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 2010 summer workshops - by Medium, Faculty, Workshop Title, and Session.

Baskets

    
Dail Behennah Line, Light, and Shadow: An Approach
to Basketry Construction		 Session 1
Jackie Abrams Baskets, Vessels, and Forms Session 7
     

Beadmaking

    
Caitlin Hyde Glass Bead Surface Design Intensive Session 6
     

Blacksmithing

    
Alice James Blacksmithing for the Arts Session 1
Stephen Yusko The Poetics of Steel Session 7
     

Book Arts

   
Sas Colby The Transparent Book: Working with
Layering, Transparencies, and Overlays		 Session 7
     

Book Arts/Printmaking

   
Pati Scobey & Barb Tetenbaum The Printed Book Session 1
     

Clay

    
Andy Shaw Tableware Session 1
Gail Kendall Handle-Spout-Story-Shrine:
A Low-fire Slipware Workshop		 Session 2
Steven Heinemann & Tom Spleth Plaster to Clay: A Journey in Form Session 3
Julia Galloway Looking Forward, Looking Backward Session 4
Christa Assad Form Forum Session 5
Cristina Cordova Figure: Form + Content Session 7
     

Clay/Mixed Media

   
Kristen L. Morgin Unfired Clay Workshop Session 6
     

Drawing

    
Larry Thomas Intensive Drawing Workshop Session 2
     

Enameling

    
Linda Darty Enameling: It’s Hot! Session 3
     

Encaustic Painting

   
Cynthia Winika Hot Wax: Encaustic Painting
Comprehensive		 Session 6
     

Fiber

    
Mark Newport Knitting the Absurd Session 1
Gerhardt Knodel Mining Historic Textiles as a Route
to the Future		 Session 4
Rebecca Ringquist Fast Draw, Slow Stitch Session 5
Jerry Bleem Assembled Lines: Plane, Sculpture,
Concept		 Session 6
     

Fiber/Dyeing & Weaving

   
Rowland Ricketts Local Color: Art, Life, and Local
Plants as Dyes		 Session 2
     

Glass

    
Richard Marquis The Whole Elk Theory Session 2
Helen Lee The Vitreous Body (Note: Beginning Glass) Session 3
Benjamin Edols Exploring Asymmetry Session 4
Sonja Blomdahl Color/Vessel/Light Session 5
Angus M. Powers Experimental Goblet Workshop Session 6
     

Metals

    
Kiff Slemmons Material as Metaphor Session 1
Boris Bally Artful Eating Utensils: Making
Flatware Sing		 Session 2
Rob Jackson The Eloquent Nail: Fabrication with
Steel and Bi-metal Casting		 Session 4
Ellen Wieske Material Practice: Jewelry Making Session 5
Donna Penoyer Holding Dear and Breaking Free:
Dynamic Hollow Forms in PMC		 Session 7
     

Mixed Media

   
Arthur Ganson With the Turn of a Crank… Session 2
     

Mixed Media/Sculpture

   
Matthew Hinçman Creating and Playing in Wood:
Making Sculpture		 Session 3
     

Paper

    
Béatrice Coron Short Cuts Session 4
Amanda Degener Handmade Paper and Some Artists’
Books		 Session 5
     

Printmaking

    
Susan Webster Making Prints Without a Press Session 3
     

Quilts

    
Jan Myers-Newbury Shibori for Quiltmaking Session 3
     

Visiting Musician

    
Dr. Michael White Visiting Musician Session 4
     

Visiting Scientist/FAB LAB

   
Neil Gershenfeld Visiting Scientist/FAB LAB Session 3
     

Visiting Writer

   
Bill Harris Visiting Writer Session 5
     

Wood

    
John Dunnigan Making: A Place at the Table Session 4
Matthias Pliessnig Poetry of Structure and Form Session 6
Chris Pye Wood Sculpture: Exploring the
Elements of Design		 Session 7
     

Wood/Mixed Media

   
David Fobes Domesticrete Session 5
     

Writing

    
Barbara Hurd Things Session 1
Naomi Shihab Nye The Ground of Listening—Writing
Workshop for Poetry and Short Prose		 Session 7

 

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