Tickets & Support for Summer Benefit

$5,000 - Benefactor

• Four Tickets to the Summer Benefit

• Two Tickets to the new End-of-Summer Auction* Preview Reception & Live Auction

• A Private Campus Tour & Dinner at Haystack with Executive Director, Perry Price

$2,500 - Sponsor

• Two Tickets to the Summer Benefit

• Two Tickets to the new End-of-Summer Auction* Preview Reception & Live Auction

• A Private Campus Tour & Dinner at Haystack with Executive Director, Perry Price

$1,000 - Underwriter

• Two Tickets to the Summer Benefit

• Two Tickets to the new End-of-Summer Auction* Preview Reception & Live Auction

• A Private Campus Tour with Executive Director, Perry Price

$500 - Patron

• Two Tickets to the Summer Benefit

$200 - Supporter

• Single Ticket to the Summer Benefit

Ticket for this event reservations closed on July 8, 2024.

Can’t attend the Summer Benefit, but would like to support a reverse auction initiative? Follow the link below to make a donation online.

Click here to access the 2024 Summer Benefit Reverse Auction form

Summer Benefit Auction

The 2024 Summer Benefit will feature three reverse paddle raises to support Fellowships, Campus Accessibility, and Youth Programs; as well as two items from renowned artists—Michael Simon and Scott McGlasson—featured below.

Michael Simon (1947 – 2021) was a studio potter who lived in Athens, Georgia. His works were typically fired in salt kilns with motifs of nature and animals. Simon was a student of Warren MacKenzie, who was, in turn, a student of Bernard Leach. Though their influence is felt, Simon’s work is unique; every pot emerges with an integrity and attitude all its own. He received a BFA. from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from the University of Georgia. In 2011, Michael Simon had a major exhibition at The Northern Clay Center entitled Michael Simon: A Life in Pots featuring thirty years of his pottery. He published Michael Simon: Evolution the same year. In 2013, he exhibited at the Georgia Museum of Art and showcased his best pots from the past several decades. The exhibition was called Pick of the Kiln: The Work of Michael Simon. 

His work can be found in the Los Angeles County Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and The Rodger Corsaw Collection of Ceramic Art at Alfred University.

Scott McGlasson has been designing and making furniture in Minnesota for the past twenty-five years. Under the name WOODSPORT, his work has been exhibited at the Architectural Digest Design Show, ICFF, the Smithsonian Craft Show, and the Walker Art Center and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, American Craft, Fine Woodworking, and Interior Design. His work has been sold to private, corporate, government, and hospitality clients worldwide, including Canadian embassies in Africa, Asia, and Europe. McGlasson received a degree in English Literature from the University of Minnesota and was trained in cabinet making at Minneapolis Technical College. He lives in South Minneapolis, MN, with his rescue pit bull, Sophie.

Scott McGlasson will be teaching Designing & Making Wood Lamps during Session Four of Haystack’s summer workshops.