Alumnx & Student Stories

Matt participated in an e-interview with us in November of 2020. Below are edited excerpts from our conversations about writing, creating art for young audiences,…

VCFA alumnx Dana Walrath has received a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to support the opera adaptation of her 2016 graphic memoir, Aliceheimer’s.…

“Troubled.” That’s seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter—until he abandons…

VCFA 2017 Music Composition alumnx Kyle Pederson has recently been awarded the 2020 ACDA Genesis Prize for his collaborative composition, “Call Across.” In his piece,…

Visual Arts alumnx Collette Fournier (’03) has had a truly expansive and successful career as a photographer and photojournalist. In addition to receiving her MFA…

After completing her MFA in Music Composition at VCFA in 2014, alumnx Jessica Muñiz-Collado has been in the studio and on the stage. From 2019…

Kate Donnelly is a 2020 recipient of the Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Every year, artists from across our VCFA home-state receive the…

Soren Sorenson's thesis film WITH DAD won the Youth Jury, 1st Prize for Short Documentary at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Sara Barger's thesis film, LITTLE BUT FIERCE, advanced to the finals of the 2020 Student Academy Awards.

A portfolio of Rosemary Rae's ('18 GD) work was included in issue #28 of Kolaj magazine, with her collage, "Flashback," featured on the cover.