Our New Tiered Tuition System
We are instituting a voluntary tiered tuition system starting in the summer 2024. 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. The only difference is you now have the ability to select the payment tier that is most suitable for you.
Here are the different tuition levels for this summer:
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$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 donate, please click here.
$800–Standard Tuition Level. This tuition level most closely represents the true cost of a summer workshop. This tier allows us to fairly compensate our world-class instructors and hardworking staff, maintain our facilities, and pay all the other expenses necessary to provide a top-notch summer workshop program every year. Please pay this level if you can.
$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, we invite you to apply for a scholarship. Click here to learn more about our scholarship program and to apply.
$500–Student/Teacher Tuition Level. If you are over 18 and are a teacher working at, or a student currently enrolled in, a K-12 school, community college, 4-year college, or graduate program, then this is the tuition level for you.
Thank you for paying the highest tuition rate you can and helping us in our effort to make the Summer Workshops as welcoming and accessible as possible. If you have questions about our Tiered Tuition system, please get in touch with Programs Director David Simpson at dsimpson@fawc.org.
