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2019 Haystack Campus, Montville, Maine, August 1955. Photo by Walter Holt FROM THE DIRECTOR This summer, the Portland Museum of Art will structure of learning is horizontal, with students and present the exhibition In the Vanguard: Haystack faculty working side by side to exchange ideas and Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-69. Organized by make new discoveries. co-curators Rachael Arauz and Diana Greenwold, this While the world has changed significantly, the core exhibition represents four years of research and is the of our work and the ideals we adhere to have stayed first of its kind to provide an overview of the founding very much the same. Our greatest hope is that the years of the school. experimentation and risk-taking that defined the To have our story told in this way has been an founding of the school continue to underscore incredible privilege and we could not be more excited the work we do today. Looking ahead to our 70th about the project and the research that has led up to anniversary, this exhibition feels like a defining it. The show will present archival materials such as moment that allows us to step back and think about original correspondence, photographs, brochures, the quiet and profound ways in which Haystack posters, magazine articles, and ephemera, alongside has helped shape American art and culture. The objects created during the same time period by exhibition is also a beautiful reminder that people prominent makers who taught and studied at coming to the school today are helping to create the Haystack. Much of this material has never been next chapter in a story continually unfolding in rich published and will be included in a catalogue and unexpected ways. representing the most comprehensive resource ever created about the school. Through their work as co-curators, Arauz and Greenwold have helped make connections that might otherwise have been overlooked, and they have brought to life a story that has never been fully told. Their excitement, curiosity, and dedication have been nothing short of inspiring. Paul Sacaridiz Director As they have pored over our archives and conducted first person interviews with people from the early years of the school, I have been reminded once again that, at its inception, Haystack was truly an experiment in education, craft, and community. It was, and continues to be, a place with no permanent faculty or full-time students, a school that awards no certificates or degrees. Haystack provides a model for education in the purest sense of the word, where the 2018 ANNUAL FUND SETS NEW RECORD FOR GIVING For the second consecutive year, we are thrilled to announce that unrestricted by the donor, other gifts are restricted and designated for the Haystack Annual Fund has set a historic record. Thanks to the specific purposes. Additional contributions to the annual fund come in generosity of our donors the fiscal year 2018 Haystack annual fund* the form of planned giving and bequests. raised a total of $468,775. This was an incredible achievement and we The success of the annual fund is measured both through financial are grateful to everyone who helped make this possible. support and the number of individuals who contribute each year. When The annual fund, one of the most important revenue streams we have a gift is made to Haystack, regardless of the amount, it plays a vital role as an organization, is comprised of tax-deductible gifts from donors in demonstrating to other donors, foundations and granting agencies made within a given fiscal year. The annual appeal is the largest that we have strong support from those who care deeply about the work component of the annual fund and helps support the current year’s we do. In this regard, gifts of all levels truly make an impact. general operations, programming, scholarships, capital projects, and *Haystack’s fiscal year begins on November 1 and closes diversity initiatives. While the majority of these contributions are on October 31. 2018 ANNUAL FUND REPORT Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Haystack’s 2018 annual appeal Please note: Our 2019 annual appeal is currently underway. If you have surpassed our goal of $315,000 by raising $468,775, through the already made a gift to this year’s annual fund, we are deeply grateful. support of 871 donors (161 were first time donors to the annual fund If you would like to make a first time or additional gift at any level, with gifts totaling $23,184). These unrestricted gifts represent 22% of please use the envelope included in this newsletter or visit our website our annual operating budget. (haystack-mtn.org) to make a secure online donation. In addition to unrestricted gifts to the school’s annual fund, the lists on the following pages include contributions towards current year *Donor(s) indicated below contributed to the FY18 annual fund, scholarships, endowment funds, honorary and memorial gifts, and allocated to support a full session—or Current Year Scholarship (CYS) in-kind donations made to Haystack between November 1, 2017 and October 31, 2018. Please contact us if you find a correction is in order. 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