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Donate to the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
$10.00 – $500.00 Select options
Donate to the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
$10.00 – $500.00
All contributions go directly to the area where their impact will be the greatest. You may submit donations via credit card, or check. You may also send in donations through the mail.
The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is a 501(c)(3) organization, donations to which are deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the PA Department of State by calling toll free within PA 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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Fine Craft As A Business: Preparing for a Juried Craft Show & Business Basics
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Fine Craft As A Business: Preparing for a Juried Craft Show & Business Basics
$10.00 – $15.00
This workshop continues the series of presentations designed to assist those seeking to turn their efforts to create and sell their fine craft into a business.
Preparing for a Juried Craft show: As we enter the season where many artists are preparing to either apply to a craft show or have been accepted and are now thinking about what to do next, the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is hosting a “how-to” workshop that covers everything from business basics to applying to a juried show (including Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Fine Craft Fairs), the logistics of doing the show and some of the finer points of courtesy to fellow artists, show management and customers.
Business Basics:
Set up your business (very brief overview)-
Tax ID
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Tracking sales and expenses
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Create a checklist
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Fine Craft As A Business: Your Craft Show Experience: From Application to Exhibition to “I DID IT!”
$10.00 – $15.00 Select options
Fine Craft As A Business: Your Craft Show Experience: From Application to Exhibition to “I DID IT!”
$10.00 – $15.00
This workshop continues the series of presentations designed to assist those seeking to turn their efforts to create and sell their fine craft into a business.
Our PGC has created two brand new Fine Craft Fairs for 2024. The changes we made make these shows easier for our exhibitors – lower booth fees, pipe and drape included, and easy-to-access indoor venues – and enticing for shoppers – easy-to-find locations with good parking,
Let’s help you do your best to be accepted to our shows and be your most successful!
This workshop highlights several aspects of preparing for and exhibiting at a juried craft show with 3 topics:
- How to apply for shows
- How to properly display your work
- How to interact with folks at shows, including neighbor artists and shoppers.
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Fine Craft As A Business: Structuring Your Business & Basic Business Principles
$10.00 – $15.00 Select options
Fine Craft As A Business: Structuring Your Business & Basic Business Principles
$10.00 – $15.00
This workshop continues the series of presentations designed to assist those seeking to turn their efforts to create and sell their fine craft into a business.
Brit Peterson, Staff Attorney, Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, Penn State Law, will do a presentation on Structuring your Craft Business. She will discuss what type of entity to choose when you set up your business – such as sole proprietor, limited liability company, etc. What are the pros/cons of each, tax considerations, liability implications, etc.
Dan Hayward, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and Master Artisan in Stained Glass – will do a presentation on Basic Business Principles in operating a Craft business. He will discuss the transition from Hobby to part-time/full-time job, getting started in the business, separating your personal finances from your business, mobile payments, record-keeping, taxes, insurance, copyrighting and more.
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Fine Craft as a Business: Social Media Marketing Basics
$10.00 – $15.00 Select options
Fine Craft as a Business: Social Media Marketing Basics
$10.00 – $15.00
This workshop continues the series of presentations designed to assist those seeking to turn their efforts to create and sell their fine craft into a business.
Social media is an important part of a modern craftsperson’s marketing toolkit. This class will focus on Facebook and Instagram – Why you should post, How you make posts, and ideas for What to post. This presentation is designed for social media beginners.
About the presenter: Emily Edelstein was the Interim Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. She is a longtime student of craft and holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from Drexel University. Emily had run social media accounts for several small businesses and community groups.
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Fine Craft As A Business: Writing an Artist Statement
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Fine Craft As A Business: Writing an Artist Statement
$10.00 – $15.00
Writing an Artist Statement: Visual artists are often challenged when asked to describe their work in WORDS(!), but galleries, show applications, and others want to hear you. We’ll help get you out of some common ineffective habits when writing your artist’s statement and bio and give you useful tips to improve yours. “My art speaks for itself.” is a lovely thought, but we all know better. We need to encourage and educate our collectors. What you write and say about your work is important. Let’s learn to craft that with the care we put into our studio.
Our presenter is a PGC Master Artisan with long experience in jurying, managing, and participating in Fine Craft Fairs:
Paula Lewis, Former PGC VP Standards / PA Designer Craftsmen Board Member -
Fine Craft Fair – 2024 Summer Fine Craft Fair at the Foundry 48 – Tickets
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Fine Craft Fair – 2024 Summer Fine Craft Fair at the Foundry 48 – Tickets
$8.00
For our Summer Fine Craft Fair, we move into the beautiful, climate-controlled, easy-to-access Foundry 48 Event Center in Lititz, PA. Located in beautiful Lancaster County and situated just off PA Rt. 501 N, this event will draw customers from Lancaster, Lititz, Reading, Chester, and regional cities such as Philadelphia & Baltimore.
Foundry 48 is a new venue for the PA Guild, and we are excited to spend the weekend in this comfortable, climate controlled space offering many amenities for our artists and patrons, including convenient parking and easy load in/out. PGC’s Summer Fine Craft Fair features full & half booth spaces for up to 75 artists, many of whom do not exhibit at outdoor venues. The variety of quality fine art & craft mediums will entice shoppers who are looking for cutting edge, contemporary and upscale home furnishings, jewelry and accoutrements. Fair hours are 10-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday.
Foundry 48 is 2 miles south of the center of Lititz, PA – America’s Coolest Small Town and nine miles north of downtown Lancaster, PA. The Fine Craft Fair is open to artists from across the country.
Admission:
Admission is $10 for adults. Advance admission tickets available online prior to Sunday, June 23 at 3 pm for $8 per person. Admission is free for PGC members in good standing.
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Fine Craft Fair – Fall Fine Craft Fair at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center – Tickets
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Fine Craft Fair – Fall Fine Craft Fair at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center – Tickets
$8.00
The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center is a new venue for the PA Guild, and we are excited to spend the weekend in this comfortable, climate-controlled space offering many amenities for our artists and patrons, including convenient parking and easy load in/out. PGC’s Fall Fine Craft Fair features full & half booth spaces for up to 90 artists, many of whom do not exhibit at outdoor venues. The variety of quality fine art & craft mediums will entice shoppers who are looking for cutting edge, contemporary and upscale home furnishings, jewelry and accoutrements. Fair hours are 10-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday.
Known locally as the “Oaks Expo,” this convention and exhibition center in Oaks, PA, is located in the center of suburban Philadelphia, attracting locals from Montgomery County and Chester County, PA, as well as New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. The Fine Craft Fair is open to artists from across the country working in both Fine Art and Fine Craft.
Admission:
Admission is $10 for adults. Advance admission tickets available online prior to Sunday, September 29th at 3 pm for $8 per person. Admission is free for PGC members in good standing.