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] “The grounds that Peggy and Lee have cultivated make you feel like you’re a million miles away, perfectly suited to getting lostContinue reading “Elizabeth Kinahan”

Annie Brooks

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Annie Brooks Visual Artist/Writer 2020 New Face Productions Scholarship[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I was given this residency during a time that I was feeling particularly sure that my work was unimportant, and that my personal projects were even more unimportant. The timing of my stay at Willowtail was uncannily perfect.  This has been a very grown upContinue reading “Annie Brooks”

Willowtail to Participate in SWCO Gives Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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”

Willowtail Springs Hotel in Southwest Colorado

Willowtail Springs Lodging is the best kept secret of the Southwest. Did you know that it is also an Artist Residency? Check out the site here. “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 didContinue reading “Willowtail Springs Hotel in Southwest Colorado”