Twirl’s Nature Creatures
for The Paseo 2023
If you could be any creature, what would you be? Would you live on the ground or up in a tree? What’s your story and what makes you tick? Can you create it with mosses and sticks?
Thanks to all who came out for Twirl's Nature Creatures for the Paseo 2023! The festival saw thousands of people and Twirl's exhibit in Kit Carson Park was packed with creative folks of all ages making creatures in to the night! We congratulate the Paseo Team for a job well done! Please have a look at our instagram @twirleye for more awesome pictures from the festivities (reel posted 9/18) and stop by Twirl to see the big creatures in the courtyard and many of the magical creatures made by the community at The Paseo. Thank you to Taos kids and families for sharing their stories, voices and creativity! Watch the Nature Creatures video and hear some of the wild stories that these creative kids came up with!
The Twirl Nature Creatures Project is made possible through funding from: Ed and Amy Jaramillo, J3 Fund, Brindle Foundation, Taos Community Foundation, LANL Foundation, Paseo Project, Robert T Keeler Foundation, Earl Stroh Fund for the Arts, Skygazer Annual Fund, Community Education Endowment Fund
Our School and Group Partners Include: Taos Behavioral Health, Enos Garcia Elementary, Arroyos Del Norte Elementary, Peñasco ISD, Anansi Charter School, Questa Library, The Neighborhood of Straight Arrow Road
Our Community Partners Include: Taos InterAct Club, Taos Youth Hockey Association, and Community Against Violence, PPC Solar
Exhibit Production and Event Volunteers: Leah Sobol, Jonathan Sobol, Shannon Hall, Molly McMullin, Katie Woodall, Andy Greif, Siena Sanderson, Twirl Staff, Mo Kaluta, Alex Cleveland, Nia and Kellen Emory-Crowther, Grayson Thomas, Gray Legere, Ezra Bayles, Selina Bayles, Isabella O’Donnell-Silfverberg, Ashley Chavez, Maggie Rael, Lucy Nichols, Nikki Cain, Millie Caldwell, Anabelle Caldwell, Jake Caldwell, Nikki Ross, Melissa Abeyta, Ronja Grundig, Kiki Shakti, Stephanie Harrison, Alison Haag, Connie White, Alix Henry, Jesus Rosales, Lori Wiechert, the Paseo Team
Creative Materials generously provided by: Ultraviolet Floristry, Enchanted Florist, Buds, Zoë Zimmerman/Nikki Marx, Howie Roemer, Taos Alive, Miles Bonny
Twirl Board of Directors: Molly McMullin, Jasmin Hastings, Amanda Dean, Karina Jernberg-Gersten, Shannon Hall, Leah Sobol, Casandra Romero, Melissa Lind
The Paseo is an annual festival dedicated to bringing installation, projection, and performance art to the streets of Taos. https://paseoproject.org/
Every year, Twirl partners with The Paseo to provide a collaborative art installation and educational programs to engage some of our community's youngest members and their families in the festival. Twirl develops a concept and curriculum for in-school and family engagement events that infuses learning with play, art and movement and provides an opportunity for participants to contribute to the final installation.
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Twirl’s Nature Creatures for the Paseo 2023
Twirl’s Create a Space for the Paseo 2022
Twirl’s wUNDER for The Paseo 2019
Twirl’s Colorful Cosmos for The Paseo 2018
Twirl's Eye Play for The Paseo 2017
Twirl's Motion Play for The Paseo 2016
Twirl's Light Play for The Paseo 2015
Most of Twirl’s programs are offered to children and families free of charge thanks to the generous support of individuals and foundations. Learn how you can support our programs at twirltaos.org/donate.