Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
To provide for the establisment and maintenance of a center for artists and writers, consisiting of resident Fellows, program committee members, employees, and visiting artists, writers and patrons from all relevant fields of the arts and humanities (and) primarily dedicated to supporting emerging artists and writers at the crucial early states of the careers. Each year the Work Center provides seven-month Fellowships-the gift of time and space-to ten artists and ten writers selected from over 1,000 applicants worldwide. From October to May, the Visual Arts Fellows receive private efficiency apartments, separate studio space and a monthly stipend of $750. Fellows pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers.
Each visual arts fellow is provided with a separate studio of approximately 400 sq ft (ca. 37 sq. meters).
All Fellows are provided with an efficiency apartment that includes a kitchen and full bath. Families and partners of fellows are welcome.
The Fine Arts Work Center has a small Woodshop, a Printmaking Studio and a Digital Media Lab with a large format printer, editing suite and a HD camera available to Visual Arts Fellows. All Fellows are invited to have a solo exhibition at the FAWC gallery while in residence. The new library is available for Fellows to view reference materials and the work of former Fellows. The FAWC facilities are handicapped accesible.
A converted lumberyard, in the town center of Provincetown on Cape Cod, 2 hours from both Boston.