VCCA will have Open Studios from 4 PM to 6 PM on Sunday, Oct. 15th. This is a great opportunity to visit with some of our Fellows and learn what makes a VCCA residency so vital. Then on November 4th, we will host volunteers for a half-day (9:30 AM to 2 PM) of work on our grounds as we head into the winter season. We hope you might be able to join us; the more the merrier, of course. Bring your gardening gloves and tools! For more: vcca.com .

We appreciate all the photos submitted by our Fellows! Entries for VCCA’s 2017 Instagram postcard contest closed on Aug. 31 st . The winning first-place image was unveiled at the VCCA Fellows Reunion in New York City on September 15 th . We are most grateful to our renowned jurors, Langdon and Maude Schuyler Clay and VCCA Fellows Council vice-chair Amie Oliver , without whom this contest would not have been possible. And the winners are… Tied for first place: The Rabbits And The Statuary Conspire and Blue Selfie with Full Moon , both by Dan Vera. These are recent photos taken with his phone during his August 2017 residency.  The Rabbits And The Statuary Conspire was selected as VCCA's new postcard image.   www.danvera.com . Second place: Adjustment to Light #10 , Claudia Smigrod. Photo taken during   her July 2014 residency at VCCA; the image is exposed on expired Polaroid Type 55 film. www.claudiasmigrod.com Third place: Solitair