Haystack 2021 Gateway Newsletter and Annual Report for 2020

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FROM THE DIRECTOR This edition of Gateway marks a moment in time that is unlike any other in Haystack’s seventy-year history. Under other circumstances, we would have been discussing the programming we ran, the communities that gathered on campus, and the role the School played in helping define craft at this moment in time. Instead, we worked from home, practiced social distancing, and tried to understand what was happening as the pandemic unfolded.

Looking back now, it feels almost impossible to comprehend the enormity of this period in time and the ways it impacted our lives—both personally and collectively.

When Haystack suspended programming last year, it was done for the safety of our community here on Deer Isle, across the country, and around the world.

Prior to that moment a decision like this would have been unimaginable, yet it quickly became inevitable and the most socially responsible step we could take.

Navigating this situation was incredibly complex, with no clear precedents to follow and few obvious answers. But as often happens at Haystack, none of this was done alone. Our Board and Staff spent weeks considering the implications of bringing groups of people to a remote community during an evolving

public health crisis; we examined strategies for stabilizing operations in a year with no earned income, and ways we could best take care of one another during a truly unprecedented time.

What does it mean for an organization to pause?

We had never really thought about this before yet suddenly had the rare opportunity to do so at every turn. The pages that follow describe the directions we explored in response to this question, the subsequent ways it strengthened the School, and the many people who helped make it possible.

The generosity and support we have received over the past year allowed us to not only come through the pandemic but also thrive in ways we truly never imagined.

For this, and so much more, we extend our deepest gratitude and thanks.

Paul Sacaridiz Executive Director

2020 ANNUAL FUND 2020 ANNUAL FUND REP ORT

HISTORIC GIVING FOR FIFTH YEAR 2020 ANNUAL FUND SETS ANOTHER NEW RECORD FOR HISTORIC GIVING For the fifth consecutive year, our donors have helped to set a historic record for giving to the School. This was an extraordinary achievement, made all the more remarkable in a year with no earned income due to the cancellation of programming in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.

We are pleased to announce that in fiscal year 2020 (November 1, 2019–October 31, 2020) the Haystack Annual Appeal raised a total of $547,905. We are profoundly grateful to everyone who helped make this possible and honored to have your ongoing support.

The Annual Fund, one of the most important revenue streams we have as an organization, consists 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 equity initiatives. While the majority of these contributions are unrestricted, other gifts are designated for specific purposes by donors. Additional contributions to the Annual Fund come in the form of planned giving and bequests.

The success of the Annual Appeal is measured both through financial support and the number of donors who contribute each 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 2020 Annual Appeal surpassed our budgeted goal of $370,750 by raising $547,905, through the support of 782 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, 2019, and October 31, 2020.

This figure also represents gifts supporting the 2020 Haystack Annual Fund Challenge, the COVID-19 PPE Project, and the Master Plan initiative, as part of the FY20 Annual Fund. While we do our best to accurately record every gift made to the School, please contact us if you find a correction is in order.

Please note: Haystack’s 2021 Annual Appeal is ongoing through October 31, 2021.

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, haystack-mtn.org, to make a secure online donation.

Gifts made to Haystack between November 1, 2020 and October 31, 2021 will be reported in our 2022 Gateway Newsletter/ Annual Report. *Indicates contributions to endowment funds in addition to the FY20 Annual Fund.

SUSTAINER

PATRON

($25,000+)

($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous (2) Brian Pearson

Polly Allen Charlotte Barus Thomas Blakley Center for Craft & Applied Arts Sonya Clark Barbara McFadyen Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper Lory Newmyer & Stephen Cooper Bruce Norelius Studio Lois Russell Brigid Sullivan & John Gifford Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington

BENEFACTOR ($10,000–$24,999)

Susan & Steven Bralove Fleur Bresler Virginia McGehee Friend Eduard Kleiner Marlin & Ginger Miller Eleanor Rosenfeld Peter Roth Joan & Pablo Sorensen Richard Stark*

SP ONSOR

UNDERWRITER

($5,000–$9,999)

($1,000 –$2,499)

Katherine Cheney Chappell & Thomas Chappell Laura & Todd Galaida Robert & Macy Lasky Mark Robinson Claire Sanford & Charles Crowley* The Estate of Diane Walker The Estate of Billie Wolf

Anonymous (6) Adas Journey Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Jeffery Becton Cynthia Bringle Donna & Ralph Briskin Caroline & David Browne Sara Clugage Allison Cooke Brown & Blake Brown Deborah & Robert Cummins

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Kenneth R. Gross Elise Hauenstein & Norm Abram Ruth (Bunny) Hensley & David Scholl Ayumi & Chloe Horie Richard & Mary Howe Eric Lawrence Genevieve Lee/ John M. McClelland Senior Charitable Foundation Beth Lee Christopher Leone & Jocelyne Prince Mitchell Lichtenstein Jenny Lin Suze Lindsay & Kent McLaughlin Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt Ian McDonald Abbie McMillen Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Jan Myers-Newbury* Lory Newmyer & Stephen Cooper O’Donnell Iselin Foundation, Inc. John Ollman Arline Fisch Jan Petry Susan Pohanka Rabinowe Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation Chris Rifkin Ann Roth & John Coffey Robert A. Roth & Cleo Wilson Carlton Rutter Phyllis Savage Victoria Seelen Rosanne Somerson & Jonathan Cherneff Chris & Kate Staley Julian & Elsa Waller Francis H. Williams & Keris Salmon Paul Wisotzky Thomas Yoder

SUPP ORTER ($500–$999)

Anonymous Polly Apfelbaum Andrew & Mary Arnault Tom Baker Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Co. Kate Barber Wet Dog Glass, LLC John A. Cardin Patricia Donahue Susie Ganch Hoss Haley & Leslie Noell Emily & Robert Harrison Pat Hickman Matthew Holden Andrew Klein Lynn & Ed Kneedler Tom Loeser & Bird Ross

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Lisa & Norma Marin Mary Ellen Matthews Mathew McConnell Carol McNiff Melanie Meyers Carole M. Pesner Lynn Pollard Joanna Powell Ann Powers Kim Gassett-Schiller & Philip Schiller Renee Sewall & Kyra Alex Peggy Shaffer & Ben Jacks Rob & Susan Spofford Stan Spracker Tradewinds Marketplace Michael Van Buskirk & Laurie Alpers Beck H. Whitehead Ellen Wineberg

FRIEND ($1–$499)

Anonymous (26) Alyce Abdalla Robert & Pamela Adams Tom & Mimi Adams James Africano Ann Agee Beverly Ahern Finn Alban Virginia H. B. Aldrich Heather Alexander Sam Allen McDonnell Family Stephen S. Alpert AmazonSmile Foundation Matthew Anacker Daniel & Caroline Bottom Anderson Dr. Michael D. Andrew Kate Anker Naama Ansbacher-Ginosar Deb Appleby Constance & Gonzalo Arauz M. Rachael Arauz Linda Arbuckle Glenda Arentzen Byron Aubrey Arthur & Maureen Kennedy Avila John Babcock Nan Bacon Posey Bacoupoulos Christine Bailey Jozef Bajus Boris Bally & Lynn Taylor Jeanne Bamforth Emily Banas Alison Banks Martha Banyas Don Bardole John & Bridget Barnes Debra Barnet

Mary Barringer Edward & Madi Bass Sissy & John Bateman Ingrid Bathe Chris & Peggy Becksvoort Gary Beckwith Audrey Bellinger Pi Benio & Michael Jacobitz Rosie Bensen Leslie Benson Jane Bernstein Christine Biglow Linda Bills Carolyn Bird Carol Birtwistle Tracy Lee Black Nisa Blackmon Sandra Blain A. Alice Blohm Lynne Bond Melody & Garrett Bonnema Leslie Borr Kenneth Botnick Alvin O. Boucher Agnes Bourne Darrah Bowden Linda & William Bowman William Brack & Jessica Ladd Alan & Susan Bradstreet Wade T. Brainerd Kaila Braley Susie Brandt Betsy Braunhut M. Christine Breedlove Emmy Bright Jenny Brillhart Edwina Bringle Shari Broder & Eric Bryant Bobbie Brown Kathleen Browne & Stephen Litchfield Elaine V. Brzezinski Kathie & Jack Burnett Barbara Burns Jody Burr Dr. Judith Burton Wimberley Burton & Kathleen Glennon Nancy Button John W. Buzbee Karen Campbell Susan Lovell Campbell Molly Cantor Joan & Peter Carcia Robert & Mary Carlson Anne Cassatt Tracy Cavanaugh Shirley Noland Chambliss Kyoung Ae Cho James Chute Danielle Chutinthranond Avy Claire Elliot Clapp

