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Learning Art : A Guide to Maine Teaching Resources LEARNING : A Guide To Maine Teaching Resources This book was created and produced by Maine Fiberarts to educate, to foster discovery, and to engender enthusiasm in those wishing to learn more about fiber art.

About Our Sponsors Be patient if you find a listing that is The Guide in Four Sections LEARNING FIBER ART, and our currently closed, or does not have as • Five profiles of Legacy Locations previous publication entitled FIBER complete an offering as you expected, (people and places that have a ART MASTERS: A Visual Tour of and email or call to discover current long-standing dedication to this Maine Artists’ Work and Studios, is schedules and any limitations that field) are listed alphabetically at the made possible with support from our may still exist. Some websites that beginning: A Wrinkle in Thyme generous funders: Aldermere Fund; list classes will specify if they are Farm, Barbara Burns Studio, Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund postponed or canceled or moved Haystack Mountain School of of the Maine Community Foundation; online. By the time you read this, it is Crafts, Sara Hotchkiss, Maine Betterment Fund; Darcy ; Edgard possible they are open again. College of Art & Fashion and Geraldine Feder Foundation; Design. Tatter; The Penniman Fund; two major Reading the Listings • Four listing sections: Learning philanthropists to Maine Fiberarts; and Each listing contains the type of fiber About Fiber and , Learning all of our directors, members, donors art techniques or process offered, and about , Learning and friends. Thank you! the type of class structure in which or Hooking, Working they teach. In the PDF version (once with Fabric. Listings include close Publishing Notes it is downloaded and opened on your to a hundred Maine studios, farms, Back in March of 2020, when we computer or iPad), clicking on a place shops and centers where fiber art were just about ready to publish this or heading in the table of contents or learning takes place on an ongoing Guide, the unknowns brought on index in the back will take you to the and regular basis. by the worldwide pandemic caused page containing that item. You can do a word search for anything else. • Five additional Legacy Locations cancellation notices to come flooding are listed alphabetically: Marion in, putting a halt on going forward Brown Fiber Art Studio, Nezinscot with publishing plans. About the Photos Farm and Studio, One Lupine Photographs that accompany the Although there are still many Fiber Arts/Maine Yarn & Fiber listings were provided by the teachers questions about the future here in Supply, Parris House Works, or by the learning sites themselves. Maine and everywhere, we have PortFiber. Additional photos that appear on the contacted and are encouraged by front and back covers, in the Legacy • The last section is a list of Maine the individuals listed here. We have Locations, and in the that Artist Retreats and Residencies checked websites of the residencies separate sections are by Christine that offer fiber art study in some way. and retreats to make sure they have Macchi, with additions by Carol Jones plans to reopen in 2021 or 2022, so we At the end you can find an and Corrie Zacharias. Artwork on these feel it is still the best representation alphabetical index of every place pages is identified on page 41. of places and people in Maine to learn listed here. about fiber art. ii iii Table of Contents Publishing Notes ...... iii. A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm ...... 2 Barbara Burns ...... 5 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts ...... 7. Sara Hotchkiss ...... 8. Maine College of Art: Textile & Fashion Design . . . . .11 Learning About Fiber and Yarn ...... 13 Learning about Paper ...... 25 Learning Needlework or Hooking ...... 29 Working with Fabric ...... 35 Notes on Photos ...... 41. Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio ...... 42 Nezinscot Farm and Fiber Studio ...... 45 One Lupine Fiber Arts/Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply . . 47. Parris House Wool Works ...... 48 PortFiber ...... 51. Artist Retreats ...... 52 Artist Residency Opportunities ...... 55 About Maine Fiberarts ...... 58 Alphabetical List of Everyone ...... 59 iv 1 A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm Fiber Learning on the Farm, from Fleece to Woolies Mary Ann Haxton and Marty Elkin run a farm and full fiber enterprise from their 1850’s farmhouse and buildings on 32 acres in Sumner, Maine, nestled in the wooded mountains of Western Maine. There, they maintain a flock of —Romney, Lincoln, Corriedale, Finn, and Border Leicester crosses—and offer for sale soft naturally-colored and dyed plus wool, angora, , and . They also sell wet-felted and needle felted artwork, knitted hats, knitted mittens, woven , kits, Cushing and so much more. Along with their sheep they have a resident cat, dog and flock of laying hens. Haxton and Elkin also offer classes, retreats and gatherings taught by themselves and by other knowledgeable teachers. Topics include , , wool , and needle felting interspersed with longer retreats that often include yoga. Marty offers Zoom needle felting classes on a regular basis. A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm also hosts a maple syrup operation, a farm store with wool products, a Fiber CSA, an apprentice program, and a Louet dealership. Special events, such as open farm days, maple syrup pancake breakfasts, lambing days and shearing events are announced on their website at awrinkleinthymefarm.com. Visit the farm and witness a wealth of fiber learning from raw fleece to finished art and craftwork.

2 3 Barbara Burns Woven Artist, Writer and Instructor Barbara Burns is a figurative artist working in the medium of tapestry in her studio in Harpswell. Of her work, Burns writes, “The medium of tapestry allows me to create images and cloth at the same time. The tactile experience of working with fiber, along with the depth of color and richness of the woven surface excites and drives me. I find the process of creating cloth and image satisfying as it ties me to my past and to my Grandmother who taught me to sew at an early age. She instilled in me a love of creating with my hands and an appreciation for good cloth.” Barbara studied tapestry at West Dean College in England as well as an eleven-year mentorship in New York with two internationally-renowned tapestry masters. She has taught classes at Halcyon Yarn, Fiber College, Maine Fiberarts, Vavstuga, in her own studio, and in Ireland and England. Barbara has curated tapestry exhibits, been a juror, lectured and written about tapestry, and had her work featured in several books. Her work has been exhibited extensively in both group and solo exhibits and won awards in the US and across Europe. She is a member of Tapestry Weavers in New England, The American Tapestry Alliance, British Tapestry Group and The Canadian Tapestry Network. 4 5 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Maine’s International Craft School Nestled in Spruce and Fir near the Atlantic A simple, wooden cabin of one’s own or to share with soon-to-be-friends. A campus nestled in the spruce and fir of Sunset peninsula, smack dab next to the ocean. Studios for blacksmithing, ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics, metals and . A library filled with craft books and magazines with comfy chairs and time for perusal. The ring of a bell—three times a day—to call you to sumptuous meals that you do not prepare. Studios filled with makers, experi- menters, and masters as teachers from around the world. And time—blessed time—to learn, to make, to dream. Welcome to a new experience that could change the way you work. This is Haystack, an internationally- renowned craft school located in Deer Isle. The school hosts programs from May through October drawing artists, craftspeople, and teachers from all parts of the globe. They come to take part in one- and two-week workshops. They come for Haystack’s programs: Open Studio Residency, Fab Lab, Summer Conference, Maine Programs for Adults, exhibitions, tours, auctions, and artist presentations. They come to learn—from nature, from their materials, and from what they make by hand.

