Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is a residential artist community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of varying lengths with flexible scheduling for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.Photo: SchadenfreudeParfait, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: artist colony
- Also known as: “VCCA” and “Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)”
- Address: 134 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sweet Briar College and Sweet Briar House.
Sweet Briar College
University
Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0.
Sweet Briar College is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy. Sweet Briar College is situated 1 mile north of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Sweet Briar House
Building
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sweet Briar House, also known as Locust Ridge, is a historic home located at Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1825, and was a Federal style brick farmhouse with a hipped roof. Sweet Briar House is situated 1 mile north of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Amherst County High School
School
Amherst County High School is a public high school, grades 9–12, serving Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As the only high school in the county, it offers a comprehensive program from Advanced Placement classes to classes offered through a reciprocity program with local colleges that allow students to earn both high school and college credit at the same time. Amherst County High School is situated 2 miles northeast of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and Monroe.
Amherst
Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0.
Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Amherst had a population of 2,110. It is the county seat of Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area.
Monroe
Hamlet
Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29, 6.1 miles north of Lynchburg. Speed the Plough, a farm located in Monroe, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Monroe is situated 4 miles southwest of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Brandywine
Hamlet
Brandywine is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Brandywine is situated 6 miles southwest of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
- Category: art colony
- Location: Amherst, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.54189° or 37° 32′ 31″ northLongitude
-79.07695° or 79° 4′ 37″ westOpen location code
8792GWRF+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1109797001OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7934176
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