Haystack 2020 Gateway Newsletter and Annual Report for 2019

2020

FROM THE DIRECTOR Earlier this spring, in response to growing uncertainty around the Coronavirus pandemic, Haystack made the difficult decision to suspend all programming for the entirety of the 2020 season. While this was a very hard choice for us to make, we believe it was the most socially responsible step we could take. Haystack relies on the generosity of so many extraordinary people, from our dedicated board and staff to the faculty and participants who come here from across the country and around the world. We needed to do everything we could to ensure their health and wellbeing, while also recognizing the potential impact of bringing groups of people to a remote community during, and after, a public health crisis. In essence, we made this decision to help flatten the curve of the virus now, and to do our part in ensuring it remains that way for as long as possible.

We are fortunate to have retained the majority of our core staff, and we will be working to make Haystack an even stronger organization: from developing new administrative systems, to making necessary upgrades across campus and within the studios. The past few months have allowed us to ask how we can best be of service and I am proud to say that until it is no longer needed, our Fab Lab will continue producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders and essential workers in our community.

This edition of the Haystack Gateway serves as both a celebration of the many accomplishments we have had over the past year, and a reminder of what can be achieved when we work together. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, 2019 was another recordsetting year from the perspective of fundraising and

development. The Annual Fund exceeded historic levels of support and we ended the year with the largest single gift in the history of the school, establishing a dedicated endowment for campus preservation. We broadened programming by working in collaboration with OUT Maine on a dedicated program for LGBTQ teens, and presented our largest summer conference to date with the Center for Craft. These partnerships helped us think in new ways, expanded our reach, and modeled the potential for organizations to develop shared programming around common values. Our long range strategic planning continues to provide the opportunity to further articulate the vision, mission and direction of the school as we enter of our 70th year; this work will be completed in the coming months followed by the launch of a campus master planning process. We were so fortunate to have all of this bracketed by the exhibition In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1950–1969, the first comprehensive exhibition to tell the story of the founding years of the school. It was truly an extraordinary year.

We cannot yet comprehend how much the world has changed and what the coming months will bring.

During these unprecedented times we are profoundly grateful for the people who make up the Haystack community and look forward to welcoming all of you back here again.

Paul Sacaridiz Director

Kit Loekle working in the Haystack Maintenance Shop Photo by Jenny Rebecca McNulty | Wylde Photography

2 019 A N N U A L F U N D 2019 ANNUAL FUND REP ORT

HISTORIC GIVING FOR FOURTH YEAR 2019 ANNUAL FUND SETS ANOTHER NEW RECORD FOR HISTORIC GIVING We are pleased to announce that the Haystack annual fund for fiscal year 2019 (November 1, 2018–October 31, 2019) set a historic record for giving to the school, raising a total of $506,230.

This was an extraordinary achievement and one that continued the momentum of the annual fund exceeding prior year totals for the past three years. We are grateful to everyone who helped make this possible through their continued and increased support.

The annual fund, one of the most important revenue streams we have as an organization, is comprised of tax-deductible gifts from donors made within a given fiscal year. The annual appeal is the largest component of the annual fund and helps support the current year’s general operations, programming, scholarships, capital projects, and diversity initiatives. While the majority of these contributions are unrestricted, other gifts are designated for specific purposes by the donor. Additional contributions to the annual fund come in the form of planned giving and bequests.

The success of the annual fund is measured both through financial support and the number of donors who contribute in a given year. When a gift is made to Haystack, regardless of the amount, it plays a vital role in demonstrating to foundations and granting agencies that we have strong support from those who care deeply about the work we do. In this regard, gifts of all levels truly make a substantial impact.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Haystack’s 2019 annual appeal surpassed our goal of $410,750 by raising $506,230, through the support of 883 donors. This figure represents approximately one quarter of our operating budget and represents unrestricted gifts only. In addition to unrestricted gifts to the school’s annual fund, the lists on the following pages include gifts to scholarships and fellowships, program funds, honorary and memorial gifts, and in-kind donations made to Haystack between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2019. This figure also represents gifts made to the annual fund as part of the Priscilla H. and Francis S. Merritt Challenge.

Please contact us if you find a correction is in order.

Please note: Our 2020 annual appeal is currently underway. If you have already made a gift to this year’s annual fund, we are deeply grateful. If you would like to make a first time, or additional, gift at any level please use the envelope included in this newsletter or visit our website to make an online donation to our secure website haystack-mtn.org.

SUSTAINER

PATRON

($25,000+)

($2,500–$4,500)

Anonymous (2) The Estate of Mark Spencer S. Donald Sussman

A. G. Bishop Trust Charlotte Barus Susan & Steven Bralove Brigid Sullivan & John Gifford Kenneth R. Gross Eric Lawrence Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper Lory Newmyer & Stephen Cooper Bruce Norelius Studio Susan Pohanka Frances Merritt Thompson & Eric Benke

BENEFACTOR ($10,000–$24,999)

Gary Arlen Virginia McGehee Friend Charles O. & Ann M. Holland Eduard & Rayanne Kleiner Marlin & Ginger Miller Mark Robinson Eleanor Rosenfeld Joan & Pablo Sorensen The William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.

SP ONSOR ($5,000–$9,999)

Elizabeth B. Bishop E. John Bullard Katherine Cheney Chappell & Thomas Chappell Rachel Griffin Hawai‘i Community Foundation Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Claire Sanford & Charles Crowley Estate of Seth Stem

UNDERWRITER ($1,000 –$2,499)

Polly Allen Jeremy Anderson Anonymous (3) Polly Apfelbaum Suzanne W. Barksdale Jeffery Becton Cynthia Bringle Donna & Ralph Briskin Caroline & David Browne James Carpenter & Toshiko Mori Samuel G. & Janice Croxier Deborah & Robert Cummins

Arline Fisch Laura & Todd Galaida Larry & Cathy Gilson Adas Journey Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Gary S. & Patricia J. Griffin Emily J. & Robert S. Harrison Elise Hauenstein & Norm Abram Richard & Mary Howe Lissa Hunter & Kirby Pilcher Lauren & Jonathan Hyde Jenny Lin Lisa & Norma Marin Barbara McFadyen Katherine Merten O’Donnell Iselin Foundation, Inc. John Ollman Jan Petry Chris Rifkin Ann P. Roth & John Coffey Peter Roth Lois Russell Peggy Shaffer & Ben Jacks Ann C. Slocum Rosanne Somerson & Jonathan Cherneff Chris & Kate Staley Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington Namita & Scott Wiggers Ava Williams Thomas Yoder

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SUPP ORTER ($500–$999)

Stephen S. Alpert Anonymous (2) Tom Baker Kate Barber Cynthia & Al Boyer Blake & Allison Brown Kevin Brown Assunta Cha Patricia Donahue Katherine A. Glover Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez Melanie & Mark Greenberg Margo Hackett & Robert Yagura Hoss Haley & Leslie Noell Katherine & Ralph Harding Jeffrey & Diana Hartnett Mariah Hay Helena Hernmarck Peggy Whitney Hobbs Nancy S. Horie Ayumi & Chloe Horie Samuel V. Howe Gail Kendall Gerhardt Knodel Robert & Arlene Kogod Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt Mary Ellen Matthews Tim McClelland Melanie Meyers Jan Myers-Newbury Carole M. Pesner Rabinowe Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation Robert A. Roth & Cleo Wilson The Schiller Family Ellen & Mickey Simon Jeff Thibodeau Jack Wax & Miyuki Nishiuchi Joe Wood & Becky Brannon

FRIEND ($1–$499)

Rick & Lainy Abbott Alyce Abdalla Jack Abgott Tom & Mimi Adams Robert & Pamela Adams James Africano Ann Agee Robin Alden Virginia Aldrich Sam Allen AmazonSmile Foundation Sarah Ambrose Mary & Tom Amory Matthew Anacker Jo Andersen Daniel & Caroline Bottom Anderson Dr. Michael D. Andrew Anonymous (39) Julie Antich

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Deb Appleby Melissa Aranzamendez M. Rachael Arauz Glenda Arentzen Andrew & Mary Arnault Patricia Arrow Mary Ashton Amalia Attias Byron Aubrey Lynne Averill Elizabeth Axelrod John Babcock Nan Bacon Posey Bacoupoulos David & Sandy Baird Boris Bally & Lynn Taylor Jeanne Bamforth Alison Banks Martha Banyas Don Bardole Melissa Bardsley John & Bridget Barnes Debra Barnet N. W. Barrett Gallery Ros Barron Barter Lumber Co. Polly Barton Edith Beatty Terry Beaty & Anne Mehringer Chris & Peggy Becksvoort Audrey Bellinger Renee Bender Chris Beneman Christa Bennett Marcelyn Bennett-Carpenter Rosie Bensen Leslie Benson Tamara L. Benson & Ronald E. Benson Josh Billings Diane Billings Krissy Bilotto Carolyn Bird Carol Birtwistle Nisa Blackmon Sandra Blain Melody & Garrett Bonnema Alvin O. Boucher Agnes Bourne Linda & William Bowman Alan & Susan Bradstreet Susie Brandt Betsy Braunhut M. Christine Breedlove Logan Brenzel Barrett Brewer Emmy Bright Jenny Brillhart Edwina Bringle Shari Broder & Eric Bryant Dale Broholm Patricia Broman Bobbie Brown Kathleen Browne

Elaine V. Brzezinski Andy Buck, Sandy Knight & Atticus Vivian Budnik Devin Burgess Kathie & Jack Burnett Wimberley Burton & Kathleen Glennon Dr. Judith Burton Kimberly Bush Nancy Button John W. Buzbee Conrad Calimpong Susan Lovell Campbell Alan & Diane Campbell Joan & Peter Carcia John A. Cardin Robert & Mary Carlson Constance Carroll Linda Casbon Autumn Cates Tracy Cavanaugh Jane Century Mary Allen Chaisson Shirley Noland Chambliss Chris Chapman & Elaine Cyr Karen Chapman Fay Chazin-Seidelman Kyoung Ae Cho James Chute Danielle Chutinthranond Linda Ciborowski Elliot Clapp Fiona Clark & Vincent DeLisle Margaret Clark Sarah M. Clark Sonya Clark Edward W. & Susan W. Clayton Fran & Bob Clukey Robert Cmarik Katharine Cobey Ann Coddington Joseph & Cathy Cohen Cathy Cohen Elizabeth Collins Louise Collins Mariah Armstrong Conner Samantha Connors Kelly J. Conroy Sophie Cook Barbara Cooper Ray Cooper Louise Allison Cort Kit Corti Annet Couwenberg & Dan Meyers Posie & Doug Cowan Martin Cox Chris Craig Wells Crandell Tanya & Matt Crane Ken & Nancy Crasco Carrie Creech

