Happy February! Residency applications are now open for VCCA's Spring 2027 scheduling period at Mt. San Angelo in Virginia. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2026. vcca.com/residencies-...

#artistcommunity #vccafellows #mtsanangelo #writers #visualartists #composers

“My time at VCCA was such a gift. I appreciated the energizing balance of solitude and community . . . quiet, focused days in the studio followed by evenings of conversation, shared meals, and connection. I was able to paint more freely than I ever have before.” — Hope Morgan #VCCAFellows

Commit to Greater Opportunity This GivingTuesday This day of global giving celebrates the power of human connection. It's the perfect time to show your love for VCCA and our ever-expanding community of artists.

Another #GivingTuesday is right around the corner! This December 2, please consider supporting VCCA and our ever-expanding community of #VCCAFellows with a gift to the Greater Opportunity Fund. 🧡 www.vcca.com/giving-tuesd...

Thanks so much to the Daura Museum of Art for partnering with us to host a wonderful VCCA Connects event last night! We appreciate everyone who came out to experience the artistic work of our featured #VCCAFellows — Wo Chan, Roxanne Everett, Ana Gamboa, and Yeji Kim. 📷: Paige Critcher

Meet the #VCCAFellows who will be sharing their work as part of our VCCA Connects event at the Daura Museum of Art at the University of Lynchburg! We hope to see you Wednesday, November 19, from 7 to 8 p.m.! This event is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served. vcca.com/connects

Christopher Gonzalez Named 2025 Recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship This annual fellowship supports the residency of an LGBTQ+ writer working in any genre at VCCA’s artist retreat in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.

VCCA is pleased to announce that fiction writer ✨ Christopher Gonzalez ✨ has been named the 2025 recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship! vcca.com/christopher-gonzalez 🧡 @livesinpages.bsky.social #VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency

We're looking forward to welcoming visitors to #MtSanAngelo for Fall Open Studios this weekend! Stop by VCCA between 4 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 26, to step inside the studios of eight #VCCAFellows: www.vcca.com/news-events/...

It's Osage orange season at Mt. San Angelo!

💛 💚 🧠

#vcca #mtsanangelo #osageorange #vccafellows

Overhead image of the barn studios and silos at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Text says "Writer Going to VCCA!"

New book loading... 📖✨️ Beyond excited to be awarded a residency fellowship from @the-vcca.bsky.social to work on my second novel! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and support--especially given the deeply personal origin of my new project. #VCCAFellows #writinglife #artistresidency

I am very excited to be a 2025 VCCA Fellow! Dreams do come true. 🤸🏼🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏼🤸🏿‍♀️ #VCCAFellows

Early drafts of new birds and new books are taking form around the writing studios at VCCA's Studio Barn. 🧡 #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency #VCCAFellows

"My first residency at VCCA gave me the confidence to keep writing. My second residency at VCCA gave me the confidence to call myself an artist." — William Torrey

#VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #artistcommunity #writingresidency

Residencies at Mt. San Angelo | VCCA VCCA’s Mt. San Angelo location in Amherst, Virginia, typically hosts 360 writers, visual artists, and composers each year for residencies of up to two months.

Happy deadline day! Writers, visual artists, and composers hoping for an artist residency at VCCA in Spring 2026 (❄️ January thru April 🌸) should apply before ✨ midnight ✨ tonight.

www.vcca.com/apply/reside...

#MtSanAngelo #VCCAFellows #artistresidency #artistcommunity

🧡 Introducing the 2025 Cows in Residence! #MtSanAngelo #VCCAFellows

VCCA Connects | VCCA VCCA Connects: Bringing Art to the Community The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is excited to launch a […]

Our inaugural VCCA Connects event is tonight at Second Stage Amherst! We hope to see you there. 🧡
www.vcca.com/connects

#VCCAFellows #VCCAConnects #AmherstVA

Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.

A hearty congrats to the #VCCAFellows appointed to the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows 🥳 #guggfellows2025

🧡 Dan Albergotti
🧡 Mara Mathilda Helmuth
🧡 Kathleen McShane
🧡 Mihaela Diana Moscaliuc
🧡 Tania Rachel James
🧡 Kristen Radtke
🧡 Rachel Shteir
🧡 Brandon D. Som

www.gf.org/stories/anno...

