Turn ordinary materials into extraordinary characters! Explore creativity through hands on art and storytelling.

This puppet-making workshop for children ages 8 – 12 is an opportunity for young creators to engineer puppets using cardboard, paper, boxes, wooden spoons adding a variety of mixed media.

While engaging in their puppet-making, I will be encouraging the participants to bring their puppets to life into cast members of their own imagination to tell their stories.

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Reverse glass painting, or Hinterglasmalerei, is an art form where the image is painted on the back of a glass sheet and viewed from the front.

Throughout the session on September 26, we will examine examples of the history of the craft and use acrylic paint, which dries quickly, and acrylic pens which work on glass. There will also be experimentation with the backgrounds using specialty papers and foils creating shimmering multi-dimensional effects.

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The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts explores American history with a focus on the life and stories of 18th- and 19th- century craftsmen and artisans.  Drawing on its rich collection, METC connects the lives of people and their stories, while providing a bridge from the past to the future.

Housed in Madison’s first public library building, this stunning Richardsonian Romanesque Revival building was donated by D. Willis James to the people of Madison, NJ in 1900.

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Widely published  home that was specifically designed to accommodate the Grotta’s and their extensive museum quality collections of mainly mid-century modern craft and design.

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This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the basics of Chadō, the Japanese tea ceremony, exploring its history, philosophy, and key etiquette.

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Letters are glyphs representing ancient archetypes. In this workshop, we explore peculiarities of a single glyph/letter using water-based inks in a constructed accordion book.

Both the book and the print are in the service of expanding the graphic possibilities inherent in the repetition of one single letter form through placement, scale, and color.

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The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum, in collaboration with Handwork 2026, invite the public to celebrate the opening of “The Peace Flag Project,” hundreds of handmade flags displayed along the Raritan River and pedestrian bridge.

The public is invited to the dedication ceremony, Sunday, June 14th at noon on the Main Street Bridge.  Following the ceremony, both mills will have public programs emphasizing crafts, community and the State of New Jersey’s 250th anniversary.

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The Princeton Pottery Festival is set to take place on May 2nd and 3rd, 2026, at Princeton Day School, celebrating the art of ceramics with a curated collection of works from 12 exceptional artists. Held from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on both days, the festival will features Eric Rempe, Dallas Wooten, Taylor Sijan, Lindsay Oesterritter, Lisa Naples, Brian Chen, Terry Plaskett, Hiroe Hanazono, Nate Willever, Sam Briegel, Kristen Kieffer, and Ben Carter.

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The Princeton Pottery Festival is a celebration of ceramic art that brings together top-tier artists from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Focused on showcasing functional, decorative, and sculptural pottery, the festival provides a unique opportunity for visitors to explore and purchase handcrafted pieces directly from artists on the weekend before Mother’s Day each year.

The event also serves as a platform to promote awareness and appreciation for contemporary ceramics as a vital art form.

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In this class, we will be weaving on a frame loom!

We will begin the class with some basic breathwork to center ourselves before we begin. You will be taught how to warp a loom as well as some weaving techniques to create beautiful personalized pieces with fibers, beads, and more.

You will then learn how to remove a weaving from a loom and create a wall hanging.

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What makes embroidery radical? Using decorative stitching to create an image conveying social or political justice. Learn how artists have used stitching and textiles to get their messages heard and choose your own image/message to hand stitch an art piece to take home, suitable for framing.

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In this workshop, you’ll learn the art of Shibori, a Japanese hand-dyeing technique that produces beautiful patterns in fabric in a range of blues using Indigo dye.

Four different patterns will be taught – you’ll choose two techniques to prep your fabrics:

• One 8″x72″ silk scarf and One 11″x60″ scarf
• Two 18″x18″ cotton pillow covers w/zippers
• One large cotton tote bag w/pocket 19″x17″x9.5″

Participants will also be dying peace flags to contribute to the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project.

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2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the WPA Poster Division of the Federal Art Project, a landmark effort that employed artists in service of the public good.

These handmade posters promoted public health, education, national parks, the arts, and hope during some of the nation’s hardest years.

Posters for the People: Art of the WPA by Ennis Carter features original works from 1936–1943 alongside rare archival reproductions, highlighting the enduring power of public art to make a social impact.

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Peters Valley enriches lives through learning, appreciation, and practice of fine crafts.

The making of fine crafts is a kind of exploration, which relies on an integration of heart, head, and hands. Peters Valley encourages and facilitates this exploration in everything we do.

We are a vibrant community, bringing together established and emerging artists from around the globe. Coming together to make things makes us better artists, able to learn from each other, and to evaluate our own efforts in a wider context.

We provide studio-based educational workshops for life-long learners who have the opportunity to benefit from working with nationally and internationally-recognized artists.

We steward the creative process from start to finish, focusing on process to strengthen creative ability. We believe creativity is both personal and communal, often sparked by new places and diverse artistic perspectives.

Peters Valley is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Makers of all experience levels are invited to craft in community and explore the rich traditions of textile work. The Fellowship honors the diverse fiber arts that have shaped our nation’s cultural heritage.

The Fellowship meets Fridays from 1–3 PM, alternating between the two host museums. Participants bring any fiber project, such as crochet, knitting, weaving, spinning, or needlework, and work side by side in a supportive, skill-sharing environment.

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