Spring 2007 - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

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FROM THE DIRECTOR
ast spring my wife Susan
Rick asked Dan what he thought.
and I purchased a house
More silence. Finally, Dan said he
on Deer Isle. It’s an old
thought we should leave the wall
boarding house—once called the
undisturbed and put crushed
Pleasant View Hotel—that had
stone against it, allowing the
been gutted and not lived in yearwater to drain away more easily.
round for many years. Owning
“We’ve all lived long enough,”
an older home with no furnace
Dan said, “to realize that not
and minimal plumbing is a great
everything is perfect, but it can
way to learn about heating syswork.” Rick agreed with this new
tems and be thankful for the
approach and continued excavatblessings of running water. This
ing the remainder of the foundais our work in progress—a
tion, gracefully maneuvering the
project that will keep us busy for
big bucket within a foot of the
awhile. Working on a house is
house.
like working with art materials—
I appreciated at that moment
there is a give and take, conversathat both of them understood
The Knight, set of 16 rings in 18ct gold mounted on anodized
tions between you and the old
materials, and they both realized
aluminum stand, 8.1” x 1.9”, 2002, by Wendy Ramshaw,
walls, floor joists, foundation
that they were solving a problem,
who will teach a metals workshop during the sixth session
stones, and rattling windows. And, from August 19–31.
not trying to out-do each other
like making art, you can uncover
with solutions. They were listenmortar, though, only loose dirt, and noth- ing to the house, in a way, and doing what
challenges that don’t lend themselves to
ing but compression holding things in
ready-made solutions.
made the most sense. These two men
place. If Dan attempted to clean the wall
In the fall, we realized that we needed
brought the same things to working on
to patch it, he would knock down many of our foundation that craft makers bring to
to improve the drainage around the 150the smaller rocks, leaving the foundation
year-old foundation. We worked with
their work: a knowledge based on experiin worse shape than when we began.
Rick Weed, a heavy equipment operator
ence and a humility at working with the
With our first solution gone, Dan,
with an incredibly light touch with an
earth. I see this often at Haystack—makRick, Susan, and I stood looking at the
excavator, and Dan Foss, a carpenter and
ers who call on a creativity that reaches
mason who has repaired and nursed many empty space. At this point, some people
back to the first hands. Humans working
might have begun suggesting the answers
old structures. Rick dug out a ten-foot
with materials are ingenious at solving
right away, just to hear their own voices.
section of the foundation wall on the
problems, and this ingenuity is what
Perhaps because this is Maine, or perhaps
uphill side of the house, revealing the
unites us—scientists, chefs, potters, and
because these men were used to moving
large glacial boulders that support many
plumbers—and allows us to see not what
of the old buildings on the Island. He had big and heavy objects, they had a different
we expected, but what is, and make the
sense of pacing. The first thing they did
expected to find mortar between the
best of it.
was to contemplate the problem. No one
stones, which could then be re-pointed.
said anything. They spent awhile taking it Stuart Kestenbaum
After that, he would set a perforated
in, at least a few minutes in silence. Next,
drainpipe near the surface. There was no
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Center for Community Programs Update
Existing barn with proposed addition that would include a handicapped-accessible bathroom and storage area.
n the Fall 2006 issue of Gateway, we
told you about Haystack’s new winter
presence in the village of Deer Isle.
The school’s year-round administrative
offices and the new Center for
Community Programs will now operate
from this location at 22 Church Street,
which is also known as Rt. 15. A bequest
from the estate of Charlie Gailis provided
for the purchase of the property, with
additional funding for renovations
donated by Eleanor and Sam Rosenfeld.
After spending the late summer and
early fall converting the former home into
office space, the staff moved into their
offices last October. During the winter
months, work began to winterize and renovate the attached barn, which will house
the Center for Community Programs. The
space has been gutted, the collar ties were
raised, the building insulated, and new
interior sheathing is being installed. It will
be efficient to heat, a necessity for yearround use. Haystack’s goal is to make the
space as flexible as possible, so it will
accommodate diverse programming such
as exhibitions, large-scale work, lectures,
community residencies, and a range of
workshops. We're currently planning
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further renovations (see accompanying
drawing) that will allow us to connect the
office to the barn, provide more storage
space, and build a handicapped-accessible
bathroom.
The Center’s first exhibition will take
place this spring, featuring work created
during Haystack’s 2007 Student Mentor
Program, which is open to high school students from Deer Isle/Stonington High
School, the Liberty School, and George
Stevens Academy. The Student Mentor
Program is supported through a donor
advised fund of the Maine Community
Foundation.
This fall there will be an exhibition of
the Beaded Prayers Project, www.beadedprayersproject.com. The project, developed by Haystack trustee Sonya Clark, will
include community workshops. We are
planning one- and two-day workshops
that will include book arts, fibers, drawing
and writing. Future community-based
residencies will allow local residents to
collaborate on projects with renowned
artists from around the country. Beginning
in 2008, summer months will offer exhibitions of the work of Haystack faculty and
students, including artist statements
addressing the influence of Haystack on
the development of their work.
Haystack will be seeking volunteer support once the schedule of exhibitions
begins. (For more information, contact
Candy Haskell at the Haystack office at
(207) 348-2306.) Meanwhile, we invite
you to stop in to see our new offices when
you pass through. Support for Haystack’s
Center for Community Programs was
provided by the Hancock County Fund of
the Maine Community Foundation and
the Benwood Foundation. More information about the opening day of the Center
will be available soon.
Reminder—Haystack’s
Ride Share Web Page
Students attending Haystack
workshops this summer will receive
a packet of information, including
a link to Haystack’s Ride Share
Web Page. If you have any questions,
please contact Candy Haskell at
registrar@haystack-mtn.org or
call (207) 348-2306.
Gifts In-Kind
Benefit Haystack
here are many ways to support Haystack, and we are fortunate to have friends around the country and the world
who give to our annual fund, include us in their wills, provide
for us in their estate plans, and attend our special events.
