Twice a year, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts at Mt. San Angelo opens to the public for Open Studios. These days — one in the spring and one in the fall — offer a special opportunity to step inside VCCA’s Studio Barn complex, where writers, visual artists, and composers from across the nation and around the world come to pursue their creative work.
Up Next: Fall Open Studios
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: VCCA, 154 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521
Participating artists in residence will open their individual VCCA studios to the community. You’re invited to come see what they’re working on and to chat with them about their creative processes. Visitors are also welcome to take a self-guided tour of the grounds and VCCA’s outdoor art collection during Open Studio hours. Light refreshments will be served.
Participating Fellows
The following Fellows will be in residence at Mt. San Angelo during VCCA’s 2025 Fall Open Studios and have agreed to open their studios to the community for the event (pictured clockwise from top left to bottom left):
- Mary Bonina, writer (cover image by Teresa Lagrange)
- Phyllis Gorsen, visual artist
- Anna Kovina, visual artist (photo by Leyla Rzayeva, KALA Art Institute)
- Chrystal Phan, visual artist
- Shay Salehi, visual artist
- Lena Schabus, visual artist
- Paulina Swietliczko, visual artist
- Ellery Thompson, visual artist
Photos From Previous Events
Photos by Paige Critcher
VCCA’s 2024 Spring Open Studios: Kristen Herzog (Studio VA6); Jeff Wallace (Studio VA7)
VCCA’s 2023 Spring Open Studios: Marina Lopez (Studio C3); Eleanor Thorp (Studio VA1)
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VCCA’s 2022 Spring Open Studios: Refreshments for guests; Outside the Studio Barn