Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Hancock County, United States | Pottery

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts is an international craft school located on the Atlantic Ocean in Deer Isle, Maine in the United States. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts offers intensive studio-based workshops in a variety of craft media including clay, glass, metals, paper, blacksmithing, weaving, woodworking and more. Programs range from short workshops to two-week sessions and anyone may participate, from beginners to advanced professionals.
The unique experience to be found at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, is owed to the combination of internationally-renowned instructors, intensive and focused studio time, the exploration of other art forms including music, poetry and dance, a diverse student body, and an award-winning campus. Students live, eat and work at the school, and studios remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Over the past 50 years, the school has created international workshops and conferences, innovative sessions for high school students and local residents, a visiting artist?s program, scholarship opportunities, and more. Haystack continues to evolve with the interests and ideas of those who visit here.
Developing new ideas and new ways of seeing are central to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts mission. When you take a workshop at Haystack, you will be able to work in the studios day and night, you will have time to experiment and discover, and be a part of an intensive and supportive community of learners.