Another important way of giving that has greatly benefited
the school’s new administrative offices and Center for
Community Programs are gifts in-kind. Haystack trustee
Ann Grasso has been working diligently to help the school
outfit our new facility in the village of Deer Isle. Ann’s firm,
AE · Grasso Spatial Design Consultants, not only contributed
design services for the renovation of the new office space and
barn, but has encouraged other businesses to donate through
in-kind giving as well. “In-kind giving is often overlooked as a
way to help,” Ann said. From insulation to office furniture,
these in-kind donations have been arriving with increasing
frequency! The following corporations and individuals have
generously donated their products to the school:
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AE · Grasso Spatial Design Consultants of Providence,
Rhode Island, www.aegrasso.com, donated architectural
services for the re-design of both the house and barn
■ Adlers’ Hardware of Providence, Rhode Island,
www.adlersri.com, donated C2 paint for use at the new offices
■ Brassworks of Providence, Rhode Island,
www.FineHomeDetails.com, donated sinks, faucets, and
a mirror for the administrative offices
■ Designer Niels Diffrient & Haystack trustee and weaver
Helena Hernmarck donated Diffrient’s award-winning
“Freedom” desk chairs for use at the office, available through
Human Scale at www.humanscale.com
■ Jutras Woodworking of Smithfield, Rhode Island,
www.jutraswoodworking.com, donated 50% off the price of
new custom-built entrance doors for the Center for
Community Programs
■ Lightolier through Major Electric, of Fall River, Massachusetts, www.lightolier.com and www.majorelectric.com,
donated a portion of the lighting for the Center and for our
Gateway Auditorium
■ NCFI of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, www.ncfi.com, donated
foam insulation to use for winterizing the new Center
■ Waterlox Coatings Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio,
www.waterlox.com, donated tung oil floor finish for use at
the offices and the main campus
Haystack thanks these individuals and companies for their
generous contributions. If you or someone you know would
like to make an in-kind contribution to the school, please
contact the development office in advance.
Leslie Graduated, handmade glass beads and button, other glass
beads, floss, waxed linen, 2006, 9” wide x 6.5” tall, by Stephanie
Sersich, who will teach a flamework bead-making workshop during
the second session from June 17–29.
New Grant Awards
Since the beginning of our fiscal year on November 1, 2006,
Haystack has received support from the following foundations:
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$50,000 from an anonymous foundation for conferences and
publications
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$25,000 from the Westcliff Foundation for general operating
support, in memory of Mary Nyburg
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$ 5,000 from the Benwood Foundation for the Center for
Community Programs
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$ 2,500 from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation for the
visiting artist program
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$ 2,500 from A.G. Bishop Charitable Trust for general
programming
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$ 1,000 from United Maine Craftsmen for the Open Door
workshops
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Haystack’s Summer Auction
and Underwriter Reception
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007
Haystack’s Summer Auction raises money for the
school’s scholarship program and studio improvements. A dinner reception for underwriters is held on
campus before the auction, with a catered meal
served in our dining room looking out over beautiful
Jericho Bay and its islands. If you would like to
attend the reception, please contact Lesley Lichko, at
(207) 348-2306 or development@haystack-mtn.org.
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Cynthia Schira Collaborates with Synderman Gallery
to Raise Support for Haystack
he work of Cynthia Schira was
exhibited at the Snyderman-Works
Galleries in Philadelphia during March
and April of this year. In a generous gesture to Haystack, Cynthia decided to
donate a portion of each sale to the school.
“I did it because I love Haystack,” she told
us. “Lovely that you are going to do a story
—maybe, maybe it will encourage other
artists to do this as well.” Her gift is being
matched by the Gallery, which is owned by
Ruth & Rick Snyderman—also long-time
Haystack supporters, and will include
proceeds from the sale of 100 catalogs
from the show.
The evolution of Cynthia Schira’s work
in woven textiles spans four decades. She
received her degrees from the Rhode
Island School of Design and the University
of Kansas, where she taught until her
retirement. Her work can be found in the
collections of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the
Art Institute of Chicago, and the Wichita
Art Museum, among others. For over ten
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Row Upon Row, 2006, Jacquard woven cotton,
78" x 54.5", by Cynthia Schira.
years, she has explored the application of
CAD (computer aided design) to Jacquard
weaving.
Cynthia has been involved with
Haystack for many years. She served on
the Board of Trustees for nine years,
three of them as chair, has taught at the
school five times, and has participated in
symposia and retreats. Her involvement
continues as an Honorary Trustee. In a
2001 interview for the Smithsonian
Archives of American Art, she told
Margo Mensing that Haystack is “a wonderful, wonderful place…because there's
a chance to connect with people in your
media and other people in other media.
It's small enough that there is a real
interaction among everybody. . . . The
connections that I have made there, with
the people and with ideas and with
media and with the landscape, were
incredibly important to me.”
Catalogs from Cynthia’s show at
Snyderman-Works Galleries can be
ordered for $12 US, including shipping
and handling, by contacting Haystack’s
office.
Thanks Cynthia, for your ongoing
support of the school!
Haystack Circle Continues to Grow
Haystack supporters continue to step forward to join the Haystack Circle. New members include Laurie Adams, Michelle Coakes,
Betsey Foster, Marilyn & Stephen Sward, and one anonymous donor. The Circle was formed in 2004 to recognize donors who
include Haystack in their estate plans by making a planned gift to the school. Planned gifts include bequests made through wills,
charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and beneficiary designations through life insurance,
retirement funds, etc. Bequests are the most frequently made planned gifts, since this type of gift is accessible to anyone who has a
will. Planned gifts often provide valuable tax benefits and lifetime income for you or your loved ones.
If you have included Haystack in your estate plans, or if you are considering making a planned gift to the school, we’d like to
know. Please call development director Lesley Lichko at (207) 348-2306.
E-Newsletter
Haystack’s first new e-newsletter was sent out on February 9, providing news about Haystack happenings, including scholarship
and regular application deadlines, summer conference information, and an update on the Center for Community Programs.
If you would like to receive Haystack’s e-newsletter, please contact the office with your email address.
