COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
STUDIO BASED LEARNING
Studio Based Learning is an annual, three-day studio program for area high school students held in September. For more than twenty-five years, students from the Island and across the Blue Hill Peninsula have taken part in Studio Based Learning. The program is an immersive studio experience for young individuals in our area, providing students with the opportunity to participate in workshops in craft media taught by professional artists. Students and chaperones live on campus throughout the program and, in addition to studio time, each evening faculty artists present work and share their ideas, inspiration, and creative processes.
In 2023, sixty students participated from Deer Isle-Stonington High School, George Stevens Academy, Harbor School in Blue Hill, Bucksport High School, Vinalhaven High School, Mount Desert Island High School, and Ellsworth High School.
The 2023 Studio Based Learning was supported by Haystack’s jackandharriet Fund.
Please Contact Haystack to learn more about this program.
Selected Past Faculty:
Kyra Ale
Ryan Berry
Robin Cus
Amanda D'Amic
Sarah Doremus
Kirsten Elfe
John Gardiner
Wendy Jackson
Chris Leath
Joe Lendway
Zeke Leonard
Lindsay Miś
Hope Rovelto
Amelia Tolke
Ellen Wieske
Nate Willever
Doug Wilson
“Magically difficult. People here challenge you to do things you would never do and it is fantastic.”
2023 Studio Based Learning Faculty:
CERAMICS
Martha Grover
FAB LAB
Ryan Berry
FIBER
Sarah deGrandis
GRAPHICS
Adriane Herman
METALS
Nisa Smiley
WOOD
Don Best