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16-490: Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing [of] Modernism with vernacular architecture and understated design." Barnes was best known for his adherence to strict geometry, simple monolithic shapes and attention to material detail. Among his best-known projects are the Haystack School , Christian Theological Seminary , Dallas Museum of Art ,

32-652: A group of craft artists in the Belfast, Maine area, with support from Mary Beasom Bishop. The first director of Haystack was Francis Sumner Merritt , whose wife Priscilla Merritt was also an administrator. It took its name from its original location near Haystack Mountain, in Montville, Maine . The school was located in Montville/Liberty, Maine through 1960, but when it became clear that it needed to move, Mary B. Bishop asked one of its trustees, artist William H. Muir to find

48-408: A major exhibition and scholarly catalogue addressing the school's early history. Also in 2019, Alana VanDerwerker, an independent scholar. Maine artist, art teacher, and student of the school in the 1970s, wrote a historical account of Haystack titled Haystack at Liberty . This book was based on numerous archival letters and personally conducted interviews with Francis Sumner Merritt and many of

64-543: A place to move to the Maine coast. Muir and his wife Emily found a property on Deer Isle, which Bishop purchased to facilitate building a permanent location. In 1961 the school was moved to its current campus on Deer Isle. The campus and buildings were designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes , and consists of 34 buildings clustered onto 8 acres (3.2 ha) of the more than 40-acre (16 ha) campus property, located on Stinson's Neck, an appendage extending southeast from

80-649: Is a member of MIT 's Fab Lab network. Francis Sumner Merritt Francis "Fran" Sumner Merritt (1913–2000) was an American painter, teacher, and arts administrator. He was a co-founder and first director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts . Francis Sumner Merritt was born on April 8, 1913, in Danvers , Massachusetts . He studied at the Vesper George School of Art , the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts,

96-814: The American Academy in Rome . In 1969, Barnes was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full member in 1974. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978. In 2007, he was posthumously honored with the American Institute of Architects ' highest award, the AIA Gold Medal . He also received the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture ,

112-736: The Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1942 and served in the Navy during World War II . After the war he worked for Henry Dreyfuss in Los Angeles designing prototypes for mass-produced homes. In 1949, Barnes founded Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in Manhattan. During his long career, Barnes, with his wife Mary Barnes as interior designer, designed office buildings, museums, botanical gardens, private houses, churches, schools, camps, colleges, campus master plans, and housing. Although best known for

128-638: The Haystack Mountain College of Arts and other smaller residential homes, the firm also completed a number of master planning urban development projects. The firm's planning projects include: Over the years, he also taught at Harvard University , the Pratt Institute , and the University of Virginia , and served as a member of the Urban Design Council of New York and as vice-president of

144-679: The Massachusetts School of Art , and at Yale University . Merritt taught at Abbot Academy , Cranbrook Academy of Art , and the Flint Institute of Arts (from 1947 to 1951). In 1950, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts was founded in Liberty , Maine and Merritt served as the school's first director. His wife Pricilla worked on the arts administration for the school. For many years they lived at Centennial House, just outside

160-906: The Walker Art Center , 599 Lexington Avenue , the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building , and the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue . Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer , recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace . Barnes graduated from Harvard in 1938 after studying English and Art History before switching to architecture, then taught at his alma mater Milton Academy , before returning to Harvard for further studies under Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer . He graduated from

176-568: The Barnes' office was awarded. The AIA Board of Directors posthumously awarded the 2007 AIA Gold Medal to Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA. Barnes died in 2004 in Cupertino, California . His archives are located at the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University. He is laid to rest on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Sources: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Haystack was founded in 1950 by

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192-530: The Harvard University 350th Anniversary Medal, and some forty other awards. His Haystack Mountain School of Crafts won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award . In 1993, Barnes announced his retirement but he continued to work as a consultant for Lee / Timchula Architects , founded by Barnes' lead partner, John M.Y. Lee, and associate, Michael Timchula. Lee / Timchula inherited various projects that

208-617: The United States. Since 2012, Haystack has operated an annual two-week artist residency (supported by funding from the Windgate Charitable Foundation) during which artists may move among studios and receive technical assistance. Haystack does not award academic degrees, although credit for their workshops can be earned through Maine College of Art & Design and the University of Southern Maine . In addition to offering traditional tools and facilities for crafts, Haystack

224-445: The earliest participants of Haystack, including Edward L, Barnes, Jack Lenor Larsen, and the sister of Mary Beasom Bishop. It tells why and how the school began and thrived and why and how it moved to Deer Isle. Haystack offers summer workshops of one to three weeks in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, graphics, metals, and wood. The school has no permanent faculty; the workshops are taught by visiting professors and artists from around

240-417: The main part of the island of Deer Isle . The buildings were designed by Barnes to fit well within their environment, and to provide views of the surrounding land- and seascape. In 1994, the school campus won the " Twenty-five Year Award " from the American Institute of Architects . The award is given to a structure (or in this case, several structures) whose construction and original intent have withstood

256-625: The test of time. The school was honored again in 2005 when the campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places . Since 2004, the school has published a quarterly newspaper, Haystack Gateway . In 2016, Craft in America included Haystack in its list of significant craft places in America. In 2019, curators Rachael Arauz and Diana Greenwold organized In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1950-1969 ,

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