SUMMER PROGRAM
The Summer Workshop Program at the Fine Arts Work Center emulates the mission of the Fellowship
program in that it offers, to the general public, the opportunity to focus on creative work in a community of
peers. Writers and visual artists from across the country, from all walks of life and with varying degrees of
experience, come to Provincetown to immerse themselves in weeklong workshops taught by some of the
most respected and renowned artists and writers working today.
The 2007 FAWC Summer Program was
better than ever; more photography
and printmaking courses were available,
20-hour long workshops addressed
student requests for more class time,
and the marketing plan focused on
outreach to increase diversity within
the student body. Nearly 600 students
attended over 65 workshops in poetry,
fiction, memoir, playwriting and creative
nonfiction, painting, drawing, sculpture,
printmaking, photography and book
arts. New faculty members Maxine
Kumin, Henri Cole, Terrance Hayes,
Daisy Fried, David Hilliard and Betsey
Garand joined returning favorites
such as Galway Kinnell, Carl Phillips,
Pam Houston, Marie Howe, Michael
Mazur, Amy Arbus and Peik Larsen
to create a vibrant and exciting tenweek
program. Many students have
reported their creative endeavors and
accomplishments on the Former Student
News page of the FAWC web site.
In addition to readings and slide talks
by faculty members, there were many
special events that drew crowds of
locals and tourists alike to the Stanley
Kunitz Common Room and to the
Hudson D. Walker Gallery. An exhibition
by the 2007 Visual Arts Jury featured
the work of Simone Leigh, Clarence
Morgan and Gregory Sholette as well
as the 2007-2008 Fellows. Poets Tony
Hoagland and Jason Shinder read to
a full house. Alec Wilkinson read from
his new book about Provincetown
legend Poppa Neutrino; he was joined
by fellow New Yorker staff writer Louis
Menand. On Friday, August 3rd, Grace
Paley gave what, sadly, turned out to
be her final reading at the Fine Arts
Work Center. Though she was ill, Grace
was in fine form, greeting the audience
with a hearty "I see many of my friends
here…" and going on to read a number
of poems and short stories.
The 2008 FAWC Summer Program
promises to be just as inspiring and
exciting (if not more so!), thanks to
the guidance of the newly formed
Summer Program Committee.
Committee members Dean Albarelli,
Dorothy Antczak, Linda Bond, Marc
Kundmann, Gail Mazur, Martha
Rhodes, John Skoyles and Bert
Yarborough brainstormed to find ways
to incorporate a number of changes
designed to accommodate student
and faculty requests for longer classes,
increased diversity, and new course
offerings. One third of the 2008 faculty
consists of writers and artists who
have not previously participated in
the program, such talents as Phillip
Lopate, Kimiko Hahn, Stuart Shils,
Kathryn Davis, John Haskell, Connie
Imboden, David Haynes, Ross Gay,
Nahid Rachlin and Daniel Heyman. For
more information about the Summer
Workshop Program and special
events, please go to www.fawc.org/summer.
