Each summer Haystack hosts a series of exhibitions in our gallery at the Center for Community Programs, 22 Church Street in Deer Isle. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

The first show of 2016 is “The Measure of All Things: Recent Work by Ted Lott” running June 4-July 8.  Working at the intersection between design, woodworking, and architecture, Ted Lott reveals and celebrates the logic of stick-frame construction, often incorporating found objects to create works that are simultaneously believable and fantastic; each intervention drawing a measure of its design from the object itself.

Viewing woodworking through a broad lens, Ted Lott seeks to enliven our awareness of the spaces where we spend time and re-examine the objects we associate with. Based on the vernacular architecture of 20th century America, his work references stick-frame dwellings found in rural, urban, and suburban areas. This method of construction is emblematic of ourselves; ubiquitous but often hidden, common but mostly overlooked, simple, yet requiring its own set of skills and knowledge to execute successfully; each alike yet unique in its own way. For more on the artist visit www.tedlott.com.

Opening July 13, and running through Aug. 10 is Eugene Koch's “Recent Work: Inside and Out.” Reception for the artist will be held on Sunday, July 24 from 1-4 p.m. Eugene Koch has been making art at his Stonington, Maine studio on Deer Isle since 1987. He works with a variety of media with a primary focus on the intuitive manifestations of line. This exhibition will feature paintings and drawings created over the past few years, some of which were made at a recent residency at Vermont Studio Center. Outside on the grounds of Haystack's Center for Community Programs (located in Deer Isle village) he will install a number of his re-configurable “Free Range” sculptures.

In keeping with the spirit of the sculptures, they will be changed weekly in arrangement and site. Inside the gallery, there will be a video documenting sculptures installed for ten days at the low tide line on the shell beach at Haystack in November 2015. Gene started working at Haystack in 1991, and has been the Facilities Manager since 2001. For more on the artist visit www.eugenekoch.com.

Andrea Dezsö's “Stone Wood Glass” runs Aug. 14 through Sept.. 30. Opening reception: Sunday, Aug. 21 from 1-4 p.m.
“Stone Wood Glass” features recent limited-edition prints on paper by Andrea Dezsö, created with experimental techniques using laser-etched woodblocks and embossment from etched glass plates, as well as that artist's explorations of traditional stone lithography, silk screen, and digital printmaking. Dezsö's site-specific vinyl mural will be created on location at the Haystack fab lab.

Although she previously had not thought of herself as a printmaker, Stone Wood Glass captures the powerful result of studio experiments achieved in happenstance collaboration with adventurous printmakers and innovators who responded to her question "what if...?" by lending their expertise with materials, technology and technique to produce these unique, striking prints. For more on the artist visit www.andreadezso.com.

For more information on Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, visit http://www.haystack-mtn.org.