During the nine-week program, a group of Resident and Visiting Artists serves as faculty and live on campus with Participants and an academic staff creating space for an intergenerational dialogue.Skowhegan’s learning program is structured around studio visits, experimental workshops, and lectures. The diversity of the group allows for dynamic, substantive discussions, and most of the exchange and mentorship happen outside of the formal studio hours. In addition to Resident and Visiting Artists, Skowhegan invites individuals who bring a perspective from outside the arts as Paul Mellon Distinguished Fellows. Poets, architects, environmentalists, activists, philosophers, journalists, curators, and historians have participated over the years.