Artists and writers from near and far can now apply for 2024 residencies at the Vermont Studio Center. Applications will be accepted Jan. 10 – Feb. 15. Residencies will take place April – December.

35% of accepted applicants will receive a full fellowship for their residencies — meaning the $12,000 cost of the 4-week program will be funded by donations and foundation partners. The remaining two-thirds of residency participants will receive a partial fellowship. 

And, for the first time, alumni of the Vermont Studio Center need apply only if they would like to be considered for a full fellowship. To learn more about the new alumni benefit, please click here.

Residencies at the Vermont Studio Center occur in 2-, 3- and 4-week sessions throughout the year. 

Through this competitive program, artists and writers across mediums and genres stay in Johnson and enjoy private studios in which to work. They are provided with time and space to unplug — to focus on individual creative practices and projects while taking in the inspiring Vermont landscape and culture. 

The application process includes juried examination of five visual artist works, three minutes of video or a writing sample, depending on artists’ mediums. Applicants submit their work as either a visual artist or a writer for consideration. 

Judging happens anonymously, with the jury seeing work only in order to avoid bias. 

For those accepted, VSC residency includes a private room in a shared house, a private studio, meals, and access to the Visiting Artist and Visiting Writer Program — a mentoring service to residents that sparks dialogue within the community and offers the chance for residents to receive constructive feedback on their work. 

Residents can share their work through resident presentations and open studio events. 

All residents participate in the Community Contribution Program, which builds a sense of community on campus and locally in the area, by helping with tasks in the kitchen, school arts program, visual arts, grounds, Mason House library or the writing program.

The sessions allow residents the chance to network and attend presentations from visiting artists and writers. 

To learn more about residency opportunities with the Vermont Studio Center and apply today, visit vermonstudiocenter.org/fellowships.

The application period ends on Feb. 15.