Discover how an experimental school in rural Maine transformed art, craft, and design in the 20th century and helped define the aesthetics of the nation’s counterculture. 

Director’s Circle and Contemporaries Council members are invited to the Evening Preview and Reception for In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-1969

7 p.m. special lecture with Diana Greenwold, Ph.D., Associate Curator of American Art and Rachael Arauz, Ph.D., Independent Curator in conversation.

Reception and open bar • Complimentary event parking is available in the MaineHealth lot on Free Street adjacent to the Children’s Museum.

Registration is required. R.S.V.P. to  Ashleigh Hill, Director of Donor Relations and Special Events, (207) 494-5346, or by email

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