DEPARTISTGet my first read▾
Departist analyzes your art, then finds the calls worth your time and money. $5 a month.Every fee and deadline on this page was read off the organization’s own site — not scraped from a listing.

Residencies  /  Verified 2 September 2026

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Fellowship.

Mt. San Angelo, Amherst, Virginia, USA · VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts)
Open nowTwo weeks or one month

VCCA's Mt. San Angelo offers a fully-funded two-week or one-month residency in Amherst, Virginia, plus a $1,000 honorarium. The $30 application fee is waivable upon request. Visual artists with African American or Latin American descent are preferred; residents may attend once every two years.

255
Days left
$30
To apply
Apply at VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative A →

Every fact, with its receipt

What the organizer actually says

Deadline. May 15, 2027

“Application Opens: February 1, 2027; Application Deadline: May 15, 2027; Notification by: August 31, 2027; Residencies Available: January – April 2028”✓ Checked on the organizer’s site

Cost to apply. $30 to apply

“$30 (waiver available upon request)”✓ Checked on the organizer’s site

What you get. A fully-funded two-week or one-month residency ... plus a $1,000 honorarium

“Private bedroom with en-suite bath, separate individual studio, three meals a day, $1,000 honorarium”✓ Checked on the organizer’s site

How long. Two weeks or one month

Who can apply. Visual artists with preference given to those of African American or Latin American descent. Artists may be in residence at Mt. San Angelo only once every two years.

How they choose.

“Peer review by separate review panels for each category; panelists rotate regularly to represent diversity of styles and tastes”✓ Checked on the organizer’s site

Members only

Should you
apply?

Whether this is worth your entry fee, your shipping, and the weeks it takes to put an application together depends on work only you have…

The facts are free

The read
costs $5.

We read your work once, free, and email you the analysis.

One free read per artist. It doesn’t expire.

Departist checks every deadline, fee and eligibility rule against the organization’s own page before publishing it. Last checked 2 September 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.