Video Tasting of Daron Hagen Music for “Vegetable Verselets”
After discovering a 1911 copy of Vegetable Verselets, Tracy Cowden, an associate professor in the Department of Music at Virginia Tech, commissioned internationally renowned composer Daron Hagen to write music…
Anne Adams Robertson Massie 1931-2015
…Annie, who was a VCCA Fellow (October 1997) and also a board member (1995-2005), was nationally recognized for her watercolor paintings, which, combining softness with acuity, were emblematic of herself….
Today Is Our Birthday!
On May 18, 1971, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts incorporated as a nonprofit organization and a representative board and advisory committee was duly installed. Members of this first…
VCCA Fellow Ed Falco Writes Prequel to “The Godfather”
What’s in a name? Well, if the name is Falco, it seems you have an ability to plumb the depths of fascinating mafia characters. Edie Falco…
Financial Information
VCCA is supported through the partnership of the artists it serves and the donors who are committed to advancing creative work. We depend on accepted applicants to help offset the…
Acclaimed Poet Elise Partridge Has Died
…close and compassionate observer—which is clear in her poems – and for an essentially private person, she was openhearted and deeply engaged in the world and the work of others….
Shoshanna Ahart’s Love Letter to VCCA
…was homesick for Altmühital.” “Coming Home” exhibition through May 22, 2012 Informationszentrum Naturpark Altmühital Notre Dame 1 85072 Eichstätt (Bavaria) MORE INFORMATION + MAP BRIKADA MAGAZINE STORY ON “COMING HOME”…
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 15
FULLY FUNDED VCCA FELLOWSHIPS FOR ARTISTS, WRITERS & COMPOSERS FROM THESE REGIONS: WASHINGTON DC AREA Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Fellowship DELAWARE WEST VIRGINIA VIRGIN ISLANDS Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship…
VCCA IS BREAKING NEW GROUND WITH
…are for artists who are exploring ways to seamlessly integrate the social media platform into the work itself, thus finding new and compelling ways to use social media as a…
Funding for Washington, DC Area Writers, Artists and Composers
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has awarded VCCA a grant to support residences for artists, writers and composers from the greater Washington, DC area. Since 1991, the Cafritz Foundation…