Emily Edelstein, the Executive Director of CraftNOW, is a lifelong student of craft. She has varied hands-on experience, including boatbuilding and blacksmithing, but her personal focus is fiber arts. Emily studied at the John C. Campbell Folk School and the Penland School of Crafts. She holds a BA in Global Studies from Penn State University, and a MS in Arts Administration from Drexel University, where her thesis explored the role of craftspeople within the modern American art world. Emily previously served as the Interim Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Photo by Steve Weinik.

This CreativeMornings Philadelphia event was generously hosted by our partners at Adobe and our local sponsors Center for DesignPhiladelphia, The Navy Yard