Fellowships
VSC awards a number of Fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. Open to all artists and writers, the Full Fellowship application deadlines are February 15th, June 15th, and October 1st. In addition to VSC Awards, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding as well as specific international fellowships with deadlines on April 1st.
We are currently full through the summer with limited residencies available in fall of 2010. Applicants are encouraged to pick dates after November 2010. If you can only attend a summer residency, you are welcome to apply for 2011 and 2012.
To apply for a Full Fellowship, please use our brochure or download an application. To apply for a special fellowship award, applicants should note any additional award name(s) for which they are eligible. View the June 15 Award Winners.
Awards for the October 1 Deadline:
Vermont Studio Center Awards
Sixteen fellowship awards are open to all artists and writers based on merit as represented in the portfolio or manuscript.
Artist's Resource Trust Fellowships
New England visual artists over the age of 35 may be eligible for sponsorship through the Artist's Resource Trust. Top-scoring applicants will be forwarded to ART's fall jury.
Bloomsburg University
One award for a Bloomsburg University art or writing faculty member.
Civil Society Institute (CSI)
One award for a minority artist with demonstrable financial need from New Haven, Jersey City, or Baltimore. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible CSI applicants. Award includes a $500 travel stipend.
Clowes Awards
Four awards, one each for visual artists living in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Indiana and Washington. Each award includes a $400 travel stipend.
Forugh Farrokhzad Award
One 2-week award for an emergent writer who is part of the Iranian diaspora in Amrika and who will be a first-time resident at VSC. Award includes a $125 stipend.
Golden Award
One merit-based award for a painter, sponsored by Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts.
Learning in Arts & Culture Program
Eight awards for Creative Revitalization Residency Fellowships during spring/summer 2011 for visual art & English teachers interested in developing new creative curricula. Of the total 8 fellowship awards, four will be awarded nationally, three to Vermonters, and one to teachers in Lamoille County. Program participants may receive graduate credit through VSC's partnership with St. Michaels College. To learn more about the program and to request a required LACP supplemental application, contact Zelda Alpern in advance of the deadline at 802 635-2727 ext. 218.
New Jersey Fellowship
One award for a minority visual artist or writer with demonstrable financial need currently living in New Jersey; award includes a $250 stipend for materials or travel expenses.
Pavlis
Three awards for African-American artists and writers who are current students or recent graduates, with preference given to Fisk University, Spelman or Morehouse Colleges.
Rona Jaffe Foundation/VSC Fellowship
One award, sponsored by the Rona Jaffe Foundation, for an emerging woman writer who will be a first-time resident at VSC. This award includes a stipend of $1250 to help cover expenses associated with taking the residency, including but not limited to travel, rent, childcare or to replace lost income.
Wheels for Wheels
One award for an artist or writer who uses a wheelchair or lives with spinal cord injury.
Vermont Studio Center's Displaced Artists Fund
Vermont Studio Center is accepting nomination, applications and letters of interest from artists and writers affected by the disaster in Haiti. The Vermont Studio Center will provide a four-week residency to an artist or writer and has identified additional funding to assist with travel. Residencies may occur between late 2010 and September 2011. Please send a letter of interest from the artist or writer or sent on their behalf by a nominator, which describes how a residency would be important at this time. Please include the names and contact information for two persons of reference, one of whom could be the person nominating, who could speak about the applicants creative work and current circumstances. Preference will be given to applicants currently in Haiti. The Vermont Studio Center will review the information received from all interested artists and writers at the October 1, 2010 deadline and awards will be made by October 31, 2010. Please contact us with questions, nomination and application.
VSC GRANTS AND WORK-EXCHANGE AID AWARDS
VSC offers partial funding in grants and work exchange aid based on a combination of merit and need. This assistance may cover up to half the full cost of a four-week residency. VSC Grants require no work; Work-Exchange Aid requires assisting with the operation of the community, for example, in food service or the office (work is valued at $15/hour for up to 10 hours per week). There is more grant assistance available for November through April Residencies.
