A shuttle runs from the VCCA to Sweet Briar and the town of Amherst twice weekly. Many artists order materials from suppliers like Pearl Paint or Utrecht in New York. Writers must bring their own computers and printers. Each artist has a separate bedroom in a comfortable heated and air conditioned facility built in 1980. All Fellows are housed in the same building.
Bathrooms are semi-private.
Prepared breakfasts and dinners are served in the residence. Lunches are brought to the studio complex in lunchboxes. In the residence is a laundry facility, satellite television, a collection of art books, and a Steinway grand piano. Accessibility Six of the bedrooms in the Residence for Fellows are on the ground floor, and accessible to wheel chair riders. The entire studio complex is on one level and is a five or ten minute commute on foot or wheelchair with minimal grade.