Pool season is coming to Mt. San Angelo! VCCA Executive Dog Asta tests the waters.

#VCCAFellows #artistresidency #artistcommunity #MtSanAngelo

I can’t wait to join this #VCCAFellows community of writers, composers, and visual artists.

If you've attended a writing residency or retreat, what worked for you? What should I not forget to pack? What would you do differently? Thx for any tips!

Volunteer Day at VCCA Sign up to join VCCA for light yard work and free lunch at Mt. San Angelo.

To our local friends and #VCCAFellows: If you're looking for a fun outdoor activity next Saturday, April 12, we'd love to welcome you for Spring Volunteer Day at VCCA in Amherst, Virginia!

Please sign up by Tuesday, April 8: vcca.typeform.com/volunteer-day

Text reads VCCA Fellows & Friends Gathering on March 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with an image of Los Angeles on a map in the background

See you in Los Angeles? #VCCAFellows #AWP25 www.vcca.com/vcca-at-awp2...

Artists find inspiration at Virginia retreat Virginia is home to one of the nation’s oldest and largest residency programs for artists, hosting more than 400 painters and sculptors, writers and composers each year. Ten years ago, its future was ...

Thank you to Virginia Public Radio’s Sandy Hausman for visiting VCCA! Listen to the birdsong, music, and conversations she captured in this piece for WVTF and Radio IQ: www.wvtf.org/news/2025-03... #VCCAFellows

Composer Douglas Knehans Receives 2025 Wachtmeister Award This 2025 Wachtmeister Award was open to established composers who have made substantial achievements over at least 15 years.

We’re delighted to announce that Douglas Knehans has won VCCA’s 2025 Wachtmeister Award for Music Composition! www.vcca.com/douglas-kneh... #VCCAFellows

How Virginia Center of the Creative Arts Changed This Duo Sharon and Reece Carter both won residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) for their different techniques.

We love this mother-daughter duo!! Thanks to Virginia Living for sharing their experiences as #VCCAFellows. 🧡🧡
virginialiving.com/culture/how-...

Spring has arrived early in Auvillar, France, where VCCA staff at le Moulin à Nef have been hard at work preparing to open the 2025 residency season next week! They're looking forward to welcoming the first four #VCCAFellows and the first Resident Fellow of the year on Monday.

Happy snow day from Mt. San Angelo! Though you can tell by the footprints that a little snow can't keep #VCCAFellows from their studios. ❄️ ✍️ 🎨 🎼 🧡 #MtSanAngelo #VCCA #artistresidency #snowday

📷: Paige Critcher

Today marks the start of our Winter 2025 residency period at Mt. San Angelo! We're thrilled to welcome the first #VCCAFellows of the year, and we wish safe travels to each writer, visual artist, and composer headed our way this season. ❄️ ✨

2024 brought 400+ #VCCAFellows to Virginia and 40+ to France! 🎨 🎼 ✍️ 💫 Help us keep creating space for artists in 2025. Consider a year-end gift to VCCA's Annual Fund: vcca.com/annual-fund

Wishing you a joyous New Year from all of us at Mt. San Angelo and le Moulin à Nef! 🌟

To Name, To Claim — Sheree L. Greer It’s easy, when away at a residency, to focus on all the ways that the residency is not your real life, the sentiment being that you are distraction-free, away from all the things that stop or stifl...

"Naming distractions is easy, but the more useful activity is naming and claiming practices that feed our creative selves regardless of where and when we are." Sheree L. Greer 🧡 #vccafellows www.shereelgreer.com/blog/toclaim

Artist Residency Application Primer on Zoom December 6 at 12 PM EST - Brought to you by the VCCA Fellows Council

The VCCA Fellows Council is hosting a free online event to answer your questions about applying to an artist residency! #VCCAFellows #artistresidency

RSVP and join this Friday, December 6, at noon Eastern: www.eventbrite.com/e/december-2...