visual arts fellowships
Know before you apply
- Professional artists living in Virginia
- Full-time art students with Virginia residency
- Graduate art history students in Virginia
- Virginia residency of 12–24 months required
- US citizens or permanent residents only
- Recent VMFA fellows may be ineligible
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program is a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia. VMFA is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline and, as such, has awarded more than $6.5 million in Fellowships to Virginians.
Fellowship Disciplines
Fellowship applicants may submit work for the following disciplines. Applicants should select the discipline that most closely corresponds to the body of work they are submitting.
Submissions are not judged within these disciplines, but instead within eligibility categories (Professional, Graduate, Undergraduate) across all disciplines.
Crafts
Drawing
Film/Video
Mixed Media
New/Emerging Media
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Art History (Graduate Students Only)