Alumnx & Student Stories & News

Pianist, violist, composer, and VCFA MFA in Music Composition alumnx Aruán Ortiz (MC ‘18) was recently awarded a distinguished 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition...

VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx Dr. Claudia Ford (W ‘20) was awarded in early 2024 a Fulbright Scholar award from the distinguished Fulbright U.S. Scholar...

VCFA interviewed MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx Nora Shalaway Carpenter (WCYA ’12) and Rocky Callen (WCYA ’19) on their co-edited YA...

VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx and former VCFA Director of Recruitment Ann Dávila Cardinal (W ‘07) recently announced the publication of two exciting projects in...

In March of 2024, VCFA MFA in Film alumnx Emilie McDonald (F ‘24) was honored with the High Scribe Screenwriting Award at the 2024 Sun...

VCFA interviewed MFA in Film alumnx Hafid Abdelmoula (F ’19) about his award-winning film, BROKEN GAIETE, and his time at VCFA for the 2023 edition...

VCFA class of 2018 MFA in Writing alumnx Allison Hong Merrill is an award-winning, bestselling author. You may know Hong Merrill from her debut, much...

Meet VCFA Visual Art alumnx, sculptor, blacksmith, and artist-educator Sabrina Fadial (VA ‘01). In late 2023, VCFA interviewed Fadial about her work with the T.W....

CENTER FOR ART + SOCIAL JUSTICE STORIES: Meet composer and class of 2023 graduate Christopher Cobley, one of two recipients of VCFA’s 2022 Center for...

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design alumnx, illustrator, designer, and educator Simona Bortis-Schultz had a poster selected to be honored and included in the 2023 International...