This week, we hear from Myia Graham on what her experience as a Fellow through the GlassRoots/Peters Valley program has been like: “Hello, hello, is this mic on? Hi, so let me introduce myself; I’m Myia, one of the five GlassRoots fellows. Peters Valley is the most relaxing, energizing, and helpful place with a wonderfully […]

Our second cohort of GlassRoots Fellows arrived from Newark last week and we are excited to be able to continue our series of blog posts with these talented artists. First up, we have Manny Ogbonnaya. Here’s what Manny has to say about his first couple of weeks at Peters Valley: “It is day 11 of […]

As we wrap up this first series of guest blog posts from our GlassRoots Artist Fellows, Joshua (Red) Jackson has written an incredibly moving post about his experience at Peter Valley: “Have you ever had a dream you felt you couldn’t make come true? That’s easily a massive part of my life, and for a […]

Continuing our series of guest posts by our fabulous first cohort of GlassRoots Fellows, Gerald Abreu writes about his experience at Peters Valley below:  “I’m writing this post during my 6th week here at Peter’s Valley. I’ve taken seven classes thus far, and truthfully, this has been a fantastic experience. I came to Peters Valley […]

One month into his GlassRoots fellowship, Erlea Dani Jimenez writes about how Peters Valley has opened his eyes up to new mediums and ways of making: “My experience at Peters Valley has been absolutely thrilling! This experience has helped me gain a new perspective on the arts world. My first introduction to the arts world […]

This post from Adelin Figueroa is the second in our series of guest blog posts with our current GlassRoots Fellows: “A couple of years ago I was trying to discover what my art meant to me. I was fresh out of high school and became an art fellow at a craft school. During that time, […]

Debora Meltz, a longtime student and Peters Valley board member, recently took the class “Basketry into Woodturning” with Janine Wang (left). She kindly wrote the following about her experience in the workshop. “I have been a member of Peters Valley since the mid-1970’s. I’ve taken numerous workshops at Peters Valley, most of them in disciplines […]

We have officially welcomed our first cohort of GlassRoots Fellows to campus. Here, Andrea (Aye) David, one of the first group of five fellows to arrive on campus, reflects on her experience thus far: “It’s been 3 weeks since I went from being a participant at Glassroots in the City of Newark learning about new crafts […]

Brienne Rosner, Peters Valley’s Gallery and Craft Fair Director, will be leaving in June to become the Managing Director at the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). Here, she reflects on her time at Peters Valley and some of the most rewarding aspects of her role.   Q: How long have you been at Peters […]