The Open House invites visitors to campus to watch and interact with artists from the wider community, who offer demonstrations, answer questions, and lead activities for visitors of all ages. It is a time to explore the campus, try some techniques, and use materials that are typical of Haystack programming.
Free for all ages.
Photo by Nikolai Fox, 2025.
OPEN HOUSE ARTISTS
GLASS | Linda Perrin
Ellsworth, ME
Glass Blowing + Hot Glass Sculpting
Linda Perrin has been a full time glass maker for over 35 years. Her work is decorative, functional, wearable, and oftentimes, sculptural. It is collected internationally and is in the permanent collections of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY and the Venice Glass Museum in Murano, Italy.
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CERAMICS | Mark Bell
Blue Hill, ME
Wheelthrowing
Mark Bell (he/him) is a potter with a studio and gallery in Blue Hill, Maine (since 1990). He has been a studio assistant, mentor, faculty, staff, scholarship and studio assistant juror, and volunteer at Haystack since 1984.
CERAMICS | Frank Pitcher
Deer Isle, ME
Wheelthrowing
Frank Pitcher is a studio craftsperson seeking adventure with every turn of the wheel.
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FAB LAB | Jake Horsey
Sargentville, ME
Laser Etching
Jake Horsey is an engineer with a focus on digital fabrication, systems design, and new technology development.
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FIBER | Chris Leith
Sedgwick, ME
Weaving on Floor + Tapestry Looms
Chris Leith is an artist, weaver, and educator interested in promoting creative pursuits in the community.
GRAPHICS | Rebecca Daugherty
Stonington, ME
Relief Printmaking + Intaglio Printmaking
Rebecca Daugherty is a painter, printmaker, and sea kayaker living in Stonington. She is influenced by what she sees locally around her, mostly boats, road construction, rocks, and island landscapes.
GRAPHICS | Maggie Ruth Haaland
Brooks, ME
Cyanotype Printing
Maggie Ruth Haaland (they/she) is a queer fiber artist, natural dyer, herbalist, cyanotype printer, and quilter. Their work lives at the intersection of plants and fiber, and encourages creative alchemy, (re)connection with self, and the gentle weaving of community.
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METALS | Robin Cust
Stonington, ME
Forging + Embossing
Robin Cust (she/her) is a studio jeweler living and working on Deer Isle since 1991. She received a BS in Industrial Technology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and came to Deer Isle to serve an apprenticeship with Ronald Hayes Pearson.
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WOOD | Aspen Golann
Rollinsford, NH
Broom Making
Aspen Golann is a furniture maker and educator based in southern New Hampshire. Through sculpture, furniture, and teaching, she examines gender, power, and history while working to expand access to traditional craft.