Leah Beeferman (M.F.A. ’10) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to Finland for 2016-2017. She will spend about five months from October 2016 through February 2017 in Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. Beeferman initially applied for a Fulbright Student Scholarship when she was completing her M.F.A. While that application was not successful, she stayed in touch with the National Scholarship Office as she began her professional career in NYC.
“I plan to attend 2-3 artist residencies in various parts of Finland, where I will take photographs, record sound and video, and research towards a new body of artworks. For the remainder of the award, I will live in Helsinki and complete works to be exhibited at Sorbus Galleria, Helsinki, and Titanik-Galleria, Turku. I also am scheduled to give an artist’s talk at the Kuvataideakatemia. In Helsinki, I will connect with the Finnish art community, which I know to be exciting, vibrant, welcoming, and experimental. This will give me a new perspective on my own art practice, time to focus on it with intensity, and connections with a diverse group of new artist colleagues.” – Leah Beeferman, excerpt from application abstract
Beeferman is one of 21 VCU finalists. There are an additional 10 semi-finalists within the VCUarts community, who will received acceptance notifications on a rolling basis. Stay tuned for additional Fulbright U.S. Scholar news!
Photo by Terry Brown; image from Leah Beeferman’s 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Anderson Gallery
The post Painting + Printmaking Alumna Receives Fulbright U.S. Grant appeared first on VCUarts.