Tile Festival

For more than a century, the tiles made at The MORAVIAN POTTERY AND TILE WORKS have told stories—about places, people, and craft traditions passed down through generations. TileFest 2025 brings those stories to life with a two-day event featuring a marketplace of tilemakers from across the country, hands-on experiences, and a look at how clay connects past and present. This year's theme, "Stories in Clay," highlights the way tiles capture social, political, and cultural life across humanity, throughout human history and today. Visitors will meet artists from Alaska to Florida, California to Maine, browse and purchase unique ceramic tiles, and experience the processes that bring clay to life.Doylestown, PA – For more than a century, the tiles made at The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works have told stories—about places, people, and craft traditions passed down through generations. On May 17-18, TileFest 2025 brings those stories to life with a two-day event featuring a marketplace of tilemakers from across the country, hands-on experiences, and a look at how clay connects past and present. This year's theme, "Stories in Clay," highlights the way tiles capture social, political, and cultural life across humanity, throughout human history and today. Visitors will meet artists from Alaska to Florida, California to Maine, browse and purchase unique ceramic tiles, and experience the processes that bring clay to life. TileFest 25 Program: Tile Marketplace: Among the ceramic artists from across the U.S. who will sell their handmade tiles will be Mandy Baker (Whispering Hill Studio), Ricky Boscarino (Luna Parc), Robyn Sue Miller Mosaics, Evelyn Taylor Designs, David Ellison, Barbara Schmidt, Marcia Hovland, Laurie Skupp (Riverhorse Studios), Alexander Van Assche, Tom & Sarah Gelsanliter (One Acre Ceramics), Sherri Warner Hunter, Parran Collery (Eartha Handmade Tile), and many more. Tile StoryCorps: A new oral history project dedicated to collecting and archiving the stories of tile artisans, makers, setters, historians and enthusiasts. Launching at TileFest 2025, visitors can step up to a vintage-style phone and share their personal tile stories—whether about a project, a familiar installation, a mentor, a historic site, or a lifelong craft. Stories will be recorded and preserved as part of an ongoing effort to document the voices and experiences that shape the American art tile tradition. Great Tile Throwdown: A live clay making station for all ages and skill levels to play with clay, and make a tile to leave at Tileworks for our “Tile Wall of Fame”. A guest juror will pick best of show, and the winner will receive a special prize. Live Music: Local band “Wood Flower” will play bluegrass music on Sunday, May 18, from 12–3 p.m. Complimentary Museum Tours: Explore the working history museum that has been producing tiles since the turn of the 20th Century. Learn how raw, local clay is processed and shaped into Moravian tile. Concrete Sculpting, The Art of Ferro-Cement: Ricky Boscarino of Luna Parc will bring a rebar armature and demonstrate the creation of one of his concrete illuminated sculptures. Join Ricky in the slathering of concrete. Tile Mosaic and Setting Demonstration: Graduates of the Artisans Revolution in Tile will demonstrate the precision and art of creating hand-shaped mosaics. Penn State Abington Students: Students who are enrolled in a fully-accredited art program, who continually seek to share knowledge and hone their craft, will demonstrate their skills and artistry, ultimately completing a project for the TileWorks. Travis Manion Foundation Project: Visitors can glaze ceramic stars that will be installed at Freedom Square, a pocket park in the Doylestown borough, to honor those who have served. Soil & Clay Demonstration: Delaware Valley University educators will explain how soil composition impacts ceramic art. Sol Feinstone Elementary Tile Exhibition: Fourth-grade students will display their original tile design inspired by Henry Mercer Door Prize: enter your email for a chance to win a Mercer Mosaic, crafted using the same historic designs as those in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building. TileWorks will donate $1 from all entry tickets to the CERF, Craft Emergency Relief Fund, which will be directed toward a scholarship for an art tile maker or studio that was compromised by the recent flooding in Asheville, NC. Food & Drinks Amsterdam Coffee will offer fresh coffee and baked goods. Food provided by Pazzo Pizza, Smokin’ Earls BBQ, and Joes Crafted Cravings Click here to Buy Tickets [https://store.thetileworks.org/products/tilefest-25-stories-in-clay]