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, as described in the course catalog and on our Summer Sessions by Workshop page.

Below is a listing of Workshops by Medium: Faculty, Title and Session.

Baskets

 

Hisako Sekijima

Creative Thinking in Basketmaking

Session 4
Pat Hickman

Baskets: Exploration of the Unfamiliar

Session 7
 

 

Beadmaking

 

Heather Trimlett

Working with Precision and Purpose

Session 6
 

 

Blacksmithing

 

Kirsten Skiles

High Relief Chasing and Repoussé on Steel and Bronze

Session 1
Rick Smith

The Steel Container: A Study in Form & Decoration

Session 2
 

 

Book Arts

 

Bonnie Stahlecker

Leather Seductions

Session 2
Hedi Kyle

A Book for All Seasons

Session 6
 

 

Clay

 

Anne Hirondelle

When Is a Cup Not a Cup?

Session 1
Benjamin Schulman

From Slime to the Sublime

Session 2
George Bowes

Multiple Meanings

Session 3
Jack Troy

Informing Forms

Session 4
Sanam Emami

Intricacies of Form & Function

Session 5
Chris Gustin

Coils Run Amok

Session 6
Sequoia Miller

Thinking Through Pots

Session 7
 

 

Fibers

 

Mi Kyoung Lee

Material Expression

Session 1
Jozef Bajus & Carol LeBaron

Pushing the Boundaries of Fiber: Create, Transform, Repurpose

Session 2
Emily Richardson

The Art Quilt: Painted Cloth and Composition

Session 3
Liz Collins Machine Knitting: from Sweaters to Sculpture
Session 4
Catharine Ellis Woven Shibori and Natural Dyes
Session 6
     

Fibers/Mixed Media

 

Marita Dingus

Fabric-Constructions-Sculpture and Clothing

Session 5
Annet Couwenberg

Fashioning Culture-Readdressing Clothing

Session 6
 

 

Glass

 

Michael Schunke

Little Surprises Around Every Corner, But Nothing Dangerous

Session 3
Nancy Callan & Katherine Gray

Everyone Into the Pool

Session 4
Jack Wax

No Answers in the Back of the Book

Session 5
Dante Marioni

Advanced Glassblowing

Session 6
David Hering

Scratching the Surface: Color and Texture in Glassblowing

Session 7
 

 

Metals

 

Ken Bova

Embracing the Eclectic: Inspirations, Ideas and Applications for Jewelry

Session 1
Lola Brooks

Fingerjewels

Session 2
Marjorie Simon

Fire, Form, and Color: Torch-Firing Enamels for Jewelers

Session 3
Kye-Yeon Son

Beyond a Simple Bowl: Form Exploration with Metal Fabrication

Session 4
Michael Good

Anticlastic Raising

Session 5
Tim McCreight

Precious Metal Clay and Color

Session 7
 

 

Metals/Mixed Media

 

Bobby Hansson

The Fine Art of the Tin Can

Session 7
 

 

Mixed Media

 

Gail Rieke

The Artist as Traveler

Session 7
 

 

Painting/Drawing

 

Eric Hopkins Exploring the Edges: An Improvisational Approach to Drawing and Painting
Session 4
     

Painting/Mixed Media

   
Ke Francis

Painting and Mixed Media

Session 3
 

 

Paper

 

Mary Hark

The Topography of Handmade Paper

Session 1
 

 

Printmaking

 

Eileen Foti

Prints with Tangible Surfaces

Session 5
 

 

Conference

 

Summer Conference

The Language of Craft

   

Visiting Artists

 

Liz Lerman

Visiting Artist

Session 3
Donald Harrison

Visiting Musician

Session 4
David Jauss

Visiting Writer

Session 5
 

 

Wood

 

Michael Hosaluk

Artifact-Any Man Made Object: by Art and Skill

Session 1
Rosanne Somerson

Voices and Values

Session 3
Michael Hurwitz

Structure as Design

Session 5
 

 

Wood/Mixed Media

 

Kenton Hall

Creating Time for Hand Work

Session 2
 

 

Writing

 

Baron Wormser

Writing as Dwelling

Session 7