The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico

03/30/2026

We were honored to take part in Pecha Kucha Taos, where our Executive Director, , recently presented on the history of Helene Wurlitzer and the legacy of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Many thanks to for organizing such a vibrant event, and to for being such a wonderful host.

ArtistResidency

01/19/2026

Applications are now open for 2028 residencies at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.

Join a lineage of artists creating in the quiet, high desert of Taos.

Visual, literary, and musical artists welcome.

Link in comments.

12/02/2025

Support literary, visual, and musical artists for Giving Tuesday! 🎨🖌️🎶

08/18/2025

Exciting Announcements: 2026 Campus Refresh, 2027 Artist Residents, Student Scholarship Winners, and more. Support The Artist And The Creative Process!
https://wurlitzerfoundation.org/emails/2025_newsletter_summer.php

08/14/2025

UPDATE: There will be a reading of playwright Deanne Stillman's "Reflections in a D'Back's Eye" in Taos this on October 19 at 2:00pm at The Metta Theatre. Deanne worked on this play during her time at HWF, which is directed by poet and actor Bruce McIntosh.

https://mettatheatretaos.org/

"Reflections in a D'Back's Eye" is an unexpected portrayal of gun violence in the US, by way of our fall from nature, looking at the mass shooting in which Gabby Giffords was wounded and a little girl who just wanted to play baseball was killed. It takes place in the Grand Canyon and includes "A Love Supreme" (Coltrane). It was a semi-finalist in the 2024 Echo Theater New Play Competition; received a two-day production at Highways in Santa Monica, just before the pandemic, directed by Darrell Larson, an associate of Sam Shepard (see image below). A monologue from it appears in Best Men's Stage Monologues (Smith and Kraus 2021), and it was also a semi-finalist for the 2019 Blues Ink Award from American Blues Theater.

It's based on an adaptation of my prose poem, published here - https://gwarlingo.com/2012/on-the-anniversary-of-the-tucson-shooting-a-new-work-by-deanne-stillman/

08/12/2025

It’s typical for our alumni to leave Taos with a lasting connection, and it’s not uncommon for some to make it their home.

Join us at Abbie’s Studio Theater for The Poetic Eye, an evening salon featuring the work of HWF alumni Veronica Golos(Poet) and Elizabeth Diorio (Media Artist). �
Sunday, August 17 at 7 PM
Abbie’s Studio Theater, 114 Los Pandos, park at Smith’s

From Abbie & William, the hosts:�“
Is poetry just a genre, or is it also a form of consciousness? In this program, we are going to see how film and poetry can meet, and perhaps learn where they both come from in terms of the arts. Do they think in similar terms? Is poetry a form of awareness that applies equally to literary and visual arts? Do poetry and video art share a world of metaphors, associations, and abstractions of time? How do the arts shape our experience of the world?

Elisabetta will present her photography and video art, and Veronica will read her poems. The two presentations together will last one hour, then there will be a discussion with the audience to explore the correlations between the literary and visual arts.

This will be the 21st salon we have presented in our Taos studio which seats up to 60 people. We hope to see you there. All are welcome and the event is free.

For much more info including photos, screen shots, and bios see:
http://www.osborne-conant.org/the-poetic-eye.htm
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07/25/2025

Join us at Atelier 111 for an evening of literary, musical, and visual art featuring the summer residents of The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Sunday, August 3 at 6 PM. Artist lineup: https://wurlitzerfoundation.org/emails/2025_session2_showcase.php

07/18/2025

07/06/2025

We made the front page of the Taos News for the acequia restoration work we've done on and around campus! Thanks to journalist Emery Veilleux for researching and writing such a thoughtful piece about our efforts to preserve this vital part of Taos' cultural and ecological heritage.

http://wurlitzerfoundation.org/acequias

https://www.taosnews.com/news/environment/wurlitzer-revives-segments-of-los-pandos-acequia/article_6a03dd53-b4f3-51b4-a22a-64bee832dad6.html

The Los Pandos Acequia, fed by the Acequia Madre del Rio Pueblo that once emptied into the Rio Fernando, ran dry through the Helene Wurtlizer Foundation property in Taos for

06/23/2025

Attention Poets! Casa Urraca Press, near Abiquiú, NM, is now accepting submissions for A Year of New Mexico Poetry Anthology.

This collection, edited by Amaris Feland Ketcham and Zach Hively, will feature one poem for each day of the year, offering readers a daily reflection on the richness of our state’s people, cultures, communities, and land. They are seeking original poetry, both unpublished and previously published.

Casa Urraca Press is seeking original poems for a new collection of New Mexico poetry. Whether you’re inspired by nature, history, or the everyday moments of New Mexican life, we want to read your verse.

06/12/2025

Heads up Taos! Saritah, who was in residence at HWF in 2023, is passing through town to perform at Dalee at KTAOS tomorrow, Friday, June 13th. Don't miss this show!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKkPymeiFCt/
http://daleeektaos.com/
http://saritah.com/