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Margaux Thys was a resident at Peters Valley in the fall of 2022, thanks to the generosity of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation. Below, she writes about her experience on campus: “While at Peter’s Valley the past two weeks, I’ve been working on a series of projects related to both of my loves: Architecture and Weaving. By day […]
November 20, 2022 Dear Peters Valley Friends, For 52 years, Peters Valley has been a community created through craft. Every day we are inspired by the talented artists who gather together to learn, collaborate, share,develop skills and ideas, and build lifelong friendships on campus. Whether you were a student, instructor, craft fair attendee, gallery artist […]
Through the generosity of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, Peters Valley is excited to welcome the following artists to our campus in October and November to take part in fully-funded guest artist residencies. These artists will spend two weeks on campus immersing themselves in their craft. Read more about each of the residents below and stay tuned […]
Since 2018, Peters Valley has been offering unique opportunities to see the arts and craft of the world through our Travel Program. Each trip is led by knowledgeable tour guides and Peters Valley’s Executive Director, Kristin Muller. We are delighted to share our newest upcoming program in partnership with Distant Horizons: Art Adventures in Los […]
We were delighted to welcome another cohort of Fellows through the GlassRoots/Peters Valley Fellowship Program again this year. Since 2021, GlassRoots, a Newark-based, non-profit arts-education organization, and Peters Valley have joined together to offer this unique full-scholarship, arts-education Fellowship where students can explore the arts in depth. Today, we hear from Jose Angel Ruano on his […]
May 2, 2022 Dear Peters Valley Friends, Happy Springtime! We hope that this season is as exciting for you as it is at Peters Valley. We’re busy opening up and preparing our campus once again to greet you. Studios are getting their annual deep cleaning after the quiet winter months. The phones are ringing with […]
We are excited to share that the New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund has awarded a $43,125 grant to Peters Valley School of Craft to help New Jersey artists recover from the financial devastation of the pandemic. Applications are now open and will be received through June 1. New Jersey artists can learn more […]
We want to highlight a special person to the metals world in honor of Women’s History Month. Marie Zimmermann was a nationally-acclaimed jewelry and metal-working artist born in Brooklyn in 1879. Marie attended classes at Pratt Institute where she fell in love with metalwork and decided to become an artist, despite her father’s wishes […]
For our final GlassRoots Fellow guest blog post, Serenity Sewell writes about her time at Peters Valley, and how she’s grown since being here. Serenity will be a business major in college and she says that her artwork, “expresses my constantly evolving feelings, emotions, and outlook on life as I take steps to become the […]
Kayla (Eleven) Muldrow is one of our current Fellows through the GlassRoots program at Peters Valley this summer. She is an artist and poet, organizer, leader of ceremonies. She says her work, “is a fluid expression of the secrets of life and the changes happening within and around me.” Kayla wrote this powerful piece about what […]