Portland State Universitys Continuing Education Program Haystack Arts Program

Aerial view of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts at dusk

A man works in Haystack's blacksmithing studio

A building at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

A wooden footbridge on the campus of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Close-up of a person's hands creating an art piece out of wood shavings

Studio buildings at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

People mingle on the deck at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

From a stunning coastal Maine campus, Haystack provides time and space to engage with materials, to develop new ideas and to work in a creative and supportive community.

PROGRAMS

Haystack's core summer workshops include one- and two-week sessions in blacksmithing, ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics, metals, and wood. Workshops are open to adults 18 years or older of all skill levels—from beginners to advanced professionals.

Haystack's two-week Open Studio Residency kicks off our summer season of programs. The residency is designed to foster artistic exploration at the highest level, and those selected attend for free.

Since 2007, Haystack has organized a summer conference to look at craft in a broader context. This event is an important part of the work we do at the school, and supports our belief in creating an environment that values reflective thinking within an inclusive and creative community.

Your support creates opportunities that can change people's lives.

When you make a gift to Haystack, regardless of the amount, you become a donor and your tax-deductible contribution helps demonstrate to foundations and granting agencies that we have strong support from those we serve. In this way, gifts of all levels matter and one person can make a difference.

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OUR HISTORY

When Haystack was founded in 1950, it was truly an experiment in education and community, with no permanent faculty or full-time students, a school that awarded no certificates or degrees. And while the school has grown in ways that could never have been imagined, the core of our work and the ideas we adhere to have stayed very much the same.

HISTORY | ARCHITECTURE

HAYSTACK NEWS

The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' board of trustees and staff are delighted to announce Ellen Wieske as our Interim Executive Director at Haystack—the first woman to hold this position in the School's seventy-two year history. She began her new role effective April 16, 2022. We are thrilled that she will be in the lead role during this pivotal time for our organization as we navigate both a leadership transition and the reopening of the School following two years without a full season of programming, impacted by the global Coronavirus pandemic.

Watch the video documentation of Haystack's work in response to the pandemic. Beginning in 2020 and continuing over an eighteen-month period, the Haystack Fab Lab produced 6,000 individual items of personal protective equipment (PPE) which were donated to over 100 organizations in Hancock County (Maine) and the surrounding region. ⁠
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This project began in response to the pandemic and sought to bring local resources and expertise to the shortage of available PPE in our community. This was made possible thanks to partnerships with community members and local organizations and through the remarkable leadership of Haystack's Technology Director, James Rutter. ⁠
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Special thanks to the amazing Galen Koch (@galenkoch), Founder + Lead Producer of The First Coast (@thefirstcoast), and Photojournalist, Greta Rybus (@gretarybus) for their work in documenting this project.⁠

The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Board of Trustees announced today that Paul Sacaridiz will be leaving his position as Executive Director at the end of April, to become the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

"The past seven years have been some of the most rewarding ones of my career. It has been a profound joy to work alongside a remarkable staff as we made changes that will have a lasting impact on the field of craft. The strength of the School is truly reflected through the commitment and care the staff brings to this remarkable place. I am grateful to the Board of Trustees for their unwavering support and to our community, near and far, for believing so deeply in the mission of the School.

-Paul Sacaridiz

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts is incredibly honored to be included in The New York Times Style Magazine's August 2, 2021 article, "The Twenty-Five Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture."

Three architects, three journalists, and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II.

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Source: https://www.haystack-mtn.org/

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