Peters Valley School of Craft - 2017 Workshop Selection by Peters Valley School of Craft

2 017 W O R K S H O P S E L E C T I O N Explore Your Creative Potential

Explore your creative potential at Peters Valley School of Craft Peters Valley School of Craft is located within the picturesque Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This setting creates a unique opportunity for immersion learning. Nestled in the midst of the beauty are state of the art studios with workshops run by professional artists from around the globe. Each studio is managed by a Department Head or Seasonal Artist Fellow, assisted by a Studio Assistant. A typical 5-day workshop session begins on Friday at 9:00am with check-in between 8:15 and 8:45am at the office. Students may arrive the evening before if staying on campus and dinner is available for purchase in the Dining Hall. Classes continue through Tuesday, running 9am to 5pm each day. Studios are generally open at night until about 10pm (this varies by studio) for participants to continue working. Studio clean-up takes place at 3pm on the last day of the workshop. Participants range in age from 18 to 80, beginner through advanced, from all walks of life. All studios break for meals at the same time and everyone comes together to share in their experience. Visiting other studios in the evening is encouraged and Friday night instructor presentations give everyone an incredible insight into the process and work of all of the visiting artists. Weekly auctions are held on Mondays at 1pm and all of the money raised goes to support the Studio Assistants and towards the purchase of new equipment for the studios. As the former hamlet of Bevans, our dormitories, studios, dining hall, office and Gallery are housed in mostly historic farm houses and structures. Peters Valley is committed to being accessible to all of our students. However, the terrain at the Valley is natural and some of the historic buildings are only partially accessible. Paths and driveways are not paved. If you need special assistance, please indicate your needs with your workshop application. At least two weeks notice must be given when requesting special assistance so that we have time to accommodate your needs. Please visit our website or call us for complete information on lodging, meals, transportation or any other questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you on campus!

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Table of Contents Blacksmithing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 5 Ceramics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 11 Fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 17 Fine Metals & Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 - 23 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 - 30 Special Topics & PRINTMAKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 - 37 Woodworking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 - 43 Youth programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 - 47 campus information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 scholarships & opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 peters valley core values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enriching lives through the learning, appreciation and practice of the art of fine craft.â&#x20AC;?

Peters Valley is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. This will remain one of our most critical goals, ensuring the school supports all students, with no bias in regard to age, color, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic status or veteran status.

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Basic Blacksmithing Jacob Brown May 13 - 14 Learn the basics of forging and manipulating steel using a coal forge, while gaining a working skill set and understanding in the use of blacksmithing tools and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to make several small projects ranging from hooks and spoons, to a coat rack or a small knife. No prior forging experience is required. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Beginning Blacksmithing Andy Upright May 20 - 21 Learn the basic techniques used to forge metal with a hammer and anvil while making a few small projects.Â Topics covered will include; coal forge maintenance, hammering techniques, use of tongs, anvils, vises. Hands on work will teach you toÂ create tapers to scrolls, bending, forming, hot punching, riveting and hot cutting. Expect to leave with basic skills and an understanding of forging hot steel. If you have prior experience this class will help you refresh and refine your forging skills. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Organic Blacksmithing Wayne Apgar June 2 - 4 Come learn blacksmithing including fire and hammer control while focusing on shaping organic forms such as flowers and leaves in assorted metals. Participants will learn to forge steel, copper and stainless steel and will learn about the different uses for steel pipe. Those who have experience will have the opportunity to explore making more challenging organic forms. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

Laminated Japanese Steel Techniques Sam Salvati June 9 - 13 This class will focus on the elements used by Japanese bladesmiths for making laminated steel and iron composites used traditionally for chisels, plane blades, knives, axes and other tools requiring a tough body, but hard razor sharp edge. We will cover the common lamination techniques known as San Mai (three layer), two layer, and Kobuse (hot dog in a bun method). The steel made in class will be ground, finished and heat treated, to create a Japanese style kitchen knife and more. Sam has studied Japanese style laminated steel techniques for over 3 years now, with an emphasis on traditional kitchen knives and woodworking tools. He has discovered that the same or similar techniques were used throughout Europe as well. Steel and iron has always been the common thread amongst cultures of the world, a way for transforming the natural world to our will to better civilization and advance technology. Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio Materials Fee: $125 Basic Blacksmithing Techniques for a Sculptural Practice Andy Upright & Ann Klicka June 16 - 20 Fire up your studio or shop practice by learning about the plasticity of iron! In a fun, playful environment we will discuss forged forms, placing emphasis on how and why the material moves the way it does. Learn fundamental blacksmithing techniques including tending a coal fire, tapering, spreading, upsetting, bending, punching, riveting, and forge welding. Students will participate in discussions on design and aesthetics and will leave with a good foundation to further develop their new skill set back home. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $90

Bloomery Smelting Lee Sauder June 23 - 27 Explore the art and science of bloomery smelting. Bloomery smelting is the pre-industrial method of winning iron from its ore. We’ll discuss charcoal-making, ore preparation, and the theory of the process. Then we’ll build our furnaces, smelt the ore to a metallic “bloom”, and then forge that iron. We will work in teams of two or three people per furnace, and the participants will share out the resulting iron. With luck and hard work, each team should be able to do two smelts. No particular skill level is required for this course, though a little experience with forge welding will help you during the bloom forging. The main requirement for this course is the ability to work long hours. The work is not terribly strenuous, but it is rather relentless. Your effort will be rewarded with the thrill of transforming a stone into a metal. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $175 Beyond the Basics of Blacksmithing Jacob Brown July 1 - 3 Come further develop your technical repertoire of skill and blacksmithing techniques. This course will cover tool-making techniques and basic heat-treating of tool steels, as well as some traditional joinery techniques. Participants will also be given time for a smaller more involved project of their own design. Prior blacksmithing experience is required. Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 The Trade James Viste July 7 - 11 Participants will work as a team with an experienced designer/blacksmith to produce a site-specific functional and decorative iron project (i.e. railing, small gate/grill) to be installed on the Peters Valley campus. Experience the

design and build process by working through a combination of client representative meetings, material processes, tool development and application. Tasks will be delegated to participants based on the skill sets and interests of the class composition. Participants will increase their technical knowledge and experience in ironwork design and problem solving, with an emphasis on fixtures and jig making for production and tooling methods for joinery. They will leave behind an object of significance and contemplation and return home with new skills, business practices and experience in making work for the public. Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Forging FUNdamentals! Andrew Dohner July 14 - 18 Whether sculptural or functional, the basics of steel shaping are the key to making a beautiful object. In this workshop you will learn the foundation of the forging process with a heavy focus on developing an eye for a clean line. Techniques like tapering, edge work, hole punching, and tool making will be the structure to creative thinking in this workshop. Come learn the steps of the design process from beginning to end. Finishing and patina applications will also be covered. Participants should expect to work hard as a group, have fun, and learn the fundamentals of being a blacksmith. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $95 Caricatures in Steel Brad Nichols July 21 - 25 This workshop will investigate forging and fabrication processes while thinking beyond traditional blacksmithing forms such as architectural gates, railings, furniture, and other utilitarian objects. Through forging, welding, and modeling in steel, we will transform rigid material into playful, animated ornamental objects. Prior blacksmithing and welding experience is helpful, but not required. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $130

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Forging for Home and Hearth Glenn Gilmore July 28 - August 1 This class is a great opportunity to take another step forward in your blacksmithing skills or test the waters and see if blacksmithing is for you. We will cover how to start blacksmithing, fire control, forging skills, tools, safety, and studio practices. Some of the techniques taught include hammer control, toolmaking, drawing out, riveting, upsetting, slitting and drifting. As you learn these techniques we will apply them to make items for your home or to sell, including hooks, hangers, and fireplace tools. Your own project ideas are welcome and all skill levels are encouraged to participate. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $95 Fantastic Forms and How to Forge Them Alice James August 4 - 8 Explore how to carve, fuller and split steel. Working hot exploits the malleability of steel and its ability to take deep impressions. Traditionally these techniques were used to make literal copies of natural forms in iron. After experimenting with some animals and leaves, we will move on to explore other possibilities of personal expression using these methods of forms with the hammer, anvil, set tools and chisels. We may need to make a few simple tools, but the emphasis will be on using tools not making them. Daily demonstrations, samples and other visual resources will provide

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the inspiration to make more than one project. Some projects will be assigned to build confidence and skill. However there will be room for participants to try ideas of their own and push boundaries. Come to have fun and work hard. The completion of your piece is encouraged and expected. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Hollow Forms Dominice Gilbert August 11 - 15 Learn how to create hollow form sheet metal sculptures. All components of the process will be demonstrated including sculpture design and template making, pattern layout, fit up and construction. MIG and oxy acetylene welding will be utilized along with slip roller forming and brake work. Grinding and finishing techniques will be presented including painting and patina work. Art selling strategies will also be discussed and participants will create a finished sculpture. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $140 Pattern Welded Steel for Blades & Otherwise James Viste August 19 - 22 This course will provide a general overview of pattern development history and practice from beginning through advanced. In it, we will cover the re-purposing of materials for billets as well as processing of commonly used contemporary raw materials. Participants can plan on producing 4

a pattern welded blade as well as material for future projects. Those interested in patterned steel for objects other than blades (i.e. jewelry, hardware etc.) are certainly welcome. There will be fire, there will be fun, and there will be sparks from the hammer and anvil and the grinder too. Participants should have some forging experience. Intermediate Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Arrow Heads and Spears Mace Vitale August 25 - 29 Learn how to make an assortment of pointy objects...Participants will begin by making a few types of arrow heads using assorted forging techniques and will then learn how to grind and heat treat the metal objects. Once you are comfortable forging these small shapes we will take it to the next level and move up to larger material to forge one of mans oldest self defense and hunting tools...the spear! There will be an emphasis on developing good forging techniques and accurate shapes. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $110

Basic Blacksmithing Jacob Brown September 2 - 3 Learn the basics of forging and manipulating steel using a coal forge, while gaining a working skill set and understanding in the use of blacksmithing tools and techniques. Students will have the opportunity to make several small projects ranging from hooks and spoons, to a coat rack or a small knife. No prior forging experience is required. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Introduction to Forged Blades Mace Vitale October 14 - 15 Learn the basics of forging, grinding, heat treating, and the sharpening of a small utility knife. The instructor will discuss fit and finish, overall knife design, how to sharpen and care for knives, and how to begin making knives on your own. Participants should expect to forge several blades over the weekend, and get at least one to the point of a usable knife. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

