Fine Craft as a Business Workshop
Recording Date: May 30, 2026
Length: 2.5 hours
Location: PA Guild of Craftsmen (PGC), 335 N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA, 2nd Floor  (In person and via Zoom).
Description:
Three veteran craft artists will tell the stories of how they began their careers. Often when an aspiring newcomer sees a polished and successful professional artist, they don’t see the distance traveled to get there. This workshop will shed light on what to expect when starting out, straight from the first-hand experiences of those who have done it. Our goal is to encourage and inspire, remove the intimidation factor, while also providing a realistic framework on time, effort, and investment.
Speakers:
Laura DeNardo, Photographer
Laura DeNardo received her teaching degree from Slippery Rock University and taught art for a number of years. She transitioned from teaching into graphic design, then business marketing. Laura has always been producing art from printmaking and watercolor to photography. Photography has been her passion for the past ten plus years. Laura’s photography has been sold by Ethan Allen, Create & Barrel and Ballard Designs. Laura’s formal education includes an Art and Education degree from Slippery Rock University. She has also studied at Maryland Institute College of Art and the Maine Media Workshops.
Margery Erickson, Weaver
Margery has a Master’s Degree in Education and taught high school special education for over 30 years. In the early 1990’s she took several classes in weaving. One weaving class, one yard of fabric and she was hooked. She received Master Artisan status with the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in 1991. Now retired, you will find her spending most days in her studio designing patterns, dying fiber, and weaving yards of colorful fabric. You can find her hand woven items under the label Opalessence Fiber Studio.
Michael Reimer, Printmaker
Michael Reimer received juried status with the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in 2008. He is a print maker, specializing in Gyotaku, which is Japanese Fish Printing. He has been selling his fish prints at juried art shows and online since 2003. His formal education includes an undergraduate degree in Quantitative Business Analysis from Penn State University and a Master of Management from Penn State Great Valley.
Mea Rhee, Ceramics
Mea is the owner of Good Elephant Pottery, and a PGC Master Artisan. Her work is being widely collected at prestigious craft events throughout the Northeast. She has been featured in Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Home and Garden Television (HGTV). She holds a BA in Graphic Design, and enjoyed a busy design career before becoming a full-time potter in 2010.
PGC’s Fine Craft As A Business program assists PGC members and others in navigating the business world so they can be successful in running an art/craft business and/or participating in a craft show. We do this by offering workshops and a Mentor Program to help people set up, maintain, or expand their art/craft business and to enrich their business skills in general. Workshops are open to both PGC Members and the public. The Mentor program is open only to PGC Members.
