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PROVINCETOWN GUIDE
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Provincetown :: Monday, March 15th 2010
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The Fine Arts Work Center at night.
A Winter Haven for Creativity
Readings and Exhibits at the Work Center
By Kahrin Deines
January 4th, 2009
Everywhere else spring is the season when the process of creation seems most tangible. But in Provincetown, winter skips its usual dormancy, as the artists take over and give creativity a haven for the quiet months.
| Every year the Fine Arts Work Center provides winter fellowships for 20 emerging visual and literary artists in Provincetown. |
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Of course, the artists are around in the summer, too – Provincetown is, after all, one of America’s most vibrant art colonies, and the gallery scene is a siren for visitors every season of the year.
But in the winter, when the distraction of the summer’s outdoor fun has withdrawn, resident artists get particularly prolific. One maelstrom of this winter creativity, the Fine Arts Work Center, is offering a series of exhibits and readings over the next month.
To start off the new year, the visual fellows’ work will be on display in a special exhibit at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum until March 1.
Beginning January 23, the fellows are also presenting an exhibit of their work, using the theme of “limitations” to curate the show. A number of other exhibits featuring the work of individual fellows will follow.
Since the Fine Arts Work Center supports writers, as well as visual artists, with its winter fellowship program, there are also a number of upcoming readings on the schedule.
In January, fiction fellow Sophie McManus and poetry fellow Sarah Rose Nordgren will give a reading on January 17. And in February, fellows Michael Morse and Amanda Coplin will share some of their recent work.
Every year the Fine Arts Work Center provides winter fellowships for 20 emerging visual and literary artists in Provincetown, offering them a rare opportunity to develop their work in the inspirational setting of a historic arts colony. These artists, in turn, add to the vitality of the town’s art culture, as they stage readings and exhibits throughout the winter.
The Fine Arts Work Center was established in 1968 by a group of Provincetown artists who wanted to create an organization that would help young artists during the tough beginning stages of their careers. Since then the center’s mission has expanded to include a summer art workshop series that is internationally renowned.
To find out more about these events or the Fine Arts Work Center, call 508.487.9960 or visit www.fawc.org.
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