Skip to main content
Back to Show
Craft in America

Pewabic pottery

Pewabic has been a beacon for artists since 1905, producing museum quality ceramics in Detroit for over 100 years. Founded by innovative ceramist Mary Chase Perry Stratton, this non-profit pottery and education center celebrates artists of all ages and skill levels. Segment from the CELEBRATION episode

Support Provided By
Season
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.
Active loading indicator