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Craft in America
Rhiannon Giddens sings "Better Git Yer Learning"
Rhiannon Giddens talks about and sings her minstrel tune "Better Git Yer Learning" and tells of the struggle for education by newly freed slaves. Bonus video from the MUSIC episode. PBS premiere November 20, 2015. Archival Courtesy of Wellcome Library London, Library of Congress/Marion Post Wolcott/Lewis Wickers Hine.
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See the work of metalsmiths who create powerful art from jewelry to monumental sculpture.
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Many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression in "Messages."
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What inspires a career in craft? How does one learn a craft and make a living at it?
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Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity.
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Community focuses on the connection artists have to their communities through craft.
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Memory looks to the dynamic of cultural history and personal heritage in creating objects.