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Craft in America

Craft in America explores the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in the United States and its impact on our nation's rich cultural heritage. Capturing the beauty, creativity and originality of craftsmanship, the film highlights artists and explores the inter-relationship of what they do, how they do it and why they have chosen a life of creating art.

Watch a preview of MINIATURES, streaming Dec 1, PBS broadcast premiere Dec 29
JELMA curator Schroeder Cherry invites artist Espi Frazier to show her work in the gallery
Thomas Leech on Gustave Baumann's woodblock print, The Print Shop/Printing the Democrat
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  • Craft in America Season 15
  • Craft in America Season 14
  • Craft in America Season 13
  • Craft in America Season 12
  • QUILTS and IDENTITY
  • CALIFORNIA and VISIONARIES
  • BORDERS and NEIGHBORS
  • TEACHERS and NATURE
  • MUSIC and CELEBRATION
  • SERVICE
  • FORGE and HOLIDAY and INDUSTRY
  • THREADS and CROSSROADS
  • MESSAGES and FAMILY
  • ORIGINS and PROCESS
  • MEMORY and LANDSCAPE and COMMUNITY
PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us.
MINIATURES explores the world of small objects and big ideas
INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft
HOME visits artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft
JEWELRY explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment.
Artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories & universal truths.
DEMOCRACY explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.
Learn about contemporary quilters from diverse traditions
Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place
Extras
Lloyd Cotsen's collection of Chinese bronze mirrors, textiles, folk art, Japanese baskets
Artist, puppeteer, museum educator Schroeder Cherry on African puppets in his collection
Head of weaving at Berea College, Erin Miller, and designer Stephen Burks
Meet Cheyenne & Arapaho Peace Chiefs, Harvey Pratt, Gordon Yellowman Sr, Larry Roman Nose
Learn more about Gere Kavanaugh's life and designs. Bonus video from the DEMOCRACY episode
Michael W. Monroe, curator-in-charge from 1974-1995 of the Renwick Gallery
Miniaturist Mark Murphy shows us his miniature 1/12th scale furniture
Master basket weaver Nelsiwe Dlamini at International Folk Art Market
Kinetic designer Chris Green works with Noah's Ark educators on puppeteering snow leopard
Sustainability coordinator on recycling plastic through their Precious Plastic program
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