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Haystack Adds to Monograph Series
his year Haystack will release two
new monographs in their series of
craft publications. Haystack
monographs were initiated in 1991 to
provide a philosophical voice for the craft
movement, and the writings are widely
distributed to art institutions and universities around the world.
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I tinker, therefore I am, by Mark Thomson,
is the 19th monograph in the series.
Thomson was Haystack’s visiting writer
during a special Australian International
Session held in August of 2006. A selfdescribed storyteller, Thomson melds the
Haystack experience with “a common
interest in the open-ended investigation of
the physical world otherwise known as tinkering.” With in-depth etymological proficiency, Thomson explores the origins of
“tinkers” and “tinkering”, while shining a
light on the link between crafts, resource
allocation, and climate change.
Craft & Community: Sustaining Place,
Haystack’s 20th monograph, documents
the symposium by the same name that
took place at the school in September
2006. Craft & Community gathered fortyfive of the nation’s top craftspeople, architects, designers, educators, scientists, and
writers at Haystack to investigate how
groups use and transform materials, and
the impact that specific spaces and locations have within communities. Symposium presenters each contributed essays to
the monograph, including:
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Finding Community in Isolation:
Contemporary Artwork by Self-Taught
Artists by Brooke Davis Anderson, curator
at the American Folk Art Museum. (“A
discussion of three very different contemporary artists—Martin Thompson,
Nek Chand, and Henry Darger—illustrates
how these self-taught creators on the
‘margins of society’ are integral to their
communities.”)
Drawing by Mark Thomson from his visiting writer residency at Haystack last summer during the
Australian session. Thomson’s monograph I tinker, therefore I am, will be published this spring.
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At Home in a Community: A Sense of
Place: From Both Inside and Outside the
Self by David Budbill, poet/writer from
rural northern Vermont. (“But for me,
community is not only the humans in a
place, it’s also birds, weather, animals,
woods, sky, and the land itself.”)
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Community Works: Sambo Mockbee and
the Rural Studio by Bruce Lindsey, architect at the Rural Studio, a design/build
program within the School of Architecture
at Auburn University. (“The premise
remains a simple one: the education of
citizen architects. The method is direct:
build what you design and build community as well as buildings.”)
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Indigenous Basketry: Building Community
by Theresa Secord of the Maine Indian
Basketmakers Alliance. (“In our culture, the
community makes the basket.”)
■ No Word for Art by Terrol Dew Johnson
of Tohono O’odham Community Action.
(“In the Tohono O’odham language, there
is no word for ‘art.’ Instead, the Tohono
O’odham have always created artful ways
of living, seeking ways to blend beauty,
utility, and wellness.”)
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Drawing a Bead on Modernity: Gender,
Democracy, and Crafts in Post-Apartheid
South Africa by sociologist Steven C.
Dubin of Teachers College, Columbia
University. (“…crafts are also ‘good to
think with.’ They become a lens through
which we can understand what particular
communities deem to be important, and
they consolidate key values and beliefs
into a tangible form.”)
Haystack monographs are available from
the school’s administrative office or during
the summer at the school store. The price
is $4.50 each, including postage and handling within the US, or $4.00 each for three
or more (additional postage outside the
US). For a complete list of monographs,
contact the school or visit our website at
www.haystack-mtn.org/monographs.php.
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excerpts from
Antoine
—reprinted with permission in Haystack monograph #20 Craft & Community:
Sustaining Place from Judevine by David Budbill
Spring. 1970.
My first day as a laborer on a Christmas tree farm.
I pulled my pickup to the side of the road,
hopped over a drainage ditch running full
and started up a slope toward a man
standing about a quarter mile away.
Even now, the first of May,
the woods still stood in better than a foot of rotten snow,
but here where the earth tilted south the ground was bare.
Above the grays and browns of last year’s matted grass
the young Christmas trees seemed iridescent
in the morning sun.
Antoine stood motionless, watching me come up the hill.
You da new mans? Taut you was. Mike said you
was caumin’. I’m Antoine LaMotte! I live alone
ina trailer up on Aiken Pond. Shitagoddamn!
good to be in da sun again!
He offered me a cigaret and lit us both.
Antoine is a small man, five two or three.
About his cheeks there is that unmistakable alcoholic sheen.
His neck moves in deepening shades of red toward the back until
between his hair line and his collar it is the color of wild strawberries.
His hair is thin but black and his dark eyes dance
when he talks, which he does incessantly.
His whole body moves with the rhythm of his words;
his hands flutter in front of him as if they were
dancing to the music of his speech.
He walks like a duck.
He bangs around the house of his body like a baby.
He is small, feather light, delicate and infinitely tender.
David Budbill was a presenter at Craft & Community: Sustaining Place, and has
taught and been a visiting artist at Haystack.
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ELEANOR HOWELL, a
sophomore at George Stevens
Academy, was one of more than
forty participants in Haystack’s
2007 Student Mentor Program.
The program, which runs from
February through April, places
students from Deer Isle/Stonington
High School, George Stevens
Academy, and the Liberty School
in local artist studios for several
weekends where they receive training in an individualized and intensive setting. Mentors are working
artists from Deer Isle and the Blue
Hill Peninsula who offer instruction
in blacksmithing, clay, drawing,
jewelry, photo transfer, pinhole
photography, printmaking,
weaving, and woodturning.
The program is coordinated by
Susan Webster. Howell studied
with metalsmith (and Haystack
maintenance staffer) James Walsh
in his Deer Isle studio. Funding for
the Student Mentor Program was
generously received from a donor
advised fund of the Maine
Community Foundation.
Bequest in Memory of Priscilla Merritt
to Provide for Haystack’s Future
ennifer Kimball didn’t meet her greataunt Priscilla Hardwick Merritt—
Haystack co-founding director—until
she was in her twenties. In the 1970s,
Jennifer attended a weaving workshop at
Haystack taught by Nancy Merritt, and met
“Pris” for the first time. They hit it off
immediately. “I loved her so much,” said
Jennifer, “we would have been great friends
even if we weren’t related.”
