Our online catalog contains a complete listing of workshops.

No. Starting last year, we only offer an online catalog, supplemented by timely promotional announcements. We believe this is a more environmentally sustainable approach aligned with our values and furthers our commitment to mindfully steward our natural resources.

We will open registration on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, between 9am and noon. All registrations must be completed online. During the online registration process you will be guided through the payment process. You may pay using a debit or credit card. Please note that payment in full is due at time of registration, and your registration is not complete until payment is made. 

The only exception to this is if you arrange to pay using a payment plan. For more information about our payment plan option, please contact Sara Siegel, Summer Program Manager, at ssiegel@fawc.org.

You will receive a confirmation email once you complete your registration. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check your spam folder. If you do not receive a confirmation email from us, please contact Sara Siegel, Summer Program Manager, at ssiegel@fawc.org, to confirm that you have successfully registered.

You may register for a workshop up until the day before it begins, provided there is space available. Please note: classes tend to fill up quickly, so we strongly recommend that you register as soon as possible!

All information about individual workshops is provided in the course description in the online catalog

The materials list in the workshop description in the online catalog will tell you what materials you need to bring to the workshop or if there is a writing submission requirement.

In 2024 we instituted a voluntary tiered tuition system. This new tuition system is meant to complement our scholarship program as a key element of FAWC’s commitment to making our Summer Workshops as welcoming and accessible as possible to artists and writers with low incomes, young artists and writers, and those from other communities that have historically been underserved by FAWC. You will get the exact same experience regardless of which tuition level you choose to pay. Here are the tuition levels for this summer:

1. $900–‘Pay it Forward’ Tuition Level. If your financial position is secure enough to allow you the ability and the desire to ‘pay it forward,’ then this is the tuition level for you. Paying this tuition rate really does pay it forward, as it will help FAWC provide access to workshops for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. 

If you can afford to pay at this level, we ask that you also consider magnifying your impact by making a tax-deductible donation to our Access Fund, which is dedicated to increasing access to our educational programs by supporting our scholarship program. To learn more about the Access Fund and make a donation, please click here. 

1. $800–Standard Tuition Level. This tuition level most closely represents the true cost of a summer workshop. This is the tier that allows us to fairly compensate our world-class instructors and hardworking staff, as well as pay all the other expenses necessary to providing a top-notch summer workshop program every year. Please pay this level if you are able to.
   
   
2. $700–Subsidized Tuition Level. If the Standard Tuition Level price is too much for your financial situation, and prevents you from taking a workshop, then this moderately subsidized tuition level is for you. 

If you are unable to pay the Subsidized Tuition Level, then we invite you to apply for a scholarship. Click here to learn more about our scholarship program and to apply.

1. $500–Student/Teacher Tuition Level. If you are over 18 and are a teacher or a student currently enrolled in any community college, 4-year college, or graduate program, then this is the tuition level for you.
   
   For more information about our Tiered Tuition System, please click here.
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The minimum number of people in each workshop varies, but the maximum number is ten for most workshops, and eight for printshop and photography workshops.

Yes. If the workshop you are interested in is full, you can add your name to a waitlist for that workshop. Waitlists are limited to 25 people. If a space opens up in a workshop, we will give first opportunity to enroll in the workshop to those on the waitlist, in order of when they were added to the list. If a space opens up less than a month before the workshop begins, we will reach out to everyone on the waitlist, and give first opportunity to whomever responds first.

No. You must register and pay in full or be given a scholarship in order to attend a workshop.

If you cancel your workshop three or more weeks prior to your class start date, you will receive a full refund, minus a $75 processing fee, for each workshop cancellation. Similarly, if you cancel housing three or more weeks prior to your class start date, you will receive a full refund, minus a $75 processing fee. If you cancel your workshop less than three weeks prior to your class start date, you will forfeit your entire payment. In the unlikely event that your workshop is canceled by FAWC, you will receive a full refund. Please note: any request to “switch” or “transfer” from one workshop to another is subject to the same cancellation policies as listed above.

Some visual arts workshops require an additional materials and/or model fee. Materials fees range from $25-$75. Model fees are $40. Please see individual workshop descriptions for details of additional fees.

We recommend that you purchase items on your materials list at your favorite local or online arts supply store before you arrive. Provincetown does not have an art supply store. The local hardware stores–Conwell Home Center and True Value—have some art supplies, but we can’t guarantee they’ll have what you need for your workshop.

If your instructor has provided a syllabus ahead of time, we recommend that you buy the books you need at your favorite independent bookstore. There are 2 local bookshops in Ptown, but we can’t guarantee they’ll have the books you need. 

FAWC does not give out instructor contact information, so if you have a question for your instructor prior to the workshop start date, please contact Sara Siegel, Summer Program Manager, at ssiegel@fawc.org, and she will pass your question along to your instructor. If you would like to reach out to students taking a class the same week you are about sharing transportation or lodging, please send us your request, and we will send an email to all students who can then be in touch with you directly.

We will send you an informational email two weeks prior to your workshop start date to provide check-in details, and additional information about your week with us. Your instructor may be in touch with you as well, but not all instructors reach out to students ahead of time.