Touchstone Center for Crafts is a local, regional and national center committed to advancing excellence in the crafts through quality educational programming for people of all ages and abilities. Touchstone is Pennsylvania's only residential arts and crafts facility and only one of ten in the nation.

Touchstone was founded in 1972 as Pioneer Crafts Council to foster interest in and preservation of traditional mountain crafts. Through the years, the curriculum has expanded to include contemporary and sometimes experimental, state-of-the-art techniques in addition to traditional and historic methods in disciplines such as blacksmithing, ceramics, metals, textiles, glass, oil and watercolor painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Touchstone's scenic, 150 acre wooded campus provides a pristine, natural setting for physical rejuvenation and creative expression. Both weekend and week-long classes are offered and are taught by some of North America's finest artists and artisans, and interaction from discipline to discipline allows cross-media experimentation and a friendly exchange among students. The summer-long children's program enables families to explore visual art together in a "learning" vacation.

Services of A.L. Brourman were retained to conduct a feasibility study and provide fund-raising counsel for a $2.2 million campaign for campus improvements and construction of a blacksmith studio, museum, and lodge/administrative offices.