Handmade Arcade celebrates 20 years during the 2024 Holiday Market on December 6-7 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Thank you to our 2024 Holiday Market Sponsors!
Makers are our mission.
Handmade Arcade empowers makers of all ages by providing them with professional development and connections to customers
We are a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that believes in the power of making.
We’ve grown a lot since our very first market back in 2005 at Construction Junction, but these things are still true: we never take a cut of our makers’ earnings, we’re powered by a fleet of volunteers, and we need you (yes, you!) to help us continue to support our region’s creative entrepreneurs.
Handmade Arcade started 20 years ago with a group of indie crafters looking for a place to sell their wares.
In the past two decades, we have produced:
25 markets
8 Virtual Markets & Catalogs
7 Youth Maker Accelerator cohorts
1 BIPOC Maker Accelerator cohorts
We’ve connected 3,000+ maker businesses with over 215,000 shoppers at our events.
The results?
Over $4 million in self-reported maker sales.
“I’m tremendously grateful HA exists in Pittsburgh, both as an event and organization. It’s one of the few events I do and is invaluable in growing my audience and an impactful source of revenue at the end of the year. I’m honored to be included with such a strong lineup of vendors and unreservedly promote it as one of the best community, shopping, making events in Pittsburgh! Mad props to the organizers for making it what it is — you really do an exceptional job.”
— Jenna Vanden Brink, Jenna Vanden Brink Ceramics
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