Who We Are
Elizabeth Smith Jacobs
Owner and Operator
Elizabeth has been an artist and a teacher her whole adult life. She previously owned and operated The Clay Studio in Montclair, NJ for over 25 years, as well as The Maker Studio from 2015-2020, where she taught clay and mixed media classes for kids and adults. She also hosted and facilitated many artist led workshops through out this time as well as co-taught raku and pit fire workshops.
She now takes on the roll as host, organizer, and occasional workshop leader at the newly formed New Hope Makers Studio.
To learn more, visit her website:
Peter Jacobs
Co-Director
Peter has worked and exhibited in the mediums of collage, photography, mixed media, video and installation for over 35 years. He explores formal concepts of displacement, radical juxtaposition, color theory and spatial relationships and muse with magical realism, architecture, poetry, humor, emotion and politics. His work has been installed on the streets of Montclair, a park in the mountains of France, a biennial in Poland, and in numerous galleries and museum exhibitions. Currently, Peter's ongoing series, The Collage Journal is now in it’s 21st year in which he has created a collage every day, uninterrupted, from a daily newspaper.
Kathleen Lang
Eco-Printing Workshop Leader
I live in Lambertville New Jersey where I am inspired by the beautiful and vast landscape, filled with peaceful forests and graceful waterways.
I began my journey in artistic design 20 years ago after a long career in mortgage financing and real estate sales. I pursued a fine arts degree at Bucks County Community College with an emphasis in Printmaking. Then began teaching at various venues such as Grounds for Sculpture and Arts Council of Princeton. Through this I discovered Sustainable Eco-Printing on textiles.
Environmental concerns have always been in the forefront of my work and lifestyle.
Where We Are
