Soren Sorenson, 2019 MFA in Film
Soren Sorenson's thesis film WITH DAD won the Youth Jury, 1st Prize for Short Documentary at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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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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Sara Barger, 2020 MFA in Film
Sara Barger's thesis film, LITTLE BUT FIERCE, advanced to the finals of the 2020 Student Academy Awards.
Rosemary Rae, 2018 MFA in Graphic Design
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.
Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna, 2019 MFA in Graphic Design
Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna, a fall 2019 graduate of the MFA in Graphic Design program, sat down with a VCFA staff member last year to discuss…
Pamela Murray Winters, 2015 MFA in Writing
Pamela Murray Winters was featured on The Poet and the Poem, the long-running radio/podcast program hosted by Maryland poet laureate Grace Cavalieri and sponsored by…
Kate Hosford, 2011 MFA in WCYA
Running Press published Kate Hosford's A Songbird Dreams of Singing: Poems About Sleeping Animals in November 2019, with illustrations by Jennifer Potter.
Dewaine Farria, 2019 MFA in Writing
Tobias Wolff selected Dewaine Farria's novel as the winner of the 2019 Veterans Writing Award from Syracuse University Press.
Julie Berry, 2009 MFA in WCYA
In 2019 alone, Printz Honor recipient Julie Berry released three picture books and a YA novel.
Nate Trier, 2015 MFA in Music Composition
Nate Trier released Palehound in a Sea of Color, a new album of electroacoustic music for piano and accordion, in October 2019.
Eric Pinder, 2011 MFA in WCYA
Eric Pinder's book The Perfect Pillow, published by Disney-Hyperion, received the 2019 New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Work of Children's Literature.