Maker Resource Hub
Small Business Resources
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Business Resource Guide from Shannon Parris Consulting: This free guide is a compilation of free and low-cost solutions to challenges that leaders of small organizations and business face.
Pictured: Altyn Clark Stained Glass (Photo Credit: Kitoko Chargois)
Artist Resources
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Bloom by bel monili: These resources are specially for handmade businesses from maker Lucy Kelly.
juNxbooks Financial Coaching for Creatives: These resources are a division of maker Jeanne Cherry’s business juNxtaposition.
Nonprofit & Creative Design Toolbox: This free resource from Workhorse Collaborative is full of free branding and design resources. We also recommend you sign up for Workhorse Collaborative’s newsletter: Get practical tips for your toughest tasks, hookups for arts and nonprofit opportunities, and more. They’ll never use your email for evil by sharing it, selling it, or spamming you. And they’ve tucked some presents in your very first welcome email. Join them here.
Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists: This comprehensive workbook from Springboard for the Arts is a professional development curriculum designed to teach business skills to artists. Download the PDF for free!
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American Craft Made Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Art Star Craft Bazaar (Philadelphia, PA)
Chicago Arisan Market (Chicago, IL)
Cleveland Bazaar (Cleveland, OH)
Craft + Design (Richmond, VA)
Jackalope Art Fair (multiple cities)
Markets for Makers (multiple cities)
Moonlight Market (Morgantown, WV)
Porter Flea (Nashville, TN)
Rebel Art Fest (South Bend, IL)
Renegade Craft (Multiple cities)
Smithsonian Craft Show (Washington, D.C.)
Strawberry Swing (Kansas City, MO)
The Big Crafty (Asheville, NC)
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show (Philadelphia, PA)
Youngstown Flea (Youngstown, OH)
Pictured: Catherine Trendz (Photo Credit: South Breeze Photography)
Pictured: Waku Waku Baby (Photo Credit: Kitoko Chargois)
Handmade Arcade Resources
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Black Maker Features: If you are a Black maker juried into our markets, you can opt in to receive a free 10-photo carousel or 30-second reel advertisement on our Instagram
Maker Directory: Submit your business profile for free to be listed alongside 350+ makers!
Maker Feature Form: Submit your business story to be featured in our Handmade Herald monthly newsletter (reaching 20,000+ subscribers)
Pittsburgh Handmade Shopping Map: Our free map to increase foot traffic to maker shops. Submit your brick-and-mortar location so we can add you to the map.
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Crafted Conversations:Maker-led virtual education series
Maker Handbook: Our guide to selling at craft markets
Maker Mentor Program: Maker mentorship matching program
Maker’s Digest: Monthly maker newsletter with resources and opportunities
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Handmade Arcade provides 10 free booth scholarships to BIPOC makers for each of our markets. Five scholarships are reserved for Black makers, and five are reserved for BIPOC makers who are part of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and/or BIPOC makers who are folks with disabilities.
There is no special application required, so if you want to be considered, just indicate that on our standard applications.
Pictured: Little Lau Studio (Photo Credit: South Breeze Photography)
Handmade Arcade tries to share as many resources as possible with the makers in our network. The lists above are not inclusive of all the resources available to Pittsburgh-area makers, crafts, and artists. If you know of an event, maker space, store, residency, etc., that is not listed, please email makers@handmadearcade.org with details so we can update our list. While we try our best to keep the Maker Resource Hub up-to-date, we cannot guarantee that all of the information we link to is accurate or up-to-date.