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 their programs are dedicated to enhancing this legacy.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
"Edge Condition" Summer Exhibition of Visual Arts Fellows. Curated by Matt Bollinger. Photo courtesy of Fine Arts Work Center
Architectural Photo in Courtyard. Fine Arts Work Center Courtyard in Provincetown, MA
Photo by Robert Benson
Visual Artist and Trustee James Stanley working in the FAWC art studios.
Photo by Michael Cestaro
Visual Arts Fellow
Nick Fagan in his studio. Photo by Michael Cestaro
Visual Arts Fellow Siennie Lee working in her studio.
Photo by Michael Cestaro
“We strive to support institutions that share our artist-centered values. The small grassroots arts organizations as well as the museums that comprise our grantees provide invaluable opportunities for artists to express their unique perspectives on the pressing urgencies of the day. We hope that our grants help to amplify artists’ voices within their communities, in national discussions and debates, and across platforms in the international contemporary art world.”
Joel Wachs, President