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Craft in America

Jesse's childhood growing up in the Navajo Nation

Navajo/Hopi master jeweler Jesse Monongya on growing up with horses near Toadlena, New Mexico. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode, streaming starting Nov 4, 2021. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

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CROSSROADS episode
52:40
Crossroads explores the intersections of craft, culture, and technology.
THREADS and CROSSROADS
53:10
THREADS explores weaving, storytelling through quilts and textiles
MESSAGES and FAMILY
52:41
Explore the creativity and personal dynamics of craft artist families.
MESSAGES episode
53:26
Many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression in "Messages."
PROCESS episode
55:01
What inspires a career in craft? How does one learn a craft and make a living at it?
ORIGINS and PROCESS
55:01
Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity.
COMMUNITY episode
54:04
Community focuses on the connection artists have to their communities through craft.
MEMORY and LANDSCAPE and COMMUNITY
53:27
Landscape considers the influences on artists that translate into objects.
MEMORY episode
53:27
Memory looks to the dynamic of cultural history and personal heritage in creating objects.
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