6 7 Sara Hotchkiss Lavender, and Learning Ah, this is the life! A rambling farmhouse converted into studio and showrooms with a warm kitchen at its heart. Rows of lavender, perennials, and old roses in varying stages of rest or bloom. One giant room with six looms, including 10- and 12-foot Swedish looms. Cookbooks, novels, neatly-canned peach jams, and freshly-baked cookies at the table. And walls and shelves of fabrics, threads, and yarns ready to go into pillows, area rugs, runners, and art . Sara has been designing, knitting, and working with fabrics and color since she was a child and has been weaving since 1971. Of her tapestry, she says,“I borrow from the rag rug tradition where strips of many varied cotton fabrics (prints, solids, checks, and textures)—the weft—are woven row by row to achieve evocative color striations. The hand-manipulated tapestry technique allows me to join one fabric strip next to another and as the rows and color sections progress, shapes—stars, leaves, hearts, flowers and diamonds—emerge. Although time consuming, the process is fun and satisfying.” Sara lists classes at her website which include tapestry instruction, materials and lunch. She guides the student through the weaving process, and they leave with a small rug and a big sense of accomplishment. 8 9 Maine College of Art: Textile & Fashion Design screening, pattern drafting and fashion sketching in Portland In 2013, Maine philanthropist Roxanne Quimby endowed Maine College of Art, an art school located in the City of Portland, with funds to create a program for the study of apparel and . The resulting department—Textile & Fashion Design—is currently chaired by Alysha Kupferer, Assistant Professor and an artist working in fibers. According to MECA’s website, students receive specialized instruction from Maine’s top industry professionals, contem- porary designers, and textile artists while becoming familiar with the vocabulary of technique, material, color, pattern, texture, form, and silhouette. They acquire the skills and experience to become confident textile and fashion designers, while delving into material exploration, surface design, fabric manipulation and embellishment, machine knitting, silk screen printing, pattern drafting and draping, garment construction, concept development, and fashion sketching. Students engage in the process of designing collections, building portfolios and preparing for the future through internships, sponsored studios, and guided entrepreneurship.

10 11 Learning About Fiber and Yarn spinning, felting, fiber processing, knitting, weaving

Cathi Belcher Metaphorically Weaving Joni Archer 4 Hillcrest Lane Great Pond Fiber Arts Topsham, ME 04086 Kathryn Bourque 1348 Great Pond Road 603-986-1333 Get A Grip Felting Needles Great Pond, ME 04408 [email protected] 246 Auburn Street, #149 207-584-5004 Techniques Taught: Portland, ME 04103 [email protected] Weaving 207-797-6296 www.woveninthewild.com Type of Class: [email protected] Techniques Taught: Private Lessons/One-to-One, www.etsy.com/shop/feltingneedles , Weaving, Felting, Mixed Group Classes/Workshops, Techniques Taught: Media Retreats, College or Community Ed, Felting Type of Class: Art/Craft Center Type of Class: Group Classes/Workshops Weaving a Life: A journey of Private Lessons/One-to-One, Living in a rural setting, we self-discovery for beginning Group Classes/Workshops, are inspired by all the beauty and experienced weavers alike. Retreats, College or Community Ed that surrounds us in Maine. This symbolic weaving process Needle felting and wet felting We hold workshops here in our helps create balance in life lessons for all agilities. Learn studio and at the local school- while weaving peace and beauty varieties of felting needles and community library, where we in the world. Learn to weave fibers, 2D and 3D techniques. also teach Art to students from ancient, universal forms on a Advice on tools and materials. Kindergarten to eighth grade. portable journey hand . 12 13 Barbara Burns Audra Christie Sandi Cirillo Pauline Boyce Jodi Clayton Burns Studio Audra Christie Especially-for-Ewe Rumplestiltskin 3 Hopkins Island Road 366 Spragues Falls Road One Lupine Fiber Arts/ 27 Union Street Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply Katharine Cobey 723 Reach Road Harpswell, ME 04079 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Searsport, ME 04974 Deer Isle, ME 04627 207-751-1878 Katharine Cobey Fiber Work 207-546-1159 207-548-1027 170 Park Street The Lincoln Home 207-348-6453 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bangor, ME 04401 [email protected] www.burns-studio.com 22 River Road www.audrachristie.com www.especially-for-ewe.com 207-992-4140 Newcastle, ME 04553 Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: [email protected] 207-563-2250 Techniques Taught: onelupine.com or maineyarnandfibersupply.com Spinning Weaving Knitting, Surface Design, Felting, Felting, Mixed Media [email protected] / Techniques Taught: Type of Class: Type of Class: Type of Class: www.katharinecobey.com Knitting, , Spinning Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, College Type of Class: Garment Construction/Alteration, Workshops in transforming I teach tapestry weaving from Group Classes/Workshops or Community Ed, Art/Craft Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Knitting, Spinning a shorn sheep’s fleece from beginner to advanced, giving Teaching various fiber art Center, Artist Residency This unique business is a special Type of Class: in the grease into a fiber that students tools they need to workshops in felting, knitting, I teach many different fiber blend of working fiber studio, Private Lessons/One-to-One, is ready to spin. Skirting, control their weaving. Beginners surface design, and technical classes focusing on the use gallery, boutique, and yarn Group Classes/Workshops sorting, washing, drying and learn the fundamentals, starting hand embroidery for Schoodic of natural materials. Detailed and fiber shop, encompassing , with discussions on with warping and are guided Instruction in knitting: garment, Arts For All, Eastport Arts instruction and hands-on both wholesale and retail, in three-dimensional, diagonal, blending fibers and dyeing. No step-by-step. More advanced Center, Sullivan Adult Ed and opportunities are essential to addition to offering classes at experience necessary. Maximum weavers can sharpen their skills brioche and more for beginners, Harrington Adult Ed programs, the learning process. the store. Maine-based and intermediate or advanced. five people. and add new techniques to as well as independently- Maine-sourced yarns and fibers, their repertoire. I also teach Spinning on Navajo spindles or organized workshops. a line of house yarns, spinning on Louet or Rio Grande wheels. designing, working with a fibers and handspun yarn are cartoon, 3D weaving, and other Critiques, guidance, and art available online and through training. tapestry techniques. monthly yarn clubs.

14 15 Sara Hotchkiss Sara Hotchkiss Studio Martha Elkin Tessa Flannery 28 Pitcher Road Susan Merrill A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm Gallifreyan Farm Waldoboro, ME 04572 Weaving a Life 106 Black Mountain Road Kimberly Hamlin 133 Codfish Ridge Road 207-832-8133 1643 Coastal Road Sumner, ME 04292 Merrilee Ericson Linneus, ME 04730 Fiber & Vine [email protected] Brooksville, ME 04617 207-212-4058 / 207-388-2979 Merrilee Ericson Designs 207-358-0306 402 Main Street www.sarahotchkiss.com 207-326-9503 [email protected] 462 E Elm Street [email protected] Norway, ME 04268 Techniques Taught: [email protected] www.awrinkleinthymefarm.com Yarmouth, ME 04096 www.gallifreyanfarm.com 207-739-2664 Weaving www.weavingalife.com Techniques Taught: [email protected] 207-632-0946 Techniques Taught: Type of Class: Techniques Taught: Knitting, Surface Design, Spinning, www.fiberandvine.com [email protected] Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Felting Private Lessons/One-to-One, Weaving Felting www..com/patterns/sources/ Techniques Taught: Type of Class: Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: Type of Class: merrilee-ericsons-ravelry-store Knitting, Spinning, , Group Classes/Workshops Teaching plain weave and Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Book Arts, Felting, Embroidery/ Techniques Taught: The Southern Aroostook Fiber tapestry weaving in my studio. College or Community Ed Group Classes/Workshops, Needlepoint Quilting, Knitting Arts group is for the people my website or contact me Retreats, College or Community Ed Type of Class: I teach Weaving a Life Type of Class: who are interested in learning for a description and schedule Leadership to artists and Classes include needle felting Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, about spinning, felting, of classes offered. teachers, helping professionals (basic, landscape and portrait), Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops crocheting, knitting or sharing and women-in-transition on the spinning on a wheel, and Passion for knitting and , your knowledge with others. Classes in knitting, felting, phone, using my book The Art of dyeing wool with acid dyes, teaching knitting and quilting, This group is organized by crochet, embroidery, folk art, Weaving a Life and the Journey plants and weeds. Classes are providing creative solutions. Gallifreyan Farm and meets nuno felting, papermaking, EarthLoom as course materials. great for beginners as well as every fourth Thursday. book arts, and . Supplies You will be weaving seven inspiration for seasoned fiber for knitting, crochet, spinning, simple projects that reveal new artists. Held at the farm in the felting, embroidery. Folk Art dimensions in your weaving and Fiber Center, and on Zoom. The Studio classes in eco printing, in your life. farm also features weekend dyeing, Kids Craft Club, and retreats. more. 16 17 resources throughout Maine, many of whom teach. Christine and Carol offer Art Presentation Services for photography and graphic design of postcards, websites and promotional materials.

