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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 19...

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...

Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards and Archibald Cason Edwards Endowment for Fellowships Funded by Mary D. Edwards Writer and VCCA Fellow Mary D. Edwards has funded an endowed fellowship in honor of her parents, Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards and Archibald Cason Edwards. Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards was a professor of biology at the University of Central Oklahoma. Archibald Cason Edwards, a Greek and Latin Major at Harvard, was a businessman who published stories in Prairie Schooner . Mary established the fellowship to fund an annual two-week residency for women painters age thirty or more, with a preference to be given to Native American painters.  Mary D. Edwards is co-editor of Gravity in Art: Essays on Weight and Weightlessness in Painting , Sculpture and Photography , (McFarland, 2012) with VCCA Fellow Elizabeth Bailey. Her short story, "Relativity," appeared in the PATERSON LITERARY REVIEW in 1999.  Edwards is co-a...

As some of you already know, the VCCA website is down due to technical problems. We are working on them, and will have the site up and running as soon as possible. Thanks so much for your patience!      

"Jodi Beder's cello and Kay Lindsey's voice overlap, trade 8's, and loop in a jazzy, electric mix of words and music at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Maryland.  Among the highlights: Bach Inside Out ; The Origins of Applause ; Notes from a Firing Pin and a haiku song cycle taken to the outer limits with original poetry and music, storytelling and music from classical celtic and other traditions." Wednesday, July 17 8 PM Busboys and Poets 5331 Baltimore Avenue Hyattsville, Maryland TICKETS 

Sandy Hausman interviewing Luis Hilario Arévalo during the installation of Bright Shiny Me at Morven Farm Sandy Hausman, Charlottesville Bureau Chief for WVTF Radio IQ, did a beautiful story on the multi-media arts installation Bright Shiny Me , which was featured at The Commission on June 1. Aside from interviews with the creators of  Bright Shiny Me , visual artist Maja Spasova (London and Berlin) and composer Luis Hilario Arévalo (Mexico City), Sandy interviewed several guests who had glowing reflections about Bright Shiny Me . Listen To or Read the Radio IQ Story Here If you missed The Commission this year, never fear - there will be another Commission in 2014   Bright Shiny Me - the multimedia arts installation by VCCA Fellows Maja Spasova, visual artist, London and Berlin; and Luis Hilario Arévalo, composer, Mexico City. Photo by Michael JN Bowles, photographer, Charlottesville, Virginia and Sydney, Australia More photos of Bright Shiny...