1889 Foundation gives $250K grant to Center for Metal Arts
“The 1889 Foundation recently joined the ongoing collaborative effort to develop a full campus at the Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown by awarding a $250,000 grant to the academic […]
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2023 OPPORTUNITIES
Week-Long Scholarships One-week full tuition scholarships are open for applications for our 2023 workshops. Scholarships are available for six workshops with a wide range in skill levels and topics. Learn […]
Podcast: Pennsylvania’s industrial heritage inspires its creative future
PA once boasted one of the most powerful industrial economies in the world. Steel, textiles, glass, cars, matchbooks — all were made right here in the Commonwealth in large factories […]
Center for Metal Arts ‘biggest thing in the world’ for blacksmiths
The ground shook on Saturday as a 10-ton steam hammer came down on a glowing orange steel billet, giving those standing around the colossus the feeling that 160 years of […]
When a power hammer becomes a paintbrush by Dave Hurst
Picture a thick, 10-foot-tall G-clamp, fixed to the floor in a way that has the clamping screw oriented upward. Now in place of the screw, envision a piston capable of […]
Megan Dean’s Frame Building Class at Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown by Jarrod Bunk
Center For Metal Arts has been drawing folks to Johnstown both domestically and internationally for the last five years. Students have attended from the UK, Germany, Australia, and plenty of […]
The Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the Center for Metal Arts, Inc.
July 27, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the Center […]
A Closer Look Inside Johnstown’s Center for Metal Arts, Awarded $1.5 Million Grant
Earlier this month, CMA received a $1.5 million grant to help restore their facilities, which are the oldest remaining buildings of the Johnstown Steel Mill. Read the article
Center for Metal Arts Gets $1.5M Grant To Restore Historic Steel Mill Buildings
The Center for Metal Arts in Johnstown has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to restore three iconic former steel mill buildings at the Cambria Iron Works, a National Historic […]
Penn Highlands to offer metal-forging classes
Starting in August, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College will offer four courses in forging metals. The courses will be offered as part of a collaboration with the Johnstown-based Center for Metal […]
