Participate in this historic community art project by creatively sharing your expression of peace.
Participate in this historic community art project by creatively sharing your expression of peace.
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The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum invite the community to take part in the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project, a public art installation of handmade peace flags expressing hope, unity and goodwill. This project is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America's nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration celebrating the diversity and importance of homemade craft that defines America.
The Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum invite the community to take part in the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project, a public art installation of handmade peace flags expressing hope, unity and goodwill. This project is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America's nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration celebrating the diversity and importance of homemade craft that defines America.
Community-created flags will be displayed together across the bridge, linking the two museums. Inspired by traditional prayer flags, each piece reflects the maker’s personal interpretation of the question:
Community-created flags will be displayed together across the bridge, linking the two museums. Inspired by traditional prayer flags, each piece reflects the maker’s personal interpretation of the question:
“What does peace look like to you?”
“What does peace look like to you?”
Through symbols, colors, words, images or textures, every flag becomes a message of peace carried outward into the world.
Through symbols, colors, words, images or textures, every flag becomes a message of peace carried outward into the world.
This project carries three core values:
This project carries three core values:
Sharing Intentions: The wind helps carry our hopes for peace to all beings.
Sharing Intentions: The wind helps carry our hopes for peace to all beings.
Reflection: Making a flag is a moment to consider what peace means personally and collectively.
Reflection: Making a flag is a moment to consider what peace means personally and collectively.
Unity: When hung together, the flags create a visible expression of community harmony—many voices aligned toward peace.
Unity: When hung together, the flags create a visible expression of community harmony—many voices aligned toward peace.
Project Calendar
Project Calendar
Deadline for Submissions: May 15
Deadline for Submissions: May 15
Installation of Flags: June 1 – 12
Installation of Flags: June 1 – 12
Exhibit Opening: June 14
Exhibit Opening: June 14
Exhibition/Viewing Dates: June 14 - August 30
Exhibition/Viewing Dates: June 14 - August 30
Deinstallation: August 31 - September 1
Deinstallation: August 31 - September 1
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
STEP ONE:
STEP ONE:
Attend a FLAG MAKING WORKSHOP (all materials provided). The calendar of upcoming workshops can be found here.
Attend a FLAG MAKING WORKSHOP (all materials provided). The calendar of upcoming workshops can be found here.
AND/OR
AND/OR
Participate in the OPEN CALL FOR FLAGS: Create your own flag/s at home or host a flag-making event with friends, neighbors or community groups (clubs, guilds, churches, scout troops, etc.), using your own supplies and following the guidelines outlined below and found here in this downloadable PDF
Participate in the OPEN CALL FOR FLAGS: Create your own flag/s at home or host a flag-making event with friends, neighbors or community groups (clubs, guilds, churches, scout troops, etc.), using your own supplies and following the guidelines outlined below and found here in this downloadable PDF
STEP TWO:
STEP TWO:
a. Complete the DIGITAL ENTRY FORM which includes uploading a photo of your flag if you would like it to be included in the digital exhibit, which provides an opportunity for people from around the world to enjoy the flags online.
a. Complete the DIGITAL ENTRY FORM which includes uploading a photo of your flag if you would like it to be included in the digital exhibit, which provides an opportunity for people from around the world to enjoy the flags online.
b. Those wishing to include their flag in the digital exhibit (strongly encouraged) must also upload a well-lit photograph of the flag with a plain, white background. The photo should be 1:1 aspect ratio, square (1080px x 1080px) in a jpg file format, no larger than 100KB.
b. Those wishing to include their flag in the digital exhibit (strongly encouraged) must also upload a well-lit photograph of the flag with a plain, white background. The photo should be 1:1 aspect ratio, square (1080px x 1080px) in a jpg file format, no larger than 100KB.
c. Print the CONFIRMATION EMAIL you receive for each flag you register and pin to each flag. Please note: there is no limit to the number of flags an individual or group can submit; however, there must be a separate registration for each flag.
c. Print the CONFIRMATION EMAIL you receive for each flag you register and pin to each flag. Please note: there is no limit to the number of flags an individual or group can submit; however, there must be a separate registration for each flag.
STEP THREE:
STEP THREE:
Submit your flag via MAIL OR HAND-DELIVERY to either museum (mark packages with ATTN: Peace Flags) by MAY 15, 2026
Submit your flag via MAIL OR HAND-DELIVERY to either museum (mark packages with ATTN: Peace Flags) by MAY 15, 2026
Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Red Mill Museum Village 56 Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Red Mill Museum Village 56 Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
OPEN CALL FLAG MAKING GUIDELINES
OPEN CALL FLAG MAKING GUIDELINES
Size & Construction
Size & Construction
Each flag begins with a piece of 9" x 10.5" natural fabric (materials like cotton muslin, linen or wool are ideal) made into a 9x9" flag with a 1" channel for hanging.
