October 1 Award Winners

Vermont Studio Center is pleased to announce the following October 1 award winners:

Clowes Awards
Four awards for visual artists from Massachusetts, Indiana, New Hampshire and Washington.
• Caitlin Berrigan, Sculptor  MA 
• Rose Umerlik, Sculptor, NH
• Nicole Jacquard, Sculptor, IN
• Tom Hausken , Painter WA

Learning in Art & Culture Teacher Fellowships
Creative Revitalization Residency Fellowships awarded to Vermont Visual Art & English teachers interested in developing new creative curricula through the Learning in Art & Culture Teacher Fellowships Program.  To learn more about the Teacher Fellowships Program, contact Zelda Alpern at 802 635-2727 ext. 218 or grants@vermontstudiocenter.org.
• Jeff Bender, Poet
Rutland Town School, Rutland, VT
Supported by the Canaday Family Charitable Trust

• Vera Ryersbach, Painter
Robinson Elementary School, Starksboro, VT
Supported by the Canaday Family Charitable Trust

• Sabine Likhite, Sculptor
Lamoille Union High School, Hyde Park, VT
Supported by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts

• Liz Greenberg, Fiction
Robinson Elementary School, Starksboro, VT
Supported by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts


Rona Jaffe Award
This fellowship, now in its second year and offered through an open competition, covers a month-long residency for an emerging woman writer who will be a first-time resident at VSC. The fellowship offers an additional stipend of $1,250 to help cover expenses associated with taking the residency, including but not limited to travel, rent, childcare or to replace lost income. http://www.ronajaffefoundation.org
• Kimberly Foote, Fiction, NY

Bloomsburg University
One faculty development fellowship for a  member in the Art or Creative Writing Departments  
• Claire Lawrence, Non-fiction, PA

VSC fellowships
These fellowships are open to all artists and writers based on merit as represented in the portfolio or manuscript.

• Jake Beckman, Sculptor  RI,
• Milana Braslavsky, Photographer, MD
• Jenny Buffington, Sculptor, IL
• Jose Casado, Sculptor, NY
• Carolyn Clayton, Sculptor PA
• Chauna Craig, Fiction, PA,
• Alexander Fletcher, Poet, NY
• Veronike Hinsberg Sculptor, Germany
• Donna Hunt, Poet, OH
• Jonathan Jogerst, Sculptor NY
• Rika Lesser, Poet, NY
• Siobhan McBride, Painter, NY
• Maria Michails, Sculptor, NY
• Seamus O’Brien, Painter, NY
• Nicole Santiago, Painter, VA
• Maja Spasova, Sculptor, Germany