Fiona Clark Margaret Clark Sarah M. Clark Robert Cmarik E. Patrick Coady Ann Coddington Joseph & Cathy Cohen Cathy Cohen Jodi Colella Chuck Collison Susan Conner Kelly Jean Conroy Ray Cooper Tara Cooper Louise Allison Cort Cappy Counard Annet Couwenberg & Dan Meyers Posie & Doug Cowan Martin Cox Chrisa Craig Ken & Nancy Crasco Cross Insurance, Belfast Cori Crumrine Scott & Kim Cunningham Amanda D’Amico Ron Dahlen Jude Daley Jacqueline & Darwin Davidson Jill H. Davis Whitney Davis Christina P. Day Addison de Lisle & Kerri Harding Nicola De Pace Mia deBethune Amanda Degener Lyman Delano Janelle Delicata Mary Denton Naomi Detenbeck Ann Deutsch Jeffrey Lloyd Dever Sarah Dittemore Stacey Doll Eddie Dominguez Donna Doughten & Joel Eckhaus Susan Douglass Erica Doyton Kim Draper Robin Dreyer The Office of Dr. Alpaugh & Dr. Van Emmerik Robert Duarte John Dunnigan & Wendy Wahl Lynn Duryea Robert Ebendorf & Aleta Braun Molly Eberle Leah Edrington Tony Egan Mary Lee Eggart Irene Eilers

Pamela Elias Elliott & Elliott Architecture Callie Elliston David Ellsworth Sally Eshleman David & Karen Estey Lisa B. Evans Tony & Sarah Everdell Y.H. Mirzoeff & Sons Foundation Wendy Jagger John & Jean Eysenbach Judith Falk Avery & Pat Falkner Lauren Faria* Mozelle Celine Farrell Paul & June Farrow Paloma Feliciano Kristin & Ken Fellows Carole Ann Fer & Ellen Wieske Barbara Fernald Fabio J. Fernández & Christine Dunn Joyce Ferris Heidi Fieldston MaryElizabeth Filon Sally Fischel Diane H. Fite Brenda Fletcher Heather & Richard Forrest Sara & Dieter Forster Betsey Foster Anna Kaziunas France Diane Franklin Patt Franklin Sherry Gail Frazer & Phil Gerard Kileh Friedman W. Bryan Fuermann Rachel Fuld Falding Bishop Gadola Karen Gallup Elizabeth Garber William Garbus & Margaret Ann Martin Rachel Garceau John G. Garrett Mary Gaynor Orietta Geha Martin Gellert Beth Gerrard Beth Ann Gerstein Brenda Gilchrist Gilmore Lighting Design Todd Gilmour Filson & Shirley Glanz Kathleen Goddu Marsha Gold Susan Goldberg Erica Goldfarb Amy Goldin Susan & Michael Goldman Marc Goldring

Rebecca Goodale Lisa Gralnick Christy Gray Katherine Gray & Eric Huebsch Diane L.E. Green-Minor Lloyd Greenberg Joli Greene Susan Greene Zee Jay Greenspan Diana Greenwold Grace Gregor Amy Gregowski Iris Mechigian Gruhl Diana Guerrero-Maciá Thomas Guglielmo Jennifer Gundersen Nancy Halpern Mary Oestereicher Hamill & John Neale Katy Hamlin Kathryn Hanley Gillian Greenhill Hannum The Harriman-Mercer Family Karolina Harris Del Harrow & Sanam Emami Jeffrey & Diana Hartnett Sarah S. Harvey Candy & Richard Haskell* Jinx Hastings Pommy Hatfield Kathy Hattori Marcia & Richard Hawley Lauren Hayden Tim Hayduk Molly Haynes Lauren Head Betty Heald Paul Heckler Erling Heistad & Kim Rheinlander Richard Heleen Karen Helfrich Joe Hemes Anna Hepler Keith Herklotz Helena Hernmarck Charlotte & Raul Herrera Sean Hickey Anna Highsmith Karen Upton Hill Matthew Hinçman & Elena Belle White Michael Sean Holihan Brooke Holve Brece V. Honeycutt & Martin C. Mitsoff Roger & Ann Hooke Nancy S. Horie Diane & Bill Horton Sharla Jean Hoskin Marie Hruby-Frake & Jack Frake Mary Lee Hu & James Wallace Diane Hubert

Kevin Hunt Carol Hurwitch Amy Husten & Family Karin Hustwaite Elaine Ingulli B. A. Ives Paria Izadmehr Gayle Johnson Melissa Johnson Randy Johnston & Jan McKeachie-Johnston Gwenda Jonas Char Joslin Jennifer Judd-McGee E. Michael & Eleanor Kahn Dick Kane & Melody Lewis-Kane Robin Levin Jerome & Deena L. Kaplan Marilyn Karl Rachel Kedinger Peter Keenan Jane Keener MaJo Keleshian Sam Kelly Mo Kelman Natasha Kempers-Cullen Gail Kendall Ellen Mears Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy Toni & Herbert Kestenbaum Sarah Khurshid Khan & Henry J. Drewal Barbara Kiger Daniel Kilbride Jennifer Kimball Miriam King Ron King Susan Kingsley Gerhardt Knodel Nancy Koenigsberg Kay Kojima Vaino & Marcia Kola Bruce Koloseike & Anna Maier Susan Kommit Robin Koo Janet Koplos Karen Krieger Cara Kritikos Ling-lin Ku Gregory A. Kuharic Walter Kumiega Karen Kusiak Michael Kwolek Laureen LaBar Jane Lackey Suzanne Lafontaine Kate LaGrand Gusty Lange & Steve Ettlinger Judy Langille Meghan Carmody & Amanda Larrabee Sally Larrick

Nathaniel Lavieri-Scull Sabrina M. Lavieri Marianne Lazarus Savannah Leaf Catherine Lee Doar Helen Lee Bill & Christine Leith Sasha Lennon Julia Leonard Naomi Lev Faythe Levine Alexis Levitt Marjorie Levy Glenn Limbruner Bruce Lindsey Denise Linet Ronny Lipitz Carl Little Jill Littlejohn Katharine Llyod Kristina Logan Carol Logie Janna Longacre & Joe Upham Roberto Lugo Carole Frances Lung Marie Maber Margaret MacDougal Janet Macy Jan Maddox Judy & Harris Madson Adam Manley Devra Marcus Wendy Maruyama & William Schairer Judith Maslin Cherie Mason Martha G. Mason Tracy Mastro Christine Mauersberger Lyn & Paul Mayewski Tim McCreight Jarlath McEntee Nora McGinnis Tekla McInerney Kate McNamara Richard Mellman & Marianne Alweis Renee Menard Ana Mendoza Alice C. Merritt Mandy Messina Mario Messina Ron & Hester Meyers Linda Miller Susan Mills Myra Mimlitsch-Gray & Ken Gray Deborah & Richard Minns Lindsay Mís Bob & Joanne Mogilnicki Jo-Anna & Michael Moore Samuel C. Morse Judith Motzkin Kevin Murphy

John Neale Gene Nelson & Sallie Findlay New England Hardboard Co. Mark Newport Lisa Nguyen Emory Niles Maggie Nimkin Michael O’Malley & Kari Gatzke Terry O’Neill Helen M. Oja Anne Oldach Theodora & Van Ooms Deborah Orrill & Blair Sanders Karen & Paul Orsillo Wendy Osterweil E. C. Owen Jan Owen Sherry Owens Maria Pagan Katherine Page & Alan Hein Larry Page & Rita Hawkins-Page Barbara Palmer Michael & Ruthann Palmer Robert Panepinto Deb Parliman Pamela Parvin Andrew Pate Dipul Patel Kiernan Pazdar Cristina Pellechio & Job Heintz William Penny Linda Perez Andrea Petrini Pfizer Inc. Bonnie Pierce Virginia C. Pierrepont Lauren Piotrowski Charlotte Podolsky Dwight & Connie Pogue Jocelyn Pollard Melissa Potter Misty Potter Rebecca Powell Pratik Prajapati Barbara & Charles Putnam Jane Quimby Sara Quinn Rosanne & Edward Raab Robin M. Rackley Jay Rancourt Chris & Peggy Raphael Joanne M. & James R. Rapp Tina Rath Abbie & Bart Read Alex Reed Regina Reid Robert Reid Gwen Reiman Laura Reyes Charles Rich Emily Richardson