Cross Insurance – Belfast Renee Crowley Cori Crumrine Scott & Kim Cunningham Amanda D’Amico Mary F. Daniels Jacqueline & Darwin Davidson Elizabeth Davies Jill H. Davis Florence de Gozzaldi Nicola De Pace John DeHoog Sophia DeJesus-Sabella Lyman Delano Janelle Delicata Naomi Detenbeck Oletha DeVane Nancy H. Dewey & Michael B. Wood Nancy Dewey Susan Dewsnap Sarah Dittemore Courtney Dodd Kay Dolezal Donna Doughten & Joel Eckhaus Susan Douglass Dowling Walsh Gallery Nicholas K. Downing Robert Duarte Martha Dwyer-Bergman Catherine Gleason & David East Susan Hough Eastman Robert Ebendorf & Aleta Braun Molly Eberle Tony Egan Ronit Eisenbach Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Pamela Elias Bert & Shan Ellentuck Jon Ellsworth David Ellsworth Del Harrow & Sanam Emami Sally Eshleman David & Karen Emery-Estey John & Jean Eysenbach Wendy Jagger Celine Farrell Bonnie Farren Paul & June Farrow Mark Felsenthal & Sandra Moore Joel Ferguson & Christopher Ferguson Barbara Fernald Fabio J. Fernández & Christine Dunn George Fields & Pam Aubuchon-Fields Heidi Fieldston Sallie Findlay & Gene Nelson Sally Fischel Gillian Fisher Brenda Fletcher Curtis & Alan Flowers

Heather & Richard Forrest Sara & Dieter Forster Betsey Foster Vicki Fox Diane Franklin Patt Franklin Sherry Gail Frazer & Phil Gerard Debbie Friedman W. Bryan Fuermann Jeff Fullam Falding Bishop Gadola Ellen Galloway Karen Gallup Susie Ganch Elizabeth Garber John G. Garrett Gates Foundation Martin Gellert Wayne Gersen Beth Ann Gerstein Randa Ghattas Lorraine Gibson Catherine Gibson Pamela Livingston Giles Gilmore Lighting Design Filson & Shirley Glanz Louise Glickman Kathleen Goddu Isabel Goff Sandra Golbert Susan Goldberg Amy Goldin Susan & Michael Goldman Marc Goldring Rebecca Goodale Anne Goodale Google, Inc Sue Gosin Arnie Grad & Cynthia Clark Katherine Gray & Eric Huebsch Julie Greene Joli Greene Sr. Diane L.E. Green-Minor Zee Jay Greenspan Diana Greenwold Grace Gregor Jane Gregorius Karen Grossman Brown/Grotta Arts Iris Mechigian Gruhl Diana Guerrero-Macia Thomas Guglielmo Jennifer Gundersen Merna Guttentag Virginia & John Hackney Jane G. Hall Nancy Halpern Mary Oestereicher Hamill & John Neale Paul Hanissian Kathryn Hanley Gillian Greenhill Hannum Danielle Hansen Karolina Harris

Melissa Harris Bente Hartmann Sarah S. Harvey Candy & Richard Haskell Jinx Hastings Pommy Hatfield Truth Hawk & Paul Kluger Sara Hawkins Susannah Hawley Marcia & Richard Hawley Tim Hayduk Lauren Head Betty Heald Paul Heckler Steven Heinemann Richard Heleen Peter Niels Heller Joe Hemes Mary Henwood Keith Herklotz Charlotte & Raul Herrera Sean Hickey Pat Hickman Matthew Hinรงman & Elena Belle White John Hitz Ellen Hodgkin Michael Sean Holihan Brooke Holve Roger & Ann Hooke Sharla Jean Hoskin Holly Houston Maggie Huff-Rousselle Sherrill Hunnibell Sarah & Brian Hurtt Carol Hurwitch Lise Ingram Elaine Ingulli Robert Ivano & Jan Thomson Deb Jarosz Nick & Lisa Joerling Melissa Johnson Randy Johnston & Jan McKeachie-Johnston Tomoe Matsuoka & Doug Johnston E. Michael & Eleanor Kahn Barry Kahn Dick Kane & Melody Lewis-Kane Deena L. Kaplan Marilyn Karl Judy A. Kashman Susan Katz Maurice & Margery Katz Jane Keener Sam Kelly Mo Kelman John & Natasha Kempers-Cullen Kathleen Kennedy Toni & Herbert Kestenbaum Gretchen Keyworth Sarah Khan & Henry Drewal Barbara Kiger

Jennifer Kimball Ron King Ruth King Susan Kingsley Lynn & Ed Kneedler Jenifer Kobylarz Paige Koenig Nancy Koenigsberg Kay Kojima George & Cynthia Kokis Vaino & Marcia Kola Anna Maier & Bruce Koloseike Janet Koplos Alyssa Kosmer Linda Kosmer Bob Kostelak Rudy Kovacs Meghan Kramer Laura Kreutzer Karen Krieger Elena Kubler Greg Kuharic Walter Kumiega Michael Kwolek Eva Kwong Laureen LaBar Jane Lackey Lucy Lacoste Anne Ballen Ladenson Judy Langille Diane S. Langley Maryann Slavin Langley Sally Larrick Sabrina M. Lavieri Jane Lawless Marianne Lazarus Savannah Leaf Jin Lee Bill & Christine Leith Sasha Lennon Ann LeRoyer Renee Lessner Molly Levit David Lewis Liberty Graphics, Inc. David & Jean Lincoln Suze Lindsay & Kent McLaughlin Denise Linet Carl Little Debrah W. Little Susan Lister Locke Barbara Lodge Tom Loeser & Bird Ross Kristina Logan Carol Logie Janna Longacre & Joe Upham Katy Love Doris Lowy & Paul Zigman Carole Frances Lung Eleanor Lux M. D. Joyce & Co. Julia Ma Emma Maasch

B. MacCallum & R. E. Johnson Colleen MacDonald Janet Macy Jan Maddox Judy & Harris Madson Patricia Maier Maine Art Education Association Adam Manley Bob Marsh Judith Maslin Martha G. Mason Lydia Matthews Berry Matthews John Matthews Christine Mauersberger Lyn & Paul Mayewski Francoise McAree Heather McCalla Tim McCreight Pamela McGee Tekla McInerney Jim & Helen McKendry Turi McKinley Richard Mellman & Marianne Alweis Renee Menard Laura Merrick Toni Merrick Otty Merrill Alice C. Merritt Shannon Merritt Mandy Messina Mario Messina Ron & Hester Meyers Linda Miller James Miller Jr Ken Gray & Myra Mimlitsch-Gray Lindsay Minihan Deborah & Richard Minns Todd Moe Bob & Joanne Mogilnicki Carol Gunther-Mohr Jo-Anna & Michael Moore Christopher Moore Laura Morris Eleanor Moty Kevin Murphy Marcus Myers Elizabeth L. Nance & Carley D. Williams Priscilla Nemeth The New York Community Trust Elaine Ng Alice Noyes Anastasia Lee Nute Judith O'Callaghan Brigid O'Hanrahan Helen M. Oja Irina Okula Brooks B. Oliver Whitney Wing Oppersdorff Deborah Orrill & Blair Sanders Philip Osgood & Lydia Cassatt

Jan Owen Larry Page & Rita Hawkins-Page Barbara Palmer Michael & Ruthann Palmer David Parker Deb Parliman Pamela Parvin David Patchefsky Andrew Pate Jeanne E. Paterak & Keith Fitzgerald John J. Pauplis & Irene A. Pauplis PayPalGivingFund Adria Pearlman Brian Pearson Cristina Pellechio & Job Heintz Teresa Pennington Upcountry Artists George Perez Jr. John Peterson Ted Pierson Sharon Piper & James Piper Lewis Plummer, Jr Charlotte Podolsky Jocelyn Pollard Melissa Potter Becky Powell Ann Powers Tinka Pritchett Liz Quackenbush Jane Quimby Rosanne & Edward Raab Jay Rancourt Chris & Peggy Raphael Alex Reed Regina Reid Robert Reid Joan Resnikoff Rebecca Rex Laura Reyes Lucy S. Rhame Emily Richardson Rebecca & John Richardson Meg Richter & Ian Pappajohn Mary Valerie Richter Jane & Al Roberts Jessica Robey Tim & Beth Rockcress Priscilla Roggenkamp Susan & Peter Rogol Susan Rose Robert J. T. Rosenfeld Louise Rosenfield Betsy Rowland Dorothy Royle Leah & Dan Rubenstein Lauren Rudy Diane Rueffert Farrell Ruppert & Megan Dewey-Wood Leeor Sabbah Paul Sacaridiz & Jennifer Lapham Pam Sacaridiz

Kris Sader Arturo Sandoval Dana Rosen Sardet Claudia Sarver Gerry Saunders Phyllis Savage Jean K. Savalchak Dorothy R. Saxe Ed Schamel Marshall Scheetz Cynthia Schira Joan Schlosstein Claire Schneider Rick & Nikki Schneider Karen Schwartz & Christopher Coffey Warren Seelig & Sherrie Gibson Nancy & Steve Selvin Renee Sewall & Kyra Alex Mark Sfirri Sarah A. Sharpe Laura Sheinkopf Matthew Shenoda Piper Shepard Jennifer Sherman Carol Shinn Helen Shirk Matthew Shlian & Thea Augustina Eck Judy Sidran Terri Sigler Linda Sikora Carol Reisner Sime Ned Simmons & Doreen Nardone Cindy & David Simonds Marijo Simpson Chris Singewald Joe & Ruthann Sitter Brent Skidmore Cary Slocum Debra & Douglas Smith Anne & Geoffry Smith Marilyn Smith Maggie Smith Paul Smith Ethan Snow Ruth & Rick Snyderman Donna Socha Barbara Solomon Priscilla Solomon Jenni Sorkin & Cheri Owen A. Sprecher Scott Springer Michael Stasiuk Leone Stein Suzanne Stephenson Brett Stern Rebecca A.T. & Gary G. Stevens Tyler Stoll Deb Stoner Anne Marsh Stottler Jeff Toman & Candice Stover The Sudbury Foundation