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When Pris passed away last year, Jennifer
wanted to do something to honor Pris’
memory. She contacted Haystack to let us
know that we had been named as the beneficiary to a variable annuity. Variable annuities can be obtained through insurance
companies and financial institutions, providing owners with periodic payments
beginning either immediately or at some
time in the future. Payments continue
Priscilla Hardwick Merritt—
A Celebration of Life
— reprinted with permission from American Craft April/May 2007
On June 16 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, ME,
will hold a celebration of the life of Priscilla Merritt, who died last
September 1 at the age of 93. With her husband, Francis Merritt
(1913–2000), she was the founding co-director of Haystack from
1951 to 1977, and remained active with the school throughout her
life. In 1961 she opened the Centennial House Gallery in Deer
Isle, which showed the work of Karen Karnes, Toshiko Takaezu,
Dale Chihuly and other leading makers of the day. A friend and
mentor to many, “she would remember fondly students from the
50s, 60s, and 70s whose names are now so well recognized in the
field, and keep track of the lives of hundreds of former students
and teachers,” according to Stuart Kestenbaum, Haystack’s current
director. Her family requests that contributions in her memory be
made to the scholarship program at the school.
until the owner’s death, at which time the
beneficiary receives the residual. A range
of investment options are available, and
taxes are deferred until payments begin.
Priscilla Merritt’s legacy, and the
generosity of supporters like Jennifer
Kimball, will help ensure that Haystack
continues to be a leader and innovator in
craft education.
Family of Priscilla Merritt to
Establish Scholarship
he family of Priscilla Hardwick Merritt has initiated
a fund at Haystack to establish a scholarship in her
memory. Priscilla was Haystack’s co-founding director
with her husband Fran Merritt. She passed away last year
at the age of ninety-three. Priscilla’s sons, Al and Steve,
have made a commitment to establishing this scholarship. Al told us “Mother was such a part of Haystack and
Haystack was such a part of her that it is only fitting that
there be a scholarship in her name. Numerous people
have told us of how inspirational she was for them in the
development of their own artistic endeavors, so this
scholarship will represent a durable extension of that
energy. We hope that the recipients will, as well, feel her
passion for the whole enterprise.” The work-study
scholarship will provide room, board, and tuition for a
fibers student each year.
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Haystack Partners with Goldring Arts Journalism Program
At Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, each student considering the Goldring Arts Journalism Program
is invited to “spend the next year making your dream come true by honing your writing and journalism skills and deepening your
knowledge of the arts.” Haystack supporters Lois Lunin and David Becker have taken the offer a step further by creating the Goldring
Arts Journalism Fellowship at Haystack. David is a former Haystack trustee; both Lois and David have been students and longtime
friends of the school. They felt it was important to give arts journalism students an understanding of the crafts through a direct relationship with the materials, and a sense of process that will enhance their writing.
The innovative Goldring Arts Journalism Program offers a Master’s degree and is the first of its kind at an accredited school of
journalism. Students in the twelve-month program can choose from concentrations including architecture, film, music, popular
culture, television, theater, or visual arts. Classes are accompanied by arts immersion courses, internships, and visits to galleries and
architectural sites. The new fellowship, which is supported through an annual gift, will provide room, board, and tuition for one
student from the Goldring Program to attend Haystack each summer. Recipients will be selected by faculty at the Newhouse School.
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Visiting Artists 2007
aystack is pleased to announce a
sensational visiting artist program for 2007. Jazz pianist and
composer Arturo O’Farrill, performance
juggler Michael Moschen, and poet/writer
Alison Hawthorne Deming will each spend
a session at Haystack this summer. The
visiting artist program unites diverse art
forms through an exchange of ideas, intensifying the experience at the school and
inspiring visual artists to approach their
work in new ways.
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ARTURO O’FARRILL, leader of Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra,
has performed with such musical greats as
Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddie Cole,
Harry Belafonte, and Wynton Marsalis.
In a collaboration between Haystack
and the Stonington Opera House,
www.operahousearts.org, O’Farrill will
be coming to Deer Isle July 27 & 28 as part
of the 7th annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival,
produced by Larry Blumenfeld. To hear
the music of Arturo O’Farrill go to
www.arturoofarrill.com.
MacArthur Fellow MICHAEL MOSCHEN
has transformed the art of juggling into a
performance masterpiece. Moschen made
the art of “contact juggling” famous in the
movie Labyrinth, with David Bowie. The
Bluenose Jugglers describe Moschen’s work
on their website: “While almost all jugglers
use three balls, Moschen created a ten foot
triangle in which he stands to bounce them
all around his body. He studied the fragility
of a single crystal ball and, through hours
of exploration and practice, developed a
method of rolling crystal balls over his
hands so they seem to float before him. He
grasps two shining, curved rods and whips
them around his body to create visual patterns from thin air.” To view Michael
Moschen in action visit his website at
www.michaelmoschen.com.
Poet, essayist, and teacher ALISON
HAWTHORNE DEMING is currently
Professor in Creative Writing at the
University of Arizona and lives in Tuscon.
She has written several books of poems,
including Genius Loci (Penguin, 2005),
The Monarchs: A Poem Sequence (LSU
Press, 1997), and Science and Other Poems
(LSU Press, 1994), which was selected for
the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy
of American Poets. For more information
about Alison’s work visit www.alisonhawthornedeming.com.
A Celadon Sky Dream, carved/textured
cherry, 22 kt gold leaf, 2006, 5" x 2.5" d,
by Jacques Vesery, who will teach a wood
workshop during the seventh session from
September 2 to September 8.
Visiting artists live within the Haystack
community during their residencies. The
visiting artist studio provides a dedicated
studio space, living quarters, and a large
outdoor deck where students are invited to
meet the artists, and to gather for poetry
readings, performances, and mini-workshops. Funding for the 2007 visiting artist
program was provided by the Elizabeth F.
Cheney Foundation and the Francis S.
Merritt Fund for Innovative Programming.
