Call for Applications: VCUarts Offers Two Programs
Ryan Lucero (Fountainhead Fellow 2017–18). Untitled (detail), 2017. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches.
The VCUarts Fountaninhead Arts Fellowship is a residency program aimed specifically toward students receiving their MFA in Sculpture this year. It is a year-long teaching fellowship in our program that comes with a stipend, apartment, and studio. VCUarts offers three Fountainhead Fellowships in the areas of sculpture, painting + printmaking, and craft. The fellowship is a 9-month residency for recent MFA graduates. Fellows are offered the chance to concentrate on their work, participate in a vibrant community, and gain valuable teaching experience with high-quality students in a world-class program. The residency is sited in a newly renovated complex built to eco-friendly, EarthCraft standards. This mixed-use community includes artists’ studios, apartments, a café, an outdoor swimming pool, a dog park and other amenities in addition to being near campus.
–A stipend
–24 access to a private studio
–A furnished apartment
–An exhibition in Richmond
–Part-time teaching experience
–Teaching 2 classes per semester
–Giving a public lecture on your work
Craft and Material Studies application: due March 15
Painting + Printmaking application: due April 15
Sculpture application: due April 15
Residency period: August 2018–May 2019
The SSP has been a great success for our previous participants. Past students have been accepted into MFA Programs including: the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, the Royal College of Art in London, the University of Texas at Austin, Washington University-St Louis, University of Chicago, Yale, as well as to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and even our own VCU MFA Programs. In addition to being accepted to top graduate programs, the investment in the two-month studio intensive has netted many excellent financial packages for our participants.