Christine consults with artists about advancing their fiber art or enterprise and makes Linda Perrin referrals of teaching mentors Artsworth Studios and resources. With 20+ years’ 25 Pine Street experience as a founding Ellsworth, ME 04605 director, she is available as Gabriela Montoya-Eyerman 207-664-0222 Susan Mills a consultant to advise about [email protected] Christine Macchi & Carol Jones nonprofit organizational Five Sisters Farm Susan Mills Studio 163 Wilcox Road www.artsworth.org development. 736 Millay Road Maine Fiberarts Trescott, ME 04652 Techniques Taught: 13 Main Street Bowdoin, ME 04287 207-458-0773 Jackie Ottino Knitting, Weaving 207-666-3029 Topsham, ME 04086 She also specializes in photographing art, craft, [email protected] Forage Color Type of Class: suemills@gwi. 207-721-0678 www.facebook.com/FiveSistersFiberFarm/ www.susanmillsstudio.com [email protected] farms and studios; and can 115 Main Street North Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ www.mainefiberarts.org photograph artists’ work, studio Techniques Taught: Searsmont, ME 04973 Craft Center Techniques Taught: Knitting, Spinning, Felting 207-322-1996 Techniques Taught: or farm locations. She teaches Community arts organization Felting, Mixed Media photography techniques to [email protected] Garment Construction/Alteration, Type of Class: illuminating all aspects of Type of Class: those who want to photograph www.foragecolor.com Quilting, Knitting, Weaving, Private Lessons/One-to-One, creativity through instruction, Private Lessons/One-to-One, their own work. These classes Spinning, Book Arts Group Classes/Workshops, College Techniques Taught: exhibitions and special events. Group Classes/Workshops, can include basic DSLR or Community Ed Spinning, Surface Design Workshops in weaving, knitting Retreats, Art/Craft Center, Artist Type of Class: camera training and set up, I love teaching all kinds of Type of Class: machine techniques, clay and Residency Private Lessons/One-to-One, photographing artwork, basic others for children, teenagers Group Classes/Workshops spinning and wool preparation Group Classes/Workshops, Classes in wet felting and mixed post processing using Adobe classes as well as knitting Retreats, Art/Craft Center and adults. Guest teachers media techniques, beginner Maine Fiberarts promotes Lightroom Classic, and ideas for welcome. classes. I have only started to Natural dyeing workshops, to advanced. Using resist workshops given by Maine presenting artwork. Seminars teach some wool felting classes. materials to make seamless teachers through our online offered in Photographing and focusing on proper preparation I have a small flock of CVM of fibers, dye selection, and three-dimensional forms such as Bulletin. Our online Maine Presenting Your Artwork are Romeldale sheep, a conservancy vessels, masks, and more. Fiberarts Tour Map & Fiber offered at learning centers and dye techniques. Surface design breed; as well as a few , (shibori) on mixed . Resource Guide lists artists and conferences. ducks and chickens. 18 19 Susan Perrine Susan Perrine Weaving Studio 24 Ledge Wood Drive Woolwich, ME 04579-0022 Paul Sacaridiz 207-449-2978 Pam Rowan Haystack Mountain School of Crafts [email protected] A Rug Casey Ryder 89 Haystack School Drive Sybil Shiland www.susanperrine.com Linda Perry 426 Little River Road, PortFiber, LLC Deer Isle, ME 04627 Woodfire Farm Techniques Taught: Sheepscot Harbor Yarns P.O. Box 1102 50 Cove Street 207-348-2306 PO Box 504 Weaving, Basketry 20 Cottage Way Lebanon, ME 04027 Portland, ME 04101 [email protected] Standish, ME 04084 Type of Class: Edgecomb, ME 04556 207-607-3606 207-780-1345 www.haystack-mtn.org 207-838-3909 Private Lessons/One-to-One, 401-439-3977 [email protected] [email protected] Techniques Taught: [email protected] Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats [email protected] www.braidarug.com www.portfiber.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Techniques Taught: www.harboryarns.com Susan’s collaborative twig and Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking Weaving sapling installations create Techniques Taught: Surface Design, Household Goods Weaving, Spinning, Surface Design, Type of Class: Type of Class: large garden you Knitting or Upholstery Felting Group Classes/Workshops, Private Lessons/One-to-One, may enter, offer a connection Type of Class: Type of Class: Type of Class: Retreats, College or Community Ed, Group Classes/Workshops to nature, cultivate community, Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Art/Craft Center I enjoy teaching beginners or and inspire. Stitching and Techniques, tips and practical Group Classes/Workshops, Group Classes/Workshops An international craft school those needing a refresher class weaving workshops for all ages. help with stranded color Retreats, Art/Craft Center A fiber arts supply shop on the Deer Isle, Maine coast on the weaving process. This Also, help to refurbish and , knitting or I teach wool rug braiding providing materials, classes, offering residencies and studio includes understanding how a your loom. knitting. Color theory is for beginners, intermediate and community for spinners, workshops in a variety of loom works, choosing warp and included. and advanced students. We weavers, knitters, felters, and crafts, conferences, and special weft yarns, reading a weaving do continuous and butted dyers. Weekly, social spinning programs for Maine residents. draft, making the warp, warping traditional and contemporary group Thursdays and monthly the loom, weaving a piece all-reversible rugs. I also do lots felting group from September weaving and . of rug repairs for old rugs. through May. 20 21 Emily Werner Gloria Varney Halcyon Yarn Nezinscot Farm Yarn Store Robert Weintraub 12 School Street & Fiber Studio Maine Top Mill Bath, ME 04530 284 Turner Center Road 855 Atlantic HIghway 800-341-0282 Turner, ME 04282 Waldoboro, ME 04572 [email protected] 207-225-3231 207-390-8780 www.halcyonyarn.com [email protected] Jennifer and Chuck Fleck [email protected] www.nezinscotfarm.com Techniques Taught: KnitWit Yarn Shop www.mainetopmill.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, 247A Congress Street Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Portland, ME 04101 Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Type of Class: Felting, Hooking, Embroidery/ 207-774-6444 Felting, Embroidery/Needlepoint Needlepoint [email protected] Private Lessons/One-to-One, www.knitwitportland.com Type of Class: Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Halcyon Yarn offers year-round Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops, Knitting classes for introductory, unique, We offer fiber folks a creative and advanced techniques in Retreats, College or Community Ed, Type of Class: workspace to discuss and to weaving, spinning, dyeing, Artist Residency Private Lessons/One-to-One, learn about fibers used for yarn felting, knitting and crochet. Group Classes/Workshops More than just a yarn shop, it’s making and felting on most Enjoy a well-equipped and a space to help foster creativity, KnitWit offers a variety of Saturdays. Plus, we can show accessible classroom, plus a become inspired and learn skill-building workshops and how fibers are blended to make broad range of materials in the something new! Numerous fiber project-based classes, for Tops for yarns for your retail store. art classes. Full range of our knitters of all levels. creations. own natural and dyed yarns, plus yarn and from top brands across the US. 22 23 Learning about Paper papermaking, book arts

