Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts

Fellowship

VCUarts FOUNTAINHEAD ARTS FELLOWSHIP

For 2013 MFA Graduates in PAINTING/PRINTMAKING

Application Deadline April 30, 2013

VCUarts
Department of Painting + Printmaking
1000 W. Broad Street
P.O. Box 842016
Richmond VA 23284-2016

The Fountainhead Arts Fellowship is a joint project of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the Department of Painting + Printmaking, the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, the Department of Craft/Material Studies, and Fountainhead Development Services. The residency is sited in a newly renovated complex built to eco-friendly, EarthCraft standards. This mixed-use community includes artists’ studios, apartments, a café, an outdoor swimming pool, a dog park and other amenities in addition to being near campus.

One Painting/Printmaking Fellowship will be offered each academic year.

Residency period: August 2013 through May 2014.

Eligibility:

ONLY Spring 2013 graduating MFA painters or printmakers are invited to apply for the fellowship year beginning August 2013.
If you graduated prior to 2013, you are NOT eligible to apply.
VCU students and graduates are NOT eligible to apply.

Fellows receive:

  • 24-hour access to a private approximately 300 square foot studio
  • Furnished apartment
  • $15,000 stipend
  • Part-time teaching experience at VCU
  • Exhibition in Richmond

Fellowship recipient responsibilities:

  • Teach 2 classes per semester in the Department of Painting/Printmaking for 2 semesters
  • Public lecture on your work
  • Exhibition

Please note: ONLY DIGITAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

PAINTERS/PRINTMAKERS APPLICATION CHECKLIST:

  1. 1-page Artist Statement (PDF) – with file Titled “your last name_first name–Artist Statement”
  2. Resume (PDF) – with file Titled “your last name_first name–Resume”
    Include address, phone, e-mail and website link if available
  3. Portfolio – 20 images and documentation script (all within a single PDF file) with file Titled “your last name_first name–Portfolio”

DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS:

Place all PDF’s into single folder and compress – Titled “your last name_first name–VCU Fountainhead”
Go to https://www.yousendit.com/ and select YouSendIt Lite
Follow directions to upload file
Email file through YouSendIt to hjmorrison@vcu.edu by April 30, 2013.

REFERENCE DELIVERY:

2 reference letters should be emailed directly from the referees own email account to hjmorrison@vcu.edu by April 30, 2013.
Please instruct your referees to use the following in the subject line of their email: “your last name_first name–VCU Fountainhead Reference”

TRANSCRIPT MAILED TO:

Fountainhead Arts Fellowship Committee
Department of Painting + Printmaking
Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 West Broad Street
PO Box 842016
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2016

Deadline for receipt of all materials: April 30, 2013

Questions about the painting/printmaking fellowship: email hjmorrison@vcu.edu

Additional information available at: http://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking

The VCUarts MFA Painting Department is ranked 8th nationwide by US News and World Report