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TURN A YARDSTICK INTO AN ARTWORK AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR VCCA'S ALONZO DAVIS FELLOWSHIP   Alonzo Davis is inviting artists from around the country to participate in The National Yardstick Yard Sale (Fund A Vision With Yardsticks). The Fund A Vision kick off event and sale of yardsticks as art objects will be held at Alonzo's Mount Ranier, Maryland, studio on Saturday, November 16th . All funds raised will go toward VCCA's Alonzo Davis Fellowship. To preview some of these wonderful yardstick artworks, go to the Fund A Vision blog The Alonzo Davis Fellowship supports outstanding artists, writers and composers who are Americans of African or Latino descent. Each year, one of these exceptional people is awarded a two-week residency at VCCA so they can focus completely on their art, writing or music. When fully funded, the Alonzo Davis Fellowship will support two artists each year with a two-week residency.  Alonzo Davis has been a VCCA Fellow since 1995

The work of French artist Florence Carbonne , currently in residence at VCCA, will be featured as the premiere exhibition at the Grotto, a new exhibition space at Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, VA.   The show opens on Friday, September 6. "Ete photographique de Lectoure", 1997.  Copyright Florence Carbonne 1997 Carbonne is from Toulouse, France, and the 2013 recipient of VCCA’s Prix Moulin à Nef , a competitive fellowship offered to French artists from the Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine regions.  VCCA’s Moulin à Nef Studio Cente r is located in that area of France.  This year, VCCA gave 17 VCCA Fellows the opportunity to work at the Moulin à Nef in the lovely village of Auvillar on the Garonne River. Carbonne has a long history of exhibitions and residencies in France, Spain, and Canada. Her installations provide a sensory experience with an economy of supplies. Employing materials such as poultry wire, fishing line, plastic bags, and light to manipula