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Provincetown :: Saturday, May 17th 2008
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A white-line woodcut print by Blanche Lazzell.
Sign Up for a Summer Workshop
At the Fine Arts Work Center
By Kahrin Deines
April 12th, 2008
Maybe you think you might be the next Michael Cunningham – the author of the Pulitzer-prize-winning novel “The Hours.” Or perhaps it’s not a literary thing at all. You might be a painter or a photographer who has not yet been able to find your personal form of greatness.
| Each year from June to August, the Center offers weeklong and weekend workshops in a variety of visual and literary subjects. |
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In any case, whether you are a devotee of the literary or the visual arts, and whether you are a serious practitioner of the arts or simply a hobbyist, the Fine Arts Work Center is sure to have something for you in its renowned series of annual summer workshops in Provincetown.
Each year from June to August, the Center offers weeklong and weekend workshops in a variety of visual and literary subjects. The workshops, which are taught by established writers and artists, are limited to small class sizes and offer participants a setting in which to focus on their work, as well as the benefit of an instructor and peer criticism.
The list of instructors for the 2008 summer lineup includes such names as poet Maxine Kumin. Meanwhile, the classes offered run across a wide range, including workshops in everything from poetry to figure drawing, monotypes, pinhole photography and memoir writing.
The workshops traverse a wide spectrum in terms of intended audiences as well, offering instruction for everyone from beginners to advanced artists.
Outside of the classroom, attendees may also find inspiration in the natural beauty and isolation of the Outer Cape, which has been a magnet for artists since early in the twentieth century.
The Fine Arts Work Center, founded at the tail end of the 1960’s by a group of artists who sought to nurture the creative flame in their younger brethren, has played a large role in the continuation of the Outer Cape’s dynamic arts scene.
At first only a loosely defined center based in a rented building, with a communal studio and a shaky budget, the Fine Arts Work Center has grown strong over the years and now offers winter fellowships for 20 talented visual and literary artists, as well as a rich year-round series of exhibits and readings and the above-mentioned array of summer workshops.
To find out more about the Fine Arts Work Center’s summer workshop series, go to www.fawc.org or call 508.487.9960. The Fine Arts Work Center is located at 24 Pearl Street.
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