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Touchstone CENTER FOR CRAFTS

Pioneering Craft Education for Over 50 Years

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Benefit Dinner at AVP

Tuesday, Oct. 3rd - 6:00 PM
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Instructors of Touchstone 2023 Exhibition

through Oct. 1st.

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Pittsburgh Ceramics Collective Invitational Exhibition

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Creative Retreats & Field Trips

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Galleries and Gallery Store Open to Visitors Thursdays through Sundays 10am-4pm

WEEKEND CRAFT GETAWAYS

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Weekend workshops run through October 1st. Choose from: Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Glass, Metals & Jewelry, & Special Topics

 

Artwork pictured by workshop instructors: Addison de Lisle, Benjamin Lambert, Michael Mangiafico, Stacy Rodgers, William Pfahl, Erin Carlson

ABOUT

Founded in 1972, Touchstone’s mission is to advance excellence in the arts and crafts by educating and encouraging individuals to develop technical skills, good design, and innovative expression. We achieve this through an array of media including blacksmithing, ceramics, glass, small metals/jewelry, drawing/painting, and other special topic areas.

 

Touchstone’s 150-acre wooded campus is located in the beautiful Laurel Highlands, just 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, near Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Ohiopyle State Park, and Nemacolin Resort. Touchstone is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers immersive learning experiences to participants of all skill levels, including: 1- to 5-day workshops and date night sessions in our seven fully equipped studios; scholarships for adults, veterans, and teens; artist residencies and internships for emerging artists; facility rentals and creative retreats with hands-on studio activities for groups; and, community events, studio tours, and gallery exhibitions for the public.

Experience Touchstone

A collection of videos available to watch any time for free! Includes campus tours, artist talks and demos!

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Experience what it’s like to be a part of this creative community.

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Exhibitions

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Events

Touchstone’s 50th Anniversary is a tremendous milestone! It is also the perfect moment to activate our vision for the future.

THE NEXT 50 YEARS DEPENDS ON THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY TODAY

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Supporting creatives and rural communities.

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For general inquiries, please email info@touchstonecrafts.org

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Mission Statement: Touchstone Center for Crafts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance excellence in the arts and crafts by educating and encouraging individuals to develop technical skills, good design, and innovative expression.

Touchstone Center for Crafts condemns all acts of racism, discrimination, and senseless violence. We firmly believe that everyone has a right to dignity, respect, and equality without fear.  As an organization, we commit to listen and learn and to grow. We will continue to work to empower people to use art as a means of expression, a way to build community, and a powerful voice for change.

Touchstone Center for Crafts · 1049 Wharton Furnace Rd. · Farmington · PA 15437

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