Created in 1999 as an advisory group, the Fellows Council serves as a point of communication between Fellows and the VCCA board and administration, advising the board regarding matters of vital importance to Fellows in residence, including renovation of the physical plant, outreach for the highest quality artists and diverse populations, residency donations, and fundraising. It also administers the VCCA Wachtmeister Award, given each year to a non-Fellow whose achievement in the arts is universally acknowledged. The award rotates between a writer, a visual artist and a composer.

The Council is composed of 10 to 12 Fellows working in a variety of disciplines. Members serve four-year terms.

Current Fellows Council Members Are:

Margaret B. Ingraham, chair, writer, Alexandria, Virginia

Lisa Solod, vice chair, writer, Savannah, Georgia

Andrea Carter Brown, poet, Los Angeles, California

Martha Todd Dudman, writer, Northeast Harbor, Maine

Loren Graham, poet, Helena, Montana

David Haynes, fiction writer, Dallas, Texas

Claire Lieberman, visual artist, Bloomington, Illinois

Benjamin Marshall, playwright, Plainfield, New Jersey

Koji Nakano, composer, Boston, Massachusetts

Joelle Wallach, composer, New York, New York