Craftnow Philadelphia

Craftmonth - is an annual portfolio of events and marketing opportunities curated each november. Through this program, craftnow activates the city, the days and weeks surrounding the philadelphia museum of art contemporary craft show with the city of philadelphia's art in city hall and office of arts, culture and the creative economy having issued a proclamation naming november craftmonth. Each year, craftnow hosts a symposium to provide a platform for critical discourse in contemporary craft.

Craftnow create - summer camp edition is organized in partnership with philadelphia's department of parks and recreation. Through this collaborative, craftnow brings the wonder and imagination of the craft studio into philadelphia neighborhood rec centers throughout the city. Our partner organizations coordinate their efforts to ensure we can offer an in-person craft workshop at all 129 summer camps delivering approximately 15,000 student-hours of craft instruction and reaching 6,000 campers. In addition, the philadelphia museum of art provides take-home kits with art supplies and free passes to the museum for each student and up to five more members of their family. Craftnow also hosted 4 "gap week" camps at rec centers, which provided children with craft lessons as well as field trips to local museums, galleries and craft organizations.