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Kate Sullivan John Sutphen John Sylvester Syma Lynn Szymanski Sarah Owen Tabor Betsy Tarlin Heidi Tarver Dr. Cledie Collins Taylor Kay Tehari Diane Teubner Del Thomas Susan Dungan Thomas Janet Thompson Louise Todd Cope W. A. Ehren Tool Sharon Townshend Andrea Phipps Tracy Rick Traub & Mary Whiting Jordan Treakle David Treeson Marc Treib Emily Trenholm Robin Trick Heather Trimlett Patrick Trowbridge & Pat Lown Jack Troy Marlene True Paula Turner Mariah Tuttle Juris Ubans Barbara van Buskirk & David Panek Ruth van Doren Andy Van Epps Penelope Van Grinsven Suzanne Van Wye & Richard Barnes Kristine Vasios Todd Wahlstrom & Aysha Peltz Juliette Walker Gwendolyn Wallace James Wallace Pamela Wallace Georgianne Grande Wanous Dick & Pat Warner Keith Wasserman & Elizabeth Riley-Wasserman Barbara Weber Eric Weimer Joan Weinstein Winifred Weiss Paulette Werger Gretchen Wessels Mrs. Nancy H. Wessells Meg Weston Carlee Weston, Jr. & Richard Berger Patricia Wheeler Elizabeth Whelan Hub White & Pat White Susan J. White Beck & Chuck Whitehead Edward Whitehead & Duncan Ralph

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William F. Whitman Steve Whittlesey Marcia Widenor Janislee Wiese Tatiana Wilcke Michelle Wildenhaus Anne Willett Melinda Willever Andrea Willey Beth Williams Sandra Williams Janet Williamson Barbara & Jim Willis Paula J. Wilson Emily Wilson Anne Wilson Susan Wilson Ellen Wineberg Carol Wingard & Robert Pease Kimberly D. Winkle Paul Wisotzky Chelsea Witt Robert William Wolff Marie Woo Aja Wood Taj Wood Robert Woodward/Peanutbutter Linda Workman-Morelli Josh Worthington Peter Wowkowych Carol Wright Valerie Wyckoff Irene Yesley Stephen Yusko & Ruth Coffey George & Elizabeth Zentz

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS IN HONOR OF

Ed & Mary Barnes Mary F. Daniels Bruce Barnett Marlene True Andrew Bergman Martha Dwyer-Bergman John Cardin Anastasia Lee Nute Bill Daley Margo Hackett & Robert Yagura Nancy Emmons Molly Levit Helen English Drutt Stern Anonymous Celia Feldberg The Sudbury Foundation Lily Felsenthal Mark Felsenthal & Sandra Moore

Cara Jane Golden Aja Wood Taj Wood The Haystack Staff Betsy Tarlin Jim MacDonald & Dorothy Royle Gerry Saunders In grateful appreciation of the Merritts’ spirit living on in Al & Nancy Merritt Diana Greenwold Marjorie & Robert Merritt Susannah Hawley The Future Dr. Jake Read Sean Hickey Eleanor Rosenfeld Terry Beaty & Anne Mehringer Virginia McGehee Friend Ann Roth John Coffey Simon van der Ven & Kate Braestrup Eric Weimer Susan Webster & Stuart Kestenbaum Audrey Bellinger IN MEMORY OF

In loving memory of Barbara E. Chapman Anonymous Mildred Axelrod Elizabeth Axelrod Harris Barron Ros Barron Steven Byrne Lanci Valentine Mary K. Campbell Alan & Diane Campbell Stanley Clifford Leslie & Elizabeth Clifford Candy & Richard Haskell Suzann M. Jones & Jeffrey M. Lewis Meredith Krull Carl Little Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Bruce Smith Stanley & Ethel Clifford Jo-Anna & Michael Moore Samuel Crozier Matthew Anacker Charles Gailis Jan Maddox Jeffrey Gutcheon Susan Dungan Thomas

Bonnie Lee Holland Gary Arlen Howard Kestenbaum Candy & Richard Haskell Jody Klein Andrew Klein Rayanne Kleiner Florence de Gozzaldi Edward Whitehead & Duncan Ralph Marvin Lipofsky Judy Sidran Frances S. Merritt Tamara L. Benson & Ronald E. Benson Katherine Cheney Chappell & Thomas Chappell Ruth van Doren Pamela Livingston Giles Sabina Ott Melissa Potter Allen Gary Palmer Barbara Palmer Michael & Ruthann Palmer In memory of Sara Beth Rosenblatt Maita Sanchez The Rinaker Sisters The New York Community Trust James Stampone Anonymous Sharon Piper & James Piper Lewis Plummer, Jr Ann LeRoyer

IN KIND DONATIONS Polly Apfelbaum Bullseye Glass Co. Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT Diane Horton Denise Markonish Kristin Mitsu Shiga Speedball Raivo Vihman

GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT Paulus Berensohn Scholarship Fund M. Rachael Arauz Susan & Steven Bralove E. John Bullard Donald Clark Chris Cumming Barbara Heinrich Ayumi & Chloe Horie Richard & Mary Howe Per Janson Rebecca & Gilbert Kerlin

Lynn & Ed Kneedler John McVeigh John Ollman Katherine Page & Alan Hein Rosanne & Edward Raab Claire Sanford & Charles Crowley Ruth & Rick Snyderman Stan Spracker Richard Stark Mary B. Bishop & Francis S. Merritt Scholarship Fund Aurore Chabot Kiyomi Iwata Steven Byrne Scholarship Fund Virginia Aldrich Daniel Bouthot Curtis & Alan Flowers Larry & Cathy Gilson Nancy Halpern Candy & Richard Haskell Ariana Hellerman Christopher Loekle Adam Manley Michael O'Malley & Kari Gatzke Misty Potter Jane Proctor Richard Stark Lanci Valentine Marjin Wall Dow Studio – Carole Ann Fer & Ellen Wieske Elizabeth Crawford Fellowship Fund M. Rachael Arauz Constance & Gonzalo Arauz Steven & Susan Haas Bralove E. John Bullard Katherine Cheney Chappell & Thomas Chappell Chris Cumming Fabio J. Fernández & Christine Dunn Ayumi & Chloe Horie Rebecca & Gilbert Kerlin Jennifer Kimball Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt John McVeigh Alfred & Nancy Merritt II John Ollman Katherine Page & Alan Hein Peter Roth August Ventimiglia Francis H. Williams Cynthia Winings Carol Hemphill Gersen Scholarship Fund Bernice W. Hemphill Linda Hicks & Bernice W. Hemphill Peter & Jennifer Hicks

Howard Kestenbaum/ Vijay Paramsothy Fellowship Fund Candy & Richard Haskell Stuart Kestenbaum & Susan Webster Jody Klein Scholarship Fund Anonymous Andrew Klein James R. Klein & Elizabeth Lardner Ingrid Menken Scholarship Fund Lynn & Ed Kneedler Elena Kubler Richard Allen Merritt Fellowship Fund Ichiro Kurihara/ Chestnut Field Inc. Susanne Nash Scholarship Fund William Brack & Jessica Ladd Bunzy Sherman Scholarship Fund Anonymous Bob & Kellie Coombs Whitney Davis Noamit (Nomi) Erel Mozelle Michael Horowitz & Devra Marcus Adria Pearlman

Jane Proctor Jamie Scherzer The Estate of Bunzy Sherman Marilyn Smith Barbara Toole Edward Whitehead & Duncan Ralph Ethel Skeans Clifford Scholarship Fund Leslie & Elizabeth Clifford Candy & Richard Haskell Suzann M. Jones & Jeffrey M. Lewis Meredith Krull Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Jo-Anna & Michael Moore Katherine Page & Alan Hein Bruce Smith Southwest School of Art Fellowship Fund Johnny Clay Johnson Mathias Lloyd Spiegel Scholarship Fund Andrew Spiegel Jane Weiss Garrett Scholarship Fund Ruth (Bunny) Hensley & David Scholl J. Fred Woell Scholarship Fund Lynn Duryea Jean Hicks

2019 GRANT SUPP ORT $188,800 in grant support was received

by Haystack for 2019 programs and general operations at the school. In addition, Haystack received $60,000 in the previous fiscal year to support programming in 2019, from the Windgate Foundation, the last of three installments of a three-year grant for Haystack Fab Lab expanded programming and training for area students and teachers.

We are grateful to the following foundations and granting agencies for their generous support of the school in 2019

Frank Pitcher Society of North American Goldsmiths Dana Standish Clare Verstegen

GIFTS TO SUPP ORT OUT MAINE David Chontos Chris Cumming Deborah & Robert Cummins Pam Dewell Harry Hahn Chele Isaac Rebecca & Gilbert Kerlin Lynn & Ed Kneedler Robert & Macy Lasky Faythe Levine Seth List Jake McCarty Grace McCreary & Emily Atterbury Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper John McVeigh Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Katherine Page & Alan Hein Jeanne E. Paterak & Keith Fitzgerald Raymond Rhinehart & Walter Smalling Lewis & Irene Rosenthal Robert A. Roth & Cleo Wilson Pat Roth

AMERICAN SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION $13,000 to support two Norwegian and two Icelandic students to attend 2019 workshops ARTS & HUMANITIES (MAINE ARTS COMMISSION AND MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL) $1,000 to support 2019 Summer Conference and Monograph publication BAR HARBOR BANK & TRUST $2,000 to support 2019 paid internships in the Haystack Fab Lab for Deer Isle High School students

Peter Roth Rosanne Somerson & Jonathan Cherneff Rob & Susan Spofford Linda Sormin Richard Stark Sarah Turner Team Tvartin August Ventimiglia Elizabeth Whelan Joe Wood & Becky Brannon Oriana Wuerth Lilly Zuckerman

GIFTS TO SUPP ORT FAB L AB INTERNSHIPS WITH AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS M. Rachael Arauz E. John Bullard Donald Clark Chris Cumming Deborah & Robert Cummins Anonymous Aaron Fischer Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez Bob Heimstra Barbara Heinrich Ayumi & Chloe Horie Richard & Mary Howe Marge Irvine & Bill Irvine Per Janson Rebecca & Gilbert Kerlin

JOHN & ROBYN HORN FOUNDATION $5,000 to support studio upgrades on campus ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION | MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION $5,000 to support 2019 paid internships in the Haystack Fab Lab for Deer Isle High School students MAINE ARTS COMMISSION $8,800 to support 2019 General Operating Fund MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | DONOR ADVISED FUND $5,000 to support 2019 paid internships in the Haystack Fab Lab for Deer Isle High School students

Jennifer Kimball Lynn & Ed Kneedler Walter Kumiega Robert & Macy Lasky Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper John McVeigh Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Marcia & Daniel Minter Bruce Norelius Studio John Ollman Rosanne & Edward Raab Raymond Rhinehart & Walter Smalling Fred Rose Pat Roth Peter Roth Nisa Smiley Rosanne Somerson & Jonathan Cherneff Joan & Pablo Sorensen Stan Spracker Richard Stark Frances Merritt Thompson & Eric Benke August Ventimiglia Michele Washington Elizabeth Whelan Renee Raab Whitcombe Matthew Williamson Cynthia Winings Joe Wood & Becky Brannon Oriana Wuerth

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS $15,000 to support 2019 Haystack OUT Maine pilot program supporting Maine LGBTQ high school students PARKER POE CHARITABLE TRUST $7,000 to support 2019 Studio Based Learning LENORE G. TAWNEY FOUNDATION $5,000 to support 2019 Summer Conference and Monograph publication WINDGATE FOUNDATION $60,000 to support Haystack Fab Lab expanded programming and training for area students and teachers $75,000 to support 2019 Summer Conference

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PLANNED GIVING AT H AYS T A C K Knowing that a person has included Haystack in their estate plans, in any way, is an honor.

