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We support emerging artists and the arts through interdisciplinary residencies & events!

04/28/2026

SPRING 2027 OPEN CALL - RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED!

Located in historic downtown Wi******er, Virginia, the Peter Bullough Foundation offers intimate, focused residencies to artists and writers, including those elevating voices and topics relevant to the LGBTQIA2S+ community.

In addition to free housing with a private bedroom and private studio space, residents are provided with a $600 monthly stipend toward food, supplies, and living expenses. Each awarded residency period is roughly 4 weeks long and is shared with 2 other artists-in-residence. Apply today for an opportunity to focus solely on your work without the distractions of everyday life! Find your sparkle within a nurturing community of co-residents, enthusiastic staff, and local supporters of the arts.

RESIDENCY DATES
📍 January 26 - February 23
📍 March 2 - March 30
📍 May 11 - June 8

The PBF accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: visual arts, architecture, literature, music/composition, interdisciplinary arts, playwriting, screenwriting, film/video arts, poetry, and theatre. Ideal applicants will be self-directed, motivated, able to work independently, and interested in engaging with the local community and fellow residents. Emerging artists are encouraged to apply. Please visit our website to learn more about the Peter Bullough Foundation and check out residency FAQ’s.

Click the link in bio to learn more about our residencies and to apply via the SlideRoom website by end of day June 10th.

04/24/2026

Memories were created, cherished, and collected during last nights workshop as writer-in-residence Dare Williams fostered space for participants to discuss life and the evolving archive of our existence. Thank you Dare for sharing impactful works of poetry and taking great care with all in attendance!

A special thank you to the United Way for sponsoring this community event and a big thank you to our wonderful friends at ARE’s R.I.S.E Center for hosting!

04/23/2026

Do you love comics and dream of making your own someday? This workshop is for you! NYT bestselling graphic novelist Robin Ha will help bring your ideas to life and guide you in starting your very own comic book. From brainstorming your story and developing your characters to page layouts, you’ll get a comprehensive lesson on the creative process of making comics. This workshop is meant for all ages, no experience is required! All necessary materials and light refreshments will be provided.

📍 Thursday, May 28th
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 ARE's R.I.S.E. Center, 124 W Piccadilly St, Wi******er, VA
🎟️ FREE to attend! Please RSVP at link in bio!

This project was supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts , which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly. Workshop held by the PBF in partnership with ARE's R.I.S.E. Center

About Robin Ha
Robin Ha (she/her) is the award-winning author/illustrator of the graphic novel memoir Almost American Girl. Raised in Seoul, South Korea, she spent her childhood reading and drawing comics. At fourteen, she moved to the United States, where she later studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in anthologies highlighting Asian American culture, including Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei, and Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology (Secret Identities). She is also the author of the New York Times best-selling comic recipe book Cook Korean!: A Comic Book With Recipes. Her third graphic novel, The Fox Maidens is published by Balzer and Bray in February 2024. Robin is currently working on a graphic novel cookbook, Instant Noodles and Beyond, scheduled to be published in 2026 by Harvest.

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04/22/2026

Mother Nature provided lovely weather & unconventional art supplies as artist-in-residence Arista Wilson .wilson lead the group in a plein air exploration! Thank you Arista for showing us all how to create beautiful art using the most basic of materials!

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season’s events!

04/21/2026

Level up the flipbook from your childhood and create your very own stop-motion animation with artist-in-residence Teresa Nicolella .nicolella as she guides participants in using cut paper to create a short film! Participants will need a smart phone with the ability to download a free stop motion animation app in order to capture the animation. All other materials provided!

📍 Tuesday, April 28th
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 Typewriter Studio, 127 S Braddock St, Wi******er, VA
🎟️ $15 - Link in bio!

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season's events!

About the Artist:
Teresa Nicolella is a painter and experimental animator from Seattle, Washington, now based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work explores surreal world-building that investigates ideas of q***r domesticity and cartoon performance. In 2022 she graduated summa cm laude from the Maryland Institute College of Art with her BFA in Painting and minor in Animation. She currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art through the Open Studies Department. She has received awards such as the Winston Art scholarship and was an AXA Art Prize finalist. She has shown her work at the New York Academy of Art and the Parkway Theater in Baltimore, Maryland.

