The Center’s website summarizes the importance of the Center in this way:
The Fine Arts Work Center … is a direct descendant of rich cultural history [of Provincetown . The Center is a nonprofit institution devoted to encouraging and supporting young artists and is built on the belief that freedom and community are the best means and natural conditions for artistic growth. The facilities of the Fine Arts Work Center have a unique and rich place in the history of modern American art and the Work Center Program carries on in this tradition.