News & Notes
2007 Summer Assistants
We would like to welcome our 2007 summer assistants, Carrie Dickason and Sarah Tompkins. Carrie is a graduate student at
Cranbrook Academy of Art and is working toward an MFA with a concentration in fibers. Carrie was a work-study student at
Haystack in 2005. Sarah Tompkins is returning to the school for her second season as a summer assistant. Sarah received her BFA
in glass from RISD in 2005. She spent the winter months working for Art in General (NY) in the development department.
Housekeeping and Kitchen Workers
Needed for September–October 2007. Housing available on campus. Call Haystack for job descriptions and application
information.
Pre-Session Volunteers Needed
Pre-session will be held between May 20–24, and May 27–31. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering.
We’ll provide room and board in exchange for your help with getting the campus ready for summer.
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2007 Annual Fund Appeal
aystack’s 2007 annual appeal has raised $164,220 from 736 donors as of March 23, 2007. Funds from the annual appeal provide
vital support to core functions at the school, helping us to continue offering innovative craft programs. The list below includes
donations received this fiscal year, which began November 1, 2006, and ends October 31, 2007 (so there’s still time to make your gift!)
Please let us know if we failed to include your name and we’ll be sure to get it in next time. To make a gift now, visit our website at
www.haystack-mtn.org.
The Haystack Alumni Challenge—Once again, we challenged our alumni to join our annual fund supporters. Those who made
first time gifts of $50, and those who increased their last annual appeal gift by $50, were included in a drawing for a free workshop
during Haystack’s 7th session in the class of their choice. Congratulations to our winner, Paul Bowden, of Lamoine, Maine! And
many thanks to everyone who participated this year. We gratefully appreciate your support!
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TRUSTEES
Stephen S. Alpert
E. John Bullard
Sonya Clark &
Darryl Harper
Anne Currier &
George Hrycun
William &
Catherine Daley
Harry & Lisa Elson
Arline Fisch
Eck Follen &
Charles Swanson
Julia Galloway
Jane Weiss Garrett &
Milton Garrett
John Garrett
Ann E. Grasso
Helena Hernmarck &
Niels Diffrient
Wayne Higby
Richard & Mary Howe
Jeanne Jaffe
Jack Lenor Larsen
Macy & Robert Lasky
Tim & Jay McCreight
Marlin & Ginger Miller
Duncan Ralph &
Edward Whitehead
Joanne & James Rapp
Claire Sanford &
Charles Crowley
Cynthia Schira
Paul Sproll &
Cheryl Williams
Christopher & Kate Staley
Deb Stoner
Marilyn & Stephen Sward
David Watkins &
Wendy Ramshaw
Jack Wax
ALUMNI, FACULTY
AND FRIENDS
Anonymous (36)
Rick & Lainy Abbott
Jan Abrams
Craig Abramson
Elizabeth Adams
Robert & Pamela Adams
Tom Adams
Aftosa
Finn Alban
Garrett Aldrich
Marcy Alkalay
Sam Allen
Sandy & Stan Alperin
Renee Altman
Daniel & Caroline Bottom
Anderson
Dr. Michael D. Andrew
Stephen & B. J. Andrus
Deb Appleby
Linda Arbuckle &
Lee Shaw
Glenda Arentzen
Armstrong-Prior, Inc.
Jill Arnow
Patricia Arrow
Byron Aubrey
Lilyan Bachrach
Posey Bacoupoulos
Bailey Pottery Equipment
Corp.
Maili Bailey & Iver Lofving
David Baird
Krisanne Baker
Trina Baker
David Barber
Bar Harbor Banking &
Trust Co.
John & Bridget Barnes
Debra Barnet
Janet Bass
Carole Beal
Irwin Bear
Beate K. Becker
Beth & Larry Beede
Jessica Beels
Owen Beenhouwer
Peggy Bell
Stanley Bell
J. D. Benjamin
W. Dennis Bennett
Rob & Cristy Benson
Paulus Berensohn
Andrew Bergman &
Martha DwyerBergman
Barter Lumber Co.
Linda Bills
Frederick & Jean Birkhill
Carol Birtwistle
Russ & Mary Bishop
Lisa Blackburn &
John Hartom
Sandra Blain
Joan Stroud Blaine
Melody & Garrett
Bonnema
Alvin O. Boucher
S. E. Boucher
Judy Bowen
Karen & Bill Boyd
Frieda Bradsher
Alan & Susan Bradstreet
Steven & Susan Haas
Bralove
Susie Brandt
Betsy & Joe Braunhut
Logan Brenzel &
Ernest Massiah
Edwina Bringle
Shari Broder
Brokaw family
Jon Brooks & Jami Boyle
Stephen & Irene Brooks
Cynthia & Sidney Brower
Barbara Brown
Gail M. Brown
Karna Olsson &
Philip Brown
Victoria Brown
Kathleen Browne
Lynn Brunelle
Brynmorgen Press/
Tim McCreight
Barbara Burbello
Kathie Burnett
Barbara F. Burnstine
Judith Burton
Elizabeth Busch
John Buzbee
David Cadigan
Mary Kay Campbell
John Cardin
James Carpenter
Bill Carpenter &
Donna Gold
Rick Caruso & Joyce Tavon
Linda Casbon
Barbara & John Casper
Eve Hamblett
Mrs. M. W. Catto
Jennifer Cecil
Aurore Chabot
Tony & Karen Chapman
Katherine Cheney
Chappell
Alisa Chazani
Kyoung Ae Cho
Dr. & Mrs. Paul L.