Meg Richter & Ian Pappajohn Sue Ricklefs Jane & Al Roberts Allison Roberts Jessica Robey Tim & Beth Rockcress Sydney Roberts Rockefeller Rick & Alita Rogers Susan Rogers Priscilla Roggenkamp Susan & Peter Rogol Sharon Rosen Daniel Rosenberg Joyce Rosenfeld Louise Rosenfield Ilene Rosin Amanda Rowley Dorothy Royle Virginia Royster Eleanor & David Rubin Francine Rudoff Lois Russell Leeor Sabbah Sophia Sabella Kris Sader Pamella Saffer Arturo Sandoval Marissa & Karen Saneholtz Erika Sanger Dana Sardet Jean K. Savalchak Dorothy R. Saxe Cynthia Schira Janet Schlesinger & Jerry Jaffee Gary Schmitt Rick & Nikki Schneider David Schnuckel Sarah Schultz & Jeffrey Sugerman Karen Schwartz & Christopher Coffey Joyce Scott Elsie Sealander Warren Seelig & Sherrie Gibson Barbara Seidenath Nancy & Steve Selvin Sarah A. Sharpe Lauren Rudy Kristin Mitsu Shiga Randall & Carol Shinn Helen Shirk Linda Sikora Ned Simmons & Doreen Nardone Ellen & Mickey Simon Marjorie Simon Jane Sisco Cary Slocum Drs. Hugh Smith & Marsha Kindall-Smith Anne & Geoffry Smith Gertrude Graham Smith Jane Smith

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Jennifer M. Smith Liadain Smith Maggie Smith Paul Smith Ethan Snow Barbara Solomon Jude Spacks A. Sprecher Scott Springer Sarah Stanganelli Michael Stasiuk Suzanne Stephenson Brett Stern Gary G. Stevens Tyler Stoll Deb Stoner Candice Stover & Jeff Toman Mimsey Stromeyer Suzanne Stumpf Barbara Sullivan Erin Sweeney Syma Lynn Szymanski Aude Tabet Kay Taheri Evelyn Tanzer Scott Tanzer Betsy Tarlin Jane Tawney & Samuel Shaw Mary Taylor & Michael Moncavage Sara Taylor Nancy TenBroeck Del Thomas Susan Dungan Thomas William Arthur Ehren Tool Sharon Townshend Andrea Tracy Rick Traub & Mary Whiting David Treeson Marc Treib Emily Leonard Trenholm Heather Trimlett Jack Troy Judy Tung R.V. Turner Sarah Turner Juris Ubans Anne-Sophie Vallée Barbara van Buskirk & David Panek Ruth van Doren Andy Van Epps Suzanne Van Wye & Richard Barnes Kristine Vasios Clare Verstegen Karen Vickerson Bonnie Vierthaler Juliette Walker Marjin Wall Ellen Wallace Gwendolyn Wallace

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Georgianne Grande Wanous Wade Warman Patricia Warner Sarah Warshaw Keith Wasserman & Elizabeth Riley-Wasserman Jack Wax & Miyuki Nishiuchi Barbara Weber Sandra Weeks Winifred Weiss Mrs. Nancy H. Wessells Gretchen Wessels Brenda West Carlee Weston Jr. & Richard Berger Meg Weston Patricia Wheeler Audrey M. White & Daniel L. Keaveny Hub White & Pat White Joseph White Susan J. White Trent Whitington* William F. & Barbara Whitman Steve Whittlesey Janislee Wiese Namita Gupta Wiggers & Scott Wiggers Michelle Wildenhaus K. Lynn Wildnauer Melinda Willever Laura Williams Sandra Williams Janet Williamson Barbara & Jim Willis Emily Wilson Paula J. Wilson Susan H. Wilson Anna Wind Chad Wolfe Pamela Wolfe Paula Wolfe Robert William Wolff Joe Wood & Becky Brannon Charlotte & Richard Woodrow Robert Woodward/ Peanutbutter Linda Workman-Morelli Leslie Worona Valerie Wyckoff Nancy Yellin Amy Young Stephen Yusko & Ruth Coffey George & Elizabeth Zentz Herbert Ziegler

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

Susan Haas Bralove Judith Falk

Anna Rubin Eleanor & David Rubin

Sonya Clark Samuel C. Morse

Claire Sanford Heather & Richard Forrest

Ailsa M. Crawford Virginia C. Pierrepont

Rena Shield Mary Taylor & Michael Moncavage

Helen Drutt English Stern Anonymous Robert Ebendorf Jessica Robey Lillian Elliott Pat Hickman Tony Feher Polly Apfelbaum Namita Gupta Wiggers Darrah Bowden Candy Haskell Janna Longacre & Joe Upham Adam Manley Paula Wolfe The Haystack Staff Bruce Lindsey The Haystack Fab Lab Team and Masked Citizens of the World Stacey Doll Howard Kestenbaum & Vijay Paramsothy Trent Whitington Drs. Khurshid & Bilqis Khan Sarah Khurshid Khan & Henry J. Drewal Sabrina Lavieri Nathaniel Lavieri-Scull Nancy Margolis Beth Lee Dody Morrison Mary Taylor & Michael Moncavage Suzanne Nash William Brack & Jessica Ladd Lory Newmyer Alexis Levitt Dipul Patel Sarah Stanganelli Evelyn Tanzer Chad Wolfe Pamela Wolfe

IN HONOR OF

Sheetal Prajapati Pratik Prajapati

All Who Serve Erica Doyton

Jake Reed Sean Hickey

Sally Allen Robin M. Rackley

Elizabeth Rowland Polly Allen

Andy Spiegel Edward & Madi Bass Jacques Vesery James Africano Ellen Wieske Suze Lindsay & Kent McLaughlin J. Fred Woell Eleanor Moty Clare Verstegen Stewart Thomson Heather & Richard Forrest

John Lewis Kileh Friedman Beth Lee Ingrid Menken Lynn & Ed Kneedler Francis S. Merritt Ruth van Doren David Zatz Mary Nyburg Finn Alban Elizabeth Cherry Owen Sissy & John Bateman Leah Edrington Mary Lee Eggart Jane Smith Allen Gary Palmer Katherine Page & Alan Hein Barbara Palmer

IN MEMORY OF

James T. Watts Miriam King

Hans Bachrach Naama Ansbacher-Ginosar

J. Fred Woell Jean Hicks

Janet Bass Ilene Rosin

Peter Kemble Katherine Page & Alan Hein

Andrew Bergman Philip & Rita Levine The Montessori Children’s Academy Marjin Wall Ethel Skeans Clifford David Zatz Tom Conway Anonymous Martha Dwyer-Bergman Thomas Conlin Joseph & Mary Flintosh Joel Kahn Julia Kaplan Philip & Rita Levine Lori Marino Lynn C. & Michael J. Martin The Montessori Children’s Academy Barbi Jo Stim The Ware Family Charles R. Gailis David Zatz Jane Weiss Garrett Ruth (Bunny) Hensley & David Scholl Sylvia Gralnick Lisa Gralnick Jeffrey Gutcheon Susan Dungan Thomas Jody Klein Andrew Klein

GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT Harris Barron Fellowship Ros Barron Paulus Berensohn Scholarship Jan Myers-Newbury Andrew & Martha Bergman Scholarship Thomas Conlin Robert & Allison Decker Joseph & Mary Flintosh Joel Kahn Julia Kaplan Philip & Rita Levine Lori Marino Lynn C. & Michael J. Martin The Montessori Children’s Academy William & Deborah Stern Barbi Jo Stim The Ware Family Mary Beasom Bishop & Francis Sumner Merritt Scholarship Richard & Iona Siegel Trust David Zatz Steven Byrne Scholarship Richard Stark Ethel Skeans Clifford Scholarship David Zatz

Elizabeth Crawford Fellowship Emily C. Arauz Rebecca Bedell Elizabeth Brinkley Lauren Faria Jess Kwan Kathryn Morgan Howard Kestenbaum & Vijay Paramsothy International Fellowship Candy & Richard Haskell Trent Whitington Jody Klein Scholarship Jim Klein & Elisabeth Lardner Mad Crow Fellowship Claire Sanford & Charles Crowley Ingrid Menken Scholarship Elena Kubler Kate Sullivan Richard Allen Merritt Fellowship Ichiro Kurihara/ Chestnut Field Inc. Priscilla Merritt Scholarship Mark & Martha Bell Southwest School of Art Fellowship Johnny Clay Johnson Taylor-Zwickey Scholarship Dr. Cledie Collins Taylor J. Fred Woell Scholarship Jean Hicks Eleanor Moty Society of North American Goldsmiths

GIFTS TO THE 2020 HAYSTACK ANNUAL FUND CHALLENGE Anonymous (9) Alyce Abdalla Ann Agee Virginia H. B. Aldrich Polly Allen Dr. Michael D. Andrew Polly Apfelbaum M. Rachael Arauz Posey Bacoupoulos Boris Bally & Lynn Taylor Ingrid Bathe Audrey Bellinger Lynne Bond Darrah Bowden Susan & Steven Bralove Emmy Bright Jenny Brillhart Edwina Bringle

