Category Archives: Residents

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nina Elder Artist, Painting, Drawing 2015 Willowtail Scholarship Nina is the Director of Residencies at Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM Her current series is challenging, provocative and exquisitely beautiful. She is an excellent lecturer and would bring a broader “world view” to the Four Corners. She is fast becoming a recognized world class artist.  Continue reading “Nina Elder”

Elizabeth Ferrill Printmaking Elizabeth is currently Director of Painting and Printmaking at Anderson Ranch. She has taught at many places, including most recently, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate students. She has exhibited widely both in New York and Berlin. 2014 Willowtail scholarship 2018 Willowtail scholarship

Deborah Sussex Painting and Photography 2014 Open Shutter Gallery Sponsored “My week at Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center allowed me to fill the well of my inner artistic reservoir.  Life is hectic and full of distractions.  For me, the months prior to my time at Willowtail were busting at the seams.  I appreciatedContinue reading “Deborah Sussex”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jane Pedersen Handmade Paper and Book Artist 2014 Durango Arts Center Scholarship “The Artist-in-Residency which I recently completed is the first collaboration of its kind for between the Durango Art Center and Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center and is part of The Art Revolution Program. It is the first part of what theContinue reading “Jane Pedersen”

Shay Lopez Writing 2014 Willowtail Scholarship Awarded “What a place! I have so enjoyed the solitude and quiet of the Garden Cottage and feel so blessed to have experienced Willowtail. You have created a true gem. Thanks so much for making this available to artists. May our work perpetuate in some way, the energy andContinue reading “Shay Lopez”

Tina Deschenie Poet, Artist Michael Thompson Writer 2020 Collaborative Residencies  Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation Scholarship Our Willowtail Art Residency was a lovely gift of time and space, in the Garden Cottage, the Studio and the entire environment. My relaxed and happy soul fueled creativity and energy. With time to reflect, I found it healing to revisit and toContinue reading “Tina Deschenie & Michael Thompson”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cindy Coleman Painter/Graphic designer 2020 New Face Productions Scholarship[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Having the week to myself, to be alone with my thoughts and ideas and no restrictions and just to be able to CREATE in such a beautiful environment – it was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever done This residency has given meContinue reading “Cindy Coleman”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rosie Carter Visual/Mix Media Artist 2020 New Face Productions and Willowtail Scholarship[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]given a week of open-ended creative time during my artist in residency at Willowtail Springs in November, some very different things burst from my brain/body and it felt so wonderful to let them out that I’m still exhilarated by the entire experience. TheContinue reading “Rosie Carter”

[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”

[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”