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Vessel Building: Bit by Bit Joan Walton May 13 - 14 Through demonstrations and hands-on work with personal guidance, you will learn to build sculptural vessel forms that emphasize the relationship between interior and exterior space. You will use small pieces of clay to build and refine your work. We will explore the technical aspects of movement, change of direction and surface treatments and share conversations about aesthetic choices and personal development of a body of work. Some experience working with clay is helpful but is not mandatory. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Pit Firing with No Borders Bennett Bean May 20 - 21 Participants in this weekend workshop will explore pit-firing techniques with an emphasis on salt and copper flashing, using their pieces as a ground for both firing and decorative applications. We will explore gold leaf, paint, urethane, glue, and anything that can happen after the firing. Attention will be paid to applying these techniques to personally appropriate imagery and style. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Multiple Surface Treatments Sin-ying Ho May 27 - 29 Come learn about the famous cobalt blue pigment and the proper use of brushes utilized in the creation of Chinese Blue and White porcelain often referred to as ‘Qing Hua’. While this style of decorative porcelain began to be produced during the Yuen Dynasty it flourished during the Ming Dynasty and continues to be produced in China. Sin-ying will demonstrate and discuss the historic techniques and will show you how to incorporate the use of modern technology like computer decal transfer techniques to embellish your forms. Many images

can be produced very quickly with a computer, scanner and laser printer. Participants will then work with Chinese China paint (Xin Cao – new colour) offering a blend of ancient and modern surface design possibilities for ceramics. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $90 Clay Becomes Body Joe Bova June 2 - 6 The focus of this workshop is using the potter’s wheel to create human and animal figurative pottery. These pots might be amphora-like trophies or re-imagined canopic-like large jars, i.e with animal head lids. Pottery as metaphor and simile will be the focus of discussion and demonstrations. Putting anthropomorphism pottery terms (lip, neck, shoulder, belly, foot) into imaginative reality will be the emphasis. Demonstrations will include a repoussé technique for human and animal details like eyes, noses, mouths and more. Handles become arms and hands, form as body and clay as skin. Pottery lives! Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $60 Leveling Up: Bigger, Better, Beautiful Brad Johnson June 9 - 13 This workshop is for experienced potters looking to improve their skills and make larger forms on the wheel. Participants will receive detailed information and demonstrations about traditional as well as innovative techniques to achieve greater scale and volume. Other components like trimming and lids & handles will be covered while maintaining a critical eye for form and surface. Information and application of slips and glazes will also be included as part of the loading and firing of the salt/soda kiln. Individuals that take this workshop should be able to wedge and throw 5 pounds 8” or more. By the end of the workshop participants will have learned how to successfully make larger pieces and go home with one or two pieces from the atmospheric firing. Any and all

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work made during the workshop may go home either bisqued or green. Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 Noborigama Wood Firing Workshop Takuro & Hitomi Shibata June 16 - 20 This immersive workshop offers participants the opportunity to learn how to fire The Peters Valley Noborigama wood kiln and also teaches the practical skills and techniques for glazing, loading, and firing a wood kiln. Participants will bring their own bisque pots made from Cone10+ clay for glazing and then load and fire the Noborigama kiln with instructors, Takuro and Hitomi Shibata, potters from Shigaraki Japan. The Shibata’s have years of experience firing many different wood kilns and currently live in the largest pottery community in the US in Seagrove, North Carolina. They will share their glazing techniques, loading aesthetics, and wood firing methods with participants. The Shibata’s will also discuss efficient way to process/recycle clays, Japanese wood firing history/techniques and provide hands-on information about testing and using wild clays. Participants will work with wild raw clay samples from NC and make small tests to fire in the kiln as well. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $95

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The Big Burn Bruce Dehnert & Steve Cook June 23 - 27 Come join us in this annual firing fest during which you will learn how to fire wood, soda, raku, pit, and gas reduction. It’s a fast paced extravaganza that features heaps of results and a great way to learn many different firing techniques at different temperatures all having something to do with flame. There will also be discussions, presentations, and demonstrations. The studio will also be open for wet work but plan on bringing a selection of bisque fired work to class. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 Tea Bowls: Form, Function and Beauty Kristin Muller July 1 - 3 Explore the processes and aesthetics of making winter and summer tea bowls for Tea Ceremony. Topics covered will include: aesthetics, proportions, preparing clay bodies, nuances and components of summer and winter shaped tea bowls, forming methods on the potter’s wheel, working with tea bowl blanks for carving and throwing off the mound to achieve fluidity. There will be an emphasis on the architecture of tea bowls, sculptural properties, and the art of trimming tea bowl feet featuring eastern trimming 8

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methods using tools to compose harmonious tea bowls. Decoration and firing techniques will be discussed but the focus of this three day intensive will be on making tea bowls that are personally expressive and functional for whisking and drinking matcha (powdered green tea). You may want to consider the Anagama Firing workshop in August to woodfire your tea bowls. Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Vessel Forms with the Help of Molds William DePauw July 7 - 11 Learn how to use plaster molds to achieve interesting shapes and patterned surfaces. We will explore molds as a means to develop one-of-a-kind sculptural and utilitarian vessels. From simple texture printing and sprig details to overall form development, William will introduce the plaster mold as another tool to be used by throwers and hand-builders alike. Formats for exploration will include teapots, pouring vessels, sculptural boxes as well as non-utilitarian sculptural vessels. Terracotta clay will be used and terra sigillata surfaces will be explored as a finishing technique. Workshop participants should be able to center four pounds of clay on the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $85

Hand Building Functional Forms Using Paper Clay Jerry Bennett July 14 - 18 This hands-on workshop will provide an opportunity for students to explore and experience new approaches to sculptural forms and functional pottery using paper clay and other innovative materials. The emphasis of this workshop will be in developing hand building skills making functional forms. Together with the instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinctive perspectives, experiences and techniques, participants will explore innovative construction techniques, how to make paper clay, bonding materials, texture and decoration techniques, problem solving related to repair work, rapid working with clay, reducing shrinkage and many other sculptural considerations. Participants will receive clay materials and handouts that will provide valuable information about clay and glaze formulas, suppliers, and practical applications for clay formulas. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Hand Building Earthenware Pottery Gail Kendall July 21 - 25 In this workshop we will explore various hand built pottery forms using red earthenware clay. Included will be plates and platters, covered forms including teapots and more. Demonstrations will include lids, spouts, handles, and lugs. There will be an emphasis on sound construction and pottery form throughout. Finished forms will be

painted with white slip before the bisque firing, and decoration will be set up with scraffito and carving. We will explore ideas about function and the range of utility and use common to this field. Participants in this workshop should have basic experience with hand building, the vocabulary of basic clay techniques (slip, scoring, cones, earthenware, stoneware etc), and have a love of pottery and pottery making. Advanced Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 Ornate Surfaces Kate Maury July 28 - August 1 Come explore embellishment through highly textured surfaces created from commercial molds and press molded sprigged surfaces. Demonstrations and discussions will include commercial mold casting, press mold making, sprig application, damp storage, and forming techniques in throwing and hand building. Basic tableware as well as one of a kind pieces for celebratory moments will be our primary topic. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $80

Scaling Up: Concepts and Techniques Fred Johnston August 4 - 7 This exciting and challenging workshop is perfect for anyone who has wanted to take that next step toward throwing/building larger vessel forms. This course, taught by one of the country’s premiere throwers, will focus on processes beginning with conceptualization on through to making large-scale work. We will explore an array of hand building and throwing techniques such as ‘daubing,’ ‘throwing,’ and ‘capping’ to increase and achieve scale. There will be demonstrations on how to paint and/or decorate such works, and discussions on firing them as well. While analyzing historical, cultural, geographical, and personal resources, we can enrich our own ideas. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Making Work for the Anagama Matt Schiemann August 11 - 14 This workshop will focus on combing the elements of line, volume and form to create functional pottery that is appropriate for a wood kiln. Participants will learn a variety of different forming

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methods, altering wheel thrown objects, pulling handles, incorporating attachments and addressing the functionality of the object. Questions on aesthetics will be addressed (proportions, balance, line integration etc.) during the demonstration as well as a discussion on how to resolve these complications. There will be other discussions on how to set yourself up for success in the studio such as choosing the appropriate clay body and glazes, how to effectively set up your studio, marketing with social media as well as selling strategies. These demonstrations and discussions will help to motivate the participants and get them excited to be back in the studio. Work completed in this workshop will be included in the Anagama firing that will follow. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $130 Firing the Anagama Matt Schiemann August 15 - 22, Unloading August 27 Potters of all ranges in abilities are welcome to bring work made from stoneware and or porcelain clay bodies and bisque fired to participate fully in this amazing firing. Discussions on the appropriate clays, slips and terra sigillatas to use in the wood kiln will be addressed. Learn a variety of different kiln firing and loading theories as well as the use of different types of wadding, sea shells and other ways to stilt work while leaving an aesthetically pleasing mark on the object. Everyone will participate in the kiln loading and firing process (the kiln will be fired in shifts around the clock until the desired temperature and conditions are reached). After

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the kiln is fired we will take some time off and reassemble for the unloading on August 27th. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $875 Studio/Materials Fee: $130 Designing Models & Mold Making Hiroe Hanazono September 2 - 3 Explore and learn methods for designing and fabricating models and molds. You will begin by designing an object on paper, then learn how to create a prototype using a variety of materials such as clay, plaster, wood and Styrofoam. These prototypes will then be used to create either single or multi-piece molds. Demonstrations will also cover the slip-casting process. Basic ceramic or sculpture is experience helpful but all levels are welcome. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Introduction to Wheel Throwing Pam Peltzman September 9 - 10 This workshop is perfect for the absolute beginner who wishes to get their hands dirty in a supportive, warm, and stress free atmosphere, exploring the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel. Participants will be introduced to the basics of centering and raising up walls to create forms, as well as basic decorative techniques. The instructor will demonstrate throwing basic forms such as cups, bowls, and cylinders, and will offer hands on support every step of the way. It will surely be a fun and memorable experience that will leave you craving more! Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Material Fee: $50

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Introduction to Natural Dyes Natalie Stopka May 13 - 14 Participants in this two day intensive will be introduced to the world of beautiful, accessible, and sustainable botanical dyes. Learn the basics of selecting and preparing fibers, extracting color from a variety of plant materials, and fixing natural dyes to fabric. We’ll discuss the history of natural dye use, and explore some contemporary applications of pattern and if you bring items made from natural fiber fabric you will have the opportunity to experiment with in the dye pot. No previous experience required. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $25 Getting Past Knit and Purl Kate Sarah Mitchell May 20 - 21 So you’ve made a gazillion scarves but still can’t increase, decrease or read a pattern? Come learn the next steps in knitting: multiple cast-ons and bind-offs; increasing left, right, and centered; lace stitches; and basic cables. Learn the abbreviations for reading and writing patterns and charts. We’ll also make time for special requests like knitting fair isle, knitting backwards, or using circular and double pointed needles. You’ll go home with up to a dozen swatches or more and the knowledge to broaden your knitting repertoire to garments or freeform art. Previous experience with at least a basic knit and purl is necessary to get the most from the class. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $25

