Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
 

Haystack's core summer workshops include one- and two-week sessions in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, graphics, metals, and wood. Classes are open to adults 18 years or older of all skill levels - from beginners to advanced professionals. Studios are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with classes scheduled Monday through Friday. The Haystack community is made up of approximately 85 participants, including staff, students and internationally known faculty artists. Instructors determine the format of their workshops.

 

Below is a listing of Haystack's 2012 summer workshops - by Medium, Faculty, Workshop Title, and Session.

Baskets

   
Lissa Hunter Making Connections Session 2
     

Beadmaking

   
Kristina Logan Glass Beadmaking - Moving into Metal Session 7
     

Blacksmithing

   
Jim Wallace Playing with Fire Session 1
Hoss Haley The Anatomy of Sheet Metal Session 7
     

Book Arts

   
Charles Hobson Artists' Books/Evolving Books Session 2
Colette Fu Pop-Up Book Structures Session 7
     

Clay

   
Scott Goldberg & Gay Smith Working to Make the Pots You Want to Make Session 1
Holly Walker The Sensory Language of the Hand: Building and Glazing with Earthenware Session 2
Paul Sacaridiz Testing Theories: Models and Prototypes Session 3
Takeshi Yasuda Creative Throwing Session 4
Andréa Keys Connell The Dimensional Figure Session 5
Anton Reijnders Exploring Sculptural Ideas Session 6
Sarah Jaeger Making it Work: The Pots, and Life as a Studio Potter Session 7
     

Drawing

   
Fred Lynch Seeing Things as They Are; Life-size Drawing Session 1
     

Enameling

   
Jamie Bennett Painting Enameling: Fine Painting Techniques with Enamel Session 4
     

Fiber

   
Sarah Wagner Drape and Scaffold Session 1
Marian Bijlenga Collect~Connect Session 3
Joyce Scott Humorous Beadwork Session 7
     

Forging

   
Vivian Beer Between the Sheets: Steel Forming and Fabrication Session 6
     

Fresco

   
Barbara Sullivan Fresco Workshop: Traditional Methods/Contemporary Approach Session 6
     

Glass

   
Danté Marioni Advanced Glassblowing Session 2
Katherine Gray The Glassblowing App Session 3
Megan Biddle Beginning Glass, A Sculptural Approach… Session 4
Jin Hongo Material, Process, and Form Session 5
     

Metals

   
Nicole Jacquard A Piece a Day Session 1
Helen Shirk A Potent Pair: Form and Color Session 2
Heidi Schwegler Moldmaking, Alternative Cold Casting, and Armatures Session 3
Michael Good Anticlastic Raising Session 5
Joe Wood In Fact, Fiction in Fact Session 6
     

Mixed Media

   
Mark Hartung From Form to Fruition Session 2
Anna Hepler Inflatable Drawings/Drawing Inflatables Session 5
Kai Chan Accessing Creativity from the Kitchen Sink Session 6
     

Painting see Drawing

   
     

Papermaking

   
Jiyoung Chung Joomchi and Beyond Session 4
     

Printmaking

   
Marc St. Pierre Photopolymer Film and Mixed Media Session 3
Frances Valesco Monotype Meets Digital Session 5
     

Quilts

   
Elizabeth Busch Black + White + Color = Quilt Session 6
     

Shibori

   
Yoshiko Wada Boro Transformed: Patched, Pieced, Stitched, and Dyed in Greenest Indigo Session 4
     

Weaving

   
Marcel Marois High Warp Tapestry (Gobelin): Design and Weaving Session 5
     

Wood

   
Cory Robinson Beyond Vernacular–Doors, Drawers, and Surfaces Session 1
Andy Buck Making a Mark Session 4
Stefanie Rocknak Faceboards: Carving Human Expressions Session 7
     

Wood/Mixed Media

   
Daniel Michalik Natural, Sustainable, Powerful Session 3
     

Writing

   
Jen Bervin Visual Poetry Session 1
Monica Wood A Novelist’s Guide to a Memoir Session 7
     

Visiting Musician

   
Roy Nathanson   Session 5
     

Visiting Writer

   
Elisabeth Tova Bailey   Session 2
Stephen Dunn   Session 4