Linnea Brotz Natasha Kempers-Cullen Maine Media Workshops + College Natasha Kempers-Cullen 70 Camden Street 3 Willis Road Rockport, ME 04856 Topsham, ME 04086 207-236-8581 207-406-2640 Anna Low [email protected] [email protected] Purplebean Bindery www.mainemedia.edu www.mainefiberfolio.com/kempers-cullen/ 243 Lake Street Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Auburn, ME 04210 Book Arts Quilting, Knitting, Surface Design, 207-347-9921 Book Arts, Mixed Media [email protected] Type of Class: www.PurplebeanBindery.com Group Classes/Workshops, College Type of Class: or Community Ed, Artist Residency Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Book Arts The Book Arts Program at Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Maine Media Workshops + My work involves explorations Type of Class: College offers weekend and in quilting, surface design, Group Classes/Workshops, College weeklong courses in letterpress, knitting, mixed media. I have or Community Ed, Art/Craft Center , alternative book shown my work in exhibitions Learn to make your own journal structures, and design. We also and have taught throughout the or sketchbook. Investigate the offer a month-long residency to and Maine over historical and artistic ways one artist each October. many years. One-on-one and books are stitched and sewn group learning experiences are together. Fall in love with paper. offered in my home studio. 24 25 Cynthia McGuirl Cynthia Motian McGuirl Laura Sheinkopf Two Fox Farm Drive Waterfall Arts Thomaston, ME 04861 256 High Street 207-354-0929 Belfast, ME 04915 [email protected] 207-338-2222 www.cynthiamotianmcguirl.com [email protected] Techniques Taught: www.waterfallarts.org/ Arlene Morris Surface Design, Book Arts Techniques Taught: Morris Studio Type of Class: Surface Design, Papermaking, Book 13 Main Street, upstairs Private Lessons/One-to-One, Arts, Mixed Media Topsham, ME 04086 Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: 207-751-9208 Mixed media artist Cynthia Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ [email protected] Craft Center, Artist Residency www.arlenemorris.com McGuirl offers marbling, printing and bookbinding Waterfall Arts is a community Techniques Taught: workshops in her spacious arts center in downtown Belfast Book Arts, Surface Design, Sewing Thomaston studio. Preparation, that offers a wide range of Type of Class: organization, and clear classes and workshops in a Private Lessons/One-to-One instruction make it easy for variety of media, including fiber Working with artists to further beginners and intermediate arts. their work. Exploring ideas students to create beautiful involving sewing, handmade works. and alternative , book arts, , mixed media and using the sewing machine to draw. Prefers one-on-one sessions. 26 27 Learning Needlework or Hooking embroidery, needlepoint, hooking, latch hooking, locker hooking Workshops in , Techniques Taught: wool appliqué, needlepoint and Quilting, Knitting, Spinning, acid-based dyeing. Fabric off Hooking, Embroidery/Needlepoint the ; dyed wool quarter- Type of Class: yard and undyed fabrics. Private Lessons/One-to-One, Summer knitting group. If you Group Classes/Workshops, are thinking about visiting the Retreats, College or Community Ed, studio, please call ahead. Art/Craft Center Janet Conner is a career art educator who enjoys working with beginner through advanced students in all forms of traditional Maine wool crafts: Rug Hooking, Penny Rugs, Proddy and Punch Needle, Marion Brown Natural Dyes, and Art History. Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio An author of several books, The Belfast Center, 9 Field her most recent is entitled Street, Suite 340 Magnificent Hooked Rugs: Belfast, ME 04915 Inspired by the Art of Western 207-522-5348 Civilization. [email protected] \www.mainefiberfolio.com/ marion-brown-rug-hooking-studio-2/ Janet Conner Techniques Taught: Knitting, Hooking, Embroidery/ J. Conner Hooked Rugs Needlepoint PO Box 224 Hiram, ME 04041 Type of Class: 207-625-3325 Private Lessons/One-to-One, [email protected] Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ www.jconnerhookedrugs.com Craft Center 28 29 Mariah Krauss Mariah Krauss Studio Elaine O’Donal 5 Harrison Road Rosemary & Garry Levin Elizabeth Miller Tatted Webs Trish Harriman Windham, ME 04062 Chapter Two Parris House Wool Works 213 Burnham Road Attic Heirlooms 207-272-5258 PO Box 83 546 Paris Hill Road Gorham, ME 04038 157 Main Street Judith Hotchkiss [email protected] 611 Corea Road South Paris, ME 04281 207-839-4676 Damariscotta, ME 04543 Judith Hotchkiss Designs & Dyeworks www.greenmountainhookedrugs.com/pages/ Corea, ME 04624 207-890-8490 [email protected] 207-712-9914 90 Quaco Road mariah-krauss 207-963-7269 [email protected] www.tattedwebs.com [email protected] Deer Isle, ME 04627 Techniques Taught: [email protected] www.parrishousewoolworks.com www.attic-heirlooms.com www.chaptertwocorea.com Techniques Taught: 207-348-5671 Hooking Techniques Taught: Embroidery/Needlepoint Techniques Taught: [email protected] Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking, Household Type of Class: Type of Class: Knitting, Hooking, Embroidery/ www.judithhotchkiss.com Hooking, Book Arts Goods or Upholstery, Mixed Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, College Needlepoint Media Techniques Taught: Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: or Community Ed Type of Class: Hooking Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: Mariah is a fifth generation from beginner to Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: rug hooker. Private or group advanced with either the shuttle Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Private Lessons/One-to-One, classes in rug hooking including Chapter Two hosts Fiber Fridays, or the needle method. Classes in knitting, rug hooking, Group Classes/Workshops design (realism, abstract, or a weekly free Rug Hooking and Traditional rug hooking wool appliqué, cross , Teaching all aspects of rug interpretation of photographs); Fiber Art open studio from 1-4. in all genres, including embroidery, crochet, and hooking and braiding, punch technique; developing meaning; Fiber artists bring projects to contemporary. Wool dyeing, punchneedle. Some finishing. rug hooking and punch needle and adding your own story. collaborate and work on in a pattern design, soap making Guest teachers in folk art and embroidery. An Oxford Certified Inputting emotion, art and relaxed, inspiring atmosphere. and heritage skills workshops. needlepoint. Yarns, dyed wool Punch Needle instructor, and image to a piece. Work may We also offer individual Guest teachers welcome. yardage, needlepoint supplies, McGown-certified instructor. She include watercolor or colored instruction in rug hooking and Tuesday hooking group, 11-3. homespun fabric, gifts. Open dyes all her own yarns and wool pencil sketches beforehand. book making, and periodic Fiber/homesteading retreats on year round. yardage, specializing in dyeing workshops by guest artists. site; contact us to learn more. value swatches of rug yarn. 30 31 Stacey Van Dyne Toni Philbrick Hooked Forever The Keeping Room 916 River Road 56 Main Road North Orrington, ME 04474 Jill Vendituoli Hampden, ME 04444 207-299-4593 207-862-3181 [email protected] Sunnyfield Studio [email protected] www.HookedForeverMaine.com 273 Stevens Corner Road West Newfield, ME 04095 Teaching rug hooking, wool Techniques Taught: 207-793-2504 appliqué, and penny rugs. Toni Hooking [email protected] has been rug hooking for 50 Type of Class: www.jillavendituoli.com years and is a prolific designer. Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Her hooking method is defined Group Classes/Workshops as primitive, and her teaching Embroidery/Needlepoint style is hands-on. Stacey Van Dyne is a McGown- Type of Class: certified instructor teaching Private Lessons/One-to-One, all aspects of rug hooking for Group Classes/Workshops over forty years. She also offers Needlepoint design classes and retreats and workshops by other workshops. ALL levels of stitchers hooking instructors. welcome. Classes will include design, stitching techniques and shading. Traditional fiber handwork meets creative artistic interpretation.

