June 15, 2011 Fellows

Vermont Studio Center is pleased to announce the following June 15 award fellows:

VSC Awards
Merit-based 4-week fellowship awards, open to all artists and writers based on the work submitted in portfolio or manuscript.
Amelie Brisson-Darveau, sculptor, Switzerland
Kristina Darling, poet, MO
Ana Esteve Llorens, sculptor, Spain
Jennifer Garza-Cuen, photographer, RI
Ann Gaziano, sculptor, NM
Alena Graedon, writer, NY
Layet Johnson, sculptor, AR
Sarah Lai Cheuk Wah, painter, Hong Kong
Peter Marcus, poet, NY
Dominic Miller, sculptor, AZ
Cobi Moules, painter, MA
Dylan Palmer, sculptor, CA
Jeremy Quinn, sculptor, CA
Samual Swope, sculptor, Hong Kong

Ven Voisey, sculptor, MA
Sarah Wetzel, poet, NY

Pollock Krasner
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent supports two to four 4-week residencies for domestic artists.
Molly Dilworth, painter, NY
Michael Berens. sculptor, NY

Anderson/Frankel Fellowship
for Chicago area/SAIC alumni
Sponsored by the Marshall Frankel Foundation and Davis Anderson, this award is open to all Chicago-area artists, including faculty and alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, for one 4-week VSC residency.
Firat Erdim, sculptor, IL

Cave Canem Foundation Fellowship
This fellowship provides one 4-week residency to a poet who is a Cave Canem fellow. Home for the many voices of African American poetry, Cave Canem is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.
Kevin Vaughn, poet, NJ

Civil Society Institute
One award for an east coast minority artist with demonstrable financial need; preference will be given to artists from New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore. 
Sondra Perry, sculptor, NJ

Henry David Thoreau Fellowship award
This fellowship supports poets whose work is a living extension of the literary tradition embodied in the work of Henry David Thoreau.
Justin Boening, poet, NY

Zoland Poetry Translation Fellowship
Offered in conjunction with Zoland Poetry, these 2 annual Fellowships are open to writers of original English-language poetry (1) and to translators (1).
Jean-Jacques Poucel, translator, CT