Faculty News + Stories Archive

On December 19, 2024, VCFA MFA in Music Composition Faculty Co-Chair, composer, and violinist Roger Zahab and VCFA resident pianist and residency faculty Robert Frankenberry...

Art has been a home for Daphne McWilliams for her entire life—literally. McWilliams was on a set running scenes as a child actor before she’d...

Composer Rick Baitz is a founding faculty member of the VCFA MFA in Music Composition Program. Established in 2011, the VCFA MFA in Music Composition...

Alumnx, former MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults faculty member, and friend of VCFA Sharon Darrow (W ’96) is celebrating the release of...

In the summer of 2024, VCFA interviewed Louise Hawes, author, educator, and founding faculty member of the VCFA Writing for Children & Adults program. Hawes...

Damon Davis (F ’20) is an award-winning, post-disciplinary artist based in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 2020 VCFA MFA in Film alumnx and current Film...

Ian Lynam is a graphic designer, writer, owner of the boutique Sailosaibin, and a VCFA MFA in Graphic Design faculty member. Based out of Tokyo,...

VCFA interviewed MFA in Music Composition faculty member Ravi Krishnaswami about his career scoring for everything from Super Bowl ads to best-selling video games for...

MFA in Writing faculty Sue William Silverman talks about her unique approach to graduate education and her recently published novel Acetylene Torch Songs.