The board of trustees of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown has announced that New York–based Michael Roberts has been selected as FAWC’s new executive director. Roberts, who most recently served as executive director for New York Public Programs at the Asia Society, has also worked as executive director of PEN American Center in New York and as faculty, lawyer, and assistant to the president at Harvard University. Roberts says, “I deeply admire the extraordinary accomplishments of the Fine Arts Work Center and its singularly important role in nurturing emerging artists and writers. I am looking forward to helping FAWC strengthen and grow towards the half-century mark and to building on its very strong foundation.”