"The VCFA MFA in Visual Art Program provided me with an experience beyond a mere education in visual culture and artistic practice. It gave me a new perspective on what art and artists were and could be that will carry me through the rest of my life. It has been and will continue to be an experience that informs my teaching, and all other interactions with students and colleagues."
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults faculty member Alan Cumyn, announced the release of his latest young adult novel, Tilt. Of the book Alan says "It's a funny, sexy story about a teenaged boy's obsessions as he lives through an impossibly absurd time of life." The Junior Library Guild in the U.S. has listed it as one of the best young adult novels for 2011. There will be a book launch in Ottawa on Saturday, September10, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Collected Works bookstore, 1242 Wellington St. W.