32 33 Working with Fabric sewing, quilting, surface design, upholstery

Nik Bsullak Maine College of Art: Continuing Studies 522 Congress Street Deb Black Portland, ME 04101 Cathy Corbett Dark Star Fabrics 207-699-5061 Oxford Mill End Store 30 Main Street [email protected] 971 Main Street Phillips, ME 04966 cs.meca.edu Oxford, ME 04270 207-639-1026 Techniques Taught: 207-539-4451 [email protected] Garment Construction/Alteration, [email protected] www.darkstarfabrics.com Surface Design, Book Arts, Felting, Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Embroidery/Needlepoint, Mixed Quilting, Household Goods or Quilting Media Upholstery Type of Class: Type of Class: Type of Class: Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops, College Private Lessons/One-to-One, or Community Ed Group Classes/Workshops Dark Star Fabrics holds quilting- related classes monthly. MECA-Continuing Studies Full service fabric shop offering Instructors vary, depending offers classes and workshops quilting, braiding, sewing and on their specialty. Classes for in pattern making, draping, crafting classes. We offer wool, beginners and experienced apparel design, sewing, cotton, , fleece and quilters. Bright comfortable surface design, hat making, specialty fabrics along with classroom and a friendly experimental embroidery, notions, books, tools and Pfaff supportive atmosphere. creative practice and more. sewing machines. 34 35 Barbara Daigle Jo Diggs Alysha Kupferer Sew Orchid Design Jo Diggs Appliqué Maine College of Art: 316 Main Street 191 Ashmont Street Textile & Fashion Design Norway, ME 04240 Mary DeLano Portland, ME 04103 522 Congress Street 207-739-2065 Mary Delano Fiber Art 207-773-3405 Betsy Dorr Portland, ME 04101 [email protected] 1 Mayflower Way www.jodiggs.com Betsy Dorr Studio 800-639-4808 www.seworchid.com Norway, ME 04268 20 Coe Street Kathleen Goddu [email protected] 207-831-3238 Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Quilting Auburn, ME 04210 Artistic Endeavors www.meca.edu/academics/undergraduate/ [email protected] 207-754-6161 9 Main Street bfa-majors/textile-fashion-design/ Quilting www.marydelanofiberart.com Type of Class: [email protected] Bowdoinham, ME 04008 Techniques Taught: Type of Class: Techniques Taught: Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, Techniques Taught: 207-721-3141 Garment Construction/Alteration, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Sewing, Embroidery/Needlepoint, [email protected] Group Classes/Workshops Retreats, Artist Residency Quilting, Knitting, Basketry Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Household Goods or Upholstery www.kathleengoddu.com Surface Design, Felting, Embroidery/ Classes focus on all aspects of Jo’s fabric constructions are Type of Class: Type of Class: Techniques Taught: Needlepoint, Household Goods or quilting and are geared towards done by hand and she teaches Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Class/Workshop Surface Design Upholstery, Mixed Media, Basketry customers’ needs and interests. hand-stitched appliqué, but the Group Classes/Workshops Also, volunteer quilters—the (traditional sewn, process works with fusing and Classes in quilting (free motion Type of Class: Type of Class: Orchid Angels—work on not hooking), embroidery, with machine appliqué. She has machine, hand, modern and Private Lessons/One-to-One, College or Community Ed tops throughout the year eco printing, natural dyeing, been an art teacher for 50 years design), knitting, Nantucket Group Classes/Workshops MECA offers a BFA in Textiles Shibori and indigo. for a of Valor project. and still loves students and basketry, slow stitching Participants learn many dye and Fashion Design with courses Volunteers meet quarterly to creativity. (/boro), garment resist techniques known in draping, pattern drafting, work on quilts, and beginners making. New location. collectively as Shibori. Indigo is machine knitting, textiles are paired with mentors. the primary dye used, but others printing, constructed textiles, Finished quilts are awarded to can be incorporated. I also teach surface design, weaving, nominated veterans. The shop —Japanese embroidery product sustainability, fine arts carries fabrics, notions, books, or quilt stitching. foundations, and professional patterns and . practices. 36 37 Barbara Sullivan Barbara Taylor Casco Bay Stitchers Curtis Underground 88 Park Street 32 Garment Sewing Mary McFarland Portland, ME 04101 Curtis Memorial Library Mary McFarland, Designs 207-772-8539 23 Pleasant Street Brunswick, ME 04011 Cheri Tompkins 149 Middle Street Jacqueline Soper [email protected] Farmington, ME 04938 Rana O’Connor www.Cascobaystitchers.com 207-725-5242 Pins and Needles Quilt Studio 55 [email protected] 157 Main Street 207-779-1957 The Sewing Machine Exchange 12 Mariners Cove Techniques Taught: [email protected] 367 US Route One www.curtislibrary.com Farmington, ME 04938 Scarborough, ME 04074 Garment Construction/Alteration, 207-779-9060 Techniques Taught: Falmouth, ME 04105 207-730-5624 Household Goods or Upholstery Techniques Taught: 207-232-5865 Garment Construction/Alteration [email protected] Garment Construction/Alteration, [email protected] Type of Class: www.pinsandneedlesme.com Quilting, Surface Design, [email protected] www.Quiltstudio55.com Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: Embroidery/Needlepoint www.ranaquilts.blogspot.com/ Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: I offer one-day pillow-making Quilting, Knitting, Felting, Type of Class: Techniques Taught: Craft Center Quilting classes at my home on Long Embroidery/Needlepoint Quilting Guidance and instruction on Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: Island in Casco Bay off the coast Group Classes/Workshops sewing of all types of garments. Type of Class: Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One, of Portland. Visit my website. Bring your own machine, Group Classes/Workshops Offering classes for over twenty Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, College notions and projects. A Classes in quilting, knitting, years in thread work, fabric Group Classes/Workshops or Community Ed landscapes, appliqué, design, contribution to Curtis Library is stitcheries, punch needle, Quilting and fabric art, from Learn to make a quilt from color, wall quilts, and the only fee required. needle felting. Fabrics, yarns, free motion quilting to fabric beginning to end with easy to construction. Also, Sun Print knitting books, wool appliqué, collage. All levels and ages. understand instructions and Workshops (May through custom long arm quilting, and Some workshops are just playing procedures that gives accuracy September). Private instruction sewing machine repair. with fabric! I will travel to your for much success and pleasure. at the studio or group group. A monthly machine workshops upon request. repair class is taught once per month at The Exchange. 38 39 Notes on Photos Inside Front Cover Kozo Paper Flag Book, Knitted Cashgora , seen Richard Lee on the wall at Port Fiber Stream of Consciousness Necklace, Additional Photo Notes on p. iii Bonnie Faulkner Color Spectrum Techniques Book Contents Kathleen Leggett Garter Stitch Shawl, Nina Ruit Needlework /Hooking, p. 28 Gerri Waitt Moments of Grace, Sanford Sewing Machines Fiber/Yarn, p. 12 Jill Vendituoli 1923 Main Street Handwoven Scarf, Emi Ito Needlework/Hooking, group, p. 33 Sanford, ME 04073 Handfelted Hat, Two Birds (detail), 207-324-8375 Kirsti Sandoy Paula Benne [email protected] Catherine Worthington Tahitian Women on the Beach, Mary Zarate Handspun Yarns, www.sanfordsewing.com Earth Tones and Fish Bones Jackie Ottino Janet Conner 5 Spring Street Z Fabrics Crocheted Blanket, Tatted Lace, member of the Techniques Taught: 558 Congress Street Barbara Brewer Southern ME Embroiderers’ Guild Garment Construction/Alteration, Brunswick, ME 04011 Dory Waxman 207-233-4879 Portland, ME 04101 Handwoven Scarf, Do Not Resuscitate, Quilting, Embroidery/Needlepoint Rita Steinbach Crystal Cawley Common Threads of Maine [email protected] 207-773-1331 Type of Class: Handweaving on the Loom, W.A.S.P./Brush-off, 90 Bridge Street, Suite #310 www.catherineworthingtonart.com [email protected] Sara Hotchkiss Jill Snyder Wallace Private Lessons/One-to-One, Westbrook, Maine 04098 www.zfabric.com Group Classes/Workshops Techniques Taught: Garter Stitch Shawl, Fabric, p. 34 207-854-6900 Quilting, Surface Design, Mixed Techniques Taught: Nina Ruit Mom and Aunti Jean Play Gin, Sanford Sewing Machines has [email protected] Media Garment Construction/Alteration, Fair Isle , admired at Rana O’Connor weekly and monthly classes in www.commonthreadsmaine.org Quilting NH Sheep & Wool Urban Nocturne, (detail) Type of Class: Shearing of Coopworth Sheep, Dr. Michael Stevenson all aspects of sewing. We offer We teach immigrants and Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One, Ruit Farm Jellyfish Costume in a Parade, basic skills classes and project/ Group Classes/Workshops asylum applicants—or anyone Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ Page 23 Spindleworks technique classes. Class size else wanting to build a life out is limited to afford the best Craft Center, Artist Residency We teach beginner and Handwoven Indigo Scarf, Monarch, of poverty and distress—how Elizabeth Busch learning experience. Explore the art of printing intermediate sewing classes Carolyn Wollen to become skilled industrial and workshops with a focus on Peace, Love, Tie-Dye, Save the Whales, cloth, transforming fabric into Paper, p. 24 Susan Carlson stitchers. Common Threads art through textile and surface modern quilting, working with Enough is Enough (detail), invites anyone looking to design. Techniques offered patterns, garment construction Arlene Morris Page 58 Weaving by Hillary Hutton at change their life to apply to our include gel and mono printing, and general sewing. tuition-free program. Paper, p. 27 Maine Fiberarts mark making, silkscreen and Heroin’s Journey, textile painting. At my studio or Bonnie Faulkner Back Cover Don’t Forget About Us, Centering, at your location. Arlene Morris Natasha Kempers-Cullen Untitled Coptic-bound book, 40 Bonnie Faulkner 41 Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio Bolts of wool, couches, and a community worktable in Belfast Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio is a large light-filled space specially outfitted for learning and for sharing. Picture a warm, inviting room with comfortable couches and chairs; shelves neatly lined with dyed fabrics; a large table with chairs centrally-located to provide workspace; and sewing machines, inspira- tional books, and bolts of wool located throughout! Marion loves to hook, knit, embroider, dye, and also designs garden spaces. She welcomes fiber enthusiasts to her studio one day per week, when people sit and stitch and trade top secrets (although the pandemic has changed some things—please call ahead). She hosts knowledgeable instructors from time to time or shares her own extensive knowledge with those willing to learn. Marion rents within a huge community arts building located in Belfast and is also interested in getting more involved with the new Belfast Fiberarts in downtown Belfast. Visit her to learn about hooking, embroidery, felting, or dyeing, or just to see how a fiber artist lives when surrounded by color and wool and is willing to share with neighbors.

