Stuart Kestenbaum presents, “What’s All This Temporary Construction? Reflections on Haystack and the Creative Process.”

Part of a year of special programming celebrating 75 years since Haystack’s founding, the Distinguished Speaker Series highlights leading voices from the School’s faculty, alumni, and craft community.

Stuart Kestenbaum is a poet and the former poet laureate of Maine from 2016-2021. For 27 years, Kestenbaum led Haystack Mountain School of Crafts as director until 2015.