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Mixed Media Fiber Techniques Liz Alpert Fay May 27 - 28 In this 2- day workshop participants will learn a variety of interesting fiber techniques. Used alone or in various combinations, these techniques open up many possibilities for creativity. We will explore spool knitting, standing rug technique (quillies), and the penny rug technique in combination with needle felting. Demonstrations on the different techniques and discussions on how to incorporate their use into future artworks will enable students to add texture, dimension and sculpting possibilities to all types of fiber art. Participants are welcome to bring existing artwork that they might wish to enhance. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $25 Modern Shibori: Hand-Dyeing & Design Intensive Lian Sawires June 2 - 6 Ancient art form meets modern esthetic in this intensive Shibori hand dyeing and surface design workshop focused on blending traditional and modern techniques to synthesize a truly unique textile art. Learn by combining eight Shibori resist methods (winding, knotting, stitching and folding) to create texture and patterns, while exploring four unique types of dyeing. Henna, indigo, acid dyes and Procion dyes all interact differently with fabric, allowing you to achieve interesting and complex results. Overdyeing (using color theory), discharging and dye blending take you to the next level artistically,

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resulting in an expansive surface design palette. Some printing and hand coloring will also be included. Beginners and advanced textile artists alike will both find a wealth of inspiration and creative possibilities. You will produce a dyeing and patterning workbook, as well as samples, and 7+ finished pieces. Creating and exploring your own artistic themes is encouraged, as well as pushing the boundaries of technique within a supportive structure. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Color & Textiles: Rug Weaving Michael Radyk June 9 - 13 Peters Valley is pleased to offer an intensive five day Rug Weaving Workshop for beginning and intermediate weavers. Learn to set up the loom and experiment with a variety of rug making techniques using plain weave, pattern, twill and pile weaves. Focus on sample weaving using an array of techniques that will allow you to investigate color and material explorations on the loom. Generate color, pattern and complete woven samples for a proposed rug project. Rugs and floor coverings from different cultures, both historical and contemporary, will be shown as examples of how material and design are developed within a cultural and functional context. This will serve as a foundation for you to develop your own vision and color sources while using a favorite “place” as inspiration. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Imagery & Color in Jacquard Weaving Cathryn Amidei June 16 - 20 The TC2 is a handloom that digitally controls every thread in the warp independently. This expands the range of options for explorations in imagery, color, texture and dimension in the woven matrix- while reducing the learning curve because multiple ideas can be tested simultaneously and rapidly. Beginning with an introduction to the loom, participants will be guided through the basics of file development and weaving techniques. You will be encouraged to explore a variety of

structures and ideas to enhance your knowledge of the process and your understanding of the woven matrix while developing your personal language and vision with this media. Each participant will develop a series of samples. Some experience in weaving will be helpful but is not required. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $150 Wedge Weave Technique and Design Connie Lippert June 23 - 27 In contrast to most weaves which are woven in a plane horizontal to the loom, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal. This results in a weft-faced weaving with many distinctive characteristics and exciting design potential. Participants should expect to gain a full understanding of the technique and a beginning understanding of the design potential of the technique. To participate in this class you should have warping and weaving knowledge. Some weft-faced weaving experience is helpful, but not essential. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Felt Basics Linda Brooks Hirschman July 1 - 3 Discover the limitless possibilities of wet felting in this hands-on workshop. Learn the basics of felting, including why and how wool felts with only fleece, soap and water. Experiment with mixing colors of fleece and making various thicknesses of material. Learn how to embellish the felt surface with yarn, curls, silk, and make your own designs using hand-made pre-felted pieces. You will quickly complete several projects, including a 3 dimensional seamless bowl and wall hanging. We will discuss how to shape felt into sculptures and stiffen your projects. After you learn Linda’s tried-and-true, unconventional techniques and shortcuts, you can continue making sculptural objects or make beautiful felt yardage for pillows, blankets, vests, coats, and more. Beginner Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 14

The Art & Craft of Metal Mesh Basketry Lanny Bergner July 7 - 11 The focus of this workshop is using steel mesh to construct “flame-treated” biomorphic and geometric stainless steel mesh baskets 8 - 12 inches in size. Participants will learn how to design and cut out 2D patterns from the mesh to make 3D baskets. The baskets will be constructed using flat nose linesman pliers for twisting the wire seams together and colorcoated copper wire will be used to secure and enhance mesh seams and basket rims. Learn how to “flame paint” designs and imagery on the mesh using a propane and butane torch. Three to four baskets will be completed from a variety of design options. Some hand strength is required to grasp and twist small linesman pliers. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Tapestry Loom Workshop: Make and Weave! Elizabeth Morisette July 14 - 18 Learn how to build your very own wooden frame loom and weave on it using recycled and repurposed materials. We will explore several basic tapestry techniques that can be used with fabric strips. Each participant will leave this workshop with a frame loom and at least one finished tapestry. Participants must be able to work with simple woodworking tools and have the ability to physically handle sawing, sanding and drilling holes. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Marbling for Book Makers Natalie Stopka July 21 - 25 Learn the fundamentals of marbling on both paper and fabric, including how to select materials and prepare a marbling vat. We’ll discuss the history behind the craft, as well as the tools and techniques required to create permanent prints. After participants have developed their own suite of patterns, we’ll move to the bindery 15

to create books featuring them. Everyone will leave with 3-4 finished books including a full cloth binding with edge marbling! No previous marbling or bookbinding experience is required; however a propensity for hand skills is very helpful. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Material Fee: $120 Machine Knitting Erin E. Castellan July 28 - August 1 This workshop is an introduction to the creative and technical possibilities of machine knitting. Learn the basic techniques of machine knitting including the essentials of choosing yarn, calculating gauge and tension, and shaping. Then explore the possibilities of color, structural effects, material quality, and embellishments through the development of knit swatches. Improvisation and experimentation will be encouraged to create a series of unique knitted fabrics. The most interesting swatch experimentations will be further developed into knitted art pieces or simple wearable items. No prior knitting or fiber experience required. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Step by Step Willow Rib-Style Basketry Jo Campbell-Amsler August 4 - 8 Willow is a renewable resource and has been used for centuries in the art of basket making. Learn how wild and cultivated willow can be grown, harvested and woven into basket forms. This workshop will focus on the basic rib-style techniques used in willow basketry from the making of handles and rims to lashings, scalloming, slyping, shaping with ribs, and finishing techniques. Through sampling and creating classic basket shapes, you will learn how to design and create your own rib style willow baskets. Expect to weave 3-4 baskets during the workshop. (Hand strength required for this workshop.) Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $155

Color Studies on Silk: Moths & Butterflies Suzanne Punch August 11 - 15 Moth and butterfly wings, beautiful and balanced, give us free rein to explore color in challenging ways. Templates give a quick start for good composition. Then break out of your predictable palette, those same colors you always reach for. Using thickened dye, you can maintain a color within a field of its opposite and create flickering contrasts. Texture adds to the intrigue. Use color in new ways and see unique possibilities in your work on silk. Harmonies await! Note: dyes are not included in the materials fee and can be brought by the participant or purchased through Peters Valley. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Warp Ikat: Pattern and Natural Dye Wendy Weiss August 25 - 29 Create repeating patterns using warp resist dyeing with natural dye on cotton yarn. Learn how to prepare and dye a warp in one or more colors and weave it with surprising weave structures. Instruction will include how to develop designs that repeat across your fabric, how to wind a warp with a raddle group to prepare your warp for the pattern you design, how to build and use a frame to bind your warp for resist pattern dyeing for your design, and how to use natural dyes on cotton to obtain

bright hues in yellows, oranges, and reds or black from a fermentation vat. In-class demonstration will include how to warp the loom from back to front and discussion of how to design weave structures for warp ikat, with examples of warp ikat from around the world. Participants will weave up their original warp in the Peters Valley weaving studio. This class is based on original research in Gujarat, India where Patola is the term used to describe stunning double ikat, where both warp and weft yarns are resist dyed before weaving. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Explorations in Felt and Lighting Anna Gunnarsdottir August 25 - 29 This felting workshop lead by Icelandic artist Anna Gunnarsdottir will explore both sculpture possibilities and lighting. You will first learn to felt a shell form which can then be decorated. When you put a light inside a form made of wool, it is very beautiful. The radiated light is charming, calming and pleasant to watch in the dark winter nights. Participants will then move on to using their imagination to make different forms and shapes, putting them together to make a sculpture. The pieces can be decorated as a wall-piece or a standing-work. You will learn new techniques in this field and let your imagination go wild. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

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Drawing with Thread Joetta Maue September 2 - 3 Come explore basic embroidery techniques and how to apply them to “drawings” using direct drawing, transfer and projection. This will be both a technical skills class and an idea development class. We will discuss stitch, color and materials choices while learning and exploring traditional techniques of drawing such as contour, gesture, hatching and texture through the stitch. This is a great class for beginners up to advanced students in embroidery. We will go over all the basics but all the conceptual and drawing skills can be applied to any skill level. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $15 Twist Cross Twist: The Basics of Bobbin Lace Crystal Gregory September 9 - 10 Originating in the 15th century, bobbin lace is a process of making decorative netting through an organization of individually controlled threads. Patterns incorporate twists and crosses in accumulation to create braids and plaits joining together in an intricate structure system. Learn the basics of bobbin lace and experiment with its structure by pushing the limits of scale and material. Everyone will leave with the knowledge and supplies to continue on their own. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $55

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Considering Twill Crystal Gregory October 7 - 8 Twills are the most versatile and diverse woven structure of them all. In this class we will take a close look at twill structures from basic to advanced patterns. Students will be encouraged to experiment with twills and weave a wonderful scarf to warm up the fall! Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Two Terrific Baskets Pamela Wilson October 14 - 15 Learn to weave both a market basket (20” l x 11” w x 7” h) and a tote (12” l x 6” w x 11.5” h) in just two days. While making the market basket, you will learn how to make a solid base on a basket, twine, insert overlays, and cover a handle with a fancy weave. Weaving the tote, you will learn how to measure and insert a cloth handle and how to shape the sides. You will have the opportunity to personalize your baskets with a choice of several different weaves for the handle and choices of accent colors. In-class demonstrations will show each step taken, and complete written instructions with pictures will be provided for each basket. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Introduction to Jewelry Making Raychel Wengenroth May 13 - 14 Learn the fundamental techniques used in making metal jewelry from sheet and wire. Participants will experience an intensive two days of demonstrations and hands-on bench time. Explore sawing, drilling, filing, texturing, sanding, polishing, soldering and basic stone setting while making a piece of jewelry. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Small Scale Casting Joe Montroy May 20 - 21 Come learn about small scale metal casting for sculpture or jewelry. You will design and create wax models for the centrifugal casting process and hand pouring techniques. Once your model is complete, we will cast it in class, clean it up, and finish the surface. All tools and materials will be provided for your project. Additional information covered will include: taking molds from existing objects (rubber /plaster), sand casting, direct pour processes, creating stone settings in wax, finishing, problem solving, and small-scale production. This is a hands-on workshop where you will be able to produce several finished pieces of jewelry, and/or sculptural and functional objects. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Traditional Turkish Coppersmithing Martin Moon June 2 - 6 The art of Turkish Coppersmithing has been passed down through generations of master coppersmiths for thousands of years. Martin Moon had the opportunity to learn under some of those masters and has brought the skill set back to the U.S. to continue teaching the tradition. Using small chisels and a lightweight hammer, participants will learn how to carve deep lines into copper to create designs. Participants will learn about traditional patterns as well as having the opportunity to fashion their own. This workshop will allow for participants 19

