Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
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Providing time and space to writers, visual artists, and composers at artist residency programs in Virginia and France. #VCCAFellows
Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, VA
Joined March 2009
“As you hairpin up the hill, your inner clock begins to slow, and you feel the rare gift this pastoral setting offers artists seeking refuge from the hubbub of daily life." 🧡 Thanks to @VirginiaLiving for this story about VCCA.
virginialiving.com
For 50 years, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts has nurtured the world’s most promising artists. Sera Petras Enter the property known as Mt. San Angelo, just outside of Amherst, and a sign...
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Save the Date ✨ April 25, 2026 ✨ Spring Soirée VCCA’s biggest annual fundraising event will take place Saturday, April 25, 2026! Save the date, and make a plan to join us at Mt. San Angelo for a festive evening in the VCCA Hay Barn this spring. https://t.co/gsO2GLEt9e
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Congratulations to @livesinpages who was named the 2025 Recipient of @VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship! https://t.co/UZFx7ubtMz Get I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT right here: https://t.co/SYLtrMfUZZ
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Excited to be heading to my first artist residency next week with the support of the Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship!
VCCA is pleased to announce that fiction writer ✨ Christopher Gonzalez ✨ has been named the 2025 recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship! https://t.co/tm0jKd7pUZ 🧡 @livesinpages #VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency
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VCCA is pleased to announce that fiction writer ✨ Christopher Gonzalez ✨ has been named the 2025 recipient of VCCA’s Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship! https://t.co/tm0jKd7pUZ 🧡 @livesinpages #VCCAFellows #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency
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This annual fellowship supports the residency of an LGBTQ+ writer working in any genre at VCCA’s artist retreat in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Home from a magical and inspiring two week residency at VCCA. I met so many wonderful artists and came away with a full heart, new friends, and new poems.Thank you @VCCA ! #vccafellow
#mtsanangelo
#grateful
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Fall Volunteer Day is this Saturday, October 25, 2025! ☕ 🍂 🥪 Come out from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enjoy coffee on the patio and some light autumnal yard work in our gardens. Lunch will be provided for folks who sign up today:
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Sign up to join VCCA for light yard work and free lunch at Mt. San Angelo.
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New book loading... 📖✨ Overjoyed to be awarded a residency fellowship from @VCCA 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 #writingresidency
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It’s the last full day of my residency in Schwandorf 🇩🇪 and I’m spending it in my studio and my favourite local writing cafe! #WritingResidency @VCCA international exchange scholar. Lots of work done on Book 2!📚🖊️⌨️📘📕📚
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Thrilled to have been awarded the Pennypacker Fellowship at @VCCA for a residency! I look forward to composing a new extended work for children's choir and instrumental ensemble. It will be wonderful to join other #VCCAFellows in this beautiful location! https://t.co/is715U0Lxb
vcca.com
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) provides uninterrupted time and space for writers, visual artists, and composers to produce their finest works.
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It’s the third day of my month-long writing residency at the Oberpflaelzer Kuenstlerhaus in Bavaria as @VCCA exchange scholar. I’m here with two lovely American visual artists and it’s such an inspiring place to write! #WritingCommunity 🖊️📚⌨️📕🇩🇪 #amwriting #Book2
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Early drafts of new birds and new books are taking form around the writing studios at VCCA's Studio Barn. 🧡 #MtSanAngelo #writingresidency #VCCAFellows
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☀️ Happy Summer Solstice from Mt. San Angelo 🧡
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Join the pARTy! Today's the last day to register for A Midsummer Night's Gala. It'll be a magical event at Mt. San Angelo. We hope to see you there on Saturday, June 14, 2025. ✨
vcca.com
VCCA’s biggest annual fundraising event will take place Saturday, April 25, 2026! Save the date, and make a plan to join us at Mt. San Angelo for a festive evening in the VCCA Hay Barn this spring.
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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. https://t.co/ax1uBpk8OS
#MtSanAngelo #VCCAFellows #artistresidency #artistcommunity
vcca.com
A residency at VCCA gives writers, visual artists, and composers the time and space to explore and go deeper into their work.
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Our inaugural VCCA Connects event is tonight at Second Stage Amherst! We hope to see you there. 🧡 https://t.co/e6frFkOiG4
#VCCAFellows #VCCAConnects #AmherstVA
vcca.com
In partnership with neighboring community spaces, we’ll be connecting local art lovers to the creative work of VCCA Fellows who are visiting from around the world. VCCA Connects events are always...
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