Alla Kovgan, 2020 MFA in Film
Alla Kovgan is a Boston-based filmmaker, born in Moscow, Russia. Her films have been presented worldwide. Since 1999, Alla has been involved with interdisciplinary collaborations,...
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Sarah Flood-Baumann, 2016 MFA in Graphic Design
Graphic Design alumnx Sarah Flood-Baumann (’16) is the recipient of the 2020 PRINT Editor’s Choice Award for her design package, “No Justice, No Peace,” for...
Sandra Nickel, 2012 MFA in WCYA
Only a few months into 2021, Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx Sandra Nickel has already received numerous accolades for her recent nonfiction picture...
Nadia Martinez, 2022 MFA in Visual Art
We recently interviewed current student Nadia Martinez on her choice to come to VCFA, and what her experience has been like in the Visual Art...
Shelagh C. Shapiro, 2003 MFA in Writing
Writing alumnx Shelagh Shapiro ('03) has been engaged in conversations about craft on the air and on the page for decades. Shapiro is the host...
Lori Steel, 2012 MFA in WCYA
Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx and literary agent Lori Steel has had a long career in all aspects of books—a career that eventually...
John Paul Labno, 2022 MFA in Music Composition
Current Music Composition student John Paul Labno has been involved with music one way or another ever since childhood. Today, John Paul is well known...
Lex Poolos, 2020 MFA in Graphic Design
Lex Poolos has had an impactful career as a designer since discovering their passion for art as an undergrad. After finding their way to design...
Shanta Lee Gander, 2021 MFA in Writing
Shanta participated in an e-interview with us in November of 2020. Below are edited excerpts from our conversations about coming to writing, her Vermont ...
Lizzy Fox, 2017 MFA in Writing
VCFA Writing alumnx and former Associate Director of the MFA in Writing & Publishing Lizzy Fox’s debut poetry collection, Red List Blue,...