SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

The Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation has generously established scholarships for racial and ethnic minorities. In the past, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has provided scholarships for housing and tuition for teachers in the state of New Jersey. In memory of poet Agha Shahid Ali, FAWC offers one full-tuition scholarship to a poet whose work would benefit from time at the Work Center. Residents of the Outer Cape and teachers from Cape Cod may also be eligible for scholarships. Please read the posted guidelines, or call the Work Center for application details.

• The Grace Paley Scholarship
  Friends and former students of Grace Paley have donated funds to be used for an annual tuition scholarship in Grace’s name. The Grace Paley Scholarship will be awarded to a fiction writer whose work would benefit from a weeklong workshop, and who would not be able to attend a FAWC workshop without financial assistance (course choices subject to availability). See application for requirements. Postmark deadline is April 18, 2008. Notification by May 2, 2008.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form

  TO CONTRIBUTE to the Grace Paley Scholarship fund, please call Dorothy Antczak at 508-487-9960, ext. 103.

• Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
  The Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation provides eighteen scholarships for artists and writers of racial and ethnic minorities. Scholarships include tuition and housing. Postmark deadline for applications is April 18, 2008. Notification by May 2, 2008. Pending Foundation approval and funding.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form
   
• Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Scholarships for New Jersey Educators
  Twenty New Jersey public school teachers of grades K through 12 will receive full-tuition scholarships to attend workshops in the Summer Program. Ten of those will receive full housing scholarships as well. Postmark deadline for applications is April 18, 2008. Notification by May 2, 2008. Pending funding.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form
   
• The Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation of Cape Cod
  The Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation of Cape Cod is offering seven scholarships to elementary and secondary educators on Cape Cod; two of these scholarships will include housing. These scholarships fund weeklong courses at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and are intended to assist teachers who often don't have the time or the funds to pursue their own creative interests. Postmark deadline for applications is April 18, 2008. Notification by May 2, 2008.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form
   
• Cape Resident Artist/Writer Scholarship Application
  The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is offering 20 tuition scholarships to year-round residents of the following Massachusetts towns: Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown. Cape Resident Scholarships are intended to assist members of the Outer Cape community who would be unable to attend classes at the Work Center without financial aid. The 2008 Summer Program begins on June 15 and runs through August 22, with weeklong workshops in Creative Writing and the Visual Arts. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the 20 spaces are full.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form
   
• Agha Shahid Ali Scholarship in Poetry
  A full-tuition scholarship for one poet whose work would most benefit from a weeklong workshop in the Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program (course choices subject to availability). See application for requirements. Postmark deadline is April 18, 2008.Notification by May 2, 2008.
  Click for Downloadable PDF Application form
   

  
  INTERNSHIPS AT FAWC

  The Fine Arts Work Center provides internship opportunities in conjunction with the 2008 Summer Workshop Program.

  Job Description: Summer Intern
  Number of Hours per week: 20-25
  Payment: unpaid internship
  Date of Internship: June 9 to August 24, 2008
  

  The Fine Arts Work Center is a thriving, creative community that changes each week during the Summer Program with the influx of new faculty members and students. It is a wonderful opportunity for anyone with an interest in writing and/or the visual arts to meet, share, and create with like-minded peers and established professionals.

  The Fine Arts Work Center's Summer Program Internship is designed to introduce students to the workings of a nonprofit arts organization. The position involves a multitude of tasks designed to give each intern a basic overall understanding of how the Fine Arts Work Center (and many other nonprofit arts programs) operates. Responsibilities include: writing press releases and event introductions; staffing readings, gallery openings and public events; assisting in the Summer Program office with clerical work, mailings, and general office tasks; setting up the Common Room for readings and slide talks; painting and spackling the gallery; tidying classrooms and common areas; and tending the bookshop. The internship also requires setting up the daily breakfast and conducting inventories. No prior experience is necessary, but basic computer and office skills and a background in dealing with the public are assets. Interns will be expected to work 20-25 hours per week, and must be able to commit to being at the Work Center for the full eleven weeks of the internship, June 9 through August 24. Interns are welcome, though not required, to attend three Summer Program workshops free of charge.

  The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is an internationally renowned organization dedicated to providing a supportive and nurturing environment for emerging artists and writers. The Winter Fellowship Program, founded in 1968, provides housing and a modest stipend for 10 visual artists and 10 writers for seven months each year (October 1 through May 1), the most extensive program of its kind in the country. The Summer Workshop Program, now approaching its thirteenth year, was developed in order to extend this spirit of encouragement and inspiration to the general public. Weeklong courses, taught by some of the most accomplished and recognized writers and artists working today, run from June 15 through August 22.

  Please download the 2008 FAWC Summer Program Internship Application

  For more information, please contact:
  Dorothy Antczak
  Summer Program Director
  24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
  508-487-9960 ext. 103, dantczak@fawc.org
  

  EARNING COLLEGE CREDITS

  You must make arrangements for college credit before attending your workshop. College credits are awarded to students by the institutions where they are currently enrolled, at the institution's discretion, and often with stipulations. Students who successfully complete three visual arts classes in eligible courses may earn three undergraduate elective credits through Maine College of Art or the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Students who successfully complete creative writing workshops may be eligible for up to three MFA internship credits, one per workshop, through the MFA Program in Creative Writing (Dept. of Literature, College of Arts and Sciences) at American University in Washington, D.C.. Students enrolled at other institutions should consult the registrar of their school to determine the transferability of these credits.
  
  

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