MAEA Conference

Professional Development at it’s Finest

RSU #40 Art teachers Brooke Holland and Anthony Lufkin have been busy planning the annual Maine Art Education Association Fall Conference at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Monson Arts. This is the first conference being held at Haystack since September 2019, hence the theme. The conference is scheduled for September 16-18, at both Haystack and Monson locations. Registration opens on June 1 and you can prepare by reviewing the workshops that are being offered and the conference details. The cost is $295.00 (for MAEA members) and includes workshop, room, and delicious food. Some workshops have an additional materials fee. Registration opens June 1st so get ready! Studio descriptions are on the MAEA website now and are looking for volunteers to be studio assistants. If you are interested in being an assistant please respond to this google form. Assistants will be assigned on a first come first serve basis and will receive priority registration.  

Workshop Sessions at Haystack

• Carved Alabaster – Anne Alexander
• Relief Printing: Playing with Layers – Holly Berry
• Mixed Metals – Maggi Blue
• Ceramics, Form & Surface – Carolyn Brown
• Large-Scaler Prints – Alexis Iammarino
• Digital Fabrication – James Rutter
• Tapestry Weaving – Bobbie Tilkens-Fisher
• Pewter Casting – Simon ‘Siem’ van der Ven

Workshop Sessions at Monson​

• Ceramics, Wheel-Throwing – Jemma Gascoine ​ 
• ​Wood Engraving – Lisa Pixley

The descriptions, material lists, and facilitator biography’s for all the workshops are on the MAEA website.