Shari Broder & Eric Bryant Dr. Judith Burton Wimberley Burton & Kathleen Glennon Susan Lovell Campbell Joan & Peter Carcia John A. Cardin Robert & Mary Carlson Shirley Noland Chambliss Avy Claire Sarah M. Clark Sonya Clark Sara Clugage E. Patrick Coady Susan Conner Martin Cox Chrisa Craig Cori Crumrine Amanda D’Amico Jacqueline & Darwin Davidson Addison de Lisle & Kerri Harding Amanda Degener Lyman Delano Eddie Dominguez Patricia Donahue Robert Duarte Lynn Duryea Callie Elliston Sally Eshleman John & Jean Eysenbach Betsey Foster Anna Kaziunas France Kileh Friedman W. Bryan Fuermann Laura & Todd Galaida John G. Garrett Beth Ann Gerstein Kathleen Goddu Todd W. Leland Marc Goldring Lisa Gralnick Diane L.E. Green-Minor Lloyd Greenberg Joli Greene Diana Guerrero-Maciá Jennifer Gundersen Karolina Harris Jeffrey & Diana Hartnett Sarah S. Harvey Candy & Richard Haskell Lauren Hayden Karen Helfrich Joe Hemes Ruth (Bunny) Hensley & David Scholl Anna Hepler Charlotte & Raul Herrera Pat Hickman Matthew Hinçman & Elena Belle White Brooke Holve Ayumi & Chloe Horie

Nancy S. Horie Diane & Bill Horton Diane Hubert Carol Hurwitch Paria Izadmehr Jerome & Deena L. Kaplan MaJo Keleshian Mo Kelman Gail Kendall Kathleen Kennedy Vaino & Marcia Kola Susan Kommit Robin Koo Cara Kritikos Gregory A. Kuharic Michael Kwolek Laureen LaBar Jane Lackey Sally Larrick Eric Lawrence Beth Lee Bill & Christine Leith Faythe Levine Tom Loeser & Bird Ross Charles Lucas & Deb DeWitt Adam Manley Martha G. Mason Christine Mauersberger Tim McCreight Ian McDonald Jarlath McEntee Abbie McMillen Kate McNamara Sarah McNear & Ian Wardropper Alfred & Nancy Merritt II Alice C. Merritt Mandy Messina Márçia & Daniel Minter Kevin Murphy Jan Myers-Newbury New England Hardboard Co. Lisa Nguyen Emory Niles John Ollman Katherine Page & Alan Hein Deb Parliman Kiernan Pazdar Jan Petry Lauren Piotrowski Charlotte Podolsky Misty Potter Barbara & Charles Putnam Jane Quimby Sara Quinn Jay Rancourt Chris & Peggy Raphael Alex Reed Regina Reid Emily Richardson Jane & Al Roberts Mark Robinson Tim & Beth Rockcress

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller Susan Rogers Sharon Rosen Joyce Rosenfeld Peter Roth Robert A. Roth & Cleo Wilson Francine Rudoff Leeor Sabbah Sophia Sabella Pamella Saffer Marissa & Karen Saneholtz Erika Sanger Dana Sardet Cynthia Schira Janet Schlesinger & Jerry Jaffee Rick & Nikki Schneider David Schnuckel Victoria Seelen Maggie Smith Barbara Solomon Jude Spacks Rob & Susan Spofford Stan Spracker Brett Stern Tyler Stoll Deb Stoner Jeff Toman & Candice Stover Betsy Tarlin Del Thomas Andrea Tracy David Treeson Emily Leonard Trenholm Ruth van Doren Kristine Vasios Karen Vickerson Georgianne Grande Wanous

Sarah Warshaw Elizabeth Riley-Wasserman & Keith Wasserman Meg Weston Patricia Wheeler Audrey M. White & Daniel L. Keaveny Joseph White Trent Whitington Melinda Willever Sandra Williams Paula J. Wilson Susan H. Wilson Paula Wolfe Robert William Wolff Amy Young

GIFTS TO THE MASTER PL AN Anonymous Peter Roth Claire Sanford & Charles Crowley Richard Stark

GIFTS TO THE FAB L AB PPE PROJECT Anonymous The Office of Dr. Alpaugh & Dr. Van Emmerik Darrah Bowden Erica Doyton Todd Gilmour Theodore Mooncai Carlton Rutter Jack Troy

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TRIBUTE In remembrance JACK LENOR L ARSEN (1927–2020) Last December we said farewell to Jack Lenor Larsen, who died at the age of ninety-three at his home in East Hampton, New York.

A world-renowned weaver, designer, writer, educator, and visionary, Jack’s immense influence on the fields of craft, art, and design is undeniable. Born in Seattle, he initially studied architecture at the University of Washington. Yet it was weaving that most caught Jack’s attention and led him to receive a graduate degree in fiber from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Upon graduating, he moved to New York City in 1951, where he established Jack Lenor Larsen Inc. and embarked on a long and illustrious career in textiles. Those early years quickly established his position in mid-century design.

Examples of early projects included commissions for the lobby draperies for Lever House, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and interior textiles for two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, Taliesin West and Fallingwater.

The early 1950s also brought Jack into contact with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Through connections with Haystack’s founding director, Francis Sumner Merritt, Jack quickly developed lifelong relationships with the School. He was among some of the earliest faculty at Haystack, first teaching in the summer of 1952, and he would quickly play a significant role in recruiting faculty. Over the years, he helped shape the School in countless ways. He was instrumental in the decision to move from Montville to Deer Isle and helped identify, and ultimately secure, Edward Larrabee Barnes as the architect to design our now iconic campus. After many years of teaching, and serving as a Trustee, Jack was later named Honorary Chair of the Haystack Board.

Jack loved to create community, and throughout his life, he brought people together at places like Haystack and his beloved home, LongHouse Reserve. He believed places like these should be models for living that integrated beauty into our everyday lives.

For nearly seven decades, Jack paid close attention to Haystack.

He considered his affiliation with the School, and our evolving legacy, to be one of his greatest achievements. His keen sense of observation and demand for excellence shaped the School into what it is today.

We would regularly receive communications from Jack in the form of notes, letters, faxes, and emails. He seemed to be watching everything we were doing and always had suggestions for how we could make the School even stronger and more relevant. He would also share the names of artists, exhibitions, books, and projects— his curiosity and excitement for the new was truly insatiable. At the close of each note, he would always sign off in the same way—with one single word. It seemed to imply where he most wanted us to head, and in his spirit and memory, we will continue to do just that.

Onward!

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TOP TO BOTTOM: Jack Lenor Larsen, photo courtesy Shonna Valeska, @shonnavaleska; Jack Lenor Larsen leading a critique of his “emotional and intellectual stripes” weaving assignment (1956), photographed by student Walter Holt, image courtesy Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

HOW TO ESTABLISH A FELLOWSHIP OR SCHOL ARSHIP Providing support to students has tremendous impact, and we are very proud of the named, endowed funds that have been created at Haystack. Many donors throughout the years 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 scholarship can be created with a gift of $30,000, providing tuition, room, and 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 also works with donors to establish currentyear scholarships, providing a student with tuition, room, and board to attend a two-week workshop in any given year.

Haystack is firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. One of our most critical goals is ensuring that 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 is sustained through Annual Fund contributions, fundraising events, grants, and our fellowship- or scholarship-endowed funds.

FELLOWSHIPS

SCHOLARSHIPS

Arizona State University Fellowship Established by Joanne & 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 Harris Barron Fellowship Established by Ros Barron; Awarded through Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MassArt Alumni Relations Mary Blakley Fellowship The Brown University Fellowship Established by Joan & 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 & James Rapp; Awarded by Edinboro University Cait Giunta Fellowship 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 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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F E L LO W S H I P & SCHOLARSHIP NEWS The following endowment funds were created in 2020 and will help provide access to the School for future generations of students.

Haystack is pleased to share this account, submitted by Ros Barron, about the establishment of this new fellowship.

It is an example of the long relationship between MassArt and Haystack as well as how people come together in community to support one another.

Creating opportunities for others is an incredibly generous act, and through this fellowship award Harris Barron is remembered and appreciated.

