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

I was humbled after a week of witnessing the full range of “personalities” the Nevada backcountry had to show me–from the impressive wind to the absolute silence, to the rainstorms soon nowhere to be found in an endless blue sky. She moved through her wild cycles despite my audience, and I moved through my own perhaps for the first time without judgement or interruption. I found my nervous system immediately relaxed and that this expression of unyielding generosity is what many of us in modernity have begun seeking (and failing to find) in each other.” 

- Suldano Abdiruhman, resident 2025

We are excited to present you the reports of the artists who stayed at the retreat in 2025.
     
     
     
     
     
     

The entire report can be downloaded here.

The application process for the 2026 season from May to November is open now.

The deadline is January 18th, 2026.