to hone their new skills on a variety of objects – starting with keychains and medallions, moving towards coasters and plates, and for those who advance quickly, the difficult project of a cup. Turkish chiseling is easy to learn and simply takes practice to master. It is very possible to become proficient in a short amount of time, and having experience with a hammer will help you progress even faster. The process requires patience however, and is not for those who are unable to focus on one piece for multiple hours. The product is worth the effort, and you will be amazed at what you will be able to produce. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $95 Memento Mori: Jewelry & Sculptural Objects of Remembrance Holland Houdek June 9 - 13 The genre of memento mori jewelry and objects was especially popular during the Victorian period, and served as sources of personal reflection on one’s own mortality and/or of remembrance of loved ones passed and gone. Come explore the idea of remembrance and self-reflection by creating small-scale wearable works and/or metal objects in the spirit of the memento mori tradition. Whether to memorialize a passed loved one (human or non-human) or glorify an object that makes us reflect on our own lives and mortality, we will explore a brief history of mourning art and jewelry while placing it in a contemporary perspective. A range of interpretations of this theme: from playful or even funny, to the spiritual or poignant – will be explored to provide personal means of remembrance, commemoration, and selfreflection. Participants will enhance their fabrication and surface design skills, learn basic stone-setting techniques and explore the possibilities of incorporating mixed media and found objects in their work. All levels are welcome, but an understanding of basic metalsmithing skills would be helpful. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Found, Framed and Fastened: The Brooch Joshua Kosker June 16 - 20 Discover your own material language and get something on your chest! Through the format of the brooch, you will investigate how a found object can embody an experience, evoke an emotion, and convey a personal narrative. Placing equal emphasis on the structural mechanics behind the brooch, participants will explore inventive mounting solutions for nontraditional materials, while creating intelligent pin back mechanisms to make wearable art. The instructor will present various pin stem assemblies, catches, and small-scale fabrication techniques, including wireframe construction, forming, creative prong setting, riveting and other cold-connection methods. Participants are encouraged to come with an imaginative, experimental approach to craft and jewelry making. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Setting the Trap! Joanna Gollberg June 23 - 27 Learn stone setting and alternative modes of setting found objects through fabrication methods such as; proper soldering techniques, creating secure settings that trap objects such as gemstones or found objects in the jewelry of your design. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discuss design, prong setting, tab setting, and cold connections as ways to secure any kind of object, and decorative

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techniques in a variety of jewelry forms. Basic soldering skills are helpful. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Basic Bling Elizabeth Tokoly July 1 - 3 This workshop is intended to familiarize you with the necessary tools and techniques for jewelry and metalsmithing. This foundation will allow you to make countless designs and hone your skills. We will discuss and perform techniques such as piercing and sawing, soldering, surface embellishment with hammers, chasing tools, and etching, cold connection, forging, findings, finishing. We will create designs based on techniques performed and discuss ideas of creating a small collection. Project suggestions will include pierced and sawed dapped earrings with French ear wires, forged bracelets, and discover how a toggle clasp can became a decorative element along with layering textured metal with cold connections. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Imagery in Enamel Kelly Jean Conroy July 7 - 11 Imagery in Enamel will delve into various traditional and experimental techniques for incorporating imagery into the surface of enamel. You should ideally have a basic understanding of enamel and its properties; however 20

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we will review and cover the core concepts so beginners are welcome. Topics to be explored will include; decals, sgraffito, sandblasting with contact paper resists, working with liquid enamels, and alternative cloisonné techniques. We will experiment and discover new & interesting combinations in the enameling process, essentially “breaking the rules”. We will discuss ideas for creating settings however, there will not be a metalsmithing component to this workshop. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $50 Stonesetting Paul Nielsen July 14 - 18 Gemstones have captured the imagination and admiration of generations of people from kings and queens to young couples committing to a loving life together. In this workshop, participants will learn proper techniques, terminology and “tricks of the trade” in the most popular styles of setting gemstones including prongs, bezels, burnishing(flush setting), channel setting and pave’. Choosing the appropriate setting for particular gems will be discussed in detail. Settings will be done using cubic zirconia, but participants are encouraged to bring any of their own gemstones to discuss various and appropriate setting options. This class is suitable for artisans with basic jewelry knowledge and seasoned professionals looking to build upon their stone setting skills. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $100 21

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Brooching Titanium Ben Dory July 21 - 25 Although titanium has a reputation as a hard and difficult material you will learn that you can create attractive surfaces and forms using traditional jewelry fabrication techniques. On your way to making a brooch we will focus on tool making for textures and damascene, stone setting, hydraulic forming, and cold connections. Spending a day on each of the methods will help us to understand the working properties of titanium, culminating in a unique pieces made by each participant. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $95 Jewelry Fabrication: Building from a Ring Bifei Cao July 28 - August 1 One ring to rule them all, discover the possibilities of this exquisite art form. Develop the confidence to fabricate work from a sheet of metal into a three-dimensional form. Explore different styles of ring designs based on the shape of a circle, square or rectangle in order to build personal narrative and design criteria. Then work on foundation fabrication techniques that will enable you to create your own special and narrative ring with stone setting. These skills are applicable to the fabrication of cuff links, boxes and other complicated constructions. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45

Keep Your Pants On: The Art of the Belt Buckle Nash Quinn August 4 - 8 In this workshop, you’ll learn fundamental metalsmithing skills along with advanced tips and tricks while exploring the fun and offbeat format of the belt buckle. Experiment with found objects and pre-fabricated components to knock out a custom buckle quickly, or make every detail from scratch for the ultimate oneof-a-kind creation. Bring your own belt or utilize one provided for you – basic leatherworking will be covered. Emphasis will be placed on building a sturdy, functional buckle, and you’ll walk out of the workshop with your pants held high by a unique, handmade piece of wearable artwork! Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Bracelets: Bangle, Cuff, Chain and More! Kristal Romano August 11 - 15 This is a perfect introduction to jewelry making! Participants will become familiarized with basic studio tools and fabrication techniques for working with fine metals. Learn to cut, saw,

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form, and texture a cuff bracelet. Make forged bangles that fit! And explore a few simple chains to link around the wrist. Guaranteed to finish a bracelet each day! Participants are encouraged to explore their creativity while applying new metalworking techniques to a unique wearable art form. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Little Boxes Raychel Wengenroth August 19 - 22 The design and construction of a container enables careful thought in planning the design concept as well as meticulous attention to measurements. The piece can be just about any shape and for any use: perfume bottle, pill box, etc. The shape can be cylindrical or rectangular allowing the exploration of a variety of ways to fit the lid including hinges, pressure and bayonnette fittings. Decorative elements for the top offer a plethera of options: stone setting, texture, and marriage of metals to name a few. The end product contains far more than an object; it holds knowledge and pride as well! Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $50

Clever Combo: Metal & Wood Jewelry Peter Antor August 25 - 29 This workshop will combine basic metalsmithing and woodworking techniques to create unique jewelry. It will teach a variety of skills for blending the materials of metal and wood to create one of a kind rings, pendants, earrings, and brooches. It will teach physical techniques such as wood carving, metal inlay, unique connection construction, basic soldering, finishes, and more. Participants will leave with a broader understanding of both wood and metal along with new skills to manipulate the material. Advanced Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Demystifying Soldering Caryn Hetherston September 2 - 4 This is a class for beginners as well as those who have taken some basic metalsmithing classes and still have trouble with soldering. We will cover the science of how it works and why it does not work sometimes. There will be demos on sweat, stick and pick soldering as well as soldering different metals together. You will learn how to make a strong solder connection with a minimum amount of solder and mess. We will discuss what soldering techniques are appropriate for different applications. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $10 Everyday Earrings Missy Graff Ballone September 9 - 10 Everyday Earrings is the perfect introduction to jewelry making! Each participant will learn a variety of techniques for making different types of earrings, from posts to dangles, using both wire and sheet metal. Everyone will make several samples and walk away with a minimum of two finished pairs of earrings. Learn a new skill and watch your ideas come to life! Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $45

Rings for Beginners Nash Quinn October 7 - 8 Come learn to make a perfectly finished, handmade ring (or two) in only two days! This beginner-friendly workshop is an easy introduction to jewelry and fine metalwork, and will cover the complete process of ring fabrication, from sizing and soldering to bezel-setting and polishing. No experience necessary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; simply arrive ready to learn, and walk away with a finished ring and an exciting new set of skills. Beginner Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $25 The Low-Down on Cold Connections Darren Fisher October 14 - 15 Learn the basics of hand-hammered rivets and threaded joinery using brass, copper, silver, and aluminum; then progress into more complicated connections that incorporate the use of tubing, steel, wood, and found objects. Hand hammered rivets provide permanent connections between like and unlike materials and add aesthetic value through their seemingly jewel-like facets. If you want your jewelry and metalwork to be joined in a less permanent or interchangeable fashion, then custom made hardware using a tap and die setup is your thing. We will make threaded rod that acts as the screw, and cut threads into sheet metal, which can be transformed into basic hexnuts or decorative fasteners. Both riveting and threaded fasteners can be utilized as pivot points, adding further dimension and movement to your work. Using cold connections for construction is perfect for those who work in smaller studio spaces, often times with limited ventilation or access to torches. The class will be based on sample work, and will allow you to take home multiple examples of all the processes to later apply to your finished work. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $45

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Growing as a Landscape Photographer; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All About the Light Greg Miller May 13 - 14 Landscape photography is all about the light. A mediocre subject in great light makes a much more compelling photograph than a great subject in mediocre light. But what is great light? And how do you find it? Explore how to recognize great light, the three qualities to look for, and how to anticipate great light and be in the right place at the right time. Understanding great light and how to properly use camera settings will improve your photographs and improve your odds of making a great image. This workshop will combine outdoors shoots along with indoor learning sessions. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $5 Lighting the Portrait Lori Ryan May 20 - 21 Explore the psychological, emotional, and technical aspects of portraiture, with some emphasis on photographing people in their environments. Learn how to pose and light models skillfully with a personal approach. Learn to use light reflectors, diffusers and flash modifiers to manipulate the light while paying close attention

to the histogram and lighting ratios. Edit, adjust and print images on the second day, then compare results in a group critique. This workshop will engage participants in many lessons that they can apply to their own photographic pursuits. A working knowledge of manual functions of a DSLR and ability to work in an editing program, preferably Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom is required. Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 From iPhone to Coffee Table Mitzi Campbell May 27 - 29 Get to know some of the popular, contemporary tools available to produce great images and a high-quality, uniquely-designed photo book, all directly from your iPhone or iPad. Get up close and personal with the indigenous plant life of the breathtaking Delaware Water Gap through the lens of one, simple, easy-to-carry piece of equipment! The only tool needed is an iPhone or iPad with updated software (external application downloads TBA) and an open mind. *Locations will include trail exploration, some light hiking/climbing/walking. Participants will purchase a photo booklet for around $20 paid directly to the printer. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $35

