VSC SELECTS FIFTY ARTISTS AND WRITERS EACH MONTH, REPRESENTING AN INTERNATIONAL MIX OF EXPERIENCE, MEDIA, AGES, NATIONALITIES, AND CULTURES, TO CREATE A WORLD COMMUNITY OF PROFESSIONAL PEERS, ON AN AWARD WINNING 30 - BUILDING CAMPUS IN NORTHERN VERMONT, ONE OF THE MOST PASTORAL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.  THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY OFFERS EACH PARTICIPANT A WIDE RANGE OF EXCHANGES WITH FELLOW RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS INTERACTION WITH 6 DISTINGUISHED VISITING ARTISTS AND WRITERS PER MONTH. 

DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2006, I WAS AWARDED A PARTIAL FELLOWSHIP.  ALL FELLOWSHIPS ARE AWARDED ON MERIT.  THIS FELLOWSHIP IS SUPPORTED BY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF TRUSTEES, ALUMNI, FRIENDS, AND AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS WHO BELIEVE IN A SOCIETY'S FUNDAMENTAL NEED FOR ARTISTS, AND IN ARTISTS' NEED FOR A COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTER.

DURING THE FELLOWSHIP I HAD THE PLEASURE OF LISTENING TO LECTURES AND HAVING A CRITIQUE BY FOUR VISITING ARTISTS.

CHARLES GARABEDIAN (B 1923, DETROIT, MI)  RECEIVED AN MA FROM UCLA AND A BA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  HE HAS HAD NUMEROUS SOLO EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE HOLLY SOLOMON GALLERY, AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK.  HE IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY L.A. LOUVER GALLERY IN VENICE, CALIFORNIA, GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BETTY CUNNINGHAM GALLERY IN NYC.   HIS AWARDS INCLUDE AN NEA GRANT, A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AND AN ACADEMY AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS.  HE HAS TAUGHT EXTENSIVELY INCLUDING COOPER UNION, SKOWHEGAN, UCLA, AND UCSB COLLEGE OF CREATIVE STUDIES.. HE LIVES IN SANTA MONICA.

THERESE OULTON  (B 1953, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND)  ATTENDED ST MARTIN'S SCHOOL OF ART AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, BOTH IN LONDON.  SHE HAS EXHIBITED IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE INCLUDING MARLBOROUGH GALLERY AND HIRSCHL & ADLER IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART IN GLASGOW.  SHE HAS SHOWN IN OVER 45 GROUP SHOWS SINCE 1982.  HER WORK IS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN SAN DIEGO AND TATE GALLERY IN LONDON.  OULTON LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON.

ROSEMARIE FIORE  COMPLETED HER BA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, THE WIMBLEDON SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON AND THE STUDIO ART CENTER INTERNATIONAL IN FLORENCE, AND HER MFA AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.  GRANTS INCLUDE: SKOWHEGAN, RAGDALE, ROSWELL, MAC DOWELL, THE BRONZ MUSEUM, DEI DONNE PAPERMILL, THE LOWER EAST SIDE PRINT SHOP, THE MARIE  WALSH SHARPE PROGRAM, AND THE HENRY  STREET SETTLEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  FIORE IS REPRESENTED IN CHICAGO BY BODYBILDER AND SPORTSMAN GALLERY, AND HAS ALSO SHOWN AT THE QUEENS MUSEUM, NYC; MUSEO DE LAS AMERICAS, PUERTO RICO; THE BRONX MUSEUM, NYC; PLUS ULTRA GALLERY, BROOKLYN, AND SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, NYC.

JENE HIGHSTEIN (B. 1942, BALTIMORE, MD) RECEIVED A BA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, AND A POST-GRADUATE DEGREE FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN LONDON.  HE IS REPRESENTED BY MICHAEL KLEIN IN NEW YORK CITY, AND HAS BEEN A VISITING ARTIST AT UCLA, BOSTON MUSEUM SCHOOL, YALE, AND EMILY CARR.  HE HAS TAUGHT AT THE NY SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS AND NYU.  COLLECTIONS INCLUDE THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, GUGGENHEIM, MOMA, THE NEW MUSEUM IN NY, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, THE WALKER ARTS CENTER, AND PANZA DI BIUMO COLLECTION, VARESE, ITALY.  HIGHSTEIN HAS RECEIVED 4 N E A GRANTS, A GUGGENHEIM AWARD, AND A ST. GAUDEN'S MEMORIAL PRIZE.  HE LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK.

PAT ADAMS (B. 1928.CA) RECEIVED A B.A. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND STUDIED AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM SCHOOL. REPRESENTED BY THE ZABRISKIE GALLERY IN NEW YORK, HER WORK IS SHOWN NATIONALLY AND IN EUROPE.  AWARDS INCLUDE A FULLBRIGHT,  THREE N E A GRANTS, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, AND A GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS FROM THE STATE OF VERMONT.  RECENTLY RETIRED FROM BENNINGTON COLLEGE, SHE HAS ALSO TAUGHT AT YALE, COLUMBIA AND RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN.  ADAMS' WORK IS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM AND THE WHITNEY, THE GALLERIA D'ARTE MODERNA IN ITALY, THE HIRSHHORN, AND THE YALE ART GALLERY.  ADAMS LIVES AND WORKS IN VERMONT.

WOLF KAHN  KAREL APPEL  HELEN FRANKENTHALER  GRACE HARTIGAN  NATHAN OLIVEIRA 
IRVING PETLIN  LARRY RIVERS  JOAN SNYDER  FRANK STELLA JOHN WALKER  NEIL WELLIVER
ARE ON THE ARTISTS COMMITTEE AT THE VERMONT STUDIO CENTER.

WE HELD OPEN STUDIOS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MONTH'S RESIDENCY AND THEN AGAIN AT THE END ...TO WELCOME OUR FELLOW ARTISTS AND WRITERS INTO OUR STUDIOS.  OUR WORK WAS IN PROGRESS  AND WE WORKED IN OUR PRIVATE SPACES FOR UP TO 8 HRS A DAY.  WE ALSO HAD ACCESS TO AN ART LIBRARY IN THE BASEMENT OF THE RED MILL.  THE RED MILL IS WHERE WE ARE OUR MEALS TOGETHER DISCUSSING ART, WRITING, POETRY, AND LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER.  THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE SANG AND PLAYED A LITTLE MUSIC ON THE LAST EVENING OF OUR RESIDENCY.  IT WAS INDEED A MAGIC TIME.

Where Dixie Painted		The Mill		Residence for visiting artists