February 15, 2014
Vermont College of Fine Arts
MFA in Visual Art,
36 College Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
The MFA in Visual Art at Vermont College of Fine Arts is proud to celebrate the influential feminist artist Faith Wilding, founding faculty member of the pioneering graduate program, who will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art in February at the College Art Association Conference in Chicago.
Widely known as a performance artist, Wilding was a key figure in the formation of the first Feminist Art Program in Fresno in 1970, and at Cal Arts in 1971. She was a key collaborator and contributor (along with Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro) to the feminist installation “Womanhouse” in Los Angeles.
Wilding, as a founding faculty member of the MFA in Visual Art at Vermont College of Fine Arts, helped implement the core values of the groundbreaking low-residency program. Since 1991, the MFA in Visual Art program has based its educational success on the principle of individualized learning. Students complete a series of interdisciplinary writing projects with a faculty member and pursue their studio work with a local artist chosen in collaboration with the program. Students and faculty convene twice a year on the historic VCFA campus in Montpelier, Vermont to interact in a dynamic academic environment that is student-centered and supports a broad diversity of artistic practices. It is during this remarkable period that interactions between existing and new artistic concerns and communities are formed. Students present their critical and studio practices to each other, to faculty, and to visiting artists while planning their next non-residential period of study.
The MFA in Visual Art will be in attendance and will proudly support Faith Wilding at her celebratory reception on February 15 at the College Art Association annual conference. Contact Renee Lauzon to learn how to contact the MFA in Visual Art during the conference.
Contact Renee Lauzon, Assistant Director of Admissions, to learn more about the program and the application process. Visit the program page here.
