International Community
VSC's International Residencies Program brings artists and writers from around the world to VSC. On average, approximately 20% of the monthly resident community is from outside the U.S. In the year 2009, over 100 artists from 40 countries worked at the Vermont Studio Center including artists from 13 countries in Asia, and numerous countries in eastern and western Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Arab World. These many outstanding International Artist and Writer Residents are enriched by their experience at the Studio Center, and in turn, bring cultural diversity and creative richness to the VSC community and the larger community of Northern Vermont.
If you would like to apply for a VSC Residency, a VSC Fellowship, or a VSC International Fellowship, click here for a link to our application page. To learn about the International Fellowships being offered for a specific fellowship deadline, see our Fellowships page. A partial list of VSC's recent and ongoing fellowships, as well as the foundations whose funding has made these residencies possible, can be viewed below.
VSC International Fellowship Programs
A selection of VSC's International Fellowship Programs from a variety of international funding sources:
The Freeman Foundation Asian Artists’ Fellowship Program - Since 1992, The Freeman Foundation has supported 8-week Studio Center Residencies for artists from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Reed Foundation Caribbean Fellowships - Since 1998, the Reed Foundation has sponsored annual fellwoships for 3 artists from the Carribean. Through this Program artists have come from Trinidad, Curacao, Cuba, Aruba, and Jamaica.
The Ford Foundation Program for Artists from Africa and the Middle East -In 2004, VSC received a grant from the Ford Foundation, sponsoring nine artists from Africa and the Middle East to do one-month residencies at VSC, followed by a weeklong trip to New York, administered by Triangle Arts Trust. In 2005, Ford almost doubled its support, sponsoring eight artists for two months at VSC. In 2007, our last funding year, Ford sponsored 3 African and Middle Eastern 2-month fellowships at VSC. We are currently seeking grant support for artists in this region.
CEC Artslink has funded both Eastern European and Central Asian Artist Residencies at the Studio Center.
Donald & Shelley Rubin Foundation Awards - 8-week fellowships for visual artists engaging in or responding to traditional Himalayan forms and Cuban artists.
US-Japan Foundation Awards - 8-week fellowships for visual artists of Japan followed by a week-long NYC cultural trip.
Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Fellowships – for one artist from Mexico.
Pollock-Krasner International Fellowship - 8-week residency for a top-scoring international artist from any region.
James Wallace Arts Trust - established in 2008 for a visual artist of outstanding talent from New Zealand, the program awards a 2-month residency and the possibility of subsidized airfare.
Fund for Displaced Artists - ongoing effort to support artists from around the world displaced from their studios due to regional natural disasters. VSC will fund two month-long residencies for Haitian artists and writers in 2010. These awards honor Flo McGarrell, son of VSC Visiting Artist and friend James McGarrell, who was killed in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.
Literature in Translation Awards - these awards include residencies for Chinese poets and their translators, as well as fellowships for writers of Poland, Taiwan, Cuba, Mexico, Lebanon, Vietnam and Guatemala funded by the Polish Cultural Institute, the Donald & Shelley Rubin Foundation, and several anonymous patrons.
Studio Portraits by Howard Romero
VSC International Fellowship Fund
The VSC Fellowship Fund provides $1,400,000 to artists and writers each year in the form of 200 Full Fellowships and 300 Partial Fellowships. International donors range from those who fund a number of Full Fellowships on an annual basis to those who contribute just a portion of an award. Either way, gifts of all sizes are welcome, necessary, and truly appreciated.
International Full Fellowship donors have the opportunity to create awards for outstanding artists and writers selected either 1) solely on merit through VSC's independent jury process, or 2) according to criteria specified by the donor in support of artists from a particular country, a cultural or economic background, or from an arts or literary institution.
$5,500 funds a VSC International Fellowship. For more information on how you can support the VSC International Fellowship Fund, or to discuss establishing criteria for a specific international awards program, please click here or contact the VSC Development Office at development@vermontstudiocenter.org.
