The Frank Waters Foundation (FWF), established in 1993, is a nonprofit organization the primary goal of which is to promote the arts, specifically those in the spirit of the creativity of Frank Waters. The members of the FWF operate under the motto "Sheltering the creative spirit", by providing a retreat for artists to live and work among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. According to the FWF website,
The Frank Waters Foundation's primary purpose is to promote an awareness of Waters' works as well as the arts in general by sponsoring educational workshops, and making available inspirational living space, at the Foundation headquarters in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, in which creative persons can work for limited periods.
The FWF is supported financially by endowments, workshops, lectures, art shows, musical events, fundraisers, grants, and sales of various items including books and bronze sculptures of Frank Waters. His wife Barbara Waters is executive director of the foundation.
Past artists-in-residence include:
- Charles Behlen—Texas, poet
- Barbara “Jamila” Fitzgerald—Africa, artist
- David Jongeward—Canada, writer
- Andrea Lannen—New York, artist
- Kit Lynch—Illinois, artist
- Tom Meyers—Texas, doctoral candidate
- Hugh Ogden—Connecticut, poet
- Lynn Stenzel—Colorado, artist
- Carrie Fountain—Texas, poet, teacher and theater
- Jim Ciletti—Colorado Springs, poet, writer, bookstore owner
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