DEER ISLE—Haystack Mountain School of Crafts opened its 75th season by hosting the annual Island Workshop Day on May 2, welcoming residents of Deer Isle, Stonington, and the greater Blue Hill peninsula for a special day-long creative arts program. According to a press release, the program is designed to accommodate participants of “all skill levels and backgrounds.”

Support for the 2026 Island Workshop Day participants came from the Deer Isle Artists Association, the release said.

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Among Haystack’s speaker series scheduled for its Deer Isle campus this summer are Stuart Kestenbaum, former poet laureate of Maine; sculptor Syd Carpenter, former chair of the art department at Swarthmore College; and woodworker Rosanne Somerson, former head of the Rhode Island School of Design. Photos courtesy of Haystack.

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