Lyn Miller-Lachmann, 2012 MFA in WCYA
VCFA alumnx Lyn Miller-Lachmann (WCYA ‘12) was awarded the distinguished Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature in the spring of 2023 for...
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Our students and alumnx inspire us every day with their exhibitions, publications, screenings, performances, and teaching, bringing the magic of VCFA out into the world.
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Joeann Argue, 2013 MFA in Visual Art
In the spring of 2023, VCFA spoke to Visual Art Alumnx Joeann Argue (VA ‘13) about her involvement in the creation of the Nogojiwanong Indigenous...
Jeff Bemiss, 2019 MFA in Film
Class of 2019 Film alumnx Jeff Bemiss was recognized with a 2022 Peabody Award for his 2020 documentary MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY (co-directed by Lisa...
Ann Dávila Cardinal, 2007 MFA in Writing
VCFA alumnx and former VCFA Director of Recruitment Ann Dávila Cardinal (W ‘07) was nominated for a 2022 Vermont Book Award in the Fiction category...
Jude Ford, 2016 MFA in Writing
“Sometimes there’s just something that presses to be written. And you just have to write. It’s in your mind, and it keeps being there, and...
Kevin McLellan, 1999 MFA in Writing
In the fall of 2022, we interviewed Kevin McLellan (W ‘99), a self-identified “queer maker,” on their recent exhibition Wojnarowicz in Cambridge, the themes of...
Jen Lynn Bailey, 2013 MFA Writing for Children & Young Adults
In early 2023, VCFA interviewed 2013 WCYA graduate Jen Lynn Bailey, author of the picture book This is the Boat that Ben Built (Pajama Press...
Callie Newsom Doyle, 2024 MFA in Film
Meet filmmaker and class of 2024 Film candidate Callie Newsom Doyle, one of six recipients of our 2022 VCFA Center for Arts + Social Justice...
Thammika Songkaeo, 2022 International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation
“It’s important to inspire questions. When people ask questions, they inherently link a part of themselves to a topic. We need those connections to be...
Laura Obuobi, 2021 MFA in WCYA
In the fall of 2022, we spoke with author and alumnx Laura Obuobi (WCYA ‘21) about her 2022 picture book publication Black Gold, her upcoming...