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Digital Negatives Morgan Post June 2 - 6 Explore ways to move from digital to analog photographic methods by working with digital files that will be printed into negatives for use in various analog photographic processes. Participants will print negatives and make prints from negatives using several analogue processes. This technique is suitable for making negatives for cyanotype, vandyke brown, albumin, salt printing, kallitype, platinum palladium, silver gelatin, and photo gravure. Field trips to the local College’s darkroom facility will be included. You should have a basic knowledge of photoshop, and printing from photoshop. Darkroom experience is helpful but not required. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Bend it Like Ansel: A 4x5 Field Camera Workshop Rick Wright June 9 - 12 Go back-in-time to unlock the pleasure of working with a 4”x5” View Camera and enjoy photographing historic farms, dramatic waterfalls, and secluded trout streams (with black & white film). The romance of a view camera is slowing down to fine-tune your observation, concentration and composition. We will begin with some basics: using new55 instant film, manually metering light, pre-composing with visual aids, working with dark cloth, setting up tripods, leveling a camera. Then, we’ll move

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into the unique features of a view camera: focusing & composing an image (upside down and backwards) on a ground glass; maintaining perspective control via rise, fall, shift and changing plane-of-focus via swing and tilt. Half of our day will be spent in the field making exposures, and the other half will be spent in the digital labs: processing instant new55 film, scanning and prepping images, and printing via a pigment inkjet printer (Epson). Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $225 Photographic Collage: Excavations & Revelations Phaedra Call June 16 - 18 From early masters of the photographic medium such as Moholy-Nagy and Heinecken to contemporary icons such as Schorr and Mutu, photographic artists have long turned to collage as a technique of visual and material study. Though a collage may include many different media types, we will delve specifically into collages of a photographic nature. We will learn to visualize our ideas by bringing together discrete elements into an entirely new and cohesive image, whether it be abstract, surreal or representational. Participants will learn about sourcing their imagery, methods of revealing/ hiding content, techniques of cutting, types of adhesive and how to create either unifying or contrasting relationships between many different images. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $15

Updating the Classic Landscape Timothy Jacobsen July 1 - 3 Using tried and true compositional techniques, you will be given the opportunity to create a portfolio of work that captures the beauty and wonder of the natural landscape. Workshop participants will be given instruction about the importance of light quality, leading lines and framing. Discussions on understanding DepthOf-Field, showing or stopping motion and creating High Dynamic Range images, as well as large scale panoramas will blend with a series of daily field trips to the surrounding woods, streams and meadows. Digital editing will be done with the Adobe Creative Suite of products, most specifically Adobe Photo, Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. Participants should have an understanding of manual camera controls and basic editing workflow techniques. A 35mm DSLR is preferred, as is a sturdy tripod. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Bookbinding with the Photographer in Mind Scott McCarney July 7 - 11 Learn the materials and processes used in hand bookbinding with the photographer in mind (though not restricted to photographers). The basic skills and structures we learn are applicable to creating a wide range of books. Sample bindings and book models will be made including traditional albums, unique single-sheet coptic bindings, and innovative structures suitable for digitally printed projects. Techniques for tippingin images, folding mat sections, and incorporating interleaving materials will be introduced in order to create interactive books. A two-tray dropspine Solander style box will be constructed which can be used for storing prints, protecting a fine binding, or packaging samples made in the workshop. No previous bookbinding experience is necessary, but some basic craft skills (use of a knife and straight edge, etc.) and math (addition / subtraction / multiplication) will ensure more rewarding results. Bring work in progress or 27

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book ideas we will discuss how binding structures and layout strategies can figuratively as well as literally support image display. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $110 Experimental Digital Photography & Transfer Techniques Sandra C. Davis July 14 - 18 Photographers and Collage artists will discover new techniques of assembling imagery that can add to your “toolbox” of skills. If you have ever wanted to alter the surface of a digital print you will enjoy five different techniques to make your digital images unique. By using an encaustic technique you can hand paint with oils, make collages and embed found objects onto your digital prints. You will learn to; print directly onto almost any artist paper, including colored papers and hand-made papers and to transfer digital images onto artist paper, fabrics, wood, glass, stones, shells, and how to make your images translucent. These processes are safe, non-toxic and require very little clean-up so you can experiment with images through digital manipulation, altering the surfaces of printed images and work on projects that extend beyond traditional means of presenting your photography. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Environmental/Documentary Photography Robert Skinner July 21 - 25 Come prepared to fully immerse yourself in the photographic process and push your boundaries in order to move forward into another level with your environmental photography. Whether photographing people, places or both, we will focus on reading light, how to gain a new perspective on one’s work and attitude, while learning the finer technical aspects of shooting great images. Bring your camera and come prepared for shooting sessions in and around the Peters Valley campus, daily group discussion

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and editing sessions. Participants should also bring their own laptops with digital editing software installed. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Introduction to Lightroom Kevin Bond July 28 - 31 Adobe Lightroom is a wonderful image editing program that is stream-lined for all levels of photographers. Lightroom can offer amazing editing tools with an easy to use interface. It is a powerful, yet easy to use alternative to the more complex Photoshop programs. This class will be an introduction on how to use Lightroom, editing RAW files and JPGS. From image organizing to all of the output options, this class will cover everything you need to know to get started with Lightroom. Participants will need to bring their Wifi compatible laptop and have a working knowledge of the device. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $5 Environmental Photography meets 3D Printing: BOTANIFICATION Mitzi Campbell, Darlene Farris-LaBar and Don Miller August 4 - 8 Consider the significance of plant life within the ecosystem and as natural works of art. This 3-part workshop will take you directly into the field to learn about and photograph the many amazing plants on our campus and then to work with 3D design technology to digitally sculpt

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your favorite botanicals. Miller, a naturalist, will lead walks and talks throughout the landscape, while photographer, Campbell will show you how to get up close with plant life to get your best photos of the most interesting specimens. Then you will bring it all back to the studio with Farris-LaBar, for 3D design and digital modeling. Participants will create their own models and photos of a sampling of the beautiful and essential plants that propagate our natural world. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Wet Plate Collodion Basics: Tintypes and Ambrotypes CJ Harker August 4 - 8 Participants will learn the basics of the wet collodion process including tintypes and ambrotypes. We will discuss best practices, handling and mixing chemicals as well as preparing, processing and finishing images. We will work with basic box cameras as well as large format view cameras to make unique, one-of-a-kind photographs on glass and metal. Beginner Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $190 Through a Glass Darkly: Imagination, Fantasy, and Reality Laurie Klein with Nicole Cudzillo August 11 - 15 By understanding your process as a visual thinker you can learn to express your imagination. Consider that we are all story tellers and delve into our deep imaginative creative 28

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process. Through a variety of exercises such as meditation, looking at other photographers’ images, and going into states of heightened awareness we will learn to gain clarity on what we want our images to communicate. We will be joined by Nicole, a talented photographer, makeup artist and model who, as a guide, adds a dimension and vantage point to the creative process. We will be photographing daily with models in the incredible Peters Valley landscape; a perfect venue for excavating your inner most stories, wandering to bodies of water, into the wilderness, cemeteries, and historic structures. There will be daily assignments and critiques. Advanced Beginner to Professionals Tuition: $ 650 Studio/Materials Fee: $200 Nighttime Sublime: Starlight, Flashlights, and Fireflies Rick Wright August 19 - 22 This nearly pitch-black lunar cycle unlocks a chance to peer into the sublime side of night, to “see” with our camera the unseeable truths swimming below perception. We will have an opportunity to: paint (with light) a few historic buildings and forests, capture the spin of the earth via star trails, and render the dance of bright fireflies. We’ll slow down at night, and sometimes work on just one single image per night. Yes, exposures can be as long as 1-hour (or more)! We will start class at 1pm; spending time in the digital lab learning new techniques, processing imagery, printing, and viewing inspirational photos. Then, after dinner (which

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is included in the tuition fee), the really fun work begins as we head into the pitch-black, moonless night to surprise ourselves with hidden worlds. This workshop will run until 11pm. Intermediate Tuition: $525 (includes dinner) Studio/Materials Fee: $55 Image, Object, Text: Photo Zines and Books Jeannette Rodriguez-Pineda August 25 - 29 Through the exploration of archive and personal history in photo-based zines/book arts, participants will expand their knowledge of storytelling through image, text, and sequence. Experimenting with various applied techniques such as, collage, image transfers and basic binding, participants will design and construct a personal zine/book. Participants are responsible for bringing their own photographs (printed and/or digital), drawings, excerpts of text, and any special collage materials they might like to use. We will use the on-site digital facility to print any necessary images and layouts via Photoshop. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $20 Intermediate Photoshop for Landscape Photographers Greg Miller September 2 - 3 Have you ever been frustrated because you can’t make your landscape photo look exactly

right in Lightroom or Photoshop? If so, it’s time to learn more advanced techniques in Photoshop and unleash its power. Learn how to use layer masks, blending modes, adjustment layers and how to increase contrast while not increasing apparent saturation. Working in both Photoshop and Lightroom participants will become familiar with which platform handles specific adjustments more effectively. Bring your laptop and several images that you want to work on, and settle in for an enlightening weekend of learning. Intermediate to Advanced Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $5 Exploring the Landscape Lori Ryan September 9 - 10 Explore the Peters Valley Landscape with your DSLR in hand and photograph stunning scenery while learning optimal camera settings and techniques to help you maximize your “keepers”. We will spend Saturday photographing various scenes while discussing how light, color and composition work in harmony to shape the land and create a mood. Sunday we will gather as a group with our laptops and discuss editing techniques to achieve the most appealing images possible. Adjusting for color and contrast, sharpening, cropping, and other

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skills will be utilized for finished images. Working knowledge of manual camera settings and basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom is needed. Prepare to do a lot of walking. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Fall Foliage in the Water Gap Tim Jacobsen October 14 - 15 Explore breathtaking fall foliage in the Delaware Water Gap. A professional photographer will take you on a classic experience designed to improve your photography skills while photographing the beauty of autumn at Peters Valley. Get personal attention and learn how to take your photography to a higher level, whether you are a beginner or more experienced photographer. We will meet for classroom instruction, but we will spend most of the time in the field at unique locations of Peters Valley shooting the beautiful landscape including; ponds, swamps, streams, flora and fauna, bridges, architecture, while enjoying the truly amazing scenery of the Delaware Water Gap. The schedule will be flexible so participants have some ability to make the workshop unique. Beginner Tuition: $315

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Solar Plate Etching Judith Bodman May 13 - 14 Solar plate etching is a process of using UV light to expose light weight zinc plates that have a light sensitive emulsion. They can be exposed using sunlight but we will also use a vacuum light device for exposure. Judith learned this method from Dan Welden, who is the originator of this technique and author of the definitive book on the subject, Printmaking in the Sun co-authored with Pauline Muir. Utilizing this, non-toxic printmaking process, participants will prepare positives that will be used to expose plates using transparent film. With this method plates can be created to print like a traditional etching or created to print in a relief method. We will also use aquatint screens in a two step process to create gradation of values. This method of printing is a blast! No previous experience is necessary but always helpful. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Border Book: Text & Image Sandra C. Fernandez May 20 - 21 A Border Book is a structure that allows multiple possibilities for imagery and text. The border book is a format, not a particular type of binding, but it folds down to a book that can be of any size. It is a fun structure that could be read page-by-page or at once, when extended out. The content of the book could be developed by your favorite medium(s), whether it is painting, drawing, printmaking and sewing; utilizing photographs or collaged elements. We will explore different ways of incorporating text with the imagery, depending on the medium you choose for the entire book. Bring paints and drawing materials, memorabilia of different sorts, old prints that have been carved or etched (we have a press for intaglio and relief), threads and needles, stamps and decorative paper book making materials will be provided. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $40