Chodosh
Sharon Church
Lilla Cingolani
William Clarke
Henrietta T. Clews
Michelle Coakes
Katharine Cobey
Susan Coddon
John Cogswell &
Barbara E. Chapman
Cathy & Joseph Cohen
Michael Cohen
Maureen Connolly
Ray Cooper
Paula Cooperrider
Marianne Cordyack
Stephen Corner
Whitney Couch
Cappy Counard
Solveig Cox
Chris Craig
Ken & Nancy Crasco
Tom & Nancy Crowe
Scott & Kim Cunningham
Joan Danforth
Linda Danielovich
Audrey Daniels
Linda Darty
Jacqueline & Darwin
Davidson
Elizabeth Davies
Louise F. Davis
Squidge Liljeblad Davis
Whitney Davis
Judith Day
Maggi DeBaecke
H AY S TA C K
Amelia DeNeergaard
John DeHoog
Jeffrey DeNinno
Josh DeWeese &
Rosalie Wynkoop
Lyman Delano
Jolanda de Levie
Ivy Derderian
Felicity, Evlalia, Nancy &
Michael Dewey-Wood
Gabrielle Dietzel
Denise Dionne
Catherine Dittemore
Kay Dolezal
Monica Dominak
Sandi Donnelly
David & Barbara Dornfeld
G. T. Dorsey
Susan Douglass
Robert Duarte
Robert Ebendorf &
Aleta Braun
Irene Eilers
Susan Eisen
Pamela & George Elias
David Ellsworth
Marvin Embree
Melissa Epple
Hilary Ervin
Howard Evans &
Vicki Pollard
Leila Evelev
Lisa Farago &
Drew Dumsch
Celine Farrell
Paul & June Farrow
Michael Mastronardi
Kristin T. Fellows
Fred Fenster
Barbara & Bruce Fernald
Sallie Findlay
Nelida Flatow
George & Gale Flax
Susan Fleminger
Kathleen FochtmanGambs
Roberta Foss
Betsey Foster
Betty Flanders Foster
G AT E WAY
SPRING
2007
9
Annual Appeal
Vicki Fox
Judith Freilich
Emil & Bea Friedman
Falding Bishop Gadola
Robert Gallant
Karen Gallup
James P. Garland &
Carol J. Andreae
Peter Garofolo
John Garrett
Nancy Garrett
Nancy J. Garrity
Ronald Gavigan
Martin Gellert
Beth Ann Gerstein
Lynn Gervens
Brenda Gilchrist
Roger & Betty Gilmore
Robert & Rae Gilson
Amy A. Gimbel
Norman Gittleman
Filson & Shirley Glanz
Linda & Phil Glaser
Anne Goldberg
Barbara & Alan Goldberg
Amy Goldin
Susan & Michael Goldman
Marc Goldring
Amy Goldstein
Rebecca Goodale
Kate Goshorn
Denis Goudie & Liz Covert
Douglas Govan
Roberta Greany
Joli Greene
Charlotte Greenewalt
Zee Jay Greenspan
Gary S. & Patricia J. Griffin
Kenneth Gross
Francoise Grossen
Thomas Guglielmo
Brian Gulick
Karen & Werner
Gundersheimer
Joseph & Merna Guttentag
Jane G. Hall
Katherine Hall
Nancy Halpern
Judy & Charles Ham
Cathryn S. Hammond
Susan Hanna
Gillian Greenhill Hannum
Katherine & Ralph
Harding
Patricia Harrington
Karolina Harris
Emily & Robert Harrison
Cathy Hart
Lisa Hart
Andrea Hartman
Stephanie Hartman
Sarah S. Harvey
10 H A Y S T A C K
G AT E WAY
continued
Candy & Richard Haskell
Elise Hauenstein &
Norm Abram
Connie Hayes &
George Terrien
Judith E. Haynes
Betty Heald
Karen Hein
Erling Heistad
Heller Gallery
Katy Helman
Bill Henderson
Priscilla & Lee Henderson
Linda & John Hendricks
Keith Herklotz
Susan Hess
Cathy Conway Hetznecker
Kimberly Hitchcock
Peggy Whitney Hobbs
Marie Emlen Hochstrasser
Nancy Hodermarsky
Margaret Hoenig Hahn
Michael Sean Holihan
Ann & Chuck Holland
Hollingsworth &
Vose Company
Phil Homes
Roger & Ann Hooke
Ayumi Horie
Fiona Lovell Horning
Sharla Jean Hoskin
Jamie & Maisie Houghton
Paul Howard
Kyle Huffman
Ralph Humphrey
Sherrill Hunnibell
Lissa Hunter &
Kirby Pilcher
Amanda Huotari
Olivia & Thatcher Hurd
Fund
Amy Husten & family
Matt & Erin Hutton
Kyoko Ibe
Dennis Ichiyama
Judy Ingram
Irving Isaacson
Ruth Isgro
B. A. Ives
Vicki Jensen
Naomi Johnson
Randy Johnston & Jan
Mckeachie-Johnston
Judd & Sue Jones
Christine Joy
Sharon Jue
E. Michael & Eleanor Kahn
Philip & Sherrie Kaminsky
Gloria & Sonny Kamm
Jerome A. & Deena L.
Kaplan Family
Foundation
SPRING
2007
Marilyn Karl
Judy A. Kashman
Beth Katleman
Barbara Katz
Jane Keener
Matt Keener
Laura Kellar
Deborah Kelley
Mo Kelman
Jim Kempf
Ellen Mears &
Leonard Kennedy
Ron Kent
June Kerr
Stuart Kestenbaum &
Susan Webster
Toni & Herbert
Kestenbaum
Jennifer Kimball
Wendy Kindred
Ron King
Susan Kingsley
Gerhardt Knodel
Vaino & Marcia Kola
Jane & Leonard Korman
Kathleen & Sam Kriegman
Deborah Krupenia &
Robert Weir
Elena Kubler & Bill Shaw
Greg Kuharic
Roger & Belle Kuhn
Varsha Kukafka
Walter Kumiega
Ichiro Kurihara/Chestnut
Field Inc.
Hedi Kyle
Chris LaBonte
Diane LaBelle
Robin Landy
Gusty Lange &
Steve Ettlinger
Diane S. Langley
Maryann Slavin Langley
Sally Larrick
Judith Larzelere
Laurita Family
Sabrina M. Lavieri
Mary Law
Eric Lawrence
Marianne Lazarus
Charlene Leary
Susan Leavey
Mary Lee
Peter R. Leibert
William & Christine Leith
Carol Lemei
Dorothy Lemelson
Rose Lempp
Anne Lenox
Elizabeth & Mark Levine
Marjorie Levy
Stacy Levy
Out of the Box, knitted silk, knitted wool, painted wood,
2004, 29”h x 17”w x 17”d, by Katharine Cobey, who
will teach a knitting workshop during the first session
from June 3–15.
