Making Matters

For the last 49 years, Peters Valley has continued to foster creative thinking through fine craft educational programs.

Each year Peters Valley School of Craft invites over 150 artists to teach workshops in each of its studios: Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Fibers , Fine Metals Woodworking, Photography, Printmaking and Special Topics. These nationally and internationally recognized artists come to Peters Valley from nearby, around the country and worldwide.

Peters Valley also hosts master, mid-career and emerging Artists-in-Residence, along with the visiting instructors. For the workshop season Studio Assistants in blacksmithing, fibers, fine metals, photography, woodworking, and special topics join three year-round Studio Managers on campus. Through this Studio Assistantship program, Peters Valley gives emerging artists the opportunity to learn from and work alongside nationally-recognized instructors in the immersive workshop environment.

The sampling of work included in this show is representative of the scope of programming at Peters Valley in 2019.