From Beads to Baubles Liz Mitchell June 2 - 4 Glass beads, sparkling jewelry, and playing with fire – you’ll get this and more in this fun 3 day workshop. If the colors don’t get you hooked, the mesmerizing act of winding molten glass around a metal rod will! Enter the fascinating world of glass bead making where you’ll learn how to make basic glass beads and use surface decorations such as dots, hearts, trapped air bubbles to embellish them. Along with making beads, you’ll learn about basic jewelry tools and techniques to make earrings and pendants. Whether you’re a beginner or already know lampworking basics, this class will enhance your skills and leave you with some beautiful handmade jewelry. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Capturing Creativity Laurie Klein & Julia Strayer June 10 - 11 This exciting new workshop is open to all artists, craftspeople, photographers, and writers! Creativity is that elusive flutter of light at the edge of your vision that seems to disappear when you look directly at it. Even if you’re quiet and sneak up, it often winks out before you can grab it. In this two-day workshop, we’ll use a variety of fun improvisational games, crossdiscipline exercises, and heightened emotional observation, to entice creativity and generate new boundary stretching material. We’ll also share the secret to capturing your ideas and keeping creativity close by. Tuition: $315 Craft Yourself Online! Ennis Carter, Social Impact Studios June 9 - 11 Spreading the word today can be challenging. But with so many new forms of media, it’s a great time to represent your work and your journey as a craftsperson online. You just need the skills to make the most of what’s available. In this workshop we’ll review theory about

online communications; review the ins & outs of online tools; and dive in for hands-on practice (with your laptop or tablet) to fit your individual style and needs. We will cover; best ways to showcase your work online, building or joining artist & gallery websites, how social media can be a tool for working artists, online promotion & advertising, building a global community of people who love your work. Whether you need a basic website or to dive into social media, you’ll have the opportunity to focus on what fits you and your abilities the best. By the end of the workshop, we want you to walk away with the basics in place, knowledge of tools, and the skills to enhance your online presence over time. Participants will need to bring their WiFi-compatible laptop or tablet and have a good working knowledge of the device and applications on it. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $415 Glass Lamination Sasha Zhitneva June 16 - 20 Learn how to work with adhesives to combine the functionality of modern architectural glazing substrates with the tradition of stained glass artistry and take it even further. Participants will learn and practice technical steps of glass lamination, such as a glass fitting and panel assembly, building a dam, mixing and pouring laminating compound and imagery layering. Learn about the character and qualities of light and ways of manipulating those by means of composing a laminated panel. As we explore how to design

for a particular desired outcome, we are going to use clear glass properties such as transparency, translucency/opacity, and textural variety as our palette. Blocking, redirecting, reducing or enhancing light; alternating luminosity and vibrancy of it; creating glass panels that work/ are visible in both daylight and at night, as well as effective ways of combining glass with various properties in one panel, will be among subjects we are to cover. Participants will create several tiles or a moderate size panel that pertain to those situations and can be later used as reference material. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $80 Plein Air Painting: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Anthony Migliaccio June 23 - 25 Join Anthony Migliaccio for three full-days of painting the beautiful fields, forests, streams and stunning vistas of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This workshop is open to all experience levels from beginner to advanced. Beginners will be guided through the fundamentals of plein air painting and experienced painters will hone their skills and experience new ways to improve their work. Emphasis will be on capturing the moment quickly through composition, value, color theory and more. Participants can expect to complete 4-6 paintings. There will be constructive critiques and demonstrations will be done in oil but acrylics are suitable too. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $415

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Introduction to Lampworking Stephanie Maddalena July 1 - 2 In this workshop you will learn the basics of lampworking, or glass bead making using ancient Venetian techniques. Lampworked glass beads have become very popular and this will be a great chance to learn how to manipulate and combine colorful rods of glass into beautiful shapes and beads. No experience is necessary but if you have some experience you will have the chance to work with the instructor on more advanced techniques. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Watercolor: Wet, Wild and Wonderful Jane Brennan July 7 - 11 Watercolor is a very versatile and in many ways a very forgiving painting medium. It allows a spontaneity that most other painting mediums do not. We will work en plein air in the picturesque environment of Peters Valley, as well as indoors, learning to react to not only our subject matter but also to the ways the medium can be manipulated and controlled to achieve desired results. Jane will share her

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skills and methods so that you can continue to explore subject matter, composition and all the wonders that watercolors offer at home. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $5 Plein Air Woodcuts Dominique Ellis July 14 - 16 Come work in different locations around Peters Valley to create woodcuts from the natural landscape. In partnership with the National Park Service, the history and landscape surrounding Peters Valley has great hiking and cycling options for a weekend excursion. We will take our sketchbooks and woodblocks and visit Millbrook Village, Old Mine Road, and the McDade Recreational Trail. In the afternoon, we will return to campus and print your woodblocks. Working in the natural light of day, we will discuss how to do chiaroscuro, where we use tonal contrasts between light and dark to carve three-dimensional forms in the woodblock. You will learn how to register and print in black and white, a color-reduction woodcut and how to print two blocks to create one image. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $50

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Mask Arts: Myth, Portrait & More Lauren Raine July 21 - 25 Although masks are works of art, they are also by their nature interactive. As “vessels for our stories” they often seem to invite collaboration. In this intensive workshop we’ll draw on our mythic imaginations as we learn to make masks and leather sculpture. Is there a Persona that awaits a face, a story? Participants will learn to sculpt from their own faces, creating durable theatrical masks and artwork. The mask or sculpture is created from different grades of vegetable tanned leather, which is shaped when wet, dried, stiffened, set with latex enamel, then painted and embellished. We will also touch on masks for personal iconography, portraiture, storytelling, educational purposes, and even community performance. No experience is necessary, and you take home the means to continue the investigation. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $45 Glass Mosaics Cynthia Fisher July 21 - 23 Glass mosaics are colorful, fun to make, and last forever. Come learn about color and the mosaic palette, how tile shape creates visual texture, how layout of patterns (opus) affect design and more. We will be learning and using the indirect method to create your mosaic on a panel. Mosaics can be made directly, by

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attaching mosaic pieces to a substrate, or they can be made in the indirect method, where they are first laid on contact paper and then transferred to a final substrate. The numerous benefits of working indirectly will be fully presented. This workshop is ideal for those who have some experience in mosaics OR are willing to jump right in and tackle an ambitious first project. Come with an idea – realistic, abstract, or decorative – or find inspiration in a mosaic source book. Beginner to Advanced Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 Traditional Intaglio Printmaking Judith Bodman July 28 - August 1 In this class we’ll have five days to explore this centuries old printmaking process from start to finish. Participants will work on copper plates and use Ferric Chloride to etch the metal as it’s far less toxic than using acids. Judith has been creating etchings for over 40 years and has a real passion for this amazing printmaking process. We will also explore working with aquatints, which gives the etching all it’s different values or tone and will print using an etching press. Each participant should have several small plates ready to edition by completion of this course. No prior experience is necessary but if you have made etchings before we’ll explore some new techniques with you. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $130

Encaustic on Paper Clare Murray Adams August 4 - 8 While encaustic wax and paint is most often worked on a solid surface such as wood, it also lends itself to working on a paper substrate in thin layers. It can be translucent or more transparent allowing underneath layers of color or imagery to be visible. We will focus on layering papers and imagery through collage, using stencils, transferring imagery from photocopies, and burning/branding the paper. By working on a variety of papers from heavy weight such as printmaking papers to very thin handmade papers, participants will experience the versatility of working with wax on paper. Participants will also experience several bookmaking structures including accordion fold, Japanese stab binding, and single/multiple signatures. Work will include experimenting with sewn paper, by hand or machine, and constructing sculptural paper forms using newly created encausticized papers. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

The Quilted Monoprint Dominique Ellis August 11 - 15 Inspired by the quilts of Geeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bend, this workshop explores monoprinting through the processes of woodcut, dry point, collagraphs, direct trace drawing and printing techniques on a variety of surfaces. The relationship between textiles and printmaking has developed over the centuries and we will look at the historical and contemporary applications of how quilting and printing combine. We will use hand printing methods combined with the printing press, sewing by hand and with the sewing machine to create abstract compositions on paper and fabric. We will incorporate printing techniques like Chine-collĂŠ and stenciling, with the use of sewing patterns and appliquĂŠ to create unique monoprints that reference the expanded field of the applied arts. This course is perfect for students of all levels who want to understand better repeat patterning, gain knowledge of how to make large work on a small press and break free of the edition process in printmaking. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $85

Cordwainer Craft: Making Classic Handmade Leather Shoes Molly Grant August 25 - 29 The Cordwainer Shoe workshop begins with an introduction by Molly Grant, which includes a brief history of the Cordwainer Shop, founded in 1925. Then each participant will be invited to talk about themselves and own call to shoe making. Using original tin patterns from the 1920s, learn about basic pattern-making and in this steady-paced class will move forward from there. From start to finish, this process is 100% hands-on shoe work. Choose from an array of leathers to design shoes to your exact foot measurement. From cutting the leather, lacing the uppers together and culminating with hand-lacing the soles to the uppers, Cordwainer shoes are unique in the world of shoemaking. The final product will leave you feeling amazed and proud of your unique shoes. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $250 Making Musical Instruments from Found Materials Jay Kreimer August 25 - 29 Explore the vast and surprising sound making possibilities hidden in common materials, and develop that exploration into finished instruments. Junk heaps, thrift stores, hardware

stores and your own basement, kitchen, and garage hold surprising reserves of sound making materials. Examples include hollow core doors, metal decorations, chain saw return springs, ping pong balls, skewers, metal bowls and on and on. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make simple pickups to amplify virtually anything. You will cut, drill, solder, screw, glue, and recombine materials. You will practice sounding your developing instruments daily and learn basic improvisation moves. Your capacity to listen deeply to the world around you will grow. The course ends with a short performance, a group improvisation on the finished instruments. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $35 Printing with Colored Clay Mitch Lyons September 2 - 4 Learn to make monoprints using colored clays and colored slips, not ink, to make Clay prints on a fiber substrate pulled from a slab of wet clay. Mitch will demonstrate a variety of techniques, as well as show participants how to make their own pastels to use for color. He will also demonstrate how to make colored slips and colored clays to be used for the design. This is a hands-on workshop with plenty of time to work. Get ready to use clay and printmaking in a whole different way! Beginner Tuition: $ 415 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

