Please note: As of August 2015, Madroño Ranch: A Center for Writing, Art, and the Environment is no longer accepting applications for residencies. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

2015 Residents:

Dalia Azim
Writer
Austin, Texas

Daniel Bernard Gray
Artist
San Marcos, Texas

Skye Livingston
Fiber Artist
Kansas City, Missouri

Billi London-Gray
Artist
San Marcos, Texas

Shelby Prindaville
Artist
Leavenworth, Kansas

Sharyn Richey
Artist
La Grange, Texas

Noelia Santos
Filmmaker and photographer
New York, New York

Kayla Starnes
Writer and Photographer
Morgan Mill, Texas

David Vayo
Composer
Bloomington, Illinois

Amanda Eyre Ward
Writer
Austin, Texas

2014 Residents:

Dalia Azim
Writer
Austin, Texas

Graham Burns
Photographer and Filmmaker
New York, New York

Amy Gentry
Writer, Performer, and Blogger
Austin, Texas

Daniel Bernard Gray
Artist
San Marcos, Texas

Ali Holder
Singer/Songwriter
Austin, Texas

Billi London-Gray
Artist
San Marcos, Texas

Shelby Prindaville
Artist
Leavenworth, Kansas

Laurie Saurborn Young
Poet and Photographer
Austin, Texas

Gail Marie Schwartz
Writer
Montreal, Quebec

Melanie Westerberg
Writer
Austin, Texas

Julie Williams
Writer and Wilderness Guide
Gustavus, Alaska

Kristi Willis
Writer
Austin, Texas

2013 Residents:

Mary Baxter
Artist
Marfa, Texas

Timothy Braun
Writer
Austin, Texas

Margie Crisp
Artist and Writer
Elgin, Texas

Amy Gentry
Writer, Performer, and Blogger
Austin, Texas

Mark Gifford
Writer and Educator
Austin, Texas

Steven Grant
Writer
Austin, Texas

Jimmy Guignard
Writer and Educator
Whitneyville, Pennsylvania

Layla Luna
Artist
Fort Worth, Texas

Ann McCutchan
Writer
Denton, Texas

Katy Mulvaney
Writer
Beaumont, Texas

Katie Rose Pipkin
Mixed Media Artist
Austin, Texas

Susan Reynolds
Book Artist
Hillsboro, New Mexico

Samantha Sepe
Writer
Junction, Texas

Adam Sturtevant
Writer
Austin, Texas

Corinne Teed
Printmaker
Iowa City, Iowa

David Todd
Writer and Environmental Lawyer
Austin, Texas

Laura Van Prooyen
Poet
San Antonio, Texas

Amanda Eyre Ward
Writer
Austin, Texas

Callan Wink
Writer
Livingston, Montana

Vicki Wolf
Environmental Writer
Austin, Texas

2012 Residents:

Mary Baxter
Artist
Marfa, Texas

Phyllis Brasenell
Writer
Austin, Texas

Merissa Nathan Gerson
Writer
Berkeley, California

Spike Gillespie
Writer
Austin, Texas

Nancy Lord
Writer
Homer, Alaska

William B. Montgomery
Artist
Elgin, Texas

Amy Vachal
Singer and Composer
New York, New York

Claire Williams
Distinguished Scholar, Forest History Society
Durham, North Carolina

2011 Residents:

Juli Berwald
Science Writer
Austin, Texas

Jenny Browne
Poet and Professor of Creative Writing, Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas

Julia A. Clarke
Associate Professor of Paleontology, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

Margie Crisp
Artist and Writer
Elgin, Texas

Melissa Gaskill
Independent Journalist in Science, Nature, and Travel
Austin, Texas

Jackson Landers
Hunter and Author
Keswick, Virginia

Stacy Sakoulas
Artist
Austin, Texas

Katey Schultz
Writer and Editor
Burnsville, North Carolina

Helenah Swedberg
Environmental Filmmaker
Washington, D.C.

Sasha West
Poet
Austin, Texas