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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.

Institute of American Indian Arts student on her work and exhibition
Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck's weaving documentation
Pop-up book artist Colette Fu on her books based on her travels to China
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  • 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
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WEST celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade in the American west.
EAST highlights diverse expressions behind modern craft in the eastern region of America.
COLLECTORS reveals the relationship between craft collectors & artists they support
SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences
MINIATURES explores the world of small objects and big ideas
PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us.
HOME visits artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft
JEWELRY explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment.
HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft
DEMOCRACY explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.
Artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories & universal truths.
Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place
Learn about contemporary quilters from diverse traditions
Documenting the ways in which artists and influencers inspire new generations.
Explore the diverse craft traditions & innovations in the Golden State.
NEIGHBORS explores connections between Mexico and the United States through craft.
BORDERS explores the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft
NATURE features artists who explore the beauty and wonder of the natural world.
Artists committed to sharing their skills and passion for craft with students of all ages
Discover the role craft plays in our winter holiday traditions, rituals, and festivities.
Featuring finely crafted handmade instruments and the world renowned artists who play them
Documenting craft and the military and the power of the handmade to inspire and heal
Industry: Handmade in the Creative Economy
Embrace winter traditions, all part of our American experience with the handmade
See the work of metalsmiths who create powerful art from jewelry to monumental sculpture.
Crossroads explores the intersections of craft, culture, and technology.
THREADS explores weaving, storytelling through quilts and textiles
Explore the creativity and personal dynamics of craft artist families.
Many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression in "Messages."
Extras
IAIA student Whisper Crow Dog & IAIA alumni on Terran Last Gun on ledger art
Meet engravers and silversmiths at the silversmithing traditional cowboy arts symposium
Institute of American Indian Arts student on her work and exhibition
Three generations at the Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Art landscape and environment
The Institute of American Indian Arts archives consists of works/records from faculty, alumni
The hogan on the Institute of American Indian Art campus
Institute of American Indian Arts Artist-in-Residence program
Community at the Institute of American Indian Arts
Watch a preview of WEST, celebrating the continuum of heritage and handmade in the American west.
Watch a preview of EAST highlighting diverse expressions behind modern craft in the eastern region
Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck's weaving documentation
Milliner Gigi Burris on working with M&S Schmalberg flowers
Lost wax casting silver horses and crab candleholders at Ubaldo Vitali's studio
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director of the Paul Revere House on Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.
Pop-up book artist Colette Fu on her books based on her travels to China
Bisa Butler's first artistic influences
Hawaiian cordage and knotting and feather standards in 'Iolani Palace
Roberto Lugo is a potter, poet, activist and educator
Pop-up book artist Colette Fu on working in her community
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Calder Kamin creates an art installation by reusing and recycling discarded plastic
Multidisciplinary artist, Gustave Baumann, was deeply inspired by Santa Fe
Sustainability at Otis and Joan's climate change course
Father-son team make unique curved-crease origami sculptures and incorporate it with glass
Learn about retired NASA astronaut and quilter Karen Nyberg's space textiles
Joseph & Sergio Youngblood Lugo on bear paw symbols in Santa Clara Pueblo pottery
Artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa on her mentor, Ralph Bacerra and Joan's family history in ceramics
Fiber artist Cynthia Lockhart on her careers and how her work ended up in the Renwick's collection
Pianist Natasha Marin on living with Chicano Art