Vermont Studio Center (VSC) was founded by artists in 1984. We welcome writers and artists for residencies in Johnson, Vermont, and host programs and events. Our mission is to provide studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form. Our buildings, many of them historic Vermont landmarks, overlook the Gihon River in the northern Green Mountains.
For four decades, our residency program has offered residents and the general public an opportunity to engage with global creative communities. We invite Visiting Writers and Artists from around the world to join us during our residencies to mentor residents, present readings, facilitate craft talks, and give lectures that are open to the public.
Open Call is open February 15, 2025 through March 31, 2025
How to Apply
Online Application
Applications are juried together in a pool by a rotating jury of practicing artists and writers. For each application deadline we have fellowship opportunities which are listed on our fellowships page. Applicants whose work was well-received but were not awarded a fellowship may still be invited for admission. Find more details on our application FAQ page.
Fellowships offer full funding and will be awarded to artists and writers with exceptional work.
All accepted residents will enjoy access to our renowned Visiting Artists (Painting/Mixed Media (2D), Sculpture/Mixed Media (3D), Printmaking, Photography) & Writers Program, private accommodations, private studio space, and delicious fresh daily meals. You’ll join an inspired international creative community of artists and writers.
Residency sessions are approximately 2, 3, and 4-weeks. Each residency is an opportunity to create and connect in a supportive community where you can further develop your practice.
Fellowships
Visual Artists
The A.R.T Fellowship A special fellowship opportunity for New England visual artists over 35 who demonstrate financial need. This project has been supported by a grant from the Artist’s Resource Trust.
Clowes Family Foundation Supports exceptional BIPOC artists living in Massachusetts, Vermont New Hampshire, Maine, or Indianapolis.
Colin Chase Fellowship Supports an African American visual artist working in sculpture or installation.
Dohrn Zachai Supports female visual artists aged 65 and older.
Emily Mason & Wolf Kahn Fellowship Supports exceptional visual artists based on the merit of the work.
Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowship Supports exceptional US-based Native American visual artists. This award includes a $500 travel stipend.
Jon Imber Painting Fellowship This fellowship honors the memory and work of VSC friend and Visiting Artist Jon Imber and supports painters in residence.
Les Palettes du Kamer Fellowship This fellowship supports two Cameroonian artists. By invitation only.
Marshall Frankel Fellowship Supports a mixed media visual artist with an emphasis on video in their work for a two-week residency. Preference is giving to female artists of color.
Marshall and Margherite McComb Foundation Displaced Artists Fellowship Supports displaced artists. By invitation only.
MSI Art and Industry Fellowship Supports visual artists whose work intersects the arts with industry or the use of industrial technology. This fellowship will provide artists with access to select industrial techniques, materials, equipment, facilities, technology, and personnel made available by MSI.
PM Lilac Foundation Fellowship Environmental and Social Justice Fellowship sponsored by the PM Lilac Foundation. This fellowship will provide support to artists whose work explores issues related to our environment and issues that explore social justice.
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship Supports visual artists with exceptional talent from the United States.
Queen’s College CUNY Fellowship Supports visual artists that attend Queen’s College CUNY in a 3-week residency and includes a $1000 stipend. By invitation only.
Trout Lily Fellowship Supports a visual artist with financial need attending a three-week residency. This fellowship includes a $1000 stipend.
VSC Full and Partial Fellowships Designated for exceptional visual artists, based on the merit of their work.
Windgate Charitable Foundation Fellowship Supports visual artists working in traditional craft media with financial need.
Writers
ALTA Literary Translator Fellowship This partnership offers two 2-week residencies on an annual basis to members of The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). One fellowship is offered to a BIPOC translator who identifies as queer/woman/non-binary/LGBTQ+. One fellowship is offered to a mid-career translator, defined as: a translator who has published three (3) or more full-length translations. All fellowships are restricted to ALTA members, whose status must be current. A translator can become an ALTA member at any time prior to applying. Translators working in any genre and from any language into English are eligible.
Civil Society Institute Fellowship Supports a US writer of color with demonstrable financial need. The award includes a $500 travel stipend and $25 application reimbursement.
Dartmouth Fellowship This partnership with the Dartmouth College Department of English and Creative Writing offers two fully funded residencies for Dartmouth College students. The award includes a stipend for travel.
Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowship Supports exceptional US-based Native American writers. This award includes a $500 travel stipend.
Helen Zell Writers’ Program Fellowship Supports one poet in their first-year currently enrolled in the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program for a four-week residency, June 30 to July 25, 2025.
International Writing Program Fellowship In partnership with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, one IWP resident each year is awarded a residency.
James Merrill Poetry Fellowship Supports American poets with demonstrable need. Made possible with support from the Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation.
PM Lilac Foundation Fellowship Environmental and Social Justice Fellowship sponsored by the PM Lilac Foundation. This fellowship will provide support to writers whose work explores issues related to our environment and issues that explore social justice.
Poets & Writers Fellowship Recent participants in Poets & Writers’ publicity incubator, Get the Word Out (GTWO), are invited to apply for a fully funded 3-week residency, November 3 to 21, 2025. The fellowship will be available to fiction writers and poets in alternate years. The 2025 Poets & Writers Fellowship will be offered to a poet.
Susanna Colloredo Fellowship Established in honor of Susanna Colloredo for a writer whose creative work directly engages environmental issues, awareness, and the planet’s complex challenges. This is a fellowship for a writer whose creative work directly engages environmental issues.
Trout Lily Fellowship Supports a writer with financial need attending a three-week residency. This fellowship includes a $1000 stipend.
TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellowship Supports a three-week residency, in the summer, to a recipient of TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. Established in 1998, The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize highlights one full-length collection of poetry per year with a $10,000 advance and publication.
Voices Rising Fellowship Supports Black American woman fiction writers with demonstrable financial need. Given in honor of women writers of color such as Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Zora Neale Hurston, whose voices have inspired so many. Each award includes a $2,000 stipend.
VSC Dramatic Writer Fellowship supported by The John M. Bissell Foundation This fellowship provides support for the residency of a playwright.
VSC Full and Partial Fellowships Designated for exceptional writers, based on the merit of their work.
Website & Apply link: https://vermontstudiocenter.org/apply
