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UNDER THIS ROOF.

Shelves and objects inside Commonwealth Reading Room at Erie Labor Temple.

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Commonwealth Reading Room

Curated bookstore, art shop, and slower public room.

Antiquarian books, unusual editions, art objects, and room to slow down inside Erie Labor Temple.

Books & Literary Culture

Visit during current ELT public hours and see what has reached the shelves.

Ground Floor / Public Front Room

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Bookbinder Edward Patrick Kranz working at the BOOKFORGE bench.

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BOOKFORGE

Traditional bookbinding, book repair, restoration, and book-arts education.

Old books breathe again, and new books are built to outlast the noise.

Bookbinding & Restoration

Book-repair and restoration inquiries, custom binding projects, and hands-on bookbinding workshops.

Ground Floor / Working Bindery

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PH’KAKi Creative Works wordmark.

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PH’KAKi Creative Works

Hybrid-intelligence creative firm for work that has to become real.

Diagnose the constraint. Build the system. Produce the signal. Preserve the proof.

Creative Strategy & Systems

Scoped diagnostic and system-building engagements for work that must become clear, usable, and public.

Ground Floor / Creative Studio

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Sharon Smith working with metal in her studio.

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Sharon Smith Metal Arts

Art jewelry, custom metalwork, mixed-media sculpture, and design.

Metal is worked into jewelry, objects, and sculpture with a designer’s eye and a metalsmith’s discipline.

Metalsmithing & Art Jewelry

Ground Floor / Working Studio

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Brøður glyph mark.

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Brøður

Small-batch men’s grooming built from workshop craft and daily ritual.

Care without shame. Ritual without theater. Grooming goods made to earn their place.

Men’s Grooming & Product Design

Inside Erie Labor Temple / Exact Space to Be Confirmed

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UNION Fine Art Gallery wordmark.

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UNION Fine Art Gallery

Contemporary gallery for commissions, exhibitions, editions, and public programs.

Commission the work. Document the process. Make it public.

Contemporary Art & Exhibition Production

Follow ELT’s exhibition calendar for confirmed openings, calls, talks, and programs.

Third Floor / Great Hall

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Art Hoard

Creative reuse store and artist studio led by Mia Donna Maneer.

Useful materials, visual history, and creative possibility get another working life.

Creative Reuse & Photography

Meet Art Hoard as the store and studio model takes shape inside ELT.

Ground Floor / Working Studio

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