The following is an email that was sent out from Peter's Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ. Bottom line is that they lost $78,000 in funding from the state. It would be a terrible thing is New Jersey and the art community as a whole looses this wonderful resource! If you can help, I urge you to make a donation...every little bit counts!


Dear Friends of Peters Valley,

We have a crisis! On Friday, December 4th, we received the news that our $78,000 grant from New Jersey has been frozen. No information is available about if or when it will be re-established.

The loss of the New Jersey funding on top of the short fall of workshop income and reduced expectations for future funding has created a serious financial crisis. We have taken immediate steps to restructure to improve our financial stability and to function during these difficult economic times with reduced  income, but need additional help now.

With your help and our belt tightening program, we can survive the next few months, until workshop revenues begin  to arrive.

Our board has been generously supportive. Please join them with your donation.

Donations of $500 or more will receive a special thank you gift of a signed pottery piece by Bruce Dehnert.  Bruce is head of our ceramics department and a well known ceramic artist.

Additionally we will give a special thanks to all supporters with a listing on our website.

We truly need your help now and your support is deeply appreciated.

Kristin Muller
Executive Director
Peters Valley Craft Center
19 Kuhn Road
Layton, NJ 07851
973-948-5200  ext. 201
director@petersvalley.org