The generosity, vision, and planning of these donors provides Haystack with long term fiscal stability, which helps ensure the future of the school.

Planned giving enables the staff and board of trustees to undertake long range planning, to reinvest in our award-winning campus, attract a diverse population of faculty and students, and develop innovative programs—all of which create memorable and transformative experiences that benefit generations to come. There are many types of planned gifts, ranging from the simple, such as bequests of life insurance, to the more complex, such as charitable remainder trusts. Planned giving often has tax benefits for donors, and we suggest consulting a professional advisor to help guide your decission making. Haystack is able to work with individuals to customize how their gift will be used whether for programs, scholarships, facilities or outreach.

It is recommended that donors consult with their attorney or financial planner in deciding which type of planned giving option best suits their circumstances.

For more information about planned giving options, contact Development Director, Ginger Aldrich, at development@haystack-mtn.org or (207) 348-2306.

WAYS TO GIVE BEQUESTS A lasting contribution can be made by naming Haystack as a beneficiary in your will or trust.

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES Gifts of $25,000 or larger will result in a life income to the beneficiary as an ongoing source of income after retirement. A sample illustration of tax benefits can be provided upon request.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS & CHARITABLE LEAD TRUSTS Dollars or other assets are donated to Haystack— donors receive an income stream from the property and when the annuitant(s) passes away the remainder goes to the school.

LIFE INSURANCE & RETIREMENT Donors may deduct insurance premiums by assigning a life insurance policy to Haystack as owner and beneficiary.

HAYSTACK CIRCLE The Haystack Circle includes donors who have notified Haystack that they have provided for the school in their estate plans. There are currently more than fifty people in the Haystack Circle.

ENDOWMENT HIGHLIGHT ANNOUNCING WINGATE FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FOR CAMPUS PRESERVATION In 2019 Haystack announced a major gift of $4,000,000 from the Windgate Foundation to establish an endowment for campus preservation. This is the single largest gift in the seventy-year history of the school.

American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes (1915–2004) designed the campus on Deer Isle, which opened to the public in the summer of 1961. The architectural plan situated a series of modest structures on a granite ledge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The structures, built in a vernacular style with local materials, were connected by a series of walkways that encouraged community, while seeming to float above the forest floor. Barnes’ project for Haystack quickly gained attention and over the years became recognized as an architectural masterpiece and an icon of American modernism. While Barnes went on to design other notable buildings, such as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Dallas Museum of Art, he would often refer to Haystack as “one of my happiest projects.”

In 1994 Haystack was awarded the coveted 25-year award from the American Institute of Architects, in recognition of its buildings having retained their integrity, having set standards of excellence for architectural design, and having attained cultural significance. The Haystack campus is one of only 49 buildings to receive this recognition. Others include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Gateway Arch, St. Louis (Missouri), and the East Building, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). In 2006 the campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Writing about Haystack, Robert Campbell, architecture critic for the Boston Globe, described the school as “so perfectly fitted to its site and its purpose that you never afterwards forget it.”

As an endowment gift, these funds will be permanently restricted, generating annual operating support for the ongoing preservation of our award winning campus.

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“We are proud to be the stewards of this architectural legacy and believe it to be one of the defining characteristics of the school. The human scale of Haystack is integral to the way we teach and learn, and rather than developing plans for expansion, we are committed to maintaining the intimacy of the school and the delicate relationship it has to the surrounding landscape. This truly extraordinary gift from the Windgate Foundation will help ensure that our most critical infrastructure needs can be met for years to come.”

PAUL SACARIDIZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

F E L LO W S H I P & SCHOLARSHIP NEWS We are thrilled to announce that the following funds were fully endowed in the past year: STEVEN BYRNE SCHOLARSHIP FUND This new scholarship fund was initiated in 2017 in honor of Steven W. Byrne, who unexpectedly passed away in 2016. Steve had recently retired from a long career of service with both the Boston Police Department and Boston Fire Department, and had come to Haystack almost every summer for twelve years, between 2004 and 2016.

Steve attended workshops in woodworking and mixed media, as well as participating in a Summer Conference.

He loved being at the school and developed deep and lasting connections with students, faculty, and staff. A group of Haystack friends made lead gifts to establish this fund in his honor and to provide an opportunity for other first responders to experience the sense of community that Steve found to be so meaningful at Haystack.

This scholarship, now fully funded, will provide an annual award, covering tuition, room and board for a first responder (18 and older) to any two-week workshop at Haystack.

MAD CROW FELLOWSHIP The long-standing Mad Crow Scholarship, established in 2006, was recently made into a fellowship. Claire Sanford, a Haystack Life Trustee, and her husband Charlie Crowley, established the fund in honor of their daughter. At the time they created the fund, Claire wrote, “The name for the scholarship is an abbreviation of our daughter’s name, Maddie Crowley.

This scholarship is to honor her bright spark and that of an enthusiastic and committed individual who is ready to explore themselves in a creative environment.” Claire recently decided to ensure that the fund was at market value with a generous gift bringing the fund to a fellowship level and to include a $500 travel stipend. The annual award provides tuition, room and board— and travel stipend—for a student to any two-week workshop at Haystack.

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART FELLOWSHIP IN HONOR OF PAULA OWEN From 2017-2019 Haystack allocated internal funds from a rotating fellowship to provide a current year scholarship for a student from the Southwest School of Art, located in San Antonio, Texas, with the eventual goal of permanently endowing a fellowship dedicated to the school. In 2018, Johnny Clay Johnson, a trustee of the Southwest School of Art, provided a generous lead gift to begin the process and he finalized the fund last fall.

Having been a workshop participant at Haystack, Johnson has close ties with both institutions and believes in the impact that experiences like these can have on a student’s broader education. Johnson’s intention has also been to honor Paula Owen, Southwest School of Art’s longtime president (her tenure began in 1996) through this fund. The fellowship will provide tuition, room and board, plus a travel stipend, for a faculty or student chosen by the Southwest School of Art to any two-week workshop at Haystack.

BUNZY SHERMAN SCHOLARSHIP Last year we announced that in 2017 friends of Bunzy Sherman initiated a scholarship fund in her memory.

We are pleased to announce that the scholarship is now fully funded through additional memorial gifts as well as a bequest from the Estate of Bunzy Sherman. Thelma ‘Bunzy’ Sherman (1923–2017) was a longtime Haystack friend, workshop participant, and beloved community member. She is deeply missed and this is one way to both honor her legacy and keep her memory alive. The fund will annually provide tuition, room and board for a student to attend any two-week workshop at Haystack.

SP OTLIGHT ON CURRENT YEAR SCHOL ARSHIPS ANN ROTH & JOHN COFFEY For more than thirty years, Ann Roth and John Coffey have been allocating their annual giving to Haystack in support of a Current Year Scholarship.

A number of years ago, they chose to set up a recurring contribution, giving monthly through Haystack’s online Donate Now page, which is administered in partnership with Network for Good. Monthly giving allows donors to distribute an annual gift into smaller payments made over the course of a year. This has immediate benefits to many individuals, and also allows Haystack to better predict the timing and flow of incoming gifts and to work with donors when they wish to target their giving intentions.

Ann and John recently updated their giving approach by increasing the amount of the monthly donation to meet the market value for a current year scholarship (cost of tuition, room and board). Aware of Haystack’s commitment to creating a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Ann and John also specified that the scholarship specifically be used to support students of color.

As she looked back on many years of giving, Ann said, “My Haystack experiences as a student at Arcosanti and in Maine, the three years spent as a summer assistant and my participation in the first Artist Residency session were major forces in the development of my artwork. However, one thing I was always aware of was the fairly consistent homogeneity of the student population.

John and I are pleased to help the school in its efforts to become more diverse in all the many meanings of that word.”

Haystack is grateful to Ann Roth and John Coffey for their sustained support of scholarships at Haystack. We are pleased to share that moving forward their annual Current Year Scholarship, covering tuition, room and board to attend a two-week workshop at Haystack, will now be allocated to support students of color, including those with Black, Latinx, Asian, or Native American ancestry.

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Arizona State University Fellowship Established by Joanne and James Rapp Awarded by Arizona State University

Naomi I. Becker Scholarship Andrew & Martha Bergman Scholarship Bingham Scholarship Fund for Maine Students Mary Beasom Bishop & Francis Sumner Merritt Scholarship Bill Brown Scholarship Judith Burton Scholarship Steven Byrne Scholarship Catto Family Scholarship Kate Cheney Chappell Scholarship Thomas Chappell Scholarship Elizabeth F. Cheney Scholarship Ethel Skeans Clifford Scholarship David Ferranti Scholarship Jane Weiss Garrett Scholarship Golden Rule Scholarship Gary “Griff” Griffith Scholarship Candy Haskell Scholarship Harriet Hemenway Scholarship Priscilla Henderson Scholarship Richard & Mary Howe Scholarship Mary Alice Huemoeller Scholarship Stuart Kestenbaum Scholarship Jody Klein Scholarship Nanette Laitman Scholarship Jack Lenor Larsen Scholarship Michael Lax Scholarship Dave & Jean Lincoln Scholarship* Jean & Dave Lincoln Scholarship Ingrid Menken Scholarship Priscilla Merritt Scholarship William H. Muir Scholarship Samuel Newbury Scholarship Mary Nyburg Scholarship Betty Oliver Scholarship Ronald Hayes Pearson Scholarship (Awarded to two students) Peninsula Area Scholarship Parker Poe Scholarship Elena Prentice Scholarship (Awarded to six minority students) Francis William Rawle Scholarship Barbara Rockefeller Scholarship Samuel & Eleanor Rosenfeld Scholarship in Fiber Samuel & Eleanor Rosenfeld Scholarship in Wood Lois Rosenthal Scholarship Florence Samuels Scholarship Kay Sekimachi Scholarship Heikki Seppa Scholarship Margaret (Peggy) Swart Sewall Scholarship Bunzy Sherman Scholarship Irving B. Sherman Island Scholarship Mathias Lloyd Spiegel Scholarship Carolyn J. Springborn Scholarship in Fiber Carolyn J. Springborn Scholarship in Graphics Carolyn J. Springborn Scholarship in Wood Lenore Thomas Straus Scholarship Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship Taylor-Zwickey Scholarship Molly Upton Scholarship George VanOstrand Scholarship Beverly Warner Scholarship Frans Wildenhain Scholarship J. Fred Woell Scholarship