42 43 Nezinscot Farm and Fiber Studio Working Farm, Gourmet Food Shop, Yarn & Fiber Studio Nezinscot Farm is an organic dairy, a Gourmet Food Shop, a Café and Coffee Shop, a Bakery, a Fromagerie, a Charcuterie, and a Yarn & Fiber Studio. Former intern Celia Shaheen recently returned to Maine full-time to manage the studio. Shaheen is a craftsperson, teaching artist, and lifelong student who graduated in 2019 from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Studio Art, Art History, and Museum Studies. She also studied fiber art and papermaking at other schools. Her knowledge will guide the Studio’s learning opportunities. The Yarn & Fiber Studio has a complete line of natural and dyed yarns, roving, and handcrafted items, plus knitting, spinning and weaving supplies and accessories. Nezinscot has a flock of Cormo and Shetland sheep, llama, alpaca and goats and several of the yarns and finished items are derived from fibers on the farm. They host Weekend Studio Classes, Fiber Studio Events, camping and Fiber Retreats. Stop by Nezinscot for their fabulous vegetables, cheeses, baked goods, herbs and teas, but don’t forget to visit the fiber shop upstairs to take home fiber treasures.

44 45 One Lupine Fiber Arts/ Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply Fiber studio, gallery and yarn shop Owner, Jodi Clayton, describes One Lupine Fiber Arts as a special blend of working fiber studio, gallery, boutique and yarn and fiber shop. Beginning as a fiber arts studio, creating pieces of wearable art sold throughout the USA and beyond, American made and American makers are supported through their curated collection of fine and functional work from over 150 artisans and independent business owners. One Lupine has grown to become the home of Maine Yarn and Fiber Supply, a yarn shop with the focus on Maine-connected yarns and fibers, and sustainable fiber farming. They offer shipping of yarns, fiber and other related items at their website. Jodi is a talented and knowledgeable designer, and creates the yarn styles and colors with her own dyeing expertise. Classes, groups and events are offered all year with changing topics and for all levels. One Lupine sources as many products as possible from within Maine, and the shop continues to add unique beauty and inspiration to the creative economy of the Bangor area.

46 47 Parris House Wool Works Heritage Center, Rug Hooking Shop, and Artisan Learning Studio Elizabeth Miller is the owner and artisan of Parris House Wool Works, a center for all things related to rug hooking, fiber art, crafts and heritage skills. Parris House Wool Works hosts workshops, weekly hook-ins (when safe to do so), and a full shop with dyed and natural wool fabrics and supplies. Elizabeth also practices and teaches heritage skills, including all aspects of gardening, beekeeping, rug hooking, preserving, and soap making. She has taught workshops at Squam Art Workshops, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, PortFiber, in her own studio, and at other regional venues. Her work was included in several issues of Making Magazine, and the Holiday 2017 issue of Rug Hooking Magazine. Her book, Heritage Skills for Modern Living: Seasons at the Parris House for Down East Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, will be published in 2021.

48 49 PortFiber Community Studio, Shop and Learning Center in the City of Portland Talented owner and fiber artist Casey Ryder first apprenticed at PortFiber Gallery and Weaving Studio in 2009 where she learned to dye, spin, felt and weave. She eventually bought the business and moved it to the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, where she imbues it with her skills, energy, and a sense of community. PortFiber is a working fibers studio—complete with looms and spinning wheels—a well-stocked shop, a center for classes and workshops, and a community meeting space. Casey is known for her gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and fiber blends utilizing baby , silk, wool, and Bluefaced Leicester. She offers raw spinnable fleeces and naked (or undyed) fibers. She carries a line of Peace Fleece (American fine wool blended with Texas ), Nightshades (woolen-spun American Cormo), and Cashgora yarns (handspun and hand-dyed by the women of Tajikistan). PortFiber holds classes in four-harness weaving, Japanese Shibori, natural dyeing, long draw woolen spinning, , felting and others.

