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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.

Calder Kamin creates an art installation by reusing and recycling discarded plastic
Multidisciplinary artist, Gustave Baumann, was deeply inspired by Santa Fe
Chicano artist Frank Romero on his career. Bonus video from COLLECTORS episode
Latest Episodes
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  • Craft in America Season 16
  • 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
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."
What inspires a career in craft? How does one learn a craft and make a living at it?
Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity.
Extras
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
Sara Vance Waddell on how she became a collector and shows us pieces in her collection.
Learn more about Jaime "Germs" Zacarias, Yolanda González, and Francisco Palomares
See more objects in Fleur Bresler's and Judith Chernoff and Jeffrey Bernstein's collections
SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences
COLLECTORS reveals the essential role that craft appreciators play in the community.
Learn more about Peter Shire's art and career. Bonus video from COLLECTORS episode
Learn more about Carolyn Mazloomi and the Women of Color Quilters Network
Chicano artist Frank Romero on his career. Bonus video from COLLECTORS episode
Santa Clara Pueblo potters Joseph & Sergio Youngblood Lugo use ancestral techniques in their work
Meet dynamic young collectors and the artists they support at American Craft Made Baltimore
Meet teapot collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm and artist Peter Shire in Los Angeles.
Meet three collectors Fleur Bresler, Judith Chernoff & Jeffrey Bernstein and sculptor Norm Sartorius
Meet artist & collector Carolyn Mazloomi, artist Cynthia Lockhart, and collector Sara Vance Waddell
Chris Maynard creates intricate art from bird feathers, inspired by his love of the natural world
Ceramic artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa uses her work in clay to respond to the ongoing climate emergency
This father-son team takes inspiration from their research to create curved-crease paper sculptures
Glass sculptor John Luebtow creates monumental glass and steel installations.
Former NASA astronaut and quilter Karen Nyberg continues to create art inspired by space and science
Comedian and collector Cheech Marin introduces us to his Chicano Art collection and artists
Watch a preview of PLAY, streaming Dec 1, broadcast premiere Dec 29
Watch a preview of MINIATURES, streaming Dec 1, PBS broadcast premiere Dec 29