Edward Larrabee Barnes Architectural Fellowship Mary Blakley Fellowship The Brown University Fellowship Established by Joan and Pablo Sorensen; Awarded by Brown University David Cheever Fellowship Awarded to an architecture student William F. Daley Fellowship Awarded by the University of the Arts Pat Doran Fellowship Awarded by Massachusetts College of Art & Design Grignol-Rapp Fellowship Established by Joanne and James Rapp; Awarded by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Howard Kestenbaum & Vijay Paramsothy International Fellowship Awarded to two international students Roberto Lugo Minority Fellowship Richard Allen Merritt Fellowship Awarded to a student from Japan Mad Crow Fellowship Marcianne Mapel Miller Fellowship Awarded by Alfred University Marlin Miller International Fellowship Coordinated with the Luys Foundation, Armenia Quimby Family Fund Fellowship Awarded by Maine Art Education Association Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship Awarded by Rhode Island School of Design San Diego State University Fellowship Established by Arline Fisch Awarded by San Diego State University Alan Gordon Sanford Fellowship Awarded by The Waring School Southwest School of Art Fellowship Established in honor of Paula Owen

by Johnny Clay Johnson; Awarded by Southwest School of Art Stewart W. Thomson Cranbrook Academy of Arts Fellowship Awarded by Cranbrook University of Wisconsin-Madison Fellowship Awarded by University of Wisconsin-Madison William Wyman Fellowship Awarded by Massachusetts College of Art & Design *Allocated for Haystack’s Student Craft Institute, a program for teens in Maine

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HOW TO ESTABLISH A FELLOWSHIP OR SCHOL ARSHIP Providing support to students has tremendous impact, and we are very proud of the 95 named, endowed funds that have been created at Haystack.

A number of donors have taken steps to endow individual scholarships and fellowships that we are able to award on an annual basis, in keeping with the intentions and directives of each fund.

A named scholarship can be created with a gift of $30,000 and provides tuition, room & board for a two-week workshop. A fellowship can be created with a gift of $40,000 and includes the addition of a $500 travel stipend.

Haystack is also able to work with donors to establish current year scholarships providing a student with tuition, room and board to attend a two-week workshop.

Haystack is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. This will be one of our most critical goals, ensuring the school supports all students, with no bias in regard to age, color, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, or veteran status.

As an artistic community we believe in celebrating divergent points of view.

One of the most effective tools we have toward supporting this mission is our scholarship program, which in 2019 attracted over 120 students (recent high school and college graduates, retirees, parents, emerging artists, and more) from as near as Deer Isle to as far away as Australia, Hawai‘i, and Japan.

The scholarship program is supported through annual fund contributions, end of session auctions, the summer gala, grants, and our Fellowship or Scholarship endowed funds.

IN-PROGRESS FUNDS PAULUS BERENSOHN SCHOLARSHIP Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has initiated a scholarship to honor our longtime friend and influential American potter, dancer, and writer Paulus Berensohn (1933–2017). In 2018 Haystack received a bequest from Paulus’ estate and the decision was made to allocate those funds to seed a scholarship in his memory.

Paulus first participated in a ceramics workshop at Haystack in the 1960’s that was taught by M. C. Richards—the two became lifelong friends. Years later, reflecting on his experiences at Haystack, Paulus would say, “Little did I know how important that jewel of a school would become for me.”

An Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council, Paulus was widely respected and revered.

He was a dear friend to Haystack—student, instructor, and visiting artist—even working in the Haystack kitchen on occasion. Paulus taught ceramics and book arts at Haystack and also at Penland School of Craft, in Asheville, North Carolina, where he eventually settled and, for over forty years, lived and worked in that community. Paulus always maintained a deep connection to Haystack and in addition to teaching he offered input and support in countless ways. Paulus’ approach to teaching was focused on the creative process—as opposed to any particular method—he believed in nurturing an artistic ethos first and foremost. “Anything worth doing is worth doing even poorly, if you’re sincere, if it arises from your authenticity,” he had said. “That for me has been the most important thing.”

As part of the Haystack Monograph Series, the monograph, Whatever We Touch Is Touching Us: Craft Art and a Deeper Sense of Ecology, written by Paulus

Berensohn in 2000 and published in 2001 was reprinted last summer as part of the launch of this scholarship initiative. Contributions towards this fund can be made by contacting Haystack. Once fully funded, the Paulus Berensohn Scholarship will annually support tuition, room and board for a student to attend any two-week workshop at Haystack.

ELIZABETH CRAWFORD FELLOWSHIP As announced in last year’s Gateway, Elizabeth Crawford was one of a small group of craftspeople in Liberty, Maine who helped found Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in 1950. A 1921 graduate of Wellesley College, she served as Haystack’s founding instructor in ceramics from 1951–53 and served on Haystack’s board of trustees until 1956.

During her time on the board, Crawford championed the need for scholarships to enable students to attend the school, and in 1954, she specifically suggested the idea that individuals and institutions might create dedicated funds to support that goal.

“Anything worth doing is worth doing even poorly, if you’re sincere, if it arises from your authenticity. That for me has been the most important thing.”

PAULUS BERENSOHN ARTIST

This fellowship fund has been started by Rachael Arauz, a current Haystack board member and co-curator for In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1950–1969, which originated at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. The goal for this fund is to reach the fellowship level of $40,000, to include a travel stipend, and to fully endow the fund by autumn 2021. Once funded, the Elizabeth Crawford Fellowship will provide an annual award, covering tuition, room and board, and a travel stipend, for a Wellesley College alumna to attend any two-week workshop at Haystack.

If you are interested in learning more about, or contributing to, any of the endowment funds, please contact Haystack or visit our website to make a secure online donation.

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2 019 GA L A FUNDRAISER Record Gala fundraiser helps new endowment funds, support new initiatives Haystack’s annual summer Gala, the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year, was held on July 12th and raised a record $76,000 for scholarships and community programs. This special evening took place on the deck overlooking Jericho Bay. The event featured a private auction including specially selected works by makers with long connections to Haystack and others who are new to teaching at the school. The Gala also helped to support two new endowment funds, for which we are actively fundraising—Paulus Berensohn Scholarship and Elizabeth Crawford Fellowship—and support for the school’s Fab Lab Internships with area high school students and the 2019 pilot program, Haystack OUT Maine, designed for LGBTQ high school students from around the state.

ARTISTS & DONORS Devin Burgess Courtney Dodd Jack Lenor Larsen Ted Lott Meaghan Martin Alleghany Meadows

SP ONSORS Blue Hill Accounting Susan & Steven Bralove Joan & Pablo Sorensen

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PATRONS Stephen S. Alpert Anonymous Virginia McGhee Friend Jan & George Hartman Richard & Mary Howe Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Gina Podesta & David Stephens Richard & Pat Roth Richard Stark Tradewinds Marketplace Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington

UNDERWRITERS Glenda Arentzen Cynthia Boyer E. John Bullard John Buzbee Donald Clark Deborah & Robert Cummins Devta Doolan Michael Formica & Robert Heimstra Ann & Charles O. Holland Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez Ayumi & Chloe Horie Gilbert & Rebecca Kerlin Jennifer Kimball Lynn Kneedler Elena Kubler Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt Macy & Robert Lasky Judy & Ray McCaskey Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper John McVeigh Bruce Norelius & Landis Green John Ollman Katherine Page & Alan Hein Rosanne & Ed Raab Eleanor Rosenfeld Robert A. Roth & Cleo Wilson Peter & Julie Roth Linda Sikora Rosanne Somerson & Jonathan Cherneff Rob & Susan Spofford Stan Spracker Ron Stegall

Frances Merritt Thompson & Eric Benke Elizabeth Whelan Joe Wood & Becky Brannon

SUPP ORTERS Anonymous Darwin & Jacqueline Davidson Vaino & Marcia Kola Joan & David Maxwell James & Gail Plotts Susan Dungan Thomas In memory of Jeffrey Gutcheon Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington

EVENT COORDINATOR Ginger Aldrich

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR Lily Felsenthal

AUCTIONEERS Paul Sacaridiz & Ellen Wieske

GAL A & AUCTION STAFF Carole Ann Fer Payton Harris-Woodard Nora McGinnis James Rutter Amanda Soule

MUSIC Jam Bake (George Stevens Academy Jazz Combo) Courtney Bianco, alto sax Erika Hipsky, alto sax LeeAnn Varnum, tenor sax Duncan Howell, trombone Elana Williamson, vibes & piano Quinn Stabler, bass Tess Williamson, piano & vocals Edward Conte, drums Mr. O (Steven Orlofsky), tenor sax & conductor

SPECIAL THANKS Haystack staff & trustees Carole Ann Fer & Ellen Wieske, Dowstudio Dan’s Flower Farm Rioux Catering Wallace Events

Photos by Dan Rajter

2 019 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS This past season, Haystack’s core program of workshops (sessions 1–6) attracted 505 students, faculty, visiting artists, and technical assistants.

Adding in our Open Studio Residency, Summer Conference, and all of our pre- and post-season programs, partnerships and rentals, and community programs, over 1,400 people attended Haystack in 2019.

Special thanks to the following instructors, who taught during our summer workshops and visiting artists in residence for 2019

Megan Biddle Emmy Bright Jenny Brillhart Matthieu Cheminee Sonya Clark Matt Crane Tanya Crane Courtney Dodd Jim Drain Andile Dyalvane Krista Franklin Shannon Goff Kenyon Hansen Kathy Hattori Peter Russell Ivy Doug Johnston Robert Lewis Suze Lindsay Tara Locklear Linda Lopez Ted Lott

Denise Markonish Sarah Marriage Meghan Martin Christy Matson Heath Matysek-Snyder Christine Mauersberger Tim McCreight Courtney Puckett Kerianne Quick John Rais Jodi Reeb Marshall Scheetz David Schnuckel Barbara Seidenath Matthew Shenoda Siosidesign (Audi Culver + Ivy Siosi) Mary Tasillo Amelia Toelke Michael Velliquette Julian Watts Emily Schroeder Willis Michele Wilson

VISITING ARTISTS Haystack’s Visiting Artist Program extends our commitment to providing time and space for the development of new ideas in a variety of creative disciplines.

