Montello Foundation is a foundation dedicated to support artists who foster
our understanding of nature, its fragility and our need to protect it.

“I have never been as clear-minded as I was during my time in the desert, immersed in nature, untethered from my cellphone. Every action was a decision based on what compelled me at that very moment. How remarkable to have the gift of timelessness and the ability to be so fully present; I tried every idea that came to me without judgement.” 

- Kelsey Miller, resident 2025

The members of the judging panel were Sara Reisman, Johanna Rietveld and Anika Schroter of artswitch and Dylan Gauthier.

The juror for the writers' applications was Susan Besse.