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Craft in America

PLAY episode

Season 15 Episode 1

PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us. Featuring piñata artists Roberto Benavidez and Lorena Robletto, puppeteer Schroeder Cherry, artist Calder Kamin, and Noah’s Ark at the Skirball Cultural Center and the Cotsen Children’s Library.

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FORGE episode
53:10
See the work of metalsmiths who create powerful art from jewelry to monumental sculpture.
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 episode
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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