Harris Barron Fellowship Established by Ros Barron; Awarded through Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MassArt Alumni Relations

The Harris Barron Fellowship has been established by videographer Ros Barron, in honor of her husband and longtime art collaborator of sixty-five years, Harris Barron (1926–2017). This fellowship honors the deep connection Harris had with the Massachusetts College of Art & Design (MassArt) and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

Harris and Ros were part of the first class of the newly formed MassArt Ceramics Department, graduating in 1954. After college, Harris and Ros established their own studios, as production potters and sculptors, and exhibited their work widely. In 1964, Fran Merritt (MassArt Class of ’34), Director of Haystack, invited Harris to teach a summer session at Haystack. In 2007 and 2008, Harris returned to Haystack as guest faculty of the MassArt Annual Alumni Retreat. His conversations and inspiration were magical to all who attended. Joel Kurtz, MassArt Glass alumnus, made a series of short videos capturing Harris’s words along with those of Janna Longacre and other MassArt alumni (MassArt at Haystack School of Crafts https:// vimeo.com/8603681 and A Short History of SIM https://vimeo.com/10938967).

As artists, Harris and Ros were both groundbreakers.

From his early years of object making, in clay and metal, Harris moved on to performance/installation work, as well as writing. Ros’s works developed from ceramics and painting to video. In 1967, Ros and Harris Barron and Alan Finneran—Harris’s former studio assistant—began talking about widening the sphere of their works to include elements of new technologies and to collaborate on what they saw as integrated “visual theater performance works.”

What emerged was ZONE, a company of artisttechnician-performers to realize full-scale visual theater productions. Supported by public and private foundations, ZONE produced many full-scale works. WGBH television awarded each of the ZONE directors two-year Rockefeller Artists in Television grants. In 1970, New York State Council on the Arts invited ZONE to tour thirteen SUNY colleges with a performance program, touring for two months.

Harvard University, The Architect’s Collaborative, and Ise Gropius commissioned ZONE for a work to

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celebrate the first anniversary of Walter Gropius’s death. ZONE produced Beyond Bauhaus Theater.

The Guggenheim Museum commissioned Harris and Ros to produce a major work for the museum’s 1972 Kandinsky retrospective exhibition, resulting in Das Gelbe Kláng—The Yellow Sound.

Invited in 1970 to teach ceramics at the Massachusetts College of Art (now Massachusetts College of Art & Design), Harris Barron went on to found the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) Department, an outgrowth of the ZONE group. Harris designed it as a multidisciplinary studio with great enthusiasm for free thinking. On Harris’s door at the college was a sign reading, “Shared experience creates community and community may alter the landscape.” Under Harris’s inspirational leadership, students challenged traditional ways of thinking, making, and experiencing art.

In his private life, Harris was passionate about flying.

With “air in his veins,” starting in 1935, Harris designed, built, and flew complex “miniature” aircraft.

He was a Navy flier based in Pearl Harbor during World War II. Harris flew sailplanes, instructed the MIT Soaring group for many years, and spent a week flying—Massachusetts to California (with pilot Frank Scarabino)—in a 1936, open-cockpit Stearman biplane. For the last thirty years of his life, under the pen name “Eagle Air,” he wrote Spaces in the Air; short stories and poems; and The Birth of Eagle Air, a memoir in progress.

The Harris (“A.K.A Eagle Air”) Barron Fellowship will provide an annual award to a MassArt alum to attend any Haystack workshop beginning in 2022 and will cover tuition, room, and board, plus a travel stipend.

Recipients of the award will be identified by the MassArt Alumni Relations office.

Cait Giunta Fellowship The Cait Giunta Fellowship was established in fall 2020, in memory of Caitlin C. Giunta (1988–2020). Following Cait’s unexpected passing, her family, friends, and community immediately launched a GoFundMe campaign, and the funds received from many individual donors were allocated to create this fellowship in honor of Cait, and her artistic and creative spirit.

Cait and her partner, Ned Roche, both artists and makers, cofounded Chases Garage, a studio and gallery located in York, Maine, in 2013. Cait dedicated much of her time to expanding and strengthening the art community in southern Maine, and Chases Garage quickly became a space for artists and the community to gather, and it continues to inspire and unite artists today. In 2017 they both participated in workshops during Session 2 at Haystack. Cait attended a blacksmithing/steel-forming workshop and Ned attended a ceramics workshop.

Following the workshop, Cait told family and friends that the experience was life changing, and reignited her “creative mojo.”

Cait had a deep connection with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and their commitment to fostering a community of artists. Family and close friends felt that providing an opportunity to send other artists, through a fellowship in her memory, would be the perfect way to honor Cait, and her commitment to uniting and supporting artists.

The Cait Giunta (“Creative Mojo”) Fellowship will provide an annual award, covering tuition, room, and board, plus a travel stipend, for a student to attend any Haystack workshop. The first Fellowship will be awarded in 2022.

2020 GRANT SUPP ORT $4,058,000 in grants was received by Haystack for 2020—$4,000,000 reflects a rare and generous grant to create an endowment at the School. This award was announced in our 2020 Gateway Newsletter but is also listed here to reflect the timing of the gift and inclusion with FY20 grants.

We are grateful to the following foundations and granting agencies for their generous support of the School in 2020, particularly with regard to offering general operating support in a year with no programming or earned income.

HEGNER FAMILY FOUNDATION $3,000 to support anti-oppression training for Haystack Staff and Trustees MAINE ARTS COMMISSION $7,600 to support the 2020 General Operating Fund MAINE ARTS COMMISSION/ NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS C.A.R.E.S. ACT $7,400 to support the 2020 General Operating Fund MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BROAD REACH FUND $15,000 to support Haystack’s work with the veteran community MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DONOR-ADVISED FUND $5,000 to support 2020 paid internships in the Haystack Fab Lab for Deer IsleStonington High School students MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DOWNEAST INNOVATION FUND $5,000 to support 2020 paid internships in the Haystack Fab Lab for Deer IsleStonington High School students NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS $15,000 to support Haystack’s work with the veteran community WINDGATE FOUNDATION $4,000,000 to establish an endowment for campus preservation We extend our deep thanks to the Windgate Foundation for their continued generosity and support during this unprecedented year.

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C O V I D - 19 P P E P R OJ E C T HELPING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNIT Y In response to the growing impact of the global coronavirus pandemic and shortages of PPE for essential workers, Haystack’s Fab Lab helped produce and deliver supplies to our community.

Soon after we cancelled programming for the season, Haystack’s Technology Director, James Rutter, was approached by local resident Jill Day, of Brooksville, who asked to use the School’s laser cutter to cut plastic shields as she was coordinating a local community effort to distribute face shields in the area. Recognizing the urgent need for personal protective equipment and the immediate shortage in supply availability, after helping Day, we realized that Haystack had the resources, equipment, and the people to ramp up production and support its local community in a meaningful way.

Approved by the National Institutes of Health, the designs we produced were available through an open-source platform. Orders were placed through an online form connected to our website, and Haystack closely followed guidelines to safely produce and distribute each of the items, employing a variety of systems—curbside pickup, socially-distanced delivery, and even community members who helped get things where they needed to go. For the first time, Haystack extended its internship program into the school year to accommodate the production of, and need for, PPE for our community.

The Haystack Fab Lab successfully pivoted direction to start producing personal protective equipment, including medical face shields and surgical-mask-strap “ear savers” for communitybased organizations. We prioritized efforts for Deer Isle and Hancock County with supplies intended for medical facilities, government agencies, first responders, schools, community organizations, local businesses, and other essential workers.

Thankfully, the need and demand for these items began to slow down in 2021, and orders stopped coming in after we had produced close to 6,000 items, which had all been made, distributed, and donated free of charge to more than sixty organizations in our community. Hancock County and surrounding areas in Maine were prioritized, with supplies intended for medical facilities, government agencies, first responders, schools, community organizations, local businesses, and other essential workers. Haystack is no longer actively taking orders for PPE but will continue to look for ways we can help solve local problems through design and digital fabrication.

Rutter designed the project and facilitated all of the work alongside Ian Cust, Rylee Eaton, and McHenna Martin, Deer Isle-Stonington High School students who worked as paid interns in the Fab Lab and had been previously trained on Fab Lab equipment. This project allowed them to further develop technical and digital skills, as well as learn about project management, while working on something that had direct, real-world impact. The interns were critical to our ability to respond quickly and in real time to meet the high demand for supplies.

Using computer modeling software, 3D printers, and laser cutters, Haystack produced nearly 500 items in the first two weeks alone and then scaled the project over the coming months.

Special thanks Special thanks to the following people who made this project possible: Jill Day James Rutter Ian Cust Rylee Eaton McHenna Martin

Throughout this time, Haystack received more than $25,000 from donors who generously expressed interest in support of these initiatives, helping us to invest in new equipment and to hire the additional staffing needed for the Fab Lab.

