MCA Weekend Workshop @ Haystack

2023 Weekend Photos!

2022 Weekend Photos!

REGISTRATION PROCESS

REGISTRATION DATE: Starting Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 12:00 PM 

• Participants in our 2023 Weekend Workshop @ Haystack must follow the online registration process to be placed in a workshop. Each participant must fill out the registration form for themselves using their own email address. The registration form will not allow two submissions from the same email address.
• Registration works by selecting a first and second choice workshop and first and second choice accommodations and paying a non-refundable deposit of $100. Workshops and accommodations are available on a first-come-first-served basis, and waitlists are created as options fill. Your placement in a workshop or waitlist will be based on your registration time stamp.
  
• MCA will keep all registrants informed of movement in waitlists and openings. In the event that there is not a place in either first or second choices (workshop or accommodations), the $100 deposit is refundable after Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
• You will receive an invoice for the balance within two weeks with a deadline to pay. Your invoice will have a payment deadline. If you do not pay by the deadline or contact MCA to set up an installment payment plan, we will assume you are not attending the program and will offer your space to someone on the waitlist.
• Your payment balance will be based on your accommodation assignment, 2023 membership status and, if applicable, studio material fees. To expedite this process please renew your membership after you fill out your registration form if you have not done so already.
• COVID-19 SAFETY- VACCINATION
  Haystack Mountain School of Crafts will be requiring that all MCA Weekend Workshop participants be fully vaccinated and up to date on vaccine boosters. Providing an image of your vaccination record will be required after your placement in a workshop. Your registration will not be considered complete unless this record is provided. MCA may require an updated record or current status (boosters status) as the Weekend Workshop date approaches.

STUDIOS + ACCOMMODATIONS

Haystack studios and accommodations are roomy and light-filled, and unheated.  All accommodations are shared – there are two-person cabins with and without bathrooms, three-person cabins without bathrooms, and two dorms. Generally one of the two dorms is all genders, and the other is reserved for women. For dorms and all cabins without baths, there are bathrooms one flight of stairs up or down. The registration form allows for roommate requests, which we do our best to honor! Studios are open 24 hours for work. There is no Wifi in the studios or cabins.

PROGRAM FEES

The program fee for MCA Haystack Workshop Weekend includes workshop tuition (3 days of instruction), all meals, and housing in a choice of Haystack accommodations. Most workshops also have a materials fee and/or supply list of materials to purchase. Materials fees vary by the workshop- see individual workshop descriptions for details.

MCA Member and non-member rates apply, see  Membership Information

2023 Program Fees

Workshop tuition, meals, and housing in a shared DOUBLE CABIN with BATH
MCA 2023 Members $600
Non-Members $700

Workshop tuition, meals, and housing in a shared QUAD CABIN (four beds) and BATH
MCA 2023 Members $550
Non-Members $650

Workshop tuition, meals, and housing in a shared DOUBLE or TRIPLE CABIN (no bath)
MCA 2023 Members $500
Non-Members $600

Workshop tuition, meals, and housing in a shared DORM (no bath)
MCA 2023 Members $450
Non-Members $550

Workshop tuition and meals without housing (DAY STUDENT)
MCA 2023 Members $425
Non-Members $525

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellations received prior to Thursday, March 11 2023 will be refunded total workshop fees paid to date LESS the $100 non-refundable deposit.
(Example, $600 – $100 = $500, $500 is refunded.)

Cancellations received after Thursday, March 11 2023 will be refunded 50% of workshop fees paid to date, excluding the $100 non-refundable deposit.
(Example, $600 – $100 = $500, $250 is refunded.)

Cancellations received on and after  Thursday, April 27, 2023 will receive no refund.

In either case, the MCA membership fee is non-refundable.

HAYSTACK CAMPUS

Built on a cliff overlooking Jericho Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has served as a muse to many who have come to create. Located on Stinson Neck in Deer Isle, Maine, the award-winning campus, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 2006. For more information about the campus and photos, visit Haystack’s website.

WORKSHOP ITINERARY

Thursday

10:00 am -12:00 pm: Arrival/Registration
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Workshops begin
5:30 pm: Casual, Meet & Greet on top deck or around the fire
6:00 pm: Welcome and dinner
7:00 pm: Faculty Slide Presentations

Friday

8:00 am: Breakfast
8:30 am-5:00 pm: Workshops (Lunch at Noon)
6:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm: Instructor and Student Exhibition Opening/Reception in Gateway

Saturday

8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am-6:00 pm: Workshops (Lunch at Noon)
6:00 pm: Dinner
After hours: Music Night in Dining Hall

Sunday

8:00 am: Breakfast
8:30 am-8:45 am: Remove personal belongings from cabins
8:45 am-11:00 am: Workshops
11:00 am-Noon: Studio walkthrough
Noon: Lunch
1:00 pm: Departure

MCA GATEWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The MCA Gateway Scholarship Fund provides full workshop tuition, room, and board for one student in the MCA Haystack Workshop Weekend program each year beginning in 2019. The scholarship aims to provide an opportunity for an emerging Maine artist who has not previously attended the MCA Weekend Workshop and is self-identifying as a member of an underserved community. MCA welcomes artists meeting this description to contact us directly and for educational and arts organizations who work with New Mainers, Native Americans, refugees, immigrants, and displaced persons in Maine to nominate artists for this scholarship. Please email Simonne@MaineCrafts.org to be considered or offer a nomination!

INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT EXHIBITION

The MCA Instructor/Student Exhibition and Sale is held annually in the Haystack campus Gateway gallery during the Workshop Weekend. Program instructors and students are invited to contribute artwork to the Exhibition, and may choose to donate 50% or 100% of sales; donations benefit the MCA Gateway Scholarship Fund. The Exhibition is open to the public for a reception on the Friday evening of the MCA Haystack Workshop Weekend; the next Instructor/Student Exhibition will be Friday, May 12, 2023, from 7-8:30 pm in the Gateway Center.

CONTACT

For questions regarding the 2023 MCA’s Weekend Workshop @ Haystack registration or for more information please contact Simonne Feeney, MCA Programs Manager at Simonne@MaineCrafts.org