Craft in America

COLLECTORS reveals the essential role that craft appreciators play in the community.

SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences

Watch a 30sec preview of Craft in America: CELEBRATION premiering on PBS December 11, 2015

Watch a 30 sec preview of Craft in America: MUSIC, premiering on PBS November 20, 2015

Watch a 30 sec preview of Craft in America: SERVICE, premiering on PBS November 2, 2014

INDUSTRY: Handmade in the Creative Economy

FORGE: Exceptional artists forging metal magically transformed by fire.

Watch a preview of the MESSAGES episode.

Watch a preview of the CROSSROADS episode.

Watch a preview of the PROCESS episode.

Watch a 30 second preview of the FAMILY episode.

THREADS Episode Preview

Origins Episode Preview

Watch human hands transform humble materials into works of function and beauty.

Watch a 2 minute preview of BORDERS and NEIGHBORS. PBS premiere Sept 29, 2017

Artists committed to sharing their skills and passion for craft with students of all ages

Artists explore the beauty and wonder of the natural world. PBS Premiere: April 21, 2017

Watch a 2 minute preview of Craft in America: MUSIC, premiering on PBS November 20, 2015

Watch a 2 min preview of Craft in America: CELEBRATION premiering on PBS December 11, 2015

DEMOCRACY explores how craft is intertwined with our nation's defining principles.

Watch a 2 minute preview of Craft in America: QUILTS, premiering on PBS December 27, 2019

Watch a 2 minute preview of Craft in America: IDENTITY

CALIFORNIA episode PBS premiere December 21, 2018 (check local listings)

Watch a 1 min preview of Craft in America: NEIGHBORS, premiering Sept 29 (check listings)

Watch a 30 sec preview of Craft in America: NEIGHBORS, premiering Sept 29 (check listings)

Artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories & universal truths.

Watch a preview of the VISIONARIES episode PBS premiere December 21, 2018 (check listings)

Watch a 30 sec preview of Craft in America: BORDERS, premiering Sept 29 (check listings)

Watch a 1 min preview of Craft in America: BORDERS. Premieres Sept 29 (check listings)

Decorate the holidays with luminarias.

Ceramic artist Susan Garson talks about the materials needed to build a bird menorah

Albert Paley paints "The Promise", commissioned for the Hershey Children's Hospital

Albert Paley designs forged hardware and chandeliers for a private home.

Scandanavian baker Gitte Gentile assembles Finnish Christmas Stars

Grove Park Inn chefs Robert Alger & Iain Jones build and decorate a gingerbread house.

Veronica Castillo builds a Tree of Life Part 3 - Making an Angel

Veronica Castillo builds a Tree of Life - Assembling the Tree of Life

Veronica Castillo builds a Tree of Life Part 2 - Making a Poinsettia

Veronica Castillo builds a Tree of Life Part 1 - Building the arms & base

Watch Albert Paley's "Encore" sculpture being installed on Park Avenue in New York City.

Thomas Leech on Gustave Baumann's woodblock print, The Print Shop/Printing the Democrat

Artist Roberto Benavidez speaks with curator and art historian on his piñatas & piñathkos

Schroeder Cherry's puppetry performance, Civil Rights Childrens Crusade

El Orfeon Santiago Chorus performance - bonus video from MINIATURES

Alexander Girard's folk art collection at Museum of International Folk Art Museum

Schroeder Cherry's puppetry performance, Underground Railroad, Not a Subway

Artist Calder Kamin on how she discovered Austin Creative Reuse

Barbara Davis on the International Guild of Miniature Artisans and their Guild School

Sustainability coordinator on recycling plastic through their Precious Plastic program

Kinetic designer Chris Green works with Noah's Ark educators on puppeteering snow leopard

Master basket weaver Nelsiwe Dlamini at International Folk Art Market

Miniaturist Mark Murphy shows us his miniature 1/12th scale furniture

Michael W. Monroe, curator-in-charge from 1974-1995 of the Renwick Gallery

Learn more about Gere Kavanaugh's life and designs. Bonus video from the DEMOCRACY episode

Meet Cheyenne & Arapaho Peace Chiefs, Harvey Pratt, Gordon Yellowman Sr, Larry Roman Nose

Head of weaving at Berea College, Erin Miller, and designer Stephen Burks

JELMA curator Schroeder Cherry invites artist Espi Frazier to show her work in the gallery

Artist, puppeteer, museum educator Schroeder Cherry on African puppets in his collection

Lloyd Cotsen's collection of Chinese bronze mirrors, textiles, folk art, Japanese baskets

Kiowa beadwork artist Teri Greeves featured in the ORIGINS episode