Visiting artists augment the summer programming schedule by living and working on campus, providing informal afternoon workshops, and delivering a public lecture on their work.

SONYA CL ARK Visiting Artist, Session 1: June 9–21

Sonya Clark has rooted her twenty-year art practice in the intersections of textiles, hair, and history. She has exhibited extensively and received a Pollock-Krasner Grant, a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, and a United States Artist Fellowship, among others. While at Haystack she led a series of afternoon workshops based on the African proverb, Want to go fast?

Go alone. Want to go far? Go together, which explored ways to deepen ones work through shared methodologies and connections. sonyaclark.com

MAT T CRANE Visiting Musician, Session 4: July 28–August 9

TOP TO BOTTOM: Sonya Clark, photo by Diego Valdez; Matt Crane, photo by Rob Miller; Denise Markonish, photo by Michael Oatman

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Matt Crane has been playing percussions since before he was in school. From playing in a fourth grade band on a drum set fabricated out of ice cream bins, to playing punk rock in the early eighties, to discovering jazz and playing with Ornette Coleman, to performing and attending a voodoo ceremony in Haiti, his musical development has been continual and exponential.

Focusing on pure improvisation since the early nineties, he currently lives and works in Rhode Island continues to collaborate, perform, and record widely. While at Haystack he led a series of workshops and listening sessions exploring sonic manifestations, collaboration and musical experimentation. ninetyninecentdreams.com

DENISE MARKONISH Visiting Curator, Session 5: August 11–23

Denise Markonish is the senior curator at MASS MoCA in North Adams where she has curated exhibitions focusing on the work of Trenton Doyle Hancock, Teresita Fernández, Nari Ward, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and Nick Cave, among others.

Her books have been published by DelMonico/Prestel, MIT Press, D.A.P., and Yale University Press, and she has taught at Williams College and the Rhode Island School of Design, and has served as a curator for Artpace’s International Artist-in-Residence Program in San Antonio, Texas. While at Haystack she led a series of afternoon seminars called The Seven Dirty Words of the Art World, beauty, attention, sincerity, craft, regionalism, narrative, and the figure. massmoca.org 14

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2 019 S U M M E R CONFERENCE Craft and Legacy:

Writing a history, preserving a field J U LY 7 –11, 2 019

The 2019 Haystack Summer Conference was presented in collaboration with the Center for Craft and took place from July 7–11 on our campus in Deer Isle.

Building on the Center’s 2014 Craft Think Tank findings on the legacy of the American Studio Craft movement, the conference was designed to address some of the most vital questions facing the preservation and legacy of the field through a series of dynamic lectures, panel discussions, and group conversations. Having long recognized our shared mission and ambitions, this conference was the first time that our two organizations developed joint programming in this manner.

Writing a History, Preserving a Field was organized from three related perspectives of museums and cultural institutions, collectors, and artists—bringing together twenty-one presenters who served as models for developing best practices in addressing questions of legacy and fostering an expanded resource network for colleagues from across the country. Each of the presentations was recorded for archival purposes and the content from the conference will be published as the next installment of Haystack’s long running monograph series.

As a central outreach component of this conference, Haystack provided twenty-one full conference scholarships to attract the next generation of leadership and to encourage participation by people of color and others who have been historically underrepresented in the field.

PRESENTERS Elisabeth Agro M. Rachael Arauz Nora Atkinson Marisa Bartolucci Squeak Carnwath Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko Cornelia Carey Sarah Carter Lee Eagle Jim Grace Diana Greenwold Katya and Douglas Heller Elizabeth Hulings Garth Johnson Priya Khanchandani Kathleen Mangan Daniel Minter Stephanie Moore Meaghan Roddy Mary Savig Rebecca Sive Cindi Strauss Folayemi Wilson

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS Mark Leach Paul Sacaridiz Marilyn Zapf

CONSULTANT Leslie Ferrin

SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Stephanie Moore, Executive Director of the Center for Craft for her support of this project

Major support for the 2019 Haystack Summer Conference was provided by the Windgate Foundation, with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation and the Maine Humanities Council.

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FA B L A B The culture found in the Haystack Fab Lab is one of experimentation, risk taking, and collaboration.

Special thanks to the The Haystack Fab Lab was following people who established in 2011 and since that staffed the Haystack time has become an integral part of Fab Lab during our our mission to think broadly about 2019 summer season: the field of craft. The lab is available Elliot Clapp to everyone attending the school Sara Falcone and houses hardware and software Lily Gabaree for processes that include 3D Robert Hart printing, laser cutting, CNC milling, Sean Hickey and a variety of other evolving Jake Read technologies. We partner with Daniel Rosenberg trained professionals from MIT, Harvard Graduate School of Design, AS220, and Fab Labs around the world, to be on site for each of our core sessions providing access and training to session participants. During the winter months, the Fab Lab serves as a vital resource for community-based education, outreach, and digital fabrication training for our local community.

In 2016, the Haystack Fab Lab was recognized with the Distinguished Educators Award from the James Renwick Alliance, the first ever given to a program for pioneering contributions to craft education.

In 2018 Haystack launched a paid internship program for area high school students to work in our Fab Lab and we also expanded our involvement with the local school system to integrate digital technology and design proficiency into classrooms on Deer Isle.

In 2019 Haystack invested in the hire of a new year-round staff position to provide dedicated support to the Fab Lab as well as developing increased education initiatives and outreach efforts.

FAB L AB INTERNSHIPS 2019 Fab Lab For the second consecutive year we interns: welcomed a cohort of interns—five current Ian Cust students and one recent graduate from Rylee Eaton the Deer Isle-Stonington High School—to Ennis Marshall Haystack during the summer of 2019 and McHenna Martin each student worked two days per week, Benjamin Penfold shadowing volunteers who oversee the lab, Henry Penfold from places like MIT, RISD, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Interns learned to use hardware and software, assisted session participants, and developed independent projects over the course of the summer.

The combination of real world, job training experience, a paid summer position, and exposure to participants and faculty from across the country and abroad made this an incredibly impactful experience for these interns.

COMMUNIT Y WORKSHOPS AND LOCALS PARTNERSHIPS As we have grown capacity to support activities in the Fab Lab we are now leveraging this to help expand our work in the local community through in-school residencies, community-based projects and the development of a Public Access Fab Lab that will be located at the Haystack’s Center for Community Programs in Deer Isle village. The Public Access Fab Lab will provide short workshops for Island and Peninsula residents in the winter months with participation and training provided by past interns and Haystack staff.

Special thanks to the following people who worked with Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School students for a number of in-school programs throughout 2019: Lily Felsenthal James Rutter Brad Willis Oriana Wuerth

To learn more about how you can support Fab Lab internships, community workshops and local partnerships please contact Haystack.

HAPPENING NOW HAYSTACK FAB LAB COVID-19 RESPONSE In response to the growing impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and shortages of personal protective equipment for essential workers, Haystack’s Fab Lab is helping to produce and deliver supplies to our community. To help support these COVID-19 response efforts, please consider making an unrestricted donation to the 2020 Haystack annual fund. Your contributions allow us to respond to pressing needs in real time, and to scale our outreach and community support.

Please visit our website to learn more.

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D I V E R S I T Y, E Q U I T Y & I N C LU S I O N I N I T I A T I V E S We are pleased to highlight these recent initiatives and partnerships:

International exchange

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO EQUITY FELLOWSHIPS AND ARTS ADMINISTRATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM In 2019 Haystack continued our ongoing partnership with the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Columbia College Chicago. This multi-year collaboration has been designed specifically for students of color, providing fully funded fellowships with travel stipends to four students each year, with an additional position providing a three-week paid internship in arts administration.

Last year Payton Harris Woodward, Phili Johnson, Jasmine David, and Ray Spence attended Haystack, with Payton Harris Woodward participating in the internship.

In 2019 we were proud to welcome international faculty and students from Canada, England, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Norway, Palestine, South Africa, and Switzerland.

The program is intended to broaden opportunities for students of color, providing exposure to national and international communities of learning and professional practice training that can help augment their education and encourage new models of leadership in the field. Students are selected by Columbia College and receive tuition, room and board plus a travel and materials stipend. Haystack has been actively fundraising to support this program and, thanks to our donors, what initially began as a three-year pilot has now grown into a long-term commitment.

ARTAXIS FELLOWSHIP The Haystack + Artaxis Fellowship is intended to increase diversity, equity, and access in the ceramic arts, with the explicit goal of adding unique perspectives across the field. 2019 was the third year that Haystack was a partner in this program, providing funding for the fellowships through the support of individual donors. Donté Hayes and Moises Salazar were selected by Artaxis from a large pool of applicants, through an independent review committee. Each artist received fellowships providing tuition, room and board, plus a travel stipend to attend a two-week workshop at Haystack.

SHIGARAKI CERAMIC CULTURAL PARK As an effort to broaden our reach internationally, in 2019 we continued our partnership with the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park to bring two Japanese artists to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Penland School of Craft for two weeks each. This past year Rena Kudoh and Chika Shiraki both attended the Open Studio Residency; followed by time spent in workshops at Penland.

AMERICAN SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION The American-Scandinavian Foundation is a publicly supported not-for-profit organization committed to promoting educational, cultural, and professional exchange between the United States and the Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. In 2019 the Foundation provided generous support to four individuals, Ragna Frodadottir and Anna S. Sigmarsdottir from Iceland and Marius Moldaver and Marthe Minde from Norway, to participate in two-week workshops at Haystack.

Rena Kudoh and Chika Shiraki

LAILA TWIGG-SMITH ART FUND In 2019 Haystack partnered with the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund to provide two scholarships for residents of the State of Hawai‘i, which was established by the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund (LAF) Advisory Committee of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) to support Hawai‘i-based artists in study that furthers their artistic development and offers exposure to new ideas, influences, and opportunities.

Alicia Wai‘ala Aha and Erin Brothers were recipients of the fund and attended two-week workshops at Haystack.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY WOOD AND FURNITURE DESIGN For the third consecutive year, Haystack has partnered with the Wood and Furniture Design Program at San Diego State University to provide two wood fellowships including tuition, room and board, plus a travel stipend to attend a two-week workshop at Haystack.

Partially funded by individual donors, this fellowship is intended to support individuals from diverse backgrounds who have been historically underrepresented in the field.

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PRE- & POST-SEASON PROGRAMS ISLAND WORKSHOP DAY

OPEN DOOR

ART SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE

May 4, 2019

October 4-7, 2019

October 11–14, 2019

Island Workshop Day is our annual opening program of the season and designed for residents of Deer Isle and the Blue Hill Peninsula. The program is offered in partnership with the Healthy Island Project, a community based organization that serves Deer Isle, Stonington, and surrounding communities, providing information, making connections between people and organizations, and coordinating selected projects to promote healthy living.

