Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown Inc

Programs: Summer program: with more than 90 week-long workshops offered by many of the most renowned writers and artists working today, this year's summer workshop program presents classes in poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography and mixed media, as well as a new master printer series. The program has expanded to include classes in printmaking, performance art, video, and songwriting. The 3rd annual poetry week enlivens the campus with a week-long concentration in poetry, and in 2018 we inaugurate a new social justic week: artists & writers as activists week, as well as creative non-fiction week. Courses are offered at all levels and with an intensive commitment to diversity of expression. A writing lab and the visual art studios are open, around the clock, creating an artistically dynamic environment with opportunities for complete immersion in the creative process.

fellowship program: seven-month residencies for emerging writers and artists:the fine arts work center is one of the country's preeminent long-term residencies, offering a unique fellowship program for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers. The work center provides seven-month fellowships to twenty fellows each year in the form of living/work space and a monthly stipend. Residencies run from october 1 through april 30. Fellows pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers while living in an area of spectacular natural beauty. Past fellows have won every major national award and prize, including the pulitzer, macarthur, whiting, pollock-krasner, tiffany, prix de rome, guggenheim, national endowment for the arts and national book award, publishing hundreds of books and exhibiting in countless museums and galleries worldwide. Fine arts work center fellows are expected to live and work in provincetown during the fellowship year. Optional group activities provide opportunities to meet program committee members, as well as visiting artists and writers of note.

online writing program:building on the work center's tradition of creative excellence and community, 24pearlstreet offers an engaging online learning experience led by nationally recognized poets and writers. Students can focus on doing their best work under the guidance of exceptional faculty, regardless of their location or schedule. The program runs in four seasons and three genres: fall, winter, spring, and summer, poetry, fiction and nonfiction.