It's Osage orange season at Mt. San Angelo! 💛 💚 🧠 #vcca #mtsanangelo #osageorange #vccafellows

A newsletter dispatch from @the-vcca.bsky.social. Thoughts on abandoning works in progress. And on seagulls and residencies and other stuff. eternal.beehiiv.com/p/the-seagul...

The very sad sign one encounters when concluding a glorious residency at @the-vcca.bsky.social and heading home ..

Setting in for a few weeks at @the-vcca.bsky.social as I try to get my hands around something brand new. (This is the Fellows Library, not my studio, which I will set up in the morning … )

We're one month away from VCCA's next application deadline ☀️ September 15, 2025 ☀️ — and two weeks away from the next Artist Residency Application Primer. RSVP, and bring your questions to this interactive Zoom session taking place Friday, August 29, at Noon ET: www.eventbrite.com/e/august-202...

I’m leaving @the-vcca.bsky.social feeling greedy for more—more time and space, more candid advice from those who have gone through the publishing journey. As Robin Tewes used to tell her students: If it feels hard, you’re learning something. I must be learning a lot. #vccafellow #writingresidency

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

full moon over the barn last night at @the-vcca.bsky.social

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

Sure was hard to leave @the-vcca.bsky.social this morning. What an inspiring place to write, research, and break bread with some amazingly talented writers and visual artists. Such a treat and privilege to spend time on the mountain.

Thrilled to be heading back to @the-vcca.bsky.social this year—a place I love! I am grateful to these wonderful folks who make the arts possible. ❤️

"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

VCCA Executive Dog Asta conducts secret business in secret gardens. #MtSanAngelo

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

In one week, I'll be travelling to Virginia to work on my new novel at the @the-vcca.bsky.social. I am SO excited and grateful for this residency opportunity! Being in community with other artists always lends some magic to my pen.

Since 1971, VCCA has been a haven for artists across disciplines — a place of creative freedom, support, and community. This May, as we mark 54 years, we ask you to consider making a $54 contribution to support the next chapter of VCCA’s story. 💝 vcca.com/54

We're one week away from our next application deadline! Writers, visual artists, and composers looking for a Spring 2026 (❄️ January thru April 🌸) residency at VCCA's #MtSanAngelo in Virginia should apply before midnight on May 15, 2025. vcca.com/apply

As both a mom and a worker bee, for many years I was never able to apply to writing residencies. Now that family duty has eased, I have more freedom to go somewhere gorgeous and write! So grateful to @the-vcca.bsky.social for accepting me for my first-ever residency this summer.

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

✨ Tickets are now on sale for A Midsummer Night's Gala ✨ Join us for a magical evening at #MtSanAngelo, home to VCCA’s flagship artist residency program in the rolling foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Enjoy dinner, drinks, and entertainment in an inspiring setting. 🧡 www.vcca.com/gala

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

Happy #EarthDay from beautiful #MtSanAngelo, home to VCCA's flagship artist residency program in the rolling foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. 🧡 📷: Paige Critcher

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

If you've never been to @the-vcca.bsky.social, or any artist residency, tune in for this primer on how to apply. It's a magical place.

Long before I landed @aliciabrooks.bsky.social as my agent, I applied to writing residencies. Every application required sample pages. What I churned out was rough, but at least the deadlines got me started. I’m delighted to say I’ll be heading to @the-vcca.bsky.social this summer as a #VCCAFellow!

We're one month away from VCCA's next application deadline (May 15, 2025) — an opportune time for the VCCA Fellows Council to host another Artist Residency Application Primer (this Friday, April 18, at Noon ET)! RSVP and bring your questions: www.eventbrite.com/e/april-2025...

Each year, VCCA must raise 50% of its operating budget to support the more than 400 artists who flock to our pastoral hilltop in need of a nurturing environment for artistic exploration, experimentation, and discovery. Please help us to continue this important work: vcca.com/give

🧡 Big thanks to SHARE Greater Lynchburg and TheMIKEShow for the chance to tell folks about a few exciting events coming up at VCCA! 📣 Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/the...

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

Grateful for the time at @the-vcca.bsky.social to get into the minutiae of this subject.

#driedhydrangea #oilonwood #darkbotanical #beautifulage

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

So grateful to have had time there this month! 🧡🧡🧡

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

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

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

I’m really looking forward to being a Resident Fellow at le Moulin a Nef later this year!🖊️⌨️📚

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.

The moon last night gave my little studio extra witchy vibes. I am here for 10 days. #studio #witchy #moon @the-vcca.bsky.social

Bits of spring, my second favorite tree, and my first favorite sculpture @the-vcca.bsky.social

My friends, there MUST be something in the water at @the-vcca.bsky.social, because I wrote 4,000 words today, and no, they weren’t all a, and, or the. ;)

To the north, to the south, to the east, to the west at @the-vcca.bsky.social

Rain, robins, and rabbits today at @the-vcca.bsky.social; oh, to feel that cool, sweet breeze through the open window as I worked on my novel. What a lovely, nourishing day!

@the-vcca.bsky.social In the midst of so much unraveling, I’m beyond grateful for the time I’ll have this week to focus on my current WIP. A precious gift that feels even more precious right now. Thank you!

I am excited to announce that I will be heading to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts as a fellow next month to spend a week with a group of writers, composers, and artists in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of VA. Thanks to @the-vcca.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity! #VCCAFellow

Save the Date ✨ June 14, 2025 ✨ for a Midsummer Night’s Gala ✨ VCCA will once again welcome guests to beautiful #MtSanAngelo for our Annual Gala — a festive evening of dinner, drinks, and entertainment in support of our artist residency programs. vcca.com/gala

🌸 Applications are open for Spring 2026 VCCA residencies at Mt. San Angelo in Virginia! Application deadline: May 15, 2025 🧡 vcca.com/residencies-at-vcca 🧡 vcca.com/fully-funed-fellowships 🧡 vcca.com/apply

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

Happy deadline day! Apply before midnight 🕛 to be considered for a Fall 2025 residency at Mt. San Angelo in Virginia. 🌟 vcca.com/apply 🌟 vcca.com/fully-funded-fellowships 📷: Recent view of the VCCA Gazebo at Mt. San Angelo by Betsy