Lesley Lichko
Jon Lickerman
Andrea Lilienthal Cantor
Dave Lincoln
Denise Linet
Susan Lister Locke
Ann G. Loeb
Tom Loeser & Bird Ross
Kristina Logan &
Jean-Christophe Barre
Reg Logan
Carol Logie
Mary Ann & Sal
Lomonaco
Monie Lonergan
Randy Long
Betty Helen Longhi
Frederick Loomis
Sally A. Ludwig
Karen Lukas
Eleanor Lux
Ernestine & George Lyman
Mitch & Bea Lyons
Barbara MacCallum
Susan MacDougall
Bruce O. MacNaught
Janet Macy
Maine Art Education
Association
S. Victor Malta
Berry Manter
Margaret Manter
Alice Marcoux
Bob & Nancy Marculewicz
Jane Martin
Arthur & Jane Mason
Georgiann Mason
Kenneth & Cherie Mason
Mary Ellen Matthews
Joan & David Maxwell
Linda McConaughy
Michie McConnell
Maxwell McCormack &
Lynne Lavoie
John & Nan McCurrach
Pamela McKee
Jordan McKown
Wesley McNair
M. D. Joyce & Co.
Ingrid Menken
Meristem
Laura Merrick
Otty Merrill
Melanie Meyers
John Paul Miller
Linda Miller
Sequoia Miller
Min Xiao-Fen
Sharon & Gil Miranda
Teddy Mishell
Stan & Meg Mongin
Clifton Monteith
Joyce Montgomery
Jo-Anna & Michael Moore
Georgette Morrell
Julie Morringello
Samuel C. Morse
Meredyth H. Moses
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Moskowitz
Drs. Roger Moss &
Gail Winkler
Ralph Mossman
Eleanor Moty
Judith Motzkin
Janet Muddle
Stanley & Peg Myers
Sam Newbury &
Jan Myers-Newbury
Lois Nadel
Susan Newbold &
Ernst Benzien
Joyce Newkirk
Paul Nowicki &
Barbara Tam
Ann O’Brien
Cristin O’Brien
Brigid O’Hanrahan
Marguerite Ogden
Irina Okula
Patty Olds & Ann
Flannery
Liberty Graphics, Inc.
Whitney Wing
Oppersdorff
Karen & Paul Orsillo
Philip & Lydia Osgood
Carol Oster
Ludwig Ostfeld
T. Otis
E. C. Owen
Jim & Lucia Owen
Jan Owen
Katherine Page, Alan Hein
& Nicholas Hein
Richard & Sarah Paget
Judy Paolini
Elmerina & Paul Parkman
Pamela Parvin
Andrew Pate
J. Pauplis
Adria Pearlman
Jane Peatfield
William Penny
Alan Perry &
Michael Stasiuk
George Perez, Jr.
Carole M. Pesner
Sarah Peter
Jan Petry
Catherine Podeszwa
Charlotte Podolsky
Jocelyn Pollard
Michael Pressman
Elizabeth Prior
Tinka Pritchett
Jane Proctor
Deborah Pulliam
Jane Quimby
Rosanne & Edward Raab
Elizabeth B. Ralph
Ruth & John Randolph
Joy Raskin
Ann Coddington Rast
Kathleen Rearick
Marilyn Reichstein
Don & Ginger Reiman
Evelyn Rein
Claire Reishman
Elisabeth Relin
Joan Resnikoff
Fox Reutlinger Ritchay
Marsha Rheubottom &
Seth Parker
C. William Rich, Jr.
Philena Richards
Sally Richardson &
David Waite
Sandy & Jack Richter
Sue Ricklefs
Chris Rifkin
Daniel & Irene Mrose Rissi
Jane & Al Roberts
Rene Roberts
Mark Robinson
Stephen Robison &
Kathleen Guss
Sharon & Peter Robohm
Ann Marie RogalcheckFrissell
Malcolm & Susan Rogers
Susan & Peter Rogol
Annabeth Rosen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. T.
Rosenfeld
Ilene Rosin
Elizabeth A. Ross
Robert A. Roth
Virginia Royster
Beth Rubenstein
Leah & Dan Rubenstein
Diane Rueffert
John Ruhaak
Farrell Ruppert
Leeor Sabbah
Seymour M. Sabesin, MD
Kris Sader
Ken Sadler
Andy Saftel &
Susan Knowles
Joel Saleeby
Gwen Samuels
Iggy Samuels
Arturo Sandoval
George & Dorothy Saxe
Helmut Schardt
Mary Ann Scherr
Donald & Linda S.
Schlenger
Stella Schloss
Ann Schroeder
Karen Schwartz &
Christopher Coffey
Ken & Wendy Schweikert
Warren Seelig &
Sherrie Gibson
Daniel Seigel
Hisako Sekijima
Sarah Sharpe
Gretchen Shaw
Kerry Shea
Lisa Sheinin
Mary Shizue Shigetomi
Judy Sidran
Caroline Sime
Marjorie Simon
Shira Singer &
David Manski
Dorothy & Arnold Sio
Marjorie Sisitsky
Pamela Skewes-Cox
Ann C. Slocum
Cary Slocum
Duncan &
Joan Fowler Smith
Gay Smith
Drs. Hugh &
Marsha Smith
Paul Smith
Anika Smulovitz
Ruth & Rick Snyderman
Alan Solomon
Joan W. Sorensen
Harry V. Souchon
Gilberte Spinelli
Patricia Spock
Bernard & Maggie
Spofford
Bonnie Stahlecker &
David Morrison
Lael & Ron Stegall
Carol Stein
Lloyd & Leone Stein
Seth Stem
Toni Stephan
Arline J. Stern
Brett Stern
Patricia Stewart
Steven Stichter
Marion Stocking
Frances Storey
Sherry Streeter &
Jon Wilson
Cynthia Stroud &
Susan Shaw
Supreme Corporation
Luanne Surace
Melissa Sweet
Sarah Tabor
Toshiko Takaezu
James Tanner
Carol Tassini
Janet Taylor
Terry Taylor
Kara J. Tennis
Louise & William Ternay
Del Thomas
Cynthia Thompson
Judy Timmerberg
Louise Todd Cope
Sandra Tombaugh
Sharon Townshend
David & Sarah Treeson
Marc Treib
Marilyn B. True
Billie Tsien &
Tod Williams
Tunbridge Glassworks
Richardson Turner
Juris Ubans
Lanci Valentine
Ruth Vandoren
George VanOstrand
Karen Van WeldenHerman
Blanche Vanis
Jacqueline Vaughan
Clare Verstegen
Rosalind Virshup
Leanne Walker
Julian & Elsa Waller
Georgianne Wanous
Dick & Pat Warner
Carley Warren
Emily Watson
Rebecca Watson
Web of the Quill
Webs: Valley Fibers Corp.
