October 1 Award Winners

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

Artist's Resource Trust Fellowships
New England visual artists over the age of 35 may be eligible for sponsorship through the Artist's Resource Trust. Top-scoring applicants will be forwarded to ART's fall jury.
• Michael Gellatly, Painter, CT
• Robin McCarthy, Painter, ME

Bloomsburg University 
Bloomsburg University art or writing faculty.
• Cristina Mathews, Writer, PA

CSI Civil Society Institute
This program offers 4-week VSC residencies to inner-city minority artists with demonstrable financial need. This program is designed to support artists from small East Coast cities in the U.S. (for example New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore). Awards include a travel stipend.
• Yves Wilson, Photographer, CT

Clowes Award
Four awards for visual artists from Massachusetts, Indiana, New Hampshire and Washington.
• Laura Foster, Sculptor, IN
• Corey Corcoran, Painter, MA
• Lisa Addison, Sculptor, NH
• Evelyn Donnelly, Painter, WA

Forugh Farrokhzad Award
One 2-week award for an emergent writer who is part of the Iranian diaspora in Amrika and who will be a first-time resident at VSC. Award includes a $125 stipend.
• J. Kevin Shushtari, Fiction, CT

Golden Award
One merit-based award for a painter, sponsored by the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts.
• Sean Foley, Painter, OH

LACP Learning in Art and Culture Awards
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.
• Peter Bruno, Fiction, VT
• Yiren Gallagher, Painter, OK
• Chris King, Painter, LA
• Karis Koett, Writer, AK
• Hilary Poremski-Beitzel, Poet, VT
• Mary Reardon, Painter, VT
• Linda Reynolds, Painter, VT
• Matthew Schlein, Non-Fiction, VT
• Sheri Skelton, Poet, AK
• Jennifer Volansky, Painter, VT

New Jersey Award
One award for a minority visual artist or writer with demonstrable financial need currently living in New Jersey; award includes a $250 stipend for materials or travel expenses.
• Injoo Whang, Painter, NJ

OAC Ohio Arts Council Awards
Two fellowships, one for a writer and one for a visual artist, who are Ohio Arts Council fellows.
• David Ebenbach, Writer, OH
• Walter Zurko, Sculptor, OH

Pavlis Awards
Three awards for African-American artists and writers who are current students or recent graduates, with preference given to Fisk University, Spelman or Morehouse Colleges.
• Bettina Judd, Painter, Washington DC
• Sade Murphy, Poet, IN
• Adrienne Tarver, Painter, IL

Rona Jaffe Award
One award, sponsored by the Rona Jaffe Foundation, for an emerging woman writer who will be a first-time resident at VSC. This award includes a stipend of $1250 to help cover expenses associated with taking the residency, including but not limited to travel, rent, childcare or to replace lost income.
• Tanya Rey, Fiction, NY

Vermont Studio Center's Displaced Artists Fund
• Ronald Bazile, Sculptor, Haiti

Wheels for Wheels Fellowship
One award for an artist or writer who uses a wheelchair or lives with spinal cord injury.
• Desiree Simons, Writer, TX

VSC Fellowships
These fellowships are open to all artists and writers based on merit as represented in their portfolio or manuscript.
• Emilie Bernard, Sculptor, Quebec, Canada
• Emily Bowser, Sculptor, PA
• Camille Bonham, Photographer, IA
• Irmak Canevi, Painter, Istanbul, Turkey
• Andrea Carvalho, Sculptor, Montreal, Canada
• Sarawut Chutiwongpeti, Sculptor, Bangkok, Thailand
• Echo Eggebrecht, Painter, NY
• Taro Hattori, Sculptor, CA
• Chantal James, Writer, GA
• Yashua Klos, Printmaker, NY
• Alma Leiva, Sculptor, VA
• Christina Olson, Poet, MI
• Adam Peterson, Writer, TX
• Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque, Filmmaker, Montreal, Canada
• Michael Velliquette, Sculptor, WI
• Amie Whittemore, Poet, WI