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04/20/2026

Join us Thursday, April 23 at ARE’s R.I.S.E Center for an evening of poems from poets who lived with HIV/AIDS as writer-in-residence Dare Williams leads a conversation on how HIV/AIDS affects us all. What does it mean to archive something or box something up? How do we do this in our own writing and expressions? During the workshop you will be encouraged to engage with your own personal "archive" and express what you discover through poetry. Writers of all experience levels welcome!

📍 Thursday, April 23rd
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 ARE's R.I.S.E. Center, 124 W Piccadilly St, Wi******er, VA
🎟️ FREE to attend! Please RSVP at link in bio!

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season's events!

About the Artist:
Dare Williams is a Q***r HIV-positive poet, facilitator and literary worker rooted in Southern California. He has received support/fellowships for his work from Brooklyn Poets, Breadloaf, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded a California Arts Council Performance Grant, and a Peter Taylor Teaching Fellowship from The Kenyon Writers Workshop. His work has been featured in Kenyon Review, Foglifter, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. He is an associate poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine and received his MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

04/17/2026

Think Gouache, Think Nest... and you will still only have a glimpse into last night’s open studio with artists-in-residence Arista Wilson .wilson , Teresa Nicolella .nicolella , and Dare Williams . Not to fear - there is still time to meet this talented bunch during their upcoming workshops (link in bio and events page on website).

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season’s events!

04/16/2026

Take in the beautiful weather and join us on Tuesday, April 21st as artist-in-residence Arista Wilson .wilson leads participants on a plein air painting adventure. Using ink and different mark making tools we will create images inspired by arrangements and garden foliage.

📍 Tuesday, April 21st
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 PM
📍 Gardens at PBF, 120 West Cork St, Wi******er, VA
🎟️ $15 - Link in bio!

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season's events!

About the Artist:
Arista Wilson is an interdisciplinary artist with roots in Virginia, currently planted in Philadelphia. Forever fond of working plein-air, Arista paints quickly on paper and porcelain to capture fleeting sensations from sweet observations. Their work explores landscapes and glimpses of foliage and constantly questions how the feeling of a place can be built out of pattern, color, and line. They received their Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2023, and have completed residencies at the Fish Factory Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine.

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04/14/2026

Join us on Thursday, April 16th, as artists-in-residence Arista Wilson .wilson , Dare Williams , and Teresa Nicolella .nicolella open their studios and share what they are working on while in Wi******er! This event is FREE but we do ask that you please RSVP at the link in bio or through the event page on the PBF website. Light seasonal refreshments will be served at this open house event.

📍 Thursday, April 16th
🕠 5:00 – 7:00 PM
📍 PBF Artist Studios, 120 West Cork St, Wi******er, VA
🎟️ Free Event - RSVP appreciated! Link in bio!

Thank you to the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts for sponsoring this season's events!

04/10/2026

Words enveloped the room as a riveted crowd engaged with the poetry of writer-in-residence Dare Williams during Thursday night’s Guest Writer Series event at Shenandoah University. Thank you Dare for sharing you poetry and passion!

A special thank you to the English Department of Shenandoah University for this wonderful collaboration opportunity!

04/09/2026

Teresa Nicolella .nicolella is a painter and experimental animator from Seattle, Washington, now based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work explores surreal world-building that investigates ideas of q***r domesticity and cartoon performance.

We are excited to welcome Teresa to the Peter Bullough Foundation and look forward to her workshop "Anyone Can Animate! An Intro to Stop-Motion & Hand-Drawn Animation" on April 28th.

In 2022 Teresa graduated summa cm laude from the Maryland Institute College of Art with her BFA in Painting and minor in Animation. She currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art through the Open Studies Department. She has received awards such as the Winston Art scholarship and was an AXA Art Prize finalist. She has shown her work at the New York Academy of Art and the Parkway Theater in Baltimore, Maryland.

🖇️ Learn more about Teresa and her upcoming workshop via links in bio or by visiting the PBF website.

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120 W Cork Street
Wi******er, VA
22601

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Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

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+15406655162

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http://peterbulloughfoundation.org/

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