The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces presents the 2025 Arts on Fire Festival! The Arts on Fire Festival, launched in 2009, is a FREE two-day celebration of arts, heritage, industry, and community held the first weekend of June at the Iron Furnaces in Scranton.  

Join us at the Furnaces on Saturday, June 7 for hands-on activities, live musical performances, the ever-popular iron pour, and new this year – the Youth Arts Showcase. On Sunday, June 8, register for one or more of several workshops. See below to learn more about the weekend-long festival.  

Schedule:

June 7, 2025

Hands-on activities with our partners:
Lackawanna State Park 
National Museum of Industrial History 
Lackawanna Historical Society 
Lackawanna County Library System 
Everhart Museum 
Valley in Motion  
Steamtown National Historic Site  
United Neighborhood Centers, Nepa And more

The Iron Pour:
Visitors can purchase scratch blocks to design custom souvenirs from the festival. Metal Artist, Brian Glaze, will be joined by blacksmiths Cliff Prokop and David Schulte as well as students from Keystone College for the ultimate, fiery iron-pouring experience. Visitor scratch blocks will be turned into their very own iron, souvenir. Please allow time for iron pour and cool down. Participants may need to return on later date to retrieve finished product. 

Youth Arts Showcase:
Local youth will showcase their original art based on the theme – Energy. The deadline for submissions has been extended to May 31. For more information on submitting your work to the AoF Youth Arts Showcase, click here.  

On Saturday, stop by the YAS tent to check out their work and chat with the young artists about their process and inspiration. 

June 8, 2025

Come back to the Furnaces for a workshop or two! From tin types, and photography/genealogy projects to blacksmithing, there is something for everyone. Pre-registration is required for all workshops. Register below.

11am – 2pm | Science & Silver: Understanding the Tintype Process | $100/per person
Experience the history and artistry of tintypes in this immersive outdoor workshop. Led by local photographer Rebecca Daniels, this session offers an in-depth look into the science, chemistry, and craftsmanship behind the wet plate collodion process.

11am – 3pm – Knightsmith Blacksmith Workshops – $30 – $50
Join expert blacksmith Chris Knight for one of two (or, both) workshops where you’ll learn blacksmithing basics and get hands on in the forge and fire. All participants will leave the workshop with their handmade project. (The herb cutter workshops run past the event’s 2pm end time.)

12pm – 2pm – Uncovering Hidden Stories: The Art of Photo Archeology – $35/per person
Discover the stories hidden in your photos in this hands-on, two-part workshop led by Photo Archeologist and Photographer, Cheryl Kaiser.  In this workshop, you will learn techniques to “excavate” details in your photos, to preserve and curate them, and build a cohesive story that empowers you and honors your family’s history.

Date: June 7 - 8, 2025

Location:

The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
22 Bald Mountain Road
Scranton, PA 18504

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