The Fine Arts Work Center
is an international home
for artists and writers in
Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The Fine Arts Work Center
is an international home
for artists and writers in
Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The Fine Arts Work Center
supports emerging artists
and writers through its
world-renowned
Fellowship Program.
The Fine Arts Work Center
supports emerging artists
and writers through its
world-renowned
Fellowship Program.
The Fine Arts Work Center
offers summer workshops
and year-round virtual
learning opportunities to
advance creative practice.
The Fine Arts Work Center
offers summer workshops
and year-round virtual
learning opportunities to
advance creative practice.
The Fine Arts Work Center
builds community in the heart
of Provincetown through public
programming in the creative arts.
The Fine Arts Work Center builds community in the heart of Provincetown through public programming in the creative arts.
Mission and Legacy
For over 50 years, the Fine Arts Work Center has provided time and space to emerging artists and writers at crucial early stages of creative development within a community of peers. The founders hoped that the Work Center would perpetuate Provincetown’s seminal importance for the arts in America, overcoming modest means and geographic isolation to create an internationally acclaimed institution. The restoration and amplification of the year-round vitality of Provincetown as a historic artists’ community lies at the heart of the Work Center’s mission. All of our programs are dedicated to enhancing this legacy.
News and Updates
Artist News, Organizational highlights A Message to our FAWC Community May 12, 2025 Artist News, Provincetown The New Muralists of MacMillan August 6, 2025 Fellowship, Artist News Poetry Fellow Melissa Range awarded 2025 Vanderbilt University Literary Prize August 5, 2025
Upcoming Events
In the Gallery June 6 – August 22, 2025 In Person Monday, August 11, 2025 In Person Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Summer Exhibition: To Move a Mountain
Opening: Friday, June 6, 6-8 PM
Hudson D. Walker Gallery
Faculty Presentation:
Liz Collins and Samiya Bashir
Stanley Kunitz Common Room
Faculty Presentation:
Mark Adams and Jessica Jacobs
Stanley Kunitz Common Room
Summer Workshop Program
Printmaking Andrew Mockler Multimedia Samiya Bashir Multimedia Brenda Shaughnessy
Monoprint: Theme and Variation
August 10-15, 2025
Beyond the Page: Experimenting with Multimedia Poetries
August 10-15, 2025
Writing By Hand, Meaning from Memory: A Poetry Workshop
August 10-15, 2025
Our 2023-2026 Strategic Plan
Nurture Artists.
Shape our Culture.
In 2022, the Fine Arts Work Center engaged over 100 stakeholders in a six-month strategic planning process that included surveys and discussions. We are pleased to present our first written multi-year strategic plan, which clarifies our mission, vision, values, and outlines our core priorities and goals for the next four years.
Our Programs
We select 20 Fellows to live and work in Provincetown from October 1 – April 30. The Fellowship is designed for emerging artists and writers to focus solely on creative practice. Fellows share their work as part of our winter public program, which also includes lectures and readings from visiting artists and writers.
During late spring, early fall, and summer, past Fellows and friends of the Work Center return to Provincetown for short-term stays during our Returning Residency program, which offers artists and writers dedicated time to advance creative projects and ideas.
Every summer, we welcome students and faculty for a full season of open enrollment, multidisciplinary course offerings in literature, visual art, playwriting, and more. This program includes over 50 public events that are free and open to our community.
Throughout the year, we offer online learning opportunities of varying lengths and skill levels through our online program, FAWC Online, where writers and artists can find online workshops, events, resources, and a community.
