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.
Our home in Provincetown. Video: Michael Cestaro
Upcoming Events at FAWC
In the Gallery June 6 – August 23, 2024 In Person Monday July 29, 2024 In Person Tuesday, July 30, 2024 
Exhibition: Edge Condition
Opening: Thursday, June 6, 6-8 PM
Hudson D. Walker Gallery
Faculty Presentation: Joanne Dugan, Porsha Olayiwola, and Susanna Sonnenberg
Stanley Kunitz Common Room
Faculty Presentation: Paul Stopforth and Jessica Jacobs
Stanley Kunitz Common Room
News and Updates
Fellowship, Organizational Highlights Fine Arts Work Center Named Top Residency by Artnet News July 24, 2024 Organization Highlights, Provincetown July 12, 2024 Fellowship, Provincetown In Hyperallergic: How Can a Small Bohemian Town Help Artists Stay Afloat? July 7, 2024
24PearlStreet Online Writing Program | Events and Workshops
Asynchronous Craig Morgan Teicher Live Melissa Studdard Keetje Kuipers 
Sonnet Days
July 29 – August 2, 2024
Your Own Fire: Writing the Poems That Only You Can Write
July 29 – August 2, 2024
August 6, 2024
Summer Workshop Program
Watercolor Melissa Kay Wilkinson Nonfiction/Memoir Deborah Jackson Taffa Drawing Autumn Wallace
The Fragmented Figure in Watercolor
July 28-August 2, 2024
Revising Your Personal Essays: Make them Shine!
August 4-9, 2024
Stop Making Sense: Drawing Inspiration
August 11-16, 2024
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.
