Quimby Fellowship

The Quimby Family Foundation Fellowship is a professional development opportunity for an active MAEA art educator to spend two weeks participating in a Haystack summer workshop. The Quimby Family Foundation awarded Haystack a grant of $35,000 to endow this exciting opportunity. Haystack has had a long relationship with Maine art teachers — the MAEA held its first annual fall conference at Haystack in 1968 — and many art educators have studied at the school during summer sessions. Haystack has received grant support in the past from both the Surdna Foundation and the Maine Arts Commission to award fellowships.

The time spent here is important to art educators both for their teaching and art-making. Bronwyn Sale, a former art teacher from Portland, wrote this when she received a similar fellowship a few year’s ago:

“As an art teacher, I believe that the best ‘staff development’ is to be among fellow working artists and to practice my own art. Attending Haystack gave me the space and environment to do so. In addition to the personal artistic growth that occurred during my workshop, as a teacher the experience was invaluable. I was able to assume the role of student again in a workshop taught by an artist who is also a master teacher.... I gained a whole new perspective on teaching and was exposed to ideas and assignments that I can now share with my students...”

Artworks above created by Quimby Fellows in the past few years

To Apply

Applications are due January 1st for the following summer.

Haystack workshop choice

Begin by going to the Haystack website for information about sessions and workshops. The catalog is typically posted in late December.


Fees covered

This Fellowship covers workshop tuition (glass workshop not included), room & board (dorm room assignment —fellowship recipient may upgrade if they pay the difference), and a $500 stipend.


Expectations

This award comes with the expectation that within a year of your fellowship you will do two things:

  1. Write an article and provide photos summarizing your experience for publication in Mixed Media.

  2. Create a short presentation to be given virtually or in person at the MAEA Fall Conference.


MAEA Membership Required

To apply for the Quimby Fellowship, you must be an MAEA member in good standing for at least 3 consecutive years immediate prior to applying.


Questions

Please email the awards committee chair.