Marjorie Weed
Frank & Denie Weil
Joan & I. Bernard
Weinstein
Arthur & Lillian Weiss
Mary Weiss
Winifred Weiss
Dr. & Mrs. Sam Wells
William David &
Mary Walker Phillips
Foundation
Elizabeth Bishop &
William Wentworth
Paulette Werger
Jane Westenfeld
Catharine & Peter
Westlake
Carlee Weston, Jr.
Ron Wetherell
Nancy F. Wheelwright
Virginia Whitaker
Stephanie White
Susan Johnson White
Beck Whitehead
Bill & Barbara Whitman
Steve Whittlesey
Marcia Widenor
Ellen Wieske &
Carole Ann Fer
Tatiana Wilcke
Arthur J. Williams
Barbara H. & Jim Willis Jr.
Myron Willson
Sue Wilmot
H AY S TA C K
Carol A. Wilson
Susan Wilson
Paul Wisotzky
Yoka & David Witham
Diane Wolf
Robert Wolff
Anne & Harry Wollman
Mr. & Mrs. James Wood
Joe Wood & Becky
Brannon
Valerie Wyckoff
Kathryn WysockeyJohnson
Tetsuya Yamada
Harriet Yamolinsky
Thomas Yoder
Barbara & Jan Zandhuis
Maureen Brusa Zappellini
Annual Scholarships
John, Evan, and Larkin
Coffey in honor of
Ann Roth
Fiona Lovell Horning
Lacoste Gallary
In Kind Donors
Anonymous
Brassworks
C-2 Paint Co.
Jamie Carpenter &
Toshiko Mori
Stanley Clifford
Lowell Handler
Helena Hernmarck &
Niels Diffrient
Judd & Sue Jones
Jutras Woodworking
Stuart Kestenbaum &
Susan Webster
Lightolier
John & Alice Marcous
NCFI
Waterlox Coating Corp.
Tony Woodward
GIFTS TO THE
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Howard Kestenbaum &
Vijay Paramsothy
International
Fellowship Fund
Penny Plumb
Jay Siegelaub
Francis S. Merritt
Innovative Program
Fund
Irving S. & Alwyn N.
Johnson Family
Foundation
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SPRING
2007
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GIFTS TO THE
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Frans Wildenhain
Paul Rankin
Mary Beasom Bishop
Falding Gadola
Candy Haskell
Jane Weiss Garrett &
Milton Garrett
Roger & Belle Kuhn
Joanne & James Rapp
Gary Griffith
Hillary & Brian Dorsk
Susan Garrettson &
Stephen Madera
John & Carlotta Girouard
Roy Slamm
Rita Spencer
Jonathan T. Walker, MD
COMMEMORATIVE
GIFTS
Jason Heanssler
Penny Plumb
in memory of . . .
Julie Jensen
Stanley &
Charlotte Bernstein
Ethel Skeans Clifford
Jay Siegelaub
Lynn Duryea
Andrew & Rose Gove
Carol Gersen
Linda & Philip Hicks
Priscilla Henderson
Michael Brennan
Jody Klein
J. Richard Klein
Patti Pancoe
Betty Oliver
Lynn Duryea
Bobby Hansson
Irving Sherman
Bunzy Sherman
Mathias Spiegel
Anne Currier &
George Hrycun
Suzanne Nash Brack
William H. Brack &
Jessica Ann Ladd
Rebekah Randolph
Fischer
Hillary & Brian Dorsk
Ted and Jessie Fuchs
Emil & Bea Friedman
Charles R. Gailis
Lynn Duryea
Roger & Belle Kuhn
Nancy & Alfred Merritt, II
Ann Powers
Joanne & James Rapp
Catherine Luyster
Marian I. Schoettle
Priscilla Merritt
Cynthia Bringle
William & Ki Clough, III
Louise A. Cort
Sidney Diekmann &
Paul Diekmann, Jr.
Lynn Duryea
Falding Gadola
Lissa Hunter &
Kirby Pilcher
Harvey Iwata
J. Richard Klein
H AY S TA C K
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN
SCHOOL OF CRAFTS
P.O. BOX 518
DEER ISLE, ME 04627
www.haystack-mtn.org
Address Service Requested
James Klein &
Elizabeth Lardner
Jim & Susan Lister
Ann Powers
Bernette Rudolph
David Zatz
Francis Merritt
Louise A. Cort
Bernette Rudolph
Richard & Iona Siegel
Mary Nyburg
Cynthia Bringle
Lynn Duryea
Amanda Hobart
Roger & Belle Kuhn
ROY
Joanne & James Rapp
Jim & Joanne Rule
David Watkins &
Wendy Ramshaw
Sue Wilmot
Donna Roux
New Hampshire Weavers
Guild
Matthew S. Winer
Margaret M. Sheehan
in honor of . . .
Andrew Bergman &
Martha Dwyer-Bergman
Shirlee & Stuart Bergman
John Cardin
R. H. Starr, Jr.
Joan Squires Fay
Joanne & James Rapp
Ingrid Menken
Matthew & Barbara Black
Rosanne Raab
Lucy Feller
Eleanor Rosenfeld
John T. Beaty, Jr. &
Anne L. Mehringer
Lisa Anne Tharpe
Margot & Alan Frank
Ann Watson
Margaret Watson
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