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Introduction to Wood Milling Tom Horsfield May 13 (Rain Date May14) Learn the basics of how to use a Wood Mizer Portable Sawmill to cut logs into dimensional lumber and slabs of wood with the artist in mind. Topics of discussion will include: safety, choosing wood, size, specific cuts, and drying techniques and the different types of effects that can be achieved with each mill. Each participant will take home a selection of lumber for their personal use. Bring your truck, van or roof rack and take advantage of this CUT-UP. Please do not bring your own wood for sawing because materials are provided with tuition Blacksmithing. Tuition: $250

From Tree to Lathe: Focus on the Perfect Bowl Dennis Fuge May 27 - 29 Learn to turn the “Perfect Bowl” by learning how to identify the most common trees in the North East and the best ways to use them. Beginning with rough logs, topics covered will include: green wood turning, grain orientation, design, proper use of tools and finishing and decorative techniques. This workshop will also include using metals and resins to make your bowls POP. Dennis will share his 45 years of turning experience with a focus on how to bring out the beauty in any piece of wood. No previous experience is necessary. Beginner Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $45

Turned Wood Bowls: Beyond the Basics Keith Tompkins May 20 - 21 This course is designed for the turner who wants to bring their bowl turning abilities to a whole new level. Problems such as torn grain, sanding marks, and frequent catches continue to frustrate many turners; this two-day course is designed to help eliminate these problems. In addition to helping solve technical issues, a strong emphasis on design considerations will be placed, helping participants to better understand and improve the shapes they create. In order to participate you should have some bowl turning experience, including some knowledge of mounting work and sharpening tools. Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $40

Table Saw Techniques Ellen Kaspern June 2 - 6 Come learn table saw techniques used in woodworking while making a few small projects. Topics covered will include; ripping boards to width, cross cutting multiple boards to length, plunging on to the saw to make stop cuts, cutting grooves, dadoes, rabbets, bevels and flush cutting. Hands-on work will teach joinery used in furniture making such as miters, tenons and splines. Expect to leave with basic skills and an understanding of the table saw. Skills learned in this class can be applied to making tables, boxes and cabinets. If you have prior experience this class will help you refresh and refine your table saw skills. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

The Bandsaw: A Maker’s Tool James McNabb June 9 - 13 The bandsaw is one of the most underestimated machines in most wood shops. Come explore a variety of traditional and non-traditional methods of using the bandsaw in the development of several small projects. Participants will learn how to safely and confidently use this machine to generate a variety of forms and apply beautiful surface textures. We will discuss how bandsaws work, and how to properly care and maintain them to ensure optimum performance. Workshop participants will produce a band saw box, a decorative spoon/utensil and a variety of experimental bandsaw cut objects and ornaments. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $560 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Segmented Woodcarving Keunho Peter Park June 16 - 20 Segmented woodcarving is a great way to create free organic forms out of many smaller pieces of wood found easily in your scrap bin or cut outs. This workshop will provide you the opportunity to learn how to use hand carving and shaping tools (gouge, rasp, file, scraper, etc.) and power tools (angle grinder, die grinder, jointer, circular saw, band saw, etc.) in a safe and effective manner while learning segmented

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woodcarving. You will start by making a mediumto-large size vessel to learn the technique and then you will be free to explore your own ideas. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $85 Design and Build a Small Side Table Ken Burton June 23 - 27 Whether you are new to the craft or have a few projects under your belt, this class will give you the opportunity to enhance your woodworking chops as you design and build your own table. What kind of table? That’s up to you. Coffee tables, side tables, sofa tables, writing desks, even modest-sized kitchen tables are all fair game. Come with some idea of what you might like to make and seasoned woodworking veteran Ken Burton will help you design a piece that is in keeping with your own personal aesthetic. Depending on your level of expertise, we’ll cover basics such as stock preparation and mortise-and-tenon joinery. For those with a little more experience, we’ll delve into topics such as shaped legs (carved, tapered, and/or curved) and even bent wood. Want to add a drawer or two? No problem, we can do that, too. Just show up with plenty of enthusiasm and we’ll send you home with some new skills and a nice piece of furniture to boot. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $150

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Seat Caning and Weaving Zandalee Montero July 1 - 3 This is a workshop for beginners looking to learn the art of chair caning and seat weaving. This will be a great introduction to some of the common types of seat weaving as well as a tutorial of the basic seven steps to hand caning a chair. Participants will work on samples in class that can then be applied to future projects at home. Beginner Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $45

demystifying the myth of casting with polyester resin and creating your own pen blanks will be worked on daily. We will work with Alumilite and show how to make your own colored pen blanks. Different finishing techniques will be demonstrated and practiced throughout the course including an easy CA glue finish. When you are finished with your pen masterpieces, we will discuss how to market them. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $200

Spoon Carving Patrick Alan Diette July 7 - 9 Patrick will discuss and demonstrate the basics of green wood spoon carving using traditional tools and methods. The workshop will include green wood selection, spoon blank preparation, spoon design and carving methods using a hatchet, sloyd knife, bent knife and bent gouge. Some previous carving experience with traditional methods and tools is preferred. You will need to have some previous experience carving with a hatchet and knives to get the full benefit of this workshop. Spoon carving using traditional tools and methods is physically demanding. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $60

Sculptural Stringed Instrument Making Beth Ireland & Keunho Peter Park July 21 - 25 Come join us and make your own sculptural string instrument! Whether you are a musician who wants to learn woodworking to make your instrument, a woodworker who would like to learn the elements of string instrument or someone just looking for a fun week, this is the class for you. Two professional woodworker/ artists will guide you through the safe use of power tools including the band saw, drill press, router, sander and circular saw and also stationary tools such as a woodcarving gouge, rasp, file, scraper and more. Participants will learn sculptural wood carving, shaping and forming to create your own individualized instrument parts. You will also learn the fundamentals of the string instrument including scale length, acoustics, fretting and stringing applicable to all stringed instruments. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $100

Turning Fine Writing Instruments Barry Gross July 14 - 18 Participants of all experience levels are welcome to come learn a variety of techniques to take their pen making to the next level. Concentration on the fit & finish of a pen will be stressed daily along with thinking creatively to enhance your abilities. Tool techniques, sharpening, troubleshooting your problem pens and discussions on which is the best plating that is used for a pen are just some of the topics for discussion. How to stabilize wood so it will not blow apart on you will be demonstrated and practiced! Students will work with a variety of materials including but not limited to the following: exotic wood, stabilized wood, acrylics, polymer clay and 41

Boxes: From Bandsaw to Lathe Beth Ireland July 28 - August 1 This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of box making techniques utilizing the bandsaw and the lathe. Beth will cover safe use of the lathe, bandsaw and carving tools in a supportive atmosphere. Participants will make a variety of simple boxes which will then be personalized through surface techniques such as inlay, painting and carving. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $85

Carving Wooden Jewelry Sarah Martin August 4 - 8 Looking to put your small scraps of wood to good use? Discover the potential of this unconventional material to make beautiful jewelry. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll cover how to safely carve on a small scale with both knives and dremels, and then how to transform these carvings with surface embellishment, findings and finishing techniques. You will have multiple pieces at the completion of the course and a new perspective on the potential of wood as a material and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty in small scale works. No previous woodworking or jewelry making experience required! Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $90 Beginning Woodturning Tom Kingshill August 11 - 15 The magic of woodturning is beginning with a simple piece of wood and enjoying the fact that there is no way to know exactly what that piece

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will turn out to be when it is done. While we may be able to pay great attention to creating a smooth, flowing curve in the profile and interior, the piece finds its true finish once the turning stops. Participants will learn tool selection & sharpening, wood selection, lathe setup, basic safety, sanding & finishing and will see how to find the bowl with the tree. Projects may include a carving mallet, oil lamp, wine stoppers, green wood bowl, dry wood bowl and a natural edge bowl. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $595 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 The Art of Upholstery Narciso Montero August 19 - 22 This workshop is a great introduction to upholstery techniques and tools used for furniture, auto and marine applications. Participants will gain hands-on experience through the teardown and upholstery of a basic piece of furniture, such as a dining room chair. Please plan on bringing your own piece of furniture to work on or consider repurposing a locally acquired piece.

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The skills and knowledge learned will enable you to continue on with larger, more advanced projects at home. All interested participants, as well as all experience levels, are welcome. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $505 Studio/Materials Fee: $75 Learn to make Japanese Kumiko Matt Kenney September 2 - 4 Kumiko is the Japanese technique for making beautiful lattice-work. In this workshop, participants will make two boxes decorated with this technique. Work begins with the boxes, and participants will learn everything from how to cut accurate miter joints to applying a quick, beautiful shellac finish. After the boxes are made, we’ll slow down and work carefully through the process of making kumiko panels for the boxes. We’ll consider design, construction, and assembly. A combination of both hand and power tools will be utilized. Beginner to Intermediate Tuition $415 Studio/Materials Fee: $155

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Wood & Trees Jim Fawcett October 7 - 8 It may appear obvious that wood comes from trees, but often the tree is lost in the lumber. If we can learn to see the tree in the board and work with it to express its nature then we will both honor the tree and improve our design. Wood’s strength gives it its utility; its natural growth patterns can add meaning beyond surface decoration. Using simple tools: block plane, spokeshave, rasp and sandpaper (with a minor use of the bandsaw and the drill press) we will make wooden shapes and explore the potential of wood as it comes from the lumber yard. Beginner and Beyond Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $30 Turning a Simple Box Don Metz October 14 - 15 If you have some basic turning experience and want to take your skills to the next level this class is for you. Come spend the weekend in the woodshop learning new turning skills while making some beautiful keepsake boxes. Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Tuition: $315 Studio/Materials Fee: $35

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Youth programs Ages 13 - 17 Beginning Blacksmithing Mace Vitale April 29 - 30 This workshop will provide you with a wonderful introduction into the amazing world of blacksmithing. Participants will learn the basic techniques from tapers to scrolls, bending, forming, hot punching and drifting, hot cutting, basics of tool usage and selection from hammers to tongs to anvils and vises! Expect to leave with a baseline understanding of hot forging of steel, coal forge maintenance and tool use. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never too late or early to start blacksmithing! Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $65 Intermediate Blacksmithing for Teens Jacob Brown May 27 - 29 Come further develop your technical repertoire of skill and Blacksmithing techniques. The course will cover tool-making techniques and basic heat-treating of tool steels, as well as some traditional joinery techniques. Students will also be given time for a smaller more involved project of their own design. Participants must have prior blacksmithing experience. Tuition: $300 Studio/Materials Fee: $75

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Lapidary Techniques for Cabochon Jewelry John Latsko August 21 - 23 See description on page 46. Beginning Blacksmithing Jacob Brown September 9 - 10 Learn the basics of forging and manipulating steel using a coal forge, while gaining a working skill set and understanding in the use of blacksmithing tools and techniques. Students will have the opportunity to make several small projects ranging from hooks and spoons, to a coat rack. No prior forging experience is required. Tuition: $200 Studio/Materials Fee: $65 A Voyage Beyond the Basics of Blacksmithing Andy Upright October 7 - 8 This workshop is for teens ages 13-17, who have at least one basic class already under their belt. Students will move onto more advanced techniques such as forge welding, designing and executing a more complex piece of ironwork, riveting, and more tool making. Show up ready to get right to work and have fun! Tuition: $200 Studio/Materials Fee: $65