50 51 Center for Book Arts Fiber Arts Retreat at New Flying With Studio Knit Maine Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Artist Retreats Summer Book Arts England Outdoor Center Kimberly Becker and Berri Kramer, instructors PeaceTree Fiber Adventures Workshops Aemin (Annie) Lee-Zimerle, coordinator 30 Twin Pines Road, Millinocket, ME 04462 PO Box 7027, Cape Porpoise, ME 04014 5235 Sheridan Drive #8, Buffalo, NY 4231 Linda Whiting, Coordinator A Gathering of Stitches [email protected] 207-723-5438 207-205-7150 716-465-6646 394 Hio Ridge Road, Denmark, ME 04022 Samantha Lindgren www.usm.maine.edu/bookarts [email protected] [email protected] www.peacetreefiberadventures.com 207-452-2687 2 Main Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 207-228-8014 www.neoc.com/fiber-arts-retreat www.flyingwithscissorsstudio.com Seven instructors teaching multiple [email protected] 917-863-9029 Seven days of Book Arts-related Nestled on the shores of Fiber art retreats with small groups knitting classes over three days with www.pleasantmtfiber.com [email protected] workshops filled with a wide range Millinocket Lake, overlooking held in 12th-Century Italian villas, daily morning yoga. The retreat is Three-day retreat of fiber work- www.agatheringofstitches.com of topics including generating color Katahdin, this is a three-night, Harpswell inns, and other exotic held at Haystack Mountain School shops held in the library, church A Gathering offers small intensive and collage, botanical contact two-day fiber retreat providing locations. Retreats are led by two of Crafts in Deer Isle and at other and municipal building of Denmark, retreats for stitchers seeking to slow printing, letter forms, and more. necessary space for creative experienced artists/art educators, locations in New England. Maine each June. Workshops and down and to expand their practice Participants have the opportunity rejuvenation and connecting with and may include Japanese-inspired instructors vary but may include: in beautiful Maine settings while to work with eight different others. Mini workshops offered on , Sashiko stitching, and Maine Crafts Association basketry, rug hooking, eco printing, exploring many facets of quilting instructors in half-day and full-day spinning, dyeing and knitting plus other fiber techniques. Sadie Bliss, Executive Director shibori, braiding, knitting, spinning, and garment sewing. workshops and may exhibit work an exclusive vendor marketplace. Center for Maine Craft bookmaking, and felting. at Glickman Family Library Special Medomak Fiberarts Retreat PO Box 342, West Gardiner, ME 04345 Casco Bay Craft School Collections. Fiber College Katherine Ferrier 207-232-5865 Schoodic Arts for All Judith Paolini and Barbara Sullivan Astrig and Steve Tanguay 307 Liberty Road, Washington, ME 04574 [email protected] Mary Laury 116 Island Avenue, Long Island, ME 04050 Janet Conner Rug Hooking 216 West Main Street, Searsport, ME 04974 914-649-1722 www.mainecrafts.org 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor, ME 04693 207-871-1813 Janet Conner 207-548-6059 [email protected] mainecap.org 207-963-2569 [email protected] 207-256-7718 [email protected] www.medomakfiberartsretreat.com Offers occasional workshops [email protected] www.facebook.com/cascobaycraft/ [email protected] www.fibercollege.org Explore a one-week annual retreat on best business practices, on www.schoodicartsforall.org Founded in 2019 with the mission www.jconnerhookedrugs.com An annual fiber festival celebrating with classes in weaving, knitting, marketing, and on pricing of art and SAFA has an assortment of work- of offering immersive fine craft Experienced rug hooker Janet the fiber arts in all forms. Each spinning, crochet, natural dyes, craft work. Together with Maine shops every summer, including those workshops in a variety of mediums, Conner organizes multi-day year, right after Labor Day, fiber embroidery, basketry, felting, patch- Arts Commission, MCA hosts on papermaking, weaving, book taught by renowned instructors, in hooking retreats which include cozy art loving students together work and more on the idyllic shores the Craft Apprentice Program to arts, felting and basketry. They an incomparable island setting off hotel or inn accommodations and for five days of casual fiber classes, of Washington Lake, guided by an facilitate the professional develop- also seek instructors to teach using the rugged coast of Maine. Day-or healthy gourmet meals. Students time with friends old and new, live internationally-recognized faculty of ment of emerging makers. their equipment, including spinning week-long workshops offered, for select from her extensive catalog of animals and good food. Located makers. wheels and looms. students of all experience levels. folk art and patterns and at Searsport Shores Campground. Janet provides instruction. Class offerings posted in April.

