Events

American Craft Made is the largest juried craft fair on the East Coast, attracting more than 10,000 dedicated collectors and enthusiasts. It features nearly 400 accomplished artists and makers alongside demonstrations, talks, and hands-on experiences.

Touchstone is participating in the School-to-Market program, showcasing work by former interns and others connected to Touchstone. Stop by to meet Erika Broas, Stacy Larson, Taylor Mezo, and Nate Weiss and explore their craftsmanship. We’ll also be featuring pieces by Dan Brockett and Anna Koplik.

About American Craft Made 2025: Now in its 48th year, the 2025 event will feature a juried selection of work from makers at all career stages and across a wide range of mediums—including ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalwork, clothing, furniture, and basketry. Visitors will have the opportunity to get to know the creators behind their favorite pieces while discovering innovative work that celebrates longstanding craft practices and pushes the boundaries of what craft can be.

Single-day tickets and weekend passes can be reserved in advance here, or purchased onsite at the box office.

Artists Representing Touchstone

Erika Broas is a multidisciplinary artist, who most often can be found making metal objects and jewelry. She graduated with a BFA in metals in 2015 from Grand Valley State University, in Allendale, MI. Broas has been working as an independent jeweler since 2021, focusing on fabrication, stone setting, and forging gold, sterling silver, and steel. Alongside teaching workshops at Eastern US craft schools, they do freelance collaborative work with artists, design and create custom pieces for clients, and make production works for their jewelry line, Erika Blair.
Touchstone 2018-2019 Small Metals Studio Intern
2023-2025 Instructor

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Stacy Larson is originally from Minnesota, and currently an Artist-in-Residence at LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln, NE. She received an MFA in Ceramics from West Virginia University and her BFA in Ceramics and Jewelry from Syracuse University. Stacy recently concluded two years of board service as the Student Director at Large of NCECA. Her work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and in galleries throughout the United States.
Touchstone 2017 Ceramics Studio Intern
2018-2023 Office & Gallery Coordinator
2024 Artist-in-Residence

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Nate Weiss is a metalsmith residing in Johnstown. His metalworking education was self-directed starting in 2013, learning from craft schools such as Penland, Touchstone, and Peter’s Valley. Nate has worked as a professional metalsmith for several years, doing anything from architectural ironwork, to goldsmithing. This has allowed for him to cultivate a unique skillset, the influences of which can be seen in his work. Focusing on traditional forging techniques, with an interest in benchwork, Nate’s aim is to create one of a kind objects that are dense with detail and ornamentation in an effort to elevate ordinary objects to ceremonial.
Touchstone 2018-2019 Blacksmithing Studio Intern
2022-2024 Instructor

Artists Work on Display

Dan Brockett has been creating handwoven baskets from willow grown on his 12-acre property, Foggy Blossom Farm, in Leechburg, PA since 2018. He is a self-taught weaver focused on sharing the sustainability, functionality and natural beauty of his material. He teaches basketry workshops throughout the United States that focus on traditional European weave patterns and techniques.
Touchstone 2023 Open House Demonstrator
2024-2025 Instructor 

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Anna Koplik received her BFA in Jewelry from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY where she discovered her love for metalwork and forging. After graduating she shifted her focus to blacksmithing and began traveling, working at crafts schools and as a journeyman architectural smith, teaching blacksmithing workshops, and going on adventures whenever possible. Her personal work focuses mainly on tool and utensil making, and combining functionality with a refined, delicate aesthetic. Anna has worked at a variety of shops, including Atlas Forge, Caleb Kullman Studio, and Spirit Ironworks, as well as taught at various craft schools such as Penland School of Crafts, Touchstone Center for Crafts, and John C. Campbell Folk School.

Touchstone 2016-2017 Blacksmith Shop Technician
2018-2019 Artist in Residence
2018-2025 Instructor