Dusty Shutt’s Butterfly “Blue Morpho” Flies for Butterflies and Friends Rotary Club Fundraiser

Dusty Shutt and “Blue Morpho”
Photography by Craig Shutt

“Morpho’s Garden”
Can be seen at the Pioneer Museum at 215 S. Tejon, Colorado Springs

After taking flight at Colorado Springs’s Imagination Celebration , Dusty Shutt’s “Blue Morpho” butterfly has landed. Donating her skill and time to create the colorful, exuberant sculpture to “Butterflies and Friends”, Dusty joins dozens of local artists who share the same passion to use their talents to assist local children.

Side view of Dusty Shutt’s Metal 3D Butterfly “Blue Morpho”
Photography by Craig Shutt

Butterflies and Friends is a community service initiative created by the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs to raise awareness and funds to serve children and promote the arts in local school. Participating artists raise transform large scale metal butterflies into works of art that are then auctioned on September 17th at Cheyenne Resort.

In addition to raising attention to endangered species all over the world with her photo impressionism, Dusty contributes to raising awareness and funds to several causes at home in Colorado Springs.  Dusty chose the short-lived Blue Morpho butterfly as the base for her inspiration, connecting the threatened rainforest dwelling iridescent butterflies with at-risk children here at home.

Information about last year’s successful event

As one of the few artists chosen to create a Butterfly for the upcoming Rotary Club auction at Cheyenne Mountain Resort on September 17th, Dusty and the generous group of local artists that paint the huge over-sized metal butterflies annually to do their part to ensure that a “healthy cocoon for every child” and to “encourage a creative metamorphosis into all that each can be”.

Join Dusty at Cottonwood Center for the Arts on June 24th from 5-8pm for Last Friday at her Studio #207 upstairs at 427 E. Colorado. More of Dusty’s incredible wildlife photography and photo impressionism can be found at Cottonwood on Tejon at 8 S. Tejon or at her website “The Forest’s Edge”. She can be reached at (719) 684-3929 or by email.

“Morpho” imitating a Blue Morpho Butterfly
Photo by Craig Shutt

“Morpho’s Garden” Takes Flight for Colorado Spring’s Children

Dusty Shutt’s Design for Butterflies and Friends Rotary Club Fundraiser

In addition to raising attention to endangered species all over the world with her photo impressionism, Dusty contributes to raising awareness and funds to several causes at home in Colorado Springs. As a supporter of the Rainforest Alliance, Dusty chose the short-lived Blue Morpho butterfly as the base for her inspiration, connecting the threatened rainforest dwelling iridescent butterflies with at-risk children here at home.

Dusty starts with pre-cut 1/4 inch powder-coated aluminum sections to create her butterfly

As one of the few artists chosen to create a Butterfly for the upcoming Rotary Club auction at Cheyenne Mountain Resort on September 17th, Dusty joins a generous group of local artists donating their time and talent to promote a “healthy cocoon for every child” and to “encourage a creative metamorphosis into all that each can be”.

The work in progress in Dusty’s studio ~painting the Blue Morpho

Butterflies and Friends is a community service initiative created by the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs to raise awareness and funds to serve children and promote the arts in local school. Participating artists raise transform large scale metal butterflies into works of art that are then auctioned in the Fall.

Stop by Dusty’s Studio at Cottonwood Center for the Arts and watch as her brush changes plain white metal pieces into a fanciful butterfly that takes flight. More of Dusty’s work can be seen at Studio #207 upstairs at 427 E. Colorado, at Cottonwood on Tejon at 8 S. Tejon or at her website “The Forest’s Edge”. She can be reached at (719) 684-3929 or by email.