Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

10/06/2026

The Fine Arts Work Center is proud to welcome our 2026–2027 cohort of Fellows, who arrived late last week!

These exceptional artists and writers will live at the Work Center for the next seven months, immersing themselves in studio and writing time, developing new work, and engaging with Provincetown's community of creativity. During their residency, they will take part in public readings, exhibitions, and events that connect their work to the wider Provincetown community and beyond.

If you see the Fellows around town, be sure to say hello!
Photo by Daisy St Sauveur

10/02/2026

Last week at the Armory Show, we stopped by Alexander Berggruen Gallery (booth P5) to explore Raul De Lara's exhibition. We caught up on his time in Provincetown, traced how his process has evolved since his 2019 fellowship, and heard about the artists and artwork he's been admiring lately.

It's always a joy to see where a Fellow's practice goes after they leave FAWC, and Raul's work was a definite highlight of the fair! To watch an extended cut of the interview, visit the link in our bio.

09/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for last night's reading and book launch celebrating Hermit, Susan Blood's debut novel. It was a wonderful evening of readings, conversation, and community, alongside moderator Molly Anders and fellow writers Indira Ganesan and Peter Kazon.

If you missed it, or if you're ready to add Hermit to your shelf, visit our bookshop (link in bio) to purchase a copy and support both Susan and the Fine Arts Work Center!

09/16/2026

The Fine Arts Work Center is proud to announce its 2026–2027 Fellowship cohort: 20 writers and visual artists selected from a pool of more than 1,300 applicants for one of the country's only fully funded, no-strings-attached residencies.

Since 1968, our Fellowship has supported emerging artists who have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, multiple Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur Fellowships, and National Book Awards.

Applications for the 2027–28 Writing Fellowship are opening soon. Visual Arts applications open October 20. To learn more about the incoming cohort, visit the link in our bio.

09/15/2026

FAWC Online's senior program manager Jennifer Jean has published her co-translation, along with Wadaq Qais, of I Drag My Sorrow by His Collar by Hanaa Ahmad Jabr. This is the first volume in the Songs for Fairuz: New Arab Women's Poetry series published by Black Ocean.

It is also the debut solo collection in English by Jabr, following the release of her and Jean’s collaborative, bilingual collection "Where do you live?" which recently won the Julia Ward Howe Poetry Prize. In this latest work, Jabr’s prose poems engage with what it’s been like to be a woman living in Iraq during the last two decades, particularly amid battles with the Islamic State and other nefarious forces.

Both the series and book launch on September 16 at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square at 6 PM. Learn more at the link in our bio.

09/09/2026

Join us Wednesday, September 16 from 6–8 PM in the Stanley Kunitz Common Room for a reading and book launch celebrating Hermit, the debut novel from Susan Blood, FAWC's Director of Institutional Giving. Susan will be joined by two fellow writers deeply connected to the Work Center: Indira Ganesan, acclaimed novelist and former FAWC Fellow, and Peter Kazon, whose short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review and Boston Review. The evening will include readings from all three writers, a Q&A, and a book signing.

Can't make it to Provincetown? Tune in to our YouTube channel for the live stream.

Free and open to the public.
https://fawc.org/events/reading-and-book-launch-with-susan-blood-indira-ganesan-and-peter-kazon/

09/02/2026

Join us Friday, September 11 from 6–8 PM in the Stanley Kunitz Common Room for a screening of The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie, followed by a conversation with Gillespie's widow Peggy Gillespie, along with artists Tabitha Vevers, Bert Yarborough, and Barbara Cohen.

Gregory Gillespie (1936–2000) was a master of surreal, haunting painting whose work lives in the collections of the Met, the Whitney, and the Hirshhorn. Gillespie was part of our own FAWC community, teaching in our Workshop program and serving on our Visual Committee. This award-winning documentary digs into his extraordinary and complicated artistic life through rare archival footage and interviews with those who knew him best.

Please join us for a screening, followed by a Q&A with Gillespie’s widow Peggy Gillespie and artists Tabitha Vevers, Bert Yarborough and Barbara Cohen. This

08/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Friday for our Summer Salon with Michael Cunningham, Marian Roth, and Mary DeAngelis! Their reflections on writing, art, and the creative process made for an evening full of insight and connection.

Join us this Friday, August 28, for a conversation with writer Helen Molesworth and painter Lisa Yuskavage. A season of salons ends with two artists unafraid to look closely: don't miss this final gathering in Provincetown at the Fine Arts Work Center.

Register at the link in our bio.
Photos by Daisy St Sauveur

08/21/2026

2026 Summer Workshops are a wrap!

It’s hard to believe, but today is the final day of our Summer Workshop Program. This year, FAWC offered 64 incredible workshops taught by 67 instructors over 9 creativity-filled weeks!
Thanks to everyone who participated this summer. We hope to see each of you again next year!

Photos by Alexis Wright and Daisy St Sauveur

08/13/2026

We're hiring! ☀️

The Fine Arts Work Center is looking to fill two full-time positions on our team: a Fellowship Director and a Development and Administrative Assistant.

The Fellowship Director provides strategic and operational leadership for our signature Fellowship program, helping shape the artistic vision that has supported over 1,100 writers and visual artists since 1968. The Development and Administrative Assistant supports our Development and Administrative teams with day-to-day operations that keep FAWC running behind the scenes.

If you're passionate about the arts and excited to support a vibrant creative community in Provincetown, we'd love to hear from you! Apply at the link in our bio.

Photo by Emily Schiffer