Craft in America
This award-winning series is a filmed journey of the history, artists and techniques of America's rich craft culture, with a particular focus on its diversity and ever-evolving ways.
Can't find the episode you're looking for?
UPCOMING EPISODES
Sat, 1/17 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Identity
Artists challenge the accepted norms of gender, race, education, culture, and place, offering a truer expression of their experiences; featuring Diego Romero, Cara Romero, Wendy Maruyama and Cristina Cordova.
Mon, 1/19 at 5:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Landscape
The processes through which natural materials become finished works of craft.
Thu, 1/22 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
West
Celebrating the continuum of heritage and the handmade; featuring Graham Ebner, the Institute of American Indian Arts, Poakalani Quilters, Hokule'a, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kawika Lum-Nelmida, the Bishop Museum, Cary Schwarz and Jeff Minor.
Sat, 1/24 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Storytellers
Artists who use narrative to communicate personal and universal truths, including Nicholas Galanin, Julie Schafler Dale, Linda J. Mendelson, George Rodriguez and Christina Bothwell.
Mon, 1/26 at 5:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Community
Craftspeople honor the notion of community in their work.
Sat, 1/31 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Democracy
How craft is intertwined with the defining principles of the U.S.; featuring Robert L. Lynch, Sammy Little, Harvey Pratt and Eudorah Moore, as well as the Smithsonian Institution museums, the Veterans History Project and Berea College Student Craft.
Mon, 2/2 at 5:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create
Origins
The origins of the American craft movement; artists who tie their work to early craft techniques.