For the ninth consecutive year, 75 undergraduate and graduate students attended this three-day conference for art students in degree seeking, academic programs. Students attended from 9 schools, including: Teachers College at Columbia University, SUNY New Paltz, University of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Mass Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, the Maine College of Art, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

89 area residents participated and the 2019 faculty included: Holley Mead (fiber), Jennifer Morrow (papercutting), Renee Sewall (wood), Angel Simoneau (bookmaking), Candice Stover (writing), Jeff Toman (blacksmithing), and Ellen Wieske (metals).

The Art Schools Collaborative features lectures by presenters, students, and faculty and is designed to model multiple ways that artists can be catalysts for community engagement and social change.

Open Door, Haystack’s closing program of the season, serves Maine residents.

Offered for more than 35 years, this three-day intensive studio program is modeled on our summer workshop series, combining studio time, evening presentations by faculty, and the opportunity for people of all backgrounds and skill levels to be in community with one another. This is one of our most popular programs of the year and an important way that we close our season of national and international programming.

2019 presenters included: Cynthia Alberto, Sara Clugage, Rachel David, Jim Drain, and Erin Hutton.

96 people participated in 2019 and faculty included: Meghan Brady (graphics), Susan Conley (writing), Chandra DeBuse (ceramics), Ani Hoover (fiber), Rangeley Morton (Fab Lab), Brian Newton (wood), Suzanne Pugh (blacksmithing), and Nash Quinn (metals).

Pre-session Volunteers Haystack relies on the generosity, enthusiasm, energy, and laughter of many dedicated volunteers who help us get the campus ready to open each spring.

Staying for one day or up to two weeks, our pre-session volunteers are essential in helping to plant flowers, organize studios, sharpen tools, help in the library, and prepare for the upcoming season. As a gesture of thanks Haystack provides housing and meals for all pre-session participants.

We are very grateful for everyone that joined us in 2019—we truly could not do it without you!

For more information, or to be added to the pre-session mailing list, please contact Haystack at haystack@haystack-mtn.org or (207) 348-2306.

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Lila Balch Melissa Bardsley Mark Bell Lisa Bisceglia Ela Bosco Alan Bradstreet Blake Brown Elizabeth C. Bull Wimberley Burton Paul Cartwright Fiona Clark Ray Cooper Addison de Lisle Bernie DeLisle Vincent De Lisle Anne Essex Sherry Frazer Lucy Freeman Bruce Frick

Phil Gerard Jennifer Gundersen Christel Hoffman Diane Horton Emily Johnson Sara Kane Kaylyn Keane Sarah Keener Sam Kelly Dan Kircheis Jane Lawless Christine Leith William Leith Janet Macy Toxtli Melloh Rachel Michaud Chris Mulligan Lory Newmyer William Niebauer

Adella Paige-Ryea Jane Proctor Lisa Ruhman Kirsti Sandoy Brad Sealfon Rebecca Sentementes Susan Shaw Isabelle Stanley David Steckler Thea Upham Paula Wolfe Anna Zellhofer

IN THE VANGUARD: HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, 1950–1969 THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART MAY 24–SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 THE CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM DECEMBER 14, 2019–MARCH 8, 2020

2 019 EXHIBITIONS Each summer, Haystack mounts a series of exhibitions at our Center for Community Programs in Deer Isle village, highlighting the work of artists affiliated with the school.

Our exhibitions, openings, and special events are all free and open to the public, providing a resource to both the local community and participants in our summer programs.

IN RESIDENCE: SELECTIONS FROM HAYSTACK’S OPEN STUDIO RESIDENCY

May 24–July 13, 2019

Haystack’s first exhibition of the season featured the work of ten artists, working in a variety of disciplines, who have taken part in the prior year’s Open Studio Residency.

This exhibition included work that was either made during, or inspired by, their time at Haystack. Each season, Open Studio Residency fosters a dynamic exchange among peers by providing two weeks of uninterrupted studio time for emerging and established artists working in the field of craft and other creative disciplines. The program extends our commitment to supporting artists and encouraging the development of new ideas.

2019 exhibiting artists included Meg Roberts Arsenovic, Thomas Campbell, Tara Cooper, Donna D’Aquino, Bukola Koiki, Phoebe Kuo, Terry O’Neill, Christian Schmit, Keith Simpson, and Tyler Stoll.

Initiated in 2013 the residency is generously supported by Haystack’s Windgate Foundation Endowment for Programs.

This past year saw the opening of In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950–69. Presented by the Portland Museum of Art and organized by co-curators M. Rachael Arauz and Diana Jocelyn Greenwold, this exhibition was the first of its kind to provide an overview of the founding years of the school. Representing four years of archival research that relied upon first person interviews and primary source materials, In the Vanguard revealed the previously untold story about the origins of Haystack from the founding in Montville to our move to Deer Isle.

The exhibition contained more than 90 works from artists who had been involved with the school during its first two decades, such as Anni Albers, Dale Chihuly, Robert Ebendorf, M.C. Richards, Jack Lenor Larsen, Harvey Littleton, Trude Guermonprez, and Toshiko Takaezu, among others. Supporting materials as well as newly discovered correspondence, photographs, brochures, posters, and magazine articles from public and private archives helped to underscore the national significance of the school within the broader context of mid century American art and culture.

The exhibition received critical acclaim with reviews from in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Forbes, the Portland Press Herald, Art New England, and Ornament Magazine. A full color exhibition catalog with scholarly essays is available from the University of California Press, and it serves as an important contribution to the field of craft history and visual culture.

HAYSTACK HANDS: AN EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY POLLY APFELBAUM

July 21–September 15

Haystack’s second exhibition of the season was curated by Kate McNamara and featured the work of New York based artist, Polly Apfelbaum. Haystack Hands was a site-specific exhibition that brought together Apfelbaum’s 2017 series, My Hands— which consists of 100 pairs of ceramic hands that had never been shown in the US—and the site and community surrounding Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

Haystack Hands evolved from the artist’s ongoing experiments with glazed ceramics, taking their inspiration from the ‘floating hand of God’ in the mosaics of the basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Apfelbaum was fascinated by this image of the disembodied hand as the symbol of creation and intervention and used her own hands as a template for these works, creating a relationship to the artist’s touch while also engaging ideas about craft and making within a contemporary field. These hands become reengaged in Deer Isle, Maine as they sit upon painted paper circles radiating the Maine state flag colors of blue, brown, red, and yellow. Throughout the duration of the exhibition visitors were invited to draw their own hands.

Accompanying the exhibition was an essay and poster produced by curator Kate McNamara.

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OUT MAINE SEPTEMBER 13–15, 2019

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS Haystack is committed to maintaining programs that support high schools students in the state of Maine.

For more than thirty years we have been developing programs that serve people on the local level through residential programs on our campus and outreach and mentor programs that connect young people with artists working in our community.

Haystack is actively engaged in fundraising to help ensure these programs remain accessible and we are grateful to the many donors, foundations, and granting agencies that help make this work possible.

STUDENT CRAFT INSTITUTE

May 17–19, 2019

From Southern Maine to some of the most remote parts of the state and coastal communities, over 2,000 students have taken part in the Student Craft Institute for more than 35 years.

Teachers from participating schools are invited to identify one student each, who displays outstanding potential in the arts, to participate in this annual spring program on the Haystack campus.

This past year 74 students attended Student Craft Institute in workshops taught by Kyra Alex (fiber), Kelly Conroy (metals), Israel Davis (ceramics), Addison de Lisle (blacksmithing), Rangeley Morton (Fab Lab), Ellie Richards (wood), and Hope Rovelto (graphics).

STUDIO BASED LEARNING

September 16–18, 2019

For the past 25 years, students from across the Blue Hill Peninsula have taken part in Studio Based Learning, an immersive experience of creative problem solving and community building for young people in our community. In 2019 64 high school students convened at the Haystack campus where they participated in workshops alongside peers, teachers, and chaperones.

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School in Blue Hill, Bucksport High School, Vinalhaven High School, Mount Desert Island High School, and Ellsworth High School. We have been intentionally broadening the number of schools invited to this program to serve a wider region of the peninsula.

Workshops were taught by Kristen Elfe (textiles), Emmett Freeman (ceramics), Rachel Kedinger (blacksmithing), Joe Lendway (wood), Jaydan Moore (metals), and Erin Sweeney (graphics).

The 2019 Studio Based Learning was supported by Parker Poe Charitable Trust and Haystack’s jackandharriet Fund.

FAB LAB INTERNSHIPS

June through August 2019 For the second year we welcomed a cohort of five interns from the Deer IsleStonington High School, and one recent DISHS graduate, to Haystack.Each student worked two days per week, shadowing volunteers who oversee the lab. Using their hardware and software skills from training, they assisted session participants, and developed independent projects. The paid job training experience and exposure to participants and faculty from across the US and abroad provide a rich and impactful experience for interns.

2019 Haystack Fab Lab Interns were supported by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Island Education Foundation, and the Windgate Foundation.

Last fall, Haystack proudly partnered with OUT Maine to launch our first dedicated program for LGBTQ high school students from throughout the State of Maine. The goal of the program was to empower and inspire young people to see themselves in their fullest capacity while modeling an open and out life in the arts. The weekend was an extraordinary experience that allowed young people to be seen for who they are, surrounded by a majority of their peers.

Participating faculty included: Vivian Beer (blacksmithing), Steven Frost (fibers), Joshua Hebbert (clay), Everett Hoffman (metals), Sylvie Rosenthal (wood), and Hope Rovelto (graphics). Studio time filled the days and in the evenings faculty gave presentations and facilitated discussion groups with students. As a special addition to the program we also featured live music by Gender Confetti, a queer punk band from Madison, WI, led by Sylvie Johnson and Elyse Clotuhier.

Special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts and all of the individual donors who helped make this possible. The Haystack OUT Maine Weekend will take place again in the fall of 2021.

“At the end of the program we heard a group of teenagers discussing how Haystack had completely opened their eyes to really becoming artists. They were talking about how they could actually take control of their lives through this medium. It blew my mind. And this is the kind of work we continue to aim to do, to support that, and to find programs that continue to develop their potential.”

JEANNA DOOLEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OUT MAINE

H AYS T A C K TRUSTEES

In remembrance RAYANNE KLEINER (1942–2019) Rayanne Kleiner passed away August 25, 2019. Rayanne loved Haystack in her role as a former student and program participant, and most recently as a trustee.