“We are truly humbled by your generosity. We are finding community support amazing. We are all caregivers and feel that it is our calling. But to have it acknowledged is not something we are accustomed to. Thank you again.”

DENISE LINDAHL, RN, WALDO COUNTY, MAINE

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PA N D E M I C RELIEF SUPPORT F O R FA C U LT Y Generous donor supports artists affected by the global coronavirus pandemic Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, a remarkable gift totaling nearly $1 million was made to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Tennessee), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Maine), Penland School of Craft (North Carolina), Peters Valley School of Craft (New Jersey), and Pilchuck Glass School (Washington). This donation was provided to us with the sole intention of replacing lost wages for artists whose workshops had been cancelled as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic.

PPE PROJECT: WHO DID WE HELP?

In total, over 550 people across the five schools benefited from this support. The entirety of this gift was paid forward to artists, with no funds being retained by any of the organizations. We are grateful for our long-standing partnership and ongoing collaboration, which has allowed the opportunity for us to advocate for the artists who are central to our mission.

As a result of Haystack’s $134,000 award, every individual who was scheduled to teach at the School, in every one of our programs, received stipends reflecting their lost wages.

We are profoundly grateful for the unprecedented support we accepted on their behalf, and it was an honor to be able to distribute these funds to working artists.

“This gift is truly an act of transformational philanthropy, providing direct support to artists who have experienced a loss of income as a result of our decision to suspend programming for the 2020 season, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The unprecedented support we have received on their behalf allows us to invest in the lives of artists, at a time when they need our support more than ever.”

PAUL SACARIDIZ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital Island Nursing Home Memorial Ambulance Corps Peninsula Ambulance Corps Waldo County General Hospital Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic Searsmont Rescue Cahoon Care Home Inc. Emmaus Homeless Shelter United States Postal Service (Castine, ME) St. George Volunteer Firefighters & Ambulance Association Parker Ridge Senior Living Community Isle au Haut Boat Services St. Joseph Healthcare Maine Organic Therapy McArthur Home for Aged People Association Dr. Wendy Alpaugh, DMD Tree of Life Food Pantry Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Thomaston Ambulance Service & Thomaston Fire Department Rockland Fire & EMS Department Hancock County Sheriff’s Department Hancock County Jail Healthy Island Project Eggemoggin Country Store Island Employee Cooperative Casco Bay Dental Boston University Medical Center Sweetser | Maine Mental Health Optum Health Services Bath-Brunswick Respite Care Downeast Community Partners Robert & Mary’s Place Healthy Island Project Town of Surry George Stevens Academy Deer Isle Sunset Congregational Church Penobscot Bay Press Blue Hill Co-op Chase Emerson Memorial Library Maine Maritime Academy Island Health & Wellness Foundation Opera House Arts Brooksville Elementary School

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ADMINISTRATIVE & FA C I L I T Y U P G R A D E S ADMINISTRATIVE UP GRADES DATABASE MIGRATION Haystack has successfully completed a full database conversion. We hired a data specialist to implement the process, clean up data, and train the Staff on how to use this new system. This was a significant project and occupied more than six weeks of Development Staff time.

PERMANENT DOCUMENTS & ARCHIVE STORAGE We used the 2020 season to work through updates and revisions to permanent organizational documents. By the end of the fiscal year, we completed updates to the Personnel Manual, Organizational Chart, Internal Controls Document, and Gift Acceptance Policy. Additionally, the Staff made changes to how files are shared and stored, which has streamlined the flow of information and communication among Staff—no small effort, especially given that we were working remotely.

The Administrative Staff also reviewed more than twenty-five years of storage boxes and documents in order to determine long-term archival use, as well as better organize, label, and prepare retained files for proper storage.

CAMPUS & STUDIO UP GRADES The past year provided a rare window without programming and allowed the opportunity to think carefully about how we could best use our time to strengthen the School. As we all know, the studios are central to the experience of being at Haystack.

We have long held the belief that our workspaces should be flexible and able to accommodate a wide range of processes while also communicating a sense of modesty and the ability to be used as a realistic model for artists to set up spaces of their own.

Yet, because of the time constraints we face in campus access over the winter, we have relatively limited periods when the studios are not in use. In 2020, Haystack initiated one of the most ambitious studio upgrades we have done in years, leveraging the expertise and knowledge of our Staff to make significant upgrades across campus through the support of major gifts made toward these efforts.

The Staff spent the early months of the pandemic in collaborative planning sessions, making detailed inventories and plans for the studios that were in need of the most updating. The metals studio was identified as our greatest area of need, and that space has been completely redesigned and rebuilt—from new flooring and equipment to onsite, custom-built cabinets and benches. In addition to the metals studio, significant enhancements were made to each of our other studios—graphics, fiber, ceramics, wood, the hot shop—and the Haystack Fab Lab. We successfully raised over $325,000 for campus improvements. From equipment purchases to electrical, plumbing, and infrastructure upgrades, the results of this investment in both time and resources have been truly transformative. We can’t wait to share this with all of you.

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Special thanks Special thanks to all of the donors who contributed toward these historic upgrades.

Additional thanks to our incredible Facilities Team and all of the amazing Staff members who made this possible: Jonathan Doolan, Studio Technician Marissa Hutchinson, Programs & Studio Coordinator Eugene Koch, Facilities Director Walter Kumiega, Operations Manager Ellen Wieske, Deputy Director Brad Willis, Studio Technician

AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY:

21 WESTERN COVE EXPANSION Haystack has always been committed to maintaining a modesty of scale. Yet, we also have long recognized the need for additional space to better support seasonal staff. Last April, in the early days of the pandemic, an unexpected opportunity presented itself when a property contiguous to the campus came up for sale. We had long been aware of this parcel of land, which early on had been owned by the family from whom we purchased Haystack’s original site in the late 1950s.

When this opportunity arose, it seemed impossible to even consider a purchase like this as we worked to stabilize the School and chart a course for the coming year without programming. However, we also knew this was a very rare opportunity and one that may not become available again for many years. Within a short period of time we were successful in securing a major gift to help make this purchase, and Haystack closed on the property shortly thereafter.

We feel very privileged to have been able to do this, especially during a time of such uncertainty.

This remarkable gift allowed us to extend the campus boundary by roughly nine acres while adding flexible staff housing in a fourbedroom home along with significant storage and flexible workshop space situated in a series of outbuildings. Over the past year we have been working on the house, making repairs and upgrades, and planning for how we will use it in the long term. Looking ahead, this will allow us to recruit seasonal staff in new ways and better support those working at the School.

STRENGTHENING OUR O R GA N I Z A T I O N Haystack has just completed an eighteen-month strategic planning process, which places equity at the core of our work and charts the next chapter in the School’s history.

STRATEGIC PL AN The strategic planning process was guided by the intent to build upon the School’s solid foundation, honoring our values and history while charting the course for our next chapter. Underscoring all of this work is a commitment to antiracism, equity, inclusion, and diversity across Haystack’s programming, operations, and governance.

Entering the strategic planning process in a position of strength, we were able to refine our core commitments and values, identify clear goals for our five-year plan, and articulate a longer ten-year vision for the School. The final planning document details key reflections and findings that helped inform the plan alongside a detailed summary of key operational and financial implications as well as a description of the structures that will best support our work. This plan seeks to create meaningful change over time by creating pathways that broaden the communities we work with and learn from.

Over the next ten years, Haystack will expand the ways we define and represent the field of craft while deepening our commitment to sustainability and resilience. This work marks the next chapter in Haystack’s seventy-year history as a leader in craft and studiobased education.

To achieve this vision, over the next five years Haystack will pursue three overarching goals: • Develop flexible and critical frameworks for evaluating and advancing programming, the campus, and engagement with the communities we serve.

• Reimagine the way we cocreate and foster communities on the Haystack campus.

• Build on the strength of current operational structures and increase the School’s fiscal capacity to accomplish ambitious goals and ensure long-term sustainability.

Haystack’s new Strategic Plan, 2021–2025, is now available on our website.

MASTER PL AN In 2020 Haystack began the early stages of a master planning process, with the intention of identifying an architecture and planning firm to help guide the thoughtful evolution of our historic campus over the coming decades. With the goal of maintaining the modesty of Haystack, the Master Plan will focus on accessibility, resilience, and sustainability as we think about a longrange vision for the campus.

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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 New fellowships for BIPOC students (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) created thanks to the Windgate Foundation and the Haystack 2020 Annual Fund Challenge.

In recent years, Haystack’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion has underscored much of our work and continues to drive new initiatives and partnerships, influence programming, and shape scholarships and fellowships. From the extraordinary architectural project that Edward Larrabee Barnes designed to the immersive experience of working in the studios within a supportive community, the experience of being at Haystack can be hard to fully articulate.

