DEER ISLE – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts hosted the 21st Student Craft Institute on Memorial weekend. Seventy-two high school juniors from throughout Maine were nominated by their art teachers to participate in the three-day intensive crafts program for distinguished art students.

The institute drew students from points across the state, ranging from Kittery’s Berwick Academy in the south to Southern Aroostook High School in the north. The institute introduced students to the world of working artists and to the idea that art can be a lifelong pursuit.

Area students participating were:

Alex Bullett, Auburn, Edward Little High School; Sarae Bradeen, Bridgton, Lake Region High School, Naples; Leslie Hogan, Brunswick, Brunswick High School; Nicole Jordan, Fayette, Livermore Falls High School.

Also, Ashley Main, Gray, Catherine McAuley High School, Portland; Turner Huston, Lisbon Falls, Lisbon High School; Janelle Martel, Mechanic Falls, Poland Regional High School; Danielle MacDonald, New Gloucester, Gray-New Gloucester High School.

Also, Lynne Hazelton, Oxford, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School; Rebecca Barter, Raymond, Maine School of Science and Math, Limestone; Kathryn Delaney, Raymond, Westbrook High School.

Also, Christopher Roche, Readfield, Maranacook Community High School; Kelly McMahon, Richmond, Richmond High School; Allyse Muttel, Topsham, Mount Ararat High School; Nick Downing, Winthrop, Winthrop High School.

Tours of the campus are available at 1 p.m. every Wednesday beginning June 9. The school offers shorter workshops in the fall for Maine and New England residents. To request Haystack’s brochure or evening programs schedule, call 348-2306 or e-mail [email protected].