The Haystack board of trustees is comprised of twenty-seven people from across the United States, and is responsible for helping guide the organization in decisionmaking, planning, fundraising, and fiscal oversight. We are pleased to announce that five new trustees were elected to the Haystack board in 2019 M. RACHAEL ARAUZ is an art historian and independent curator of modern, American, and contemporary art and also the private curator for a collector.

Her research interests extend across all media, especially to “non-canonical” artists, movements, and materials. She organizes exhibitions for art museums and conducts research and writing for museums and exhibition catalogues.

As a former “minority intern” at the National Gallery of Art, she is also interested in issues of diversity in the curatorial profession. She was a visiting curator at Haystack and co-curator of In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1950–1969.

SONYA CLARK is a renowned fiber and textile artist and Professor of Art at Amherst College in Amherst, MA. Previously, she was a Distinguished Research Fellow in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University where she served as chair for the Craft/Material Studies Department, 2006–2017. In 2016, she was awarded a university-wide VCU Distinguished Scholars Award. Sonya has a long history with Haystack—instructing numerous times, visiting artist and, during her first tenure as a Haystack trustee (2000–2009), she served as Vice President and President.

ANNET COUWENBERG is a Baltimore based artist who teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She served as chair of the fiber department from 1989 to 2008 and stepped down to spearhead curriculum in Wearable Technology, Smart Textiles and Internationalization.

She needed to step back from the board when she was diagnosed with Leukemia, but kept in close touch—she was always thrilled to hear about what was happening at the school and board activities, and repeatedly expressed how excited she would be to get back to work on behalf of Haystack.

She has developed and taught a diverse curriculum at MICA and in Smart Textiles with outside institutions and other departments including Johns Hopkins University and an International Collaboration with Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Rayanne had studied history with a focus on art history and the economics of fashion.

When she moved to New York she joined Yardley of London’s marketing team and was subsequently recruited by Elizabeth Arden Salons as public relations and advertising director, and eventually became an independent writer for major department stores in New York City/New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Metro Areas.

HELEN LEE isis an artist, designer, educator, and glassblower. She received an MFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BSAD in Architecture from MIT. Her honors include the inaugural Irwin Borowsky Prize in Glass Art, the Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award, and the Gold Award in the 2016 Bullseye Emerge exhibition. She is an Assistant Professor and Head of Glass in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Since 1999 she has been a student, technical assistant, and an instructor at Haystack.

She served on a number of Boards including: the Board of Directors of the Dynax Corporation, Hiram Halle Memorial Library, the Pound Ridge Historical Society (New York), and Brooksville (Maine) Educational Foundation, trustee and financial administrator of Eduard K. Kleiner Trust, the Kleiner Family Trust, and the Eduard and Rayanne Kleiner Foundation.

Rayanne studied pottery with Jim Makins and established a pottery studio and school in Pound Ridge, New York. She was also a botanical illustrator, portraitist (student of Martha Talburt), and a weaver.

PETER ROTH is a retired real estate developer with a strong background in housing and community development, and national experience in the area of adaptive re-use and economic development. He started New Atlantic focusing on mixed-income and mixeduse community development projects, with a concentration on urban infill, adaptive re-use, affordable and special needs housing, and arts-related development; consulted Fortune 500 companies on the re-use of large-scale industrial sites across the country.

He teaches part-time at MIT and is president of Midway Artist collective.

Rayanne participated in various programs at Haystack and was a true friend and supporter. She will be deeply missed and always remembered.

FAREWELL A fond farewell and sincere thanks to outgoing trustees Charles O. Holland, who had served since 2013 and was the principal manager of, and liaison for, the Finance Committee 2013–2019; Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez, who had served since 2013 and as Treasurer 2013–2019; and Elizabeth Whelan, who had served since 2013.

Photo courtesy of Eduard Kleiner

RE-ELECTION Re-election for second three-year term was Namita Gupta Wiggers; and elected as officers were Ayumi Horie, Vice-President and Laura Galaida, Treasurer.

H AYS T A C K STAFF NEWS Ginger Aldrich, Development Director, served as a juror for grant programs with the Maine Community Foundation and attended the Alliance of Artists Communities conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 28–31, 2019.

Carole Ann Fer was promoted to Registrar after the retirement of Candy Haskell; attended NCECA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 27–20, 2019; and had work in a joint show with wife, Ellen Wieske, at the Maine Craft Portland Gallery, April 5–27, 2019.

Eugene Koch, Facilities Director, participated in a two-week artist residency at Vermont Studio Center in March, 2019. This is his third residency there in the past 6 years, and they have been funded in part by Haystack’s professional development fund.

Ellen Wieske was promoted to Deputy Director; taught a workshop at the Metal Arts Society of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, January 2019; had work in a joint show with her wife, Carole Ann Fer, at the Maine Craft Portland Gallery April 5–27, 2019; taught metals during Haystack’s Island Workshop Day, May 4, 2019; and was a juror for the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Craft show November 8–10, 2019.

Paul Sacaridiz, Executive Director, began his second term as a board member for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund and was a presenter at the American Craft Council Conference in Philadelphia.

Thank you and a fond farewell to Candy Haskell, Haystack’s longtime Registrar (42+ years), who retired in 2019; Lily Felsenthal, whose two-year contract as Development Assistant came to an end October 31, 2019; and Kit Loekle, who retired in May 2019 after 10 years as Maintenance Assistant.

Thank you to Nora McGinnis and Amanda Soule, Haystack’s 2019 Summer Assistants, and Melissa Bardsley, Haystack’s 2019 fall assistant.

Thank you to volunteers Laura Brewer, Lynn Kneedler, Jenn Spofford, and Pat Roth, who provided crucial support during a busy summer and staff transition time; and to gallery sitters: Samantha Curtis, Lisa Hanley, Agnes Love, Leslie Miller, Zeke Sacaridiz, Hub White, and Pat White.

A special thanks to all of our seasonal staff that helped make 2019 such a remarkable season: Desmond Billings, Kati Burns, Craig Collins, Iana CraneWing, Seth Dodge, Amy Hewett, Callie Jackson, Jessica Joyce, Justine Rhys, Joan Schlosstein, Tom Smith, Christo Taggart, Phoebe Wentworth, and Autumn Wieske; and the Haystack Housekeeping team: Lacretia Dieter, Leslie Duncan, and Grace Torrey.

WELCOME Haystack hired five new, year-round staff over the past year: Marissa Hutchinson, Programs + Studio Coordinator, Walter Kumiega, Operations Manager, and James Rutter, Fab Lab Coordinator started last spring while Molly Flanigan, Donor Relations + Communications and Julie Adley, Office Coordinator joined the staff early in 2020.

Special thanks Haystack’s longtime Registrar and Office Manager, Candy Haskell, retired from the school after 42 plus years. Beloved by colleagues, friends, and program attendees alike, Candy had been a kind and generous presence— for all of these years, she was the first voice you heard when you called and first person in the office who greeted you upon arrival to the school’s campus.

Her long tenure means that she gained important institutional knowledge; she worked with all four of the school’s directors and trained many staff.

It was a serendipitous start for her at Haystack. Candy explains that her friend and neighbor, Ethel Clifford (Haystack’s first registrar), “asked me to help send out a few brochures with her. My children were in school, so I was able to do this. Here it is, forty-two and a half years later and suddenly I have retired!”

Reflecting on her time at Haystack, Candy expressed how lucky she has felt all this time, saying, “I have enjoyed it all, with many happy memories. I met so many wonderful people over the years—the people who have come through the school on staff and in our programs. It was a good, long run.”

Respected and well loved, Candy will be greatly missed, and the entire Haystack staff and board of trustees wish her all the best. Her generosity, warmth, laughter and humanity have truly helped to define Haystack.

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“She touched the lives of everyone who came to Haystack. From their initial phone call to the last goodbye before departing campus, she welcomed people with endless generosity and warmth. Her knowledge, passion, and care for the school helped remind us of the magic of Haystack, and the impact our work has in both large and small ways. While she may have retired, Candy will always remain a special part of the school.”

PAUL SACARIDIZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WE ARE H AYS T A C K FOUNDER

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

STAFF

Jack Lenor Larsen Honorary Chair

Paul Sacaridiz Executive Director

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Susan Haas Bralove President

Julie Adley Office Coordinator

Francis S. Merritt (1913–2000)

Ayumi Horie Vice President

Ginger Aldrich Development Director

LIFE TRUSTEES

Laura Galaida Treasurer

Jonathan Doolan Studio Technician

M. Rachael Arauz

Carole Ann Fer Registrar

Mary Beasom Bishop (1885–1972)

William Daley Arline Fisch Wayne Higby Richard Howe Lissa Ann Hunter Marlin Miller Eleanor Rosenfeld Claire Sanford Cynthia Schira

Katherine Cheney Chappell Sonya Clark Annet Couwenberg Deborah Cummins Fabio Fernández Virginia McGehee Friend Katherine Gray Hoss Haley Del Harrow Matthew Hinçman Helen Lee Roberto Lugo Sarah McNear Bruce Norelius John Ollman Peter Roth Linda Sikora Rosanne Somerson Joan Sorensen

Molly Flanigan Donor Relations + Communications Marissa Hutchinson Programs + Studio Coordinator Annette Huval Student Accounts Eugene Koch Facilities Director Walter Kumiega Operations Manager James Rutter Fab Lab Coordinator Marilyn Smith Chief Financial Officer Tom Smith Head Chef Twyla Weed Store Manager/ Administrative Assistant Ellen Wieske Deputy Director Brad Willis Studio Technician

Namita Gupta Wiggers Joe Wood

Haystack is committed to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate against any individual or group of individuals on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, or veteran status. All are welcome.

HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS P.O. BOX 518 DEER ISLE, ME 04627-0518 USA haystack-mtn.org

STRATEGIC PLAN During 2020 the Haystack board and staff will finalize a comprehensive strategic planning process, led

by TDC, a Boston based consultancy.

In addition to internal work with the board and staff, we have also been conducting research and engaging in outreach interviews with various stakeholders including former students, faculty, donors, foundations, and granting agencies to better understand our impact and reach. This processes is helping us to think through the vision, mission, and priorities for the coming years, and as the school celebrates its 70th anniversary.

HAYSTACK FAB LAB COVID-19 RESPONSE In response to the growing impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and shortages of personal protective equipment for essential workers, Haystack’s Fab Lab is helping to produce and deliver supplies to our local community.

To help support these COVID-19 response efforts, please consider making an unrestricted donation to the 2020 Haystack annual fund. Your contributions allow us to respond to pressing needs in real time, and to scale our outreach and community support.

Read more about these efforts on the Haystack website: haystack-mtn.org.

Photo by Audi Culver