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The Animas Valley Grange will host a presentation, "Caring for Our Trees and Orchards," by Moses Cooper, an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, on Monday, October 19, at 6:30 pm. Cooper will share simple steps you can take to care for your trees, such as proper watering and mulching. He will discuss how to recognize when a tree may need professional care and what’s involved in restoring aging fruit trees and orchards. He’ll also touch on planting for the future and how thoughtful tree care can help preserve the landscapes we value. Moses is the founder of Momentum Tree Experts and has over 20 years of experience caring for trees and forests. This event will be held at the Animas Valley Grange Hall, 7271 County Road 203. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served at 6:15 pm. For further information, please contact Marie at 970-382-1217.

Imagined Futures: An Artist Talk with Tyrrell Tapaha Wednesday, October 21 , 2026 6:00-7:30 p.m. CSWS Lyceum (Room 120) Free + Open to All! Contact: Cristie Scott, cmscott@fortlewis.edu, 970-247-7333 Website: https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/exhibits-events/upcoming-events/imagined-futures160an-artist-talk-with160tyrrell-tapaha The Center of Southwest Studies will host an artist talk with Diné weaver, fiber artist, and sixth-generation sheepherder, Tyrrell Tapaha (he/they), who is featured in the Center’s current exhibition Constellations of Place. Raised in the Carrizo Mountains of northeastern Arizona, Tyrrell’s work encapsulates the intergenerational agro-pastoral living handed down to them through their grandfather, great-grandmother, and other relatives willing to teach. Working as a sheepherder, Tyrrell’s practice begins with the raising of sheep and finishes on the loom. Their textiles, installations, and mixed-media work are intimately interwoven with their feelings and memories, illuminating the complexity of their lived experience, the rich history of their Diné community, and imagined futures. “...being on the land, working with the land, ecology, hydrology, migrating, grazing the animals, and thinking about and breeding for better fleece. I spend a lot of time looking at the minuscule and larger details of this lifestyle, and my weavings are a glimpse of that.” Tyrrell has exhibited widely, including at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), Coconino Center for the Arts (Flagstaff, AZ), Museum of Contemporary Art Flagstaff (Flagstaff, AZ), Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (Santa Fe, NM), and they were featured in the film “Weaving the Future” by Shaun Price. They have lectured and engaged in archival and curatorial work at the Fowler Museum (Los Angeles, CA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), and served as cultural advisor to major weaving exhibitions, including Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest at Bard Graduate Center (New York, NY) and Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (Santa Fe, NM). In 2022, they were the recipient of the Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art by the Textile Society of America. Tyrrell continues to live and work in the Four Corners region of Diné Bikeyah. Tyrrell Tapaha is a featured artist in Constellations of Place, an exhibition made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center and is in partnership with the America 250-Colorado 150 Southwest regional “Power of Place”project.