Yet, we also recognize that many organizations like ours have historically served a predominantly white audience and, as a result, broader voices have not always been present. This is something we have committed to change through our Strategic Plan, and these efforts will play a central role in shaping the School moving forward.

Part of how we will work toward this is by looking at ways we can leverage funding to provide opportunities to broaden access to the School. One recent example of this came about when the Windgate Foundation made a pledge of $50,000, which allowed us to launch the Haystack 2020 Annual Fund Challenge.

The timing of this challenge coincided with the murder of George Floyd, and it felt critical to position our fundraising in a way that responded to a call for greater racial equity. Pairing our organizational values with the need for greater diversity in the field of craft, the Haystack 2020 Annual Fund Challenge was launched with the goal of raising $50,000 to create at least twenty new fellowships for BIPOC students (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).

Haystack is pleased to announce that within just four months of launching the challenge, we not only met, but exceeded, our targeted goal by raising $56,732. These funds have been temporarily restricted, and we will award each of the fellowships when we resume in-person programming in 2022. Selected by an independent committee of BIPOC artists, each fellowship is valued at $2,500—providing tuition, room, and board, plus a travel stipend to attend a two-week workshop at the School. We were so moved by the support that was generated by the Haystack 2020 Annual Fund Challenge and extend a special thanks to everyone who helped make this possible.

Would you like to continue supporting this initiative? Make a donation today at haystack-mtn.org/support.

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Moving forward, in 2021 we will begin several months of antioppression training with our Board of Trustees and Staff to further embed this work at an organizational level. At the core, this will help us think through systems of power and equity to hopefully model the most welcoming and inclusive community we can—and aspirationally to help change the landscape of craft and how people see themselves represented at Haystack, and beyond.

FA B L A B U P DA T E S

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Fab Lab, an educational outreach component of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, is a global community of learners, educators, technologists, researchers, makers, and innovators.

Established in 2011, the Haystack Fab Lab complements our existing programs and is available to everyone attending the School, with no prior experience required to use the lab.

The Fab Lab houses hardware and software for processes that include 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC milling, and a variety of other evolving technologies.

In 2016, our lab was recognized with the Distinguished Educators Award from the James Renwick Alliance for pioneering contributions to craft education. We partner with 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, and they provide 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 2018, Haystack launched a paid internship program for area high school students to work in our Fab Lab; this program has expanded to yearround employment and continued training for the participating interns.

the creation of a community-based Fab Lab. Located in Deer Isle village, this space will offer workshops and access to digital fabrication for the broader community of Deer Isle and the Blue Hill Peninsula.

Over the past few years, Haystack’s Technology Director, James Rutter, has increased education initiatives and outreach efforts. Our involvement with the local school system to integrate digital technology and design proficiency into classrooms on Deer Isle has continued to grow—in 2020, connecting virtually.

Then again, in December, Haystack ran a two-week session with Deer IsleStonington Elementary School. This time, students designed signs for the school’s nature trail, which were cut out on the laser cutter with the assistance of Haystack’s high school interns.

The signs were installed in the spring of 2021.

In April, just after schools transitioned to remote learning, Haystack provided an online workshop on 3D design using TinkerCAD, a design programmed friendly to kids.

In early 2020, Fab Lab workshops were offered to the general public, but as the pandemic hit these were put on hold until a time when we could safely gather again. We plan to pick up where we left off in the winter of 2021/2022 and will put increased focus toward

“My heart goes out to all of the glorious [S]taff who make Haystack what it is, as an idea, and ideal, and a reality.

I will look forward to returning with even greater zeal when that’s possible. In the meantime, please know that you can count on me for any support I can give. Here’s to you all! I know that you will guide Haystack and all who love it with wisdom and courage.”

LORI NEWMYER LONGTIME WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT, MASSACHUSETTS

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T H E H AYS T A C K MONOGRAPH SERIES Craft and Legacy:

Writing a history, preserving a field

The 35th installment of the Haystack Monograph Series This publication includes essays from the 2019 Haystack summer conference, Craft and Legacy: Writing a history, preserving a field, which was presented in partnership with the Center for Craft.

The conference was designed to address some of the most vital questions facing the preservation and legacy of the American craft field from three related perspectives­—­artists, collection building, and museums/cultural institutions. The event brought together more than twenty MONOGRAPH presenters to serve as CONTRIBUTORS models for developing best practices in addressing Elisabeth Agro larger questions of legacy M. Rachael Arauz and fostering an expanded resource network for Marisa Bartolucci colleagues from across Cornelia Carey the country.

Squeak Carnwath Sarah Carter Lee Eagle Jim Grace

Special thanks Major support for the 2019 Summer Conference was provided by: Windgate Foundation Additional support for the 2019 Summer Conference and for the monograph publication was provided by: Maine Arts Commission Maine Humanities Council Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Diana Greenwold Douglas Heller Katya Heller Elizabeth Hulings Garth Johnson Kathleen Mangan Daniel Minter Meaghan Roddy Rebecca Sive Cindi Strauss Folayemi Wilson

ABOUT THE MONOGRAPH SERIES Initiated in 1991, Haystack’s Monograph Series provides a forum for writers of varied perspectives to reflect on the idea of craft. The impulse to begin conversations through writing is intended to foster scholarship in the field, and supports our belief that working with materials is always connected to an active engagement with ideas. Now totaling thirty-six* in the series, monographs cover a range of topics and are distributed to universities and libraries throughout the U.S. Past copies can be found in the Haystack store and purchased online through Haystack. If you represent a school or library and wish to be placed on our annual monograph mailing list, please contact Haystack. Poets, philosophers, visual artists, essayists, architects, scientists, curators, and more have all contributed to the Haystack Monograph Series.

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* Haystack’s thirty-sixth monograph was printed in May 2021. More details about the publication, On the Craft of My Loneliness by Richard Blanco, will be included in Haystack’s 2022 Gateway Newsletter/Annual Report; however, you can find out more and purchase this monograph now by visiting haystack-mtn.org.

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 both residential programs on our campus and outreach and mentor programs that connect young people with artists working in their community. Haystack is actively engaged in fundraising to help ensure these programs remain accessible. We are grateful to the many donors, foundations, and granting agencies that help make this work possible.

FAB LAB INTERNSHIPS

MENTOR PROGRAM

January–March 2020 For the past twenty years, the Mentor Program has provided high school students with opportunities to learn from professional artists and makers in their community, while also providing insight into the creative lives and studios of working artists.

Taking place each winter, students participate in small cohorts. They work with their mentors over an extended period of time, while forging connections with their peers that often extend far beyond the program itself. From late January through mid-March, as many as thirty-one students worked with ten mentors in the areas of drawing, ceramics, jewelry, blacksmithing, glassblowing, sewing, weaving, and woodworking, among others.

Traditionally, the schedule of workshops is announced to participating schools and homeschool groups in late November; students are then assigned to mentors/workshops based on expressed interest and availability.

The Mentor Program is open to students from Hancock County—for those who attend public and private high schools as well as those who are homeschooled. Students from Deer Isle-Stonington High School, George Stevens Academy, the Harbor School

April–October 2020 in Blue Hill, Bucksport High School, Ellsworth High School, and Mount Desert Island High School participated in the 2020 program.

For the third consecutive year, paid interns from the Deer Isle-Stonington High School assisted in the Haystack Fab Lab.

Mentors for 2020 included: Jenny Brillhart (graphics/oil painting), Iana CraneWing (fiber/sewing), Robin Cust (metals/jewelry), Gene Koch (graphics, digital art), Carrie Palmer (fiber/hand stitching), Farrell Ruppert (blacksmithing), Elise Teixido and Codey Stange (ceramics/wheel-thrown), Pat Wheeler (graphics, abstract painting), and Brad Willis (ceramics/handbuilding).

As a result of the School’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic, news about Fab Lab internships is included on page 12. COVID-19 PPE Project: Helping to protect our community provides details about Fab Lab operations during the 2020 season, including the integral work of interns and their assistance with these effort in the Haystack Fab Lab.

Thanks to ongoing fundraising efforts and the generosity of our donors, the Mentor Program is entirely underwritten

by Haystack, and there is no cost to attend—students are only responsible for paying a small materials fee, which is waived if needed.

Support for the 2020 Mentor Program was provided through Haystack’s program endowment.

L E A R N M O R E : H AYS TAC K - M T N . O R G

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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 manner, is an honor. The generosity, vision, and planning of these donors help provide Haystack with financial stability and help determine the future health of the School.

