DECISION REGARDING 2021 SUMMER SESSION

Letter From Sarah Workneh, Co-Director of Skowhegan
January 19, 2021

As I mentioned in my last letter (Nov. 23), we have spent the past several months analyzing what it would take to safely run a program during the summer of 2021. One thing that has remained true as we all have negotiated our lives, jobs, families, resources, distances, is that it is very difficult to plan when so much is still precarious and in flux. After many conversations with our Boards, staff, and medical professionals; assessing all of our facilities, housing, and schedules; and reflecting as an organization on the purpose of Skowhegan, we have decided that we will not run our program for the 2021 summer. 

We alerted the applicant community to this news on January 19th and offered to return application fees  submitted for the 2020 application cycle through refund or a voucher, with a deadline to request these fees by April 2, 2021. This three-month period to request either a refund or a voucher has now ended. 

We anticipate that the application for 2022 will open in November 2021. We have not retained any application materials. Each applicant will need to submit all application materials anew. If you requested and received a voucher, you will be able to use the voucher to pay for your application fee during any of the staggered fee brackets. 

We thank you for your patience over the past two summer cycles throughout so much uncertainty. We hope that you will consider applying again when we re-open the program for 2022. 

Sarah Workneh
Co-Director

FAQ: General

  • No. Skowhegan will not run its regular program due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

  • All applicants that paid a 2020 application fee were eligible to receive either a full refund issued back to the credit card used to make your original payment, or receive a voucher that may be used towards the application fee for the 2022 Session. The period to request a refund for your 2020 application fee has ended.

  • Yes, anyone can apply for the 2022 Summer Session, including new applicants.

  • The 2022 Skowhegan application period will open on Monday, November 15, 2021 and end on Monday, January 10, 2022.

  • Skowhegan’s 2022 Session will run from June 11, 2022 – August 13, 2022. Sign up here to be notified when the 2022 application period opens.

  • All application and programmatic questions should be directed to help@skowheganart.org. Due to safety concerns surrounding the ongoing pandemic, Skowhegan staff are not currently working in the NYC office and are unavailable to answer questions via phone.

  • A voucher is a unique code that will allow you to apply to Skowhegan’s 2022 Summer Session without paying the application fee.

  • All applications received for the 2020 Session will be deleted and will not be considered for the 2022 Session. To apply for the program and attend Skowhegan in 2022, all applicants must submit a new application during the 2022 application period, which takes place November 15, 2021 – January 10, 2022.

  • The deadline to submit your reimbursement request has ended.

  • All 2020 applicant reimbursement request forms must have been completed by April 2, 2021 in order to receive either a refund or a 2022 Application Fee Voucher.

FAQ: Refund

  • After you submit your refund response form to us, it may take up to 2-3 weeks for you to see the refund reflected in your bank account.

  • Please allow up to ten days from the notification your refund has been initiated for it to appear in your account. If you still have not received the credit to your account, the quickest way to resolve this issue is to contact your bank.

FAQ: Voucher

  • No, the 2022 Application Fee Voucher is only valid for use towards the 2022 Application fee. The application period to apply for the 2022 Session will end on January 10, 2022.

  • Yes. If you chose to accept the voucher as your refund, you may use it during any 2022 application fee bracket, no matter how much you originally paid when applying for 2020. For example, if your 2020 application fee was only $20, your voucher is valid during any of the fee brackets in 2022 including the $80 phase.

  • Vouchers are unique codes that are linked to the name that you originally used to apply for the 2020 Session. This means that you cannot give or sell your voucher to someone else to use in 2022. If you want a voucher instead of a direct refund and your name or email has changed since your application submission for the 2020 Session, please contact help@skowheganart.org so that we can adjust our records accordingly.