The only thing you need to bring is inspiration.

Serenity. Light. Space. Privacy. The ability to work uninterrupted for hours, days, weeks in a quiet studio cradled in 450 acres of rolling Blue Ridge farmland. These are just a few of the reasons why more than 300 of the world's foremost writers, composers, and visual artists come to the VCCA each year. At Mt. San Angelo, we provide residential fellowships of two weeks to two months where artists may work, free from the distractions and responsibilities of daily life. Each residency includes a comfortable, private bedroom, three meals a day, and a private studio where artists may concentrate on their work.

A short history
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts opened in 1971 and operated for five years in the Charlottesville area, first at Wavertree Farm and then at the Prospect Hill estate. Begun by writers Elizabeth Coles Langhorne and Nancy Hale, it counted among its original board members the novelist Peter Taylor and the former director of the MacDowell Colony, George Kendall. In the summers of 1976 and 1977, the VCCA held limited sessions on the campus of Sweet Briar College. In the fall of 1977, Sweet Briar agreed to lease the buildings and the adjacent grounds of Mt. San Angelo to the VCCA. The original 25-year lease has now been extended to an automatically renewing 15-year-lease. With the exception of the lease on the Mt. San Angelo property, Sweet Briar College does not financially support the VCCA.