Guapamacataro, located in the Purepecha region in the state of Michocán, Mexico, offers annual residencies for artists, scientists, educators and activists dedicated to fostering socially and ecologically conscious development in the region. Michoacan offers a unique experience to residents as where they will live in an area that has the highest number of illegal migration cases in the country as well as the winter home to the monarch butterfly. The application deadline for the 2010 residency is September 15, 2009. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.guapamacataro.org/?lang=en.