Funds from bequests enable the Staff and Board of Trustees to plan for the long term and continue a leadership role in the international craft world, maintain our award-winning campus, attract a diverse population of faculty and students, and explore and develop innovative programs—all of which create memorable and transformative experiences and 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—or legacy—gifts most often have tax benefits, and planning should occur with the consultation and advice of a professional advisor. Donors may specify how the gift is used, whether for general operating/unrestricted funds, or 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 Haystack’s Development Director, Ginger Aldrich, at development@haystack-mtn.org or (207) 348-2306.

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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.

H AYS T A C K TRUSTEES

In remembrance JACK LENOR LARSEN (1927–2020) See page 8 for our tribute.

Composed of twenty-seven people, the Haystack Board of Trustees is responsible for helping guide the organization in decision-making, planning, fundraising, and fiscal oversight. We are pleased to announce the four new trustees elected in 2020.

SARA CLUGAGE lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the Editor in Chief of Dilettante Army, an online journal for visual culture and critical theory. She writes about craft, food, politics, and theory, and she often teaches workshops on craft and Wikipedia as part of the Wikipedia campaign Art+Feminism. Clugage acts as a Director for the Craft Advanced Research Projects Agency (CARPA).

Since 2015, her practice has centered on a series of salon dinners themed on the economic models and culinary styles of different periods in art history.

TANYA CRANE’s artwork dwells within a liminal existence between prejudice and privilege. Reared in a white middle class suburb of Los Angeles, Crane’s experience with blackness was limited to visiting her father in South Central Los Angeles.

Her dual existence has deeply informed her practice and has led to four distinct bodies of work, A Gathering of Instance, African and American, Seeing Through, and Polarity, Exposing the Tensity. She received an MFA in Metalsmithing + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015, and a BFA in Metal from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Currently, Crane is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.

STEPHEN S. ALPERT (1939–2020) Stephen Alpert passed away in March 2020.

Steve had been a Haystack Trustee from 2006 to 2015.

SARAH KHURSHID KHAN is a maker/ scholar who writes and creates content (prints, photography, films) about food, culture, women, and migrants. Her research has taken her to live with Bedouins in the Middle East, document the plight of Indian women farmers, traverse the world of Queens, New York, and film women cooks and farmers about their foods and ways in Fez, Morocco. A two-time Fulbright scholar, Khan received degrees in Middle Eastern History (BA), Public Health and Nutrition (MPH, MS), and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems/Plant Sciences (PhD).

He was a tireless advocate for Haystack and was continually building relationships among people and organizations. Many individuals, from around the world who were introduced to Haystack by Steve subsequently taught at the School.

Steve Alpert received a BS from the University of Vermont from the School of Mathematics and Engineering. He worked in manufacturing, product development, and investments for decades. He had extensive consulting experience in strategic production and corporate strategy, and he was a catalyst and stockholder in five start-ups in software, electronics, and acquisitions as managing partner of Alpert Brothers Leasing, Mistral Investors, and SSA Industries Inc.

MÁRÇIA MINTER is a seasoned creative professional, dedicated arts advocate, and community leader deeply committed to social and cultural activism. Her work on numerous boards represents the interests of underrepresented voices, talents, and citizen constituents. She has spent her professional career as an Executive Creative Director for some of the world’s most iconic brands. Her curatorial work focuses on photography, symposiums on the intersection of art and social practice, and exhibition planning and implementation. Minter is cofounder and Executive Director for Indigo Arts Alliance and also serves on the Maine Arts Commission, the Board of Directors for Maine Media Workshops and College, Portland Ovations, and is a Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art.

Steve was active on numerous boards of museums, colleges, and other nonprofits.

An enthusiastic collector and promoter of ceramics, he was also a student of art history and collected paintings and sculpture. He had been an active member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) since the early ’80s.

Haystack Trustees and Staff appreciate Steve’s role and efforts on behalf of the Board of Trustees and his distinct approach. He will be long remembered.

FAREWELL A fond farewell and sincere thanks to outgoing trustees Deborah Cummins (2015–2020), who served as Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee; Del Harrow (2015–2020), who served as Chair of the Programs Committee; Bruce Norelius (2017–2020), who served as Chair of the Building and Grounds Committee; and Joan Sorensen (2011–2020), who served as chair of the Development Committee.

Photo courtesy Judy Sirota Rosenthal

RE-ELECTION Re-elected for a second three-year term were Fabio Fernández and Sarah McNear.

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H AYS T A C K S T A F F N E WS Ginger Aldrich, Development Director, served as a juror for grant programs with the Maine Community Foundation and managed the migration to a new database for Haystack in collaboration with Molly Flanigan, Donor Relations and Communications.

James Rutter, Technology Director, oversaw Haystack’s PPE Project—an initiative created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (see page12 for further details about this initiative).

He participated in FABxLive (July 27–30, 2020)—the sixteenth annual global Fab Lab Network conference and the first edition of a distributed, free online FABx conference.

James also presented Computational Thinking for Elementary Teachers, Controlling Make to Learn Invention Kits with Snap! for Snap!Con 2020 and the Snap! Visual Programming Language Community.

Paul Sacaridiz, Executive Director, began his third term as a board member for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund. Throughout 2020, he gave online presentations at the invitation of the Alliance of Artist Communities, American Craft Council, Arts Administration Association New England, and Design Boston, among others, focusing on Haystack’s approach to the global coronavirus pandemic, including how the Staff and Board worked collaboratively and intensively, speaking to the challenges and successes focusing inwardly on organizational development and campus/ studio improvements, and the intentional work of strengthening these internal and critical aspects of the School for the long term.

Ellen Wieske, Deputy Director, taught a second virtual Tinkering with Wire workshop for Metalwerx in January 2020. She was an artist/mentor for Haystack’s 2020 Mentor Program, which was held virtually with local high school students. Ellen also learned to play “When You Wish Upon a Star” on her ukulele—she says that she’s “not great yet, but she can play it.”

Special thanks A special thanks to the Haystack Housekeeping Staff—Leslie Duncan and Grace Torrey— for their work and for helping to maintain a safe environment at the School’s year-round office building in Deer Isle village throughout the pandemic.

WELCOME Haystack added two new Staff positions in 2020, just prior to the pandemic.

Molly Flanigan was hired in the role of Donor Relations + Communications and Julie Adley in the role of Office Coordinator.

Created with Staff input and design, both of these positions are full-time, year-round hires. Molly and Julie have been wonderful additions to our team and learned their new roles as we all worked remotely and socially distanced.

“I attended two workshops at Haystack many years ago and have longed to return. I will hopefully return someday.

Part of the wonderfulness of Haystack is your commitment to community.

Your local community and the art community worldwide. Closing for the season is yet another way you are leading by example. Thank you for continuing to be thoughtful, responsible leaders.”

PENNY BURNS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT, CHICAGO

Unless otherwise specified photos are courtesy of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

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WE ARE H AYS T A C K FOUNDER Mary Beasom Bishop (1885–1972)

FOUNDING DIRECTOR Francis S. Merritt (1913–2000)

LIFE TRUSTEES

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

STAFF

Jack Lenor Larsen (1927–2020) Honorary Chair

Paul Sacaridiz Executive Director

Susan Haas Bralove President Ayumi Horie Vice President

William Daley

Laura Galaida Treasurer

Arline Fisch

M. Rachael Arauz

Wayne Higby

Katherine Cheney Chappell

Richard Howe

Sonya Clark

Lissa Ann Hunter

Sara Clugage

Marlin Miller

Annet Couwenberg

Eleanor Rosenfeld

Tanya Crane

Claire Sanford

Fabio Fernández

Cynthia Schira

Virginia McGehee Friend Katherine Gray Hoss Haley Matthew Hinçman Sarah Khurshid Khan Helen Lee Roberto Lugo Sarah McNear Márçia Minter John Ollman Peter Roth Rosanne Somerson Namita Gupta Wiggers

Julie Adley Office Coordinator Ginger Aldrich Development Director Jonathan Doolan Studio Technician Carole Ann Fer Registrar Molly Flanigan Donor Relations + Communications Marissa Hutchinson Programs + Studio Coordinator Annette Huval Accounting Annaliese Jakimides Editor Eugene Koch Facilities Director Walter Kumiega Operations Manager Carrie Palmer Kitchen Manager James Rutter Technology Director Marilyn Smith Chief Financial Officer Alissa Wagner Chef Ellen Wieske Deputy Director Brad Willis Studio Technician

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

OUR MISSION Haystack connects people through craft. Located on the coast of Maine, Haystack provides the freedom to engage with materials and develop new ideas in a supportive and inclusive community. Serving an ever-changing group of makers and thinkers, we are dedicated to working and learning alongside one another, while exploring the intersections of craft, art, and design in broad and expansive ways.