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CELEBRATION episode

Season 7 Episode 2 | 55m 06s

Discover the role craft plays in our winter holiday traditions, rituals, and festivities. Featuring lion dancers and float builders for San Francisco’s acclaimed Chinese New Year Parade, artists in Michigan making ceramics for the holidays at Pewabic (Detroit) and Motawi Tileworks (Ann Arbor), Kwanzaa celebrations with artists in Chicago and Oakland, and Christmas card making with Yoshiko Yamamoto

Aired: 12/10/15
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Noah's Ark animals made using repurposed materials & Skirball's puppet fest
How puppets can become vehicles of history & change: the work of Schroeder Cherry
Roberto Benavidez's piñatas inspired by medieval manuscripts
Woodworker makes tiny furniture: Meet miniaturist Mark Murphy
Lorena Robletto creates festive and creative piñatas with fair labor practices at her business, Amaz
Small scale model cars by Cuban artist Leandro Gómez Quintero
Meet artisans at the International Folk Art Market
Alexander Girard's miniature folk art collection hopes to evoke common humanity.
Lloyd Cotsen founded the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University
Calder Kamin creates an art installation by reusing and recycling discarded plastic