About Us
Colorado Art Ranch serves as a retreat for writers and visual artists.
Artists and writers who attend Colorado Art Ranch have:
• A place to immerse themselves in their work
• Time to experiment, think and develop their work
• An opportunity to collaborate with artists, writers, and the community
Individual donors are the backbone of Colorado Art Ranch. In return,
the lives of contributors are changed as they:
• Foster the careers of talented artists and writers
• Sponsor Artposium speakers who alter the way we view our culture and
environment
• Help invigorate rural communities through arts redevelopment
Colorado Art Ranch takes place in small Colorado towns, but its benefits are wide-ranging. From Beowulf and the cave paintings to Robert Rauschenberg and Annie Proulx, writers and artists have changed the world. Artists and writers rouse us from our intellectual somnolence, inspire us, give us joy, and connect us to beauty. They give us glimpses into our own souls.
Colorado Art Ranch does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, gender expression, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.
Board of Directors
Michael Mowry
President
Oz
Architecture, Arch. Visualization Expert
Photographer
Bonnie Lawless
Member
Attorney
Gavin Maurer
Treasurer
VP Marketing, National Geograhic Maps
Colleen Fanning
VP, Secretary
Public Art Consultant, Fanning Partnership
Grant Pound
Executive
Director
Lawless Design
Advisory Group
Chad Dalton
Colleen Fanning
Peggy Lawless, Co-Founder
Laura Pritchett
Suzanne Shaff
Susan J. Tweit
Poet Laureate
Marj Hahne
Donations
Jeffrey David Talley Foundation
Grant Pound & Peggy Lawless
Bonnie Lawless
Carol and Ron Ozaki
Tim and Denny Arter
Ron Benson
Michael Skjei
Michael Mowry
Don and Ila Pound
Kurt Kovacs
Maureen May
Bill Stoehr
Susan Stalick
Gavin Maurer
Chad Dalton
Nancy Merrill
Mary-Ellen Campbell
Book Haven, Salida
David Peterson
Susan Tweit & Richard Cabe
Colleen Fanning
Laura Colby
Steven Schwartz
Emily Wortman-Wunder
Gavin Maurer
Sue Mills
Maxine Davenport
Meredith Nemirov
Marie and Haley Gibbons
Karen Rand Mitchell
Jules Masterjohn
Mark and Susan Spiers
Jana Smith
Meridith Nemirov
Sharon Abshagen
Catherine Keske
Paula Lozar
In-kind Donations 2008
Don Pound
Marabou Ranch
Carpenter Ranch, The Nature Conservancy
Orange Peel Bikes
Steamboat Art Museum
Beth Banning
Denny Arter
Wine Rack, Steamboat Springs
Suzanne Shaff Photography
SmartWool