Center for Community Programs

Open year-round, Haystack's Center for Community Programs, in Deer Isle village, hosts exhibitions, programs and workshops.

Summer 2008

Haystack: Creative Process, the current exhibition at Haystack's Center for Creative Programs, features the work of Haystack faculty and students whose creative processes have been influenced by their time at Haystack. Focusing on the work of contemporary American artists, the exhibition includes both visual and narrative elements. Since the experience at Haystack is not only about technique, but also about giving people the time and space to develop ideas, individual works are accompanied by text in the artist’s voice explaining the impact Haystack has had on their work and creativity.

The artists in the show represent a variety of media and aesthetics as well as a wide range of experience from long established masters to emerging leaders in the field.  Arline Fisch, for example, first came to Haystack in the 1950s;  Sean Albert, grew up in Bath, Maine and first came to Haystack less than a decade ago when he participated in Haystack’s Student Craft Institute, a program for Maine high school students. See the show! Choose from the list of participating artists below to read their individual narratives and view their work* included in Haystack: Creative Process. 

*an image accompanies most narratives

Each summer, the school will mount new exhibits documenting Haystack’s impact on contemporary craft over time.  With this significant show, Haystack hopes to establish the Center for Community Programs as a leading exhibitor of significant work by American craft makers. Haystack: Creative Process will run through September 7th. The Center will be open Thursday - Sunday from 12 – 5 pm for the duration of the exhibition.

Read more about the Center's development and previous events.