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Youth programs Ages 10 - 12 Photography Fun in the Sun Ailsa Stevenson July 10 - 14 In this workshop we will explore different ways to use the sun to make photographic images. People have been using light to make pictures for almost 200 years, and until recently the only light they used was from the sun! We will be using older processes like making sun prints and anthotypes, which means using plant matter to make pictures. We will then use light sensitive dye to print our photos onto t-shirts! We will also do transfers of our pictures onto wood or other materials. For our grand finale we will turn our studio into a Camera Obscura, a giant camera you can walk around in! In this class students will learn the origins of photography by learning simple processes that use natural materials and light to make pictures! We will also do fun experiments with lenses and filters to learn how light and photography work together. Tuition: $275 Studio/Materials Fee: $40 All About Paper Raechel Eddy July 24 - 26 Paper is something we use every day, and lots of it! Did you know that the average American uses 700 pounds of paper in just one year? What can you make with paper after you have used it once? Find out in this three day workshop! Make your very own paper out of recycled materials using

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ancient techniques from when paper was first invented! Experiment with different kinds of paper and learn what you can make best with them. Bring your creative mind and a sense of adventure! Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $50 Pottery Bonnie Hull August 7 - 11 Clay, in wet form can be formed into all sorts of shapes by pinching, coiling, connecting slabs, carving, stamping, extruding and thrown on the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel. From bowls to animals or tiles, the sky is the limit. Learn about the properties of clay and how it can be shaped into what you imagine then see how it is transformed by heat when fired in a kiln. Students will learn how to throw pottery forms on the wheel and decorate them in this fun filled class. Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $35 Lapidary Techniques for Cabochon Jewelry John Latsko August 21 - 23 This is an amazing opportunity for young artists to learn about polishing stones to make cabochon jewelry! Selecting stones, polishing by hand and demonstrations of machine polishing, cutting and setting will all be covered in a safe, fun environment. Come explore the exciting world and limitless possibilities of making jewelry with stones! Tuition: $200

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Youth programs Ages 7 - 9 Fun with Clay Bonnie Hull July 17 - 21 Students will learn about the many ways that clay can be shaped, decorated and transformed. They will explore hand building by pinching, coiling and constructing with slabs and then explore the potter’s wheel by learning towedge, center, open and shape forms. An assortment of projects will be completed by each student. Tuition:$275 Materials Fee: $35 Look and Listen: Handmade Instrument Workshop Katie Shlon July 31 - August 4 In this workshop, students will practice intentional listening in nature, construct handmade instruments, and explore the joys of improvised music. No music experience is necessary for this course. Students will be encouraged to consider that anything and everything can be heard as music and used as an instrument so long as they keep their ears and eyes open. Staying mindful of our natural environment, we will use recycled objects for permanent instruments and make temporary “earthworks” instruments with natural objects. To celebrate our new listening skills and handmade instruments, students will give a final performance for their classmates

and parents in the surrounding National Park. Students will go home with their instruments and recordings of sound & music from the week. Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $30 Experiments in Color Elsa Haarstad August 14 - 16 Through learning about the color wheel, we will explore the impact that different colors and color relationships can have on the feeling of a painting. We will explore the relationship of lines, shapes, and patterns through painting, paper cuts, and tessellations in order to learn all about the color wheel and the impact of color. Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $25 Painting Yourself into History Elsa Haarstad August 21 - 23 Think about your favorite painting. How would it look if it were painted today? Would Mona Lisa be wearing headphones? Would there be televisions on the walls of Matisse’s paintings? In this imaginative course students will learn about the three main concentrations of painting in history – portraits, landscapes, and still-lives – by modernizing famous works of art and putting themselves into the paintings. Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $25

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taking Workshops at peters valley On-Campus Lodging Lodging for workshop participants is available on the Peters Valley campus in our rustic farmhouses. The accommodations are basic and â&#x20AC;&#x153;no frillsâ&#x20AC;?. Rooms have two twin beds, share a bathroom and are not air conditioned. The fee is $45 per night. There are a very limited number of single rooms, rooms that do have air conditioning, and two rooms that have a private bath. Additional fees are charged and reservations are made on a firstcome, first-serve basis by calling the office.

Meals Freshly prepared meals are served in the Peters Valley Dining Hall during workshop sessions. Lunches are included in the tuition cost for the workshop for all participants. Breakfast & dinner can be purchased separately as a meal plan or pay as you go at the dining hall. Dinner is available the evening before the workshop begins for an additional cost of $15 and may be paid at the door. Dinner is not served on the last day of the workshop. Please see our website for pricing information. Students are encouraged to bring along snacks to enjoy when the dining hall is closed.

Location We are located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area along the Delaware River in Layton, NJ.

Refunds & Cancellation Policy Except for a $50 cancellation fee and the $30 registration fee, all fees are refundable if notice is given 30 days prior to start of workshop. No refunds will be made after that date. No refunds will be given if a student withdraws after a workshop begins. Peters Valley School of Craft reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to low enrollment or an emergency. If a cancellation should occur, students will be notified and will have the option of taking another course or receiving a full refund. Please review our policies and procedures on our website www.petersvalley.org. We are happy to answer your questions. Please call our office at 973-948-5200 9-5pm weekly.

Wellness and Your Studio Practice with Missy Graff Mondays, 5:15pm - 6:00pm at the PV Church Open to all levels $15 per person Wellness for Makers is dedicated to motivating and empowering artists through education and mindful living. Our weekly classes at Peters Valley will offer artists and craftsmen the skills they need to improve the longevity of their hands and bodies. Each class will include a mix of background information, such as how knots develop in the body, and practical instruction, such as different ways to increase blood flow, circulation, and flexibility. Learn simple stretching and self-care techniques that can be incorporated into daily studio routines. These techniques are designed to help boost energy levels, alleviate pain, reduce the risk of injury, and improve posture. Self-care tools will be provided for the duration of the workshop. Each student will walk away with a trigger point ball, a handout, and new skills to apply to his/her studio practice.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Peters vallEy opportunities

Deadline for all applications is April 1, 2017.

Summer Studio Assistants

Ferne Williams Memorial Scholarship One full tuition scholarship for a college student fine metals workshop. Lodging also covered.

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Fiber Scholarship One full tuition scholarship for a fiber workshop. Materials, lodging and meals are also covered.

Deadline March 15, 2017 A great learning experience for emerging artists. Spend the summer working alongside Peters Valley studio managers and visiting instructors. Expand your understanding of studio operations and maintenance.

Artist Fellows

New Jersey Potter’s Guild

Deadline February 15, 2017 A unique opportunity for established artists to manage all aspects of one of Peters Valley’s studios for a six month period.

One $500 tuition scholarship for a ceramics workshop.

Artist Residencies

Huber-Weyer Youth Scholarship Four full tuition scholarships for high school students

Matriculated College Student Scholarships

Rolling Deadlines Devote yourself to your work on Peters Valley’s beautiful campus in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Available October 1 - November 29; from two to seven weeks in length.

Ten 50% tuition scholarships.

Art Educator Scholarships Four 50% tuition scholarships. Contact our office or visit our website for an application.

This catalog is available in large print upon request. info@petersvalley.org

Peters Valley is firmly committed to inclusion, diversity and equity. Peters Valley School of Craft is working together with five participating craft schools – Arrowmont, Haystack, Penland and Pilchuck – to feature the benefits of intensive studio experiences offered by our immersion workshops. To find out more about the Craft School Experience visit www.craftschools.us where you will find videos, artists stories and more. Make/Time our new podcast series hosted by Stuart Kestenbaum features conversations about craft, inspiration and the creative process. Listen to leading makers and thinkers explore fine craft, inspiration and the creative process. Make/Time now available on iTunes or through www.craftschools.us/podcast 49

events Instructor Presentations

Exhibition & Retail GallerIES

Every Friday June - August at 7pm. Free and open to the public.

Open year-round and online www.petersvalleygallery.org

Weekly Auctions

Our Sally D. Francisco Exhibition Gallery showcases five professional exhibitions each year. Our Retail Gallery represents work by over 200 artists. A curated selection of work from the gallery is available on our Online Store anytime.

Every Monday June - August at 1pm under the dining pavilion. Free and open to the public.

Open House & Studio Tours Sunday, May 7, 2017 Visit our campus, tour all of our studios and enjoy artist demonstrations. Free and open to the public.

Peters Valley Craft Fair September 23 & 24, 2017 Held at the Sussex County Fair Grounds in Augusta, NJ. 150 juried exhibiting artists, demonstrations, etc.

Benefit Event Thursday, August 17, 2017 All proceeds from this event benefit our educational programming.

Craftsmen At Work Program Peters Valley brings demonstrating artists to schools and group venues year round for on-site demonstrations and mini workshops. Contact our office or visit our website for more information about any of these events.

January 22 - February 12, 2017

High School Student Exhibition Opening Reception: Sunday, January 22, 3-5pm February 18 - March 26, 2017

Matt Kenney: 52 Boxes in 52 Weeks Opening Reception: Saturday, February 18, 5-7pm Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk at 5:30 April 8 - May 21, 2017

Posters for the People Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 5-7pm Gallery Talk at 5:30 June 3 - September 4, 2017

Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft Opening Reception: Saturday, June 3, 5-7pm Gallery Talk at 5:30 October 2017

All Things Considered IX: Basketry in the 21st Century Opening Reception & Gallery Talk date TBD

peters valley core values Peters Valley enriches lives through the learning, practice, and appreciation 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 are stewards of the creative process: from preparation, to incubation, to illumination, to verification. We strive to develop the creative abilities of all of our participants through this focus on process. We provide an inspiring natural setting, intensive instruction, the right tools, and a supportive environment to immerse oneself in making things by hand. Fresh air and respite from oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normal routine can bring fresh insights, and for some, perhaps, opportunities for peak moments, magic, and transformation. Our gallery shows, craft fairs, annual auctions, presentations at various festivals, community outreach efforts, and other programs allow us to both bring fine crafts to a wider audience, and to help shape future standards of excellence in fine crafts. We honor the tradition of crafts by continuing to experiment with new techniques and materials, in pursuit of artistic, professional, and personal growth. This is our focus and joy. We are firmly committed to inclusion, diversity and equity. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and New Jersey Historic Trust.

Windgate Charitable Foundation John A. and Margaret Post Foundation

Marie & John Zimmermann Fund

Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara Miller Foundation

www.petersvalley.org

open house & studio tours art in the park

Sunday, May 7, 2017 Open to the public 11am - 4pm, rain or shine Tour our studios, participate in hands-on activities, enjoy live music, great food and the beauty of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area!

CRAFT FAIR 2017 juried exhibition: Apply by April 1st

September 23 - 24, 2017 Sussex County Fairgrounds

150 Exhibiting Artists 10 Minutes from the Peters Valley Campus Greenheck

19 Kuhn Road Layton, NJ 07851