Art

Explore the poem that inspired Mary Holdsworth Butt's architectural wonder at Laity Lodge.

Words are powerful. They shape our relationships, influence how we see ourselves, and impact how we experience the world.

How sacred spaces make us more human.

In 1660, John Dryden wrote the prefix to a collection of poems by his brother-in-law (and sometimes patron) Sir Robert Howard. A few lines from Dryden’s prefix poem appear in five places throughout the Canyon—from the Headwaters activity barn to the Cody Center to Lavernis Royal’s hand stenciling outside the Dryden room at Laity Lodge’s Black Bluff.

Read this commentary on the stanza from "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" carved on the entrance sign to Linnet’s Wings on the H. E. Butt Foundation Camp property.

Artist and professor Dan McGregor has been drawing the flora and fauna of the Frio River Canyon for a few years. Here is his perspective on re-creating creation.

These three couplets from William Blake are etched into four places around the Foundation’s property: twice in the Canyon and twice in the Kerrville offices.

A reflection by Joyce Kilmer's poem, "Love's Lantern," and how our own lanterns can guide us.

American poet Edwin Markham writes, "Love and I had the wit to win..."

A poem by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821-1873) from Sonnets, First Series, VI.

Muralist Crystal Tamez preserves history—and community—on the walls of San Antonio’s West Side.

Illustrative designer Dana Tanamachi spent the month of May 2019 living at Laity Lodge and creating art for the newest Cody Center exhibit, "I Liked What I Saw," exploring her family history.