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
Fellowship, Organization Highlights Apply for the Fine Arts Work Center 2025-2026 Fellowship October 16, 2024 Provincetown, Summer Workshop Program January 13, 2025 Provincetown In Memoriam: Faculty Member Constantine “Costa” Manos January 7, 2025
Upcoming Events at FAWC
Exhibition January 17-March 23, 2025 Live Zoom Thursday, January 30, 2025 In Person Friday, February 14, 2025 
The 2025 Fine Arts Work Center
Visual Arts Fellows
Opening: Friday, January 17, 6-8 PM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Wilder Words
A Virtual Event
February FAWC Friday
Stanly Kunitz Common Room
and Hudson D. Walker Gallery
Our home in Provincetown. Video: Michael Cestaro
Summer Workshop Program
Fiction Carmen Maria Machado Photography Catherine Opie Poetry Terrance Hayes
The Monstrous Body
June 22-27, 2025
Critique: Sequencing and Storytelling in Contemporary Photography
June 22-27, 2025
Read to Write
June 29-July 4, 2025
24PearlStreet Online Writing Program Workshops
Live Ann Hood Asynchronous Susanna Sonnenberg Live Kelle Groom
Kick Start Your Novel: How to Begin the Story You Want to Tell
January 27 – 31, 2025
Where to Begin: How to Start Your Memoir
February 3 – 28, 2025
Obsession, Memory, & Image: a Memoir Workshop
February 3 – 7, 2025
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.
24PearlStreet Online Writing Workshops
All year, we offer online learning opportunities of varying lengths and skill levels through our online writing program 24PearlStreet, where writers can work with esteemed poets, prose writers, and graphic novelists in small group, virtual settings.
