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New Haystack School director coming from Houston

“The Haystack Board of Trustees is thrilled to welcome Perry Price as our new Executive Director,” Ayumi Horie, President of the Haystack Board of Trustees and Chair of the Search Committee, says. “Perry’s deep and expansive knowledge of craft will bring fresh vision to the school’s already experimental programming and his experienced leadership will support and bolster our dedicated staff. The eight-person Search Committee was impressed with his all-around strength in multiple competencies and was unanimous in their support for Perry’s selection. His career demonstrates a commitment to the values that guide Haystack’s Strategic Plan. He is well-regarded among peers, and he brings inspiring enthusiasm about both Haystack and the future of craft. We are really excited about Perry’s arrival.”

Price holds a bachelor of arts degree in the History of Art from the Johns Hopkins University and a master degree in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, State University of New York Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association.

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Haystack Mountain School of CraftsThe Ellsworth American
Haystack produces face shields for homeless shelter staff

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has been producing medical-grade face shields — about 500 so far — for the past two weeks for use by local health-care workers and others, including the staff of HOME, which operates homeless shelters in Orland and Ellsworth.

The school, which has canceled programming for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is using a 3D printer and other equipment in its fabrication laboratory (fab lab) to produce the shields as well as surgical mask strap “ear savers.” Ear savers are attachments designed to relieve the pressure of mask straps on a wearers’ ears.

James Rutter, the fab lab’s coordinator, said all the equipment is offered for free, thanks to donors, community foundation support and the school itself.



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Ginger AldrichThe Ellsworth American
Haystack School nets $4 million to preserve campus

The campus, designed by the late American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Barnes’ design situated a series of modest buildings on a granite ledge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The shingled structures, built in a vernacular style with local materials, are connected by a series of walkways that encouraged community, while seeming to float above the forest floor.

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Arielle WalrathThe Ellsworth American