Each flag begins with a piece of 9" x 10.5" natural fabric (materials like cotton muslin, linen or wool are ideal) made into a 9x9" flag with a 1" channel for hanging.
To prepare your fabric:
To prepare your fabric:
- Cut your fabric to 9” wide x 10.5” tall.
- Fold down the top 1.5” to create a 1” channel.
- Sew the fold in place. This channel allows the flags to be strung together like bunting.
Traditional peace flags often have raw edges. If you prefer finished edges, you may add a seam allowance or use binding.
Traditional peace flags often have raw edges. If you prefer finished edges, you may add a seam allowance or use binding.
Decoration & Design
Decoration & Design
Your peace flag can be expressed in any textile or fiber art method, including:
Your peace flag can be expressed in any textile or fiber art method, including:
Fabric markers, painting, stamping or natural dyes
Fabric markers, painting, stamping or natural dyes
Embroidery, quilting, needlework, applique
Embroidery, quilting, needlework, applique
Weaving, knitting, crocheting
Weaving, knitting, crocheting
Adding natural materials and embellishments that can be safely returned to the earth
Adding natural materials and embellishments that can be safely returned to the earth
Appropriate Materials
Appropriate Materials
Because the flags will hang outdoors and may eventually release fibers into the environment, only natural materials should be used. Peace flags are intended to weather and change over time. As the sun, wind and rain touch them, their fibers slowly soften and fray. This natural aging symbolizes the release of the intentions, blessings and prayers embedded in the making.
Because the flags will hang outdoors and may eventually release fibers into the environment, only natural materials should be used. Peace flags are intended to weather and change over time. As the sun, wind and rain touch them, their fibers slowly soften and fray. This natural aging symbolizes the release of the intentions, blessings and prayers embedded in the making.
Please avoid glues (including hot glue), staples, plastics, synthetics and chemical inks. Use natural threads and non-toxic, water-based dyes and paints whenever possible.
Please avoid glues (including hot glue), staples, plastics, synthetics and chemical inks. Use natural threads and non-toxic, water-based dyes and paints whenever possible.
Guiding Principle: Do not use anything you would not want in your river or drinking water.
Guiding Principle: Do not use anything you would not want in your river or drinking water.
EXAMPLE OF THE DIGITAL EXHIBIT
(Click the down arrow to read about the Peace Flag Pictured)
By Gina Sampaio of Lebanon Township, New Jersey
Building Bridges
When musing on the question, “What does peace look like to you?” my mind turned to the ideas of finding commonality and strengthening relationships. The Peace Flag project is exciting to me because its mere existence does just that for the Red Mill Museum Village and the Hunterdon Art Museum, both literally and symbolically.
I chose to represent my answer by writing the flag’s title on scraps of fabric which represent the existing bridge (yellow) and the Peace Flag project (flags). This flag was made on a muslin base with reused supplies: fabric scraps from my home stash sewn on with my (second-hand) sewing machine with cotton thread from the art supply thrift shop, where the fabric markers also came from.
By Robbie-Lynn Mwangi of M2M Textile Fellowship, Clinton, NJ
The Peace Is In The Making
Made of wool embroidery thread and cotton embroidery cloth found at the thrift store. This flag was a chance to learn a new embroidery stitch. The act of making things is where the peace is found.
Sample flag made by the Mill to Mill Textile Fellowship
Take Care of Each Other
Fabric markers on muslin.
Sample flag made by the Mill to Mill Textile Fellowship
Pieced patchwork square in quilting cotton on muslin.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
This is a curated exhibit. Submission does not guarantee inclusion in the final project.
This is a curated exhibit. Submission does not guarantee inclusion in the final project.
The Hunterdon Art Museum and the Red Mill Museum Village reserve the right to reproduce any work accepted for the display for use in marketing and public relations efforts.
The Hunterdon Art Museum and the Red Mill Museum Village reserve the right to reproduce any work accepted for the display for use in marketing and public relations efforts.
The Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project will be on view from June through August of 2026 and will naturally weather or deteriorate due to the outdoor location of the display. Flags submitted to the project will become the property of the museums and will not be returned to the makers/artists even if they are not included in the final project.
The Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project will be on view from June through August of 2026 and will naturally weather or deteriorate due to the outdoor location of the display. Flags submitted to the project will become the property of the museums and will not be returned to the makers/artists even if they are not included in the final project.
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