52 53 Snow Pond’s Fiber Arts Weekend HAYSTACK OPEN STUDIO Kelly Smith Artist Residency Opportunities RESIDENCY Snow Pond Center for the Arts P.O. Box 518 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney, Maine 04330 THE ELLIS-BEAUREGARD GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY 89 Haystack School Drive 844-476-6976 FOUNDATION RESIDENT Shelley Newman Stevens, 4850 Rivers Edge Trail, Deer Isle, Maine 04627 [email protected] PROGRAM Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 207-348-2306 www.fiberfestival.snowpond.org Lincoln Street Center Studios, 24 Lincoln Street, 989-779-932 [email protected] Fiber workshops, classes, meals, marketplace, demonstra- Rockland, Maine 04841 [email protected] www.haystack-mtn.org tions, and rug show held over a three-day weekend in 207-594-5825 www.GoldenAppleStudio.com Applications available in May. [email protected] The residency is located an hour January, apply in March, juried www.ellis-beauregardfoundation.com/residency north of Bar Harbor along the review takes place in late The Tatter Blue Library Textile Retreat Six-month, one-month and rocky coastal region of Downeast winter. Haystack’s Open Studio Jordana Munk Martin two-month sessions. Artists of Maine. Three sessions are held Residency provides two weeks of 505 Carroll Street, Suite 2B, Brooklyn, NY 11215 any discipline may apply, must during July through early studio time and an opportunity 718-594-4459 be at least 18 years old and September, accepting painters, to work in a supportive [email protected] residents of the US. Deadline drawers, photographers, fiber community of makers. www.tatter.org is in May. Only four artists in artists, sculptors and writers. Approximately 50 participants Tatter produces short- and long-form retreats in different residence at a time. Sleeping Four artists are accepted into can be accommodated—from the craft field and other locations within Midcoast Maine. In support of room provided in studio with each two-week session with shared bath and kitchen. No lodging, private studio space creative disciplines—who have Maine Fiberarts, they offer a 15 percent discount on and all meals provided. Each uninterrupted time to work workshops to our members. Workshops may include meals/food provided. The inclusive and diverse residency artist is provided a fully- in six studios. The residency mushroom dyeing, embroidery, indigo dyeing, stitching furnished private cottage, with program is supported by of all kinds and other fiber techniques. program recognizes that the arts are essential to an open, a spectacular view of the ocean. Haystack’s Windgate Foundation enlightened society, values The total cost to attend a two- Endowment for Programs. Other Tides Institute & Museum of Art innovation, experimentation week residency program (which than the application fee, there StudioWorks Artist-in-Residence Program and creative risk-taking in all includes all private lodging, is no charge to attend. Room, 43 Water Street, Eastport, Maine 04631 genres. studio accommodations and board, and meals are included. www.tidesinstitute.org/studioworks-artist-in-residence/ all meals) is $2500. Partial An independent committee Opportunities for visual artists from the U.S. and from scholarships from $400-$1000 are reviews applications to the abroad to deepen and to develop their practice within available to a limited number of Open Studio Residency and a community setting. Private studios, common work qualified artists. both national and international areas, printmaking and letterpress studios, and exhibition artists working in a variety opportunities. Application once per year; view Program of disciplines are eligible for Overview online. consideration. 54 55 HEWN OAKS ARTIST COLONY JOSEPH A. FIORE ART CENTER AT MONHEGAN ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY MAINE COLLEGE OF ART ALUMNI 4. Alumni who hold a BFA degree MONSON ARTS Mail: PO Box 15052 ROLLING ACRES FARM 207-233-0896 www.meca.edu/info-for/alumni/alumni- and have graduated within PO Box 67, Monson, ME 04464 the last ten years are eligible Portland, Maine 04112 152 Punk Point Road, Jefferson, ME 04348 [email protected] opportunities/grants-residencies/ to apply for a grant of up to (207) 997-2070 207-925-6051 (June-September) 207-338-6575 www.monheganartistsresidency.org 800.639.4808 $1,500 through the Belvedere [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Monhegan Artists’ Residency [email protected] Fund in a competitive review monsonarts.org www.hewnoaks.org www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/artist- Program, inspiring countless There are six opportunities process. Applicants must be In the spring of 2017, Maine’s Situated on the eastern residencies-2/ artists for well over 150 years, is through Maine College of Art, working in the crafts field, Libra Foundation began including, but not limited shore of Kezar Lake in Lovell, Six month-long residencies open to visual artists who live all for alumni of the college. investing in the development in, or have significant ties to 1. The Alumni Residency at to metalsmithing, jewelry, Maine, Hewnoaks offers for visual artists are offered: , furniture of an arts program for Monson the state of Maine. Applicants MECA brings back a small an extraordinary setting two in July, two in August and group of alumni each summer design, ceramics, or fiber arts. as a way to spur economic of inspiration and beauty. two in September. Typically, can be working in all visual to the MECA studios for four and creative growth in the art media, must be at least 21 5. The Monson Artists’ Hewnoaks invites participants one or two of the visual arts weeks in July. The alumni Residency and arts center region. The foundation has for one- or two-week sessions residency placements are for years of age and not enrolled engage in intensive on- brings 10 residents to the purchased and renovated over from mid-June until early an out-of-state artist, one for in a degree program. Two or campus experiences while edge of Maine’s North . 20 buildings to be used for October each year and offers an international artist, and three residencies are offered in renewing their ties to the One applicant from MECA residences and studios.Selected self-catered accommodations one may be reserved for a the summer with one session College. is selected to attend each participants immerse themselves in rustic cabins. Artists and Native American artist living in geared specifically for K-12 2. Pace House Residency season and is awarded a $1,000 in small town life at the edge curators of all backgrounds are Maine. The remaining residency visual art teachers. In general, overlooking Stonington Harbor stipend. of Maine’s North Woods and encouraged to apply. Maine placements are for Maine artists. applications open in early at the former home and studio 6. Baie Sainte-Marie Residency. focus intensely on their work. artists are given preference, There is an application fee of January, with a deadline in mid- of artist Stephen Pace and Located directly across the Stuart Kestenbaum, former but anyone is welcome to $20 (counted towards a Maine March and notification in mid- his wife, Palmina. Residency road from Baie Sainte-Marie, director of Haystack Mountain apply. Steeped in history, April, for residencies that year. opportunities during the New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia School of Crafts, is advising the Farmland Trust membership). At spring, summer, and fall one of the original owners, the Fiore Art Center, we hope to The Monhegan Artists’ Residency with a unique artist residency foundation on the development months have stipends of $750 program that is inclusive of Marion Larrabee Volk, and her cultivate the cross-pollination of provides free comfortable for mid-career artists. of the programs. Monson Arts’ living quarters, studio space, artists’ partners and families. daughter, Marion Volk Bridge, different creative disciplines— Open to MECA degree-holding residency program supports a stipend of $150 per week, and 3. The EMMA Collaboration were known for their handwoven farming and gardening, the brings 100 renowned artists alumni, faculty, and staff who emerging and established artists rugs from hand dyed wool. A visual arts, writing, performance time for visual artists to reflect and craftspeople together from are visual artists, writers, and/ and writers by providing time local community effort with and research. on, experiment, or develop their around the world to create art or scholars. and space to devote to their residents of Lovell Centre, they art while living in an artistically in the Boreal Forest of Northern creative practices. Programs were known as Sabatos Rugs historic and beautiful location. Saskatchewan, Canada. includes 4-week and 2-week and Textiles and the Sabatos Located at Elva’s Old Post Office, residencies and several sessions Society in the early in the center of the village of summer workshops. They part of the 1900s. Application overlooking the meadow. receive a private studio, private fees are listed on their website; Cellphone reception can be bedroom in shared housing, all no fees to attend. intermittent in some island meals, and $1,000 stipend ($500 locations. for 2-week residencies). 56 57 Alphabetical List of Everyone A Gathering of Stitches, 52 Forage Color, 19 Maine College of Art: Textile Purplebean Bindery, 25 About Maine Fiberarts Artistic Endeavors, 37 Gallifreyan Farm, 16 & Fashion Design, 37 Quilt Studio 55, 38 Maine Crafts Association, 53 For over twenty years, Maine Fiberarts has sup- • We offer commissioned Photography & Design of Artsworth Studios, 19 Get A Grip Felting Needles, Rumplestiltskin, 14 ported learning fiber art from our Center/Gallery, stunning promotional material for your work; and Attic Heirlooms, 30 13 Maine Fiberarts, 18 Sanford Sewing Machines, 40 in an historic 1840’s building, headquartered in • Our online Tour Map & Resource Guide details Audra Christie, 14 Golden Apple Art Residency, Maine Media Workshops + Sara Hotchkiss Studio, 17 Topsham. Living and working in Maine, we draw from artists, craftspeople, shops, farms, manufacturers, 55 College, 25 a long tradition of sharing knowledge about keeping A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, 16 Schoodic Arts for All, 53 galleries and learning centers. Great Pond Fiber Arts, 13 Maine Top Mill, 22 warm and learning to make beautiful things. Betsy Dorr Studio, 37 Sew Orchid Design, 36 Learning Fiber Art has been conceived, designed and Halcyon Yarn, 23 Mariah Krauss Studio, 30 Fiber arts include basketry, , book arts, produced completely in-house and printed locally. Braid A Rug, 20 Sheepscot Harbor Yarns, 20 clothing, crochet, embroidery, felting, hooking, It stems from the design and technological expertise Haystack Mountain School of Marion Brown Fiber Art Burns Studio, 14 Crafts, 21 Studio, 29 Snow Pond’s Fiber Arts knitting, lacework, mixed media, needlework, paper, of Carol Jones and the photography and community Weekend, 54 quilting, rugs, , sewing, spinning, surface knowledge of Christine Macchi, and from our love of Casco Bay Craft School, 52 Haystack Open Studio Mary McFarland, Designs, 38 design, and weaving. There is a lot to learn! fiber, craft and making. Sunnyfield Studio, 32 Casco Bay Stitchers, 39 Residency, 55 Medomak Fiberarts Retreat, 53 Susan Mills Studio, 18 We foster learning in several ways: Please use Learning Fiber Art as a guide to learn new Center for Book Arts Hewn Oaks Artist Colony, 56 Merrilee Ericson Designs, 16 skills, to discover a friend, or to take your work to the Summer Book Arts, 52 Hooked Forever, 32 Susan Perrine Weaving Studio, • Our Center/Gallery has hosted exhibits, meetings, next level. Great teachers are ready to help you! Metaphorically Weaving, 13 20 artists’ talks and workshops where the public could Chapter Two, 31 Janet Conner Rug Hooking, Monhegan Artists’ Residency, Tatted Webs, 31 witness work by Maine artists and craftspeople; Common Threads of Maine, 52 56 40 The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation • www.mainefiberfolio.com hosts visually- J. Conner Hooked Rugs, 29 Monson Arts, 57 compelling photographic stories; Curtis Underground Garment Resident Program, 55 Jo Diggs Appliqué, 36 Morris Studio, 26 • www.mainefiberarts.org hosts Current Exhibit Sewing, 39 The Sewing Machine Exchange, Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at News, Previous Exhibit Archives, Bulletin, Mini Tours, Cynthia Motian McGuirl, 26 Natasha Kempers-Cullen, 25 38 Tour Map & Resource Guide, membership info; Rolling Acres Farm, 56 Dark Star Fabrics, 35 Nezinscot Farm Yarn Store & The Tatter Blue Library Textile • Our Online Art Shop features originally-designed Judith Hotchkiss Designs & Fiber Studio, 22 Retreat, 54 objects of art and craft by Maine artists for sale; Maine Fiberarts Gallery & The Red Studio Earth Tones and Fish Bones, Dyeworks, 30 13 Main Street, Topsham, ME 04086 40 One Lupine Fiber Arts/Maine Tides Institute & Museum of • Our Publications include Tour Maps, Mini Tours, 207-721-0678 • 207-449-8573 cell Katharine Cobey Fiber Work, Yarn & Fiber Supply, 15 Art, 54 Especially-for-Ewe, 15 15 postcards and two books: Fiber Art Masters and www.mainefiberarts.org • www.mainefiberfolio.com Oxford Mill End Store, 35 Waterfall Arts, 26 Learning Fiber Art; [email protected] Fiber Arts Retreat at New Knit Maine, 53 Parris House Wool Works, 31 Weaving a Life, 17 England Outdoor Center, 52 KnitWit Yarn Shop, 22 Pins and Needles, 39 Woodfire Farm, 21 Fiber College, 52 Maine College of Art Alumni, Fiber & Vine, 17 57 Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Z Fabrics, 41 Workshops, 53 Five Sisters Farm, 19 Maine College of Art: PortFiber, LLC, 21 Flying With Scissors Studio, 53 Continuing Studies, 35

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