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Craft In America
| Website: | http://www.craftinamerica.org/ |
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| Next Airing: | Sat, Jul 26th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD |
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CRAFT IN AMERICA visits America's premier craft artists in their CRAFT IN AMERICA visits America's premier craft artists in their studios to witness the creation of handmade objects and into homes, studios to witness the creation of handmade objects and into homes, businesses and public spaces where functional art is employed and businesses and public spaces where functional art is employed and celebrated. Using archival footage and interviews with some of the celebrated. Using archival footage and interviews with some of the top artists in the country, the three-part series showcases the top artists in the country, the three-part series showcases the breadth and beauty of handmade objects in our culture. breadth and beauty of handmade objects in our culture.
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Teachers
Follow artists committed to passing on their skills and passion for Follow artists committed to passing on their skills and passion for craft to new generations. Featured are Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda craft to new generations. Featured are Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda Teller Pete, Therman Statom, Mark Mitsuda at Punahou School and Linda Teller Pete, Therman Statom, Mark Mitsuda at Punahou School and Linda Sikora at Alfred University. Sikora at Alfred University.
Next Airing: Sat, Jul 26th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 9/15/2016 to 1/1/2027 -
Nature
NATURE celebrates the beauty, inspiration, and future of the American NATURE celebrates the beauty, inspiration, and future of the American landscape. Featured artists include Patrick Dougherty, Mary landscape. Featured artists include Patrick Dougherty, Mary Merkel-Hess, Michelle Holzapfel, Catherine Alice Michaelis, and Merkel-Hess, Michelle Holzapfel, Catherine Alice Michaelis, and Preston Singletary. Preston Singletary.
Next Airing: Sat, Jul 26th, 2025 at 3:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 4/21/2017 to 1/1/2027 -
Borders
Explore the relationships and influences Mexican and American craft Explore the relationships and influences Mexican and American craft artists have on each other and on our cultures. The program features artists have on each other and on our cultures. The program features traditional weaving and the creation of paper jewelry. traditional weaving and the creation of paper jewelry.
Next Airing: Sat, Aug 2nd, 2025 at 3:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 9/29/2017 to 1/1/2027 -
California
Explore craft practices definitively Californian, from Native Americans continuing ancient traditions, to contemporary artists expressing new iterations of the art of the handmade.
Next Airing: Wed, Aug 13th, 2025 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/21/2018 to 1/1/2027 -
Visionaries
Meet artists, curators and collectors who envision limitless Meet artists, curators and collectors who envision limitless possibilities of craft and imagine new methods of achieving that possibilities of craft and imagine new methods of achieving that vision. vision.
Next Airing: Sat, Aug 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/21/2018 to 1/1/2027 -
Quilts
Learn about contemporary quilters as we celebrate the role quilts Learn about contemporary quilters as we celebrate the role quilts have played in our country's story. Featuring Susan Hudson, Victoria have played in our country's story. Featuring Susan Hudson, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Michael A. Cummings, Judith Content, the International Findlay Wolfe, Michael A. Cummings, Judith Content, the International Quilt Museum and special guest Ken Burns. Quilt Museum and special guest Ken Burns.
Next Airing: Sun, Aug 17th, 2025 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/27/2019 to 1/1/2027 -
Identity
Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place, offering true expressions of their experiences in this world. Featuring potter Diego Romero, photographer Cara Romero, furniture maker Wendy Maruyama and sculptor Cristina Cordova.
Next Airing: Sun, Aug 17th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/27/2019 to 1/1/2027 -
Harmony
Celebrate the joy of music and the creation of handcrafted instruments. Featuring Marc Savoy and the Savoy family, bow maker Susan Lipkins, luthier Doug Naselroad, and artist Richard Jolley.
Next Airing: Sat, Aug 30th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/10/2021 to 12/9/2026 -
Jewelry
Explore the history, artistry and impact of personal adornment. Featuring jewelers Tom Herman, Harriete Estel Berman, Art Smith, Gabrielle Gould and Jesse Monongya.
Next Airing: Sat, Aug 30th, 2025 at 3:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/10/2021 to 12/9/2026 -
Inspiration
Inspiration visits the Saar family of artists (Betye Saar, Alison Inspiration visits the Saar family of artists (Betye Saar, Alison Saar, & Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia & Watts Towers, weaver Diedrick Saar, & Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia & Watts Towers, weaver Diedrick Brackens, potter Ayumi Horie, Hmong master of paj ntaub embroidery Brackens, potter Ayumi Horie, Hmong master of paj ntaub embroidery Suzanne Thao & Mandora Young, artist Mary Little. Suzanne Thao & Mandora Young, artist Mary Little.
Next Airing: Sun, Sep 7th, 2025 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/16/2022 to 12/15/2027 -
Home
Home features Ojibwe artist Biskakone Greg Johnson, North House Folk Home features Ojibwe artist Biskakone Greg Johnson, North House Folk School, ceramic artist Syd Carpenter, sculptor Wharton Esherick, School, ceramic artist Syd Carpenter, sculptor Wharton Esherick, architect Sim Van der Ryn & the Outlaw Builders, and curatorial architect Sim Van der Ryn & the Outlaw Builders, and curatorial consultant/educator Helen Drutt English. consultant/educator Helen Drutt English.
Next Airing: Sun, Sep 7th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/16/2022 to 12/15/2027 -
Play
PLAY explores the intersection of play and artistry, featuring Calder PLAY explores the intersection of play and artistry, featuring Calder Kamin, Lorena Robletto, Roberto Benavidez, Schroeder Cherry, the Kamin, Lorena Robletto, Roberto Benavidez, Schroeder Cherry, the Cotsen Children's Library, Chris Green, and the Skirball Cultural Cotsen Children's Library, Chris Green, and the Skirball Cultural Center. Center.
Next Airing: Sun, Sep 14th, 2025 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/29/2023 to 12/28/2028 -
Miniatures
MINIATURES explores the world of tiny objects and the artists that MINIATURES explores the world of tiny objects and the artists that make them, featuring the International Folk Art Market, Leandro Gomez make them, featuring the International Folk Art Market, Leandro Gomez Quintero, Mark Murphy, Alexander Girard, and Gustave Baumann. Quintero, Mark Murphy, Alexander Girard, and Gustave Baumann.
Next Airing: Sun, Sep 14th, 2025 at 2:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 12/29/2023 to 12/28/2028 -
Crossroads
Follow the evolution of American craft in its drive toward exploration, experimentation and innovation, a move toward new forms and creative solutions. Through the work of Tanya Aguiñiga, Lia Cook and three Minnesota clay artists, explore their trailblazing attempts to cross-pollinate culture, aesthetics and technologies, moving forward the development of American craft.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 5/11/2012 to 1/1/2027 -
Landscape
The second episode examines the relationship of craft artists with their physical environment, which serves as a source of materials and inspiration. The program spotlights Timberline Lodge, woodworker George Nakashima and his daughter Mira, jewelers Kit Carson and Jan Yager and ceramicists David Gurney and Richard Notkin.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 8/1/2010 to 1/1/2027 -
Memory
The first episode takes a personal tour through craft's history in America. The intimate stories of some of the country's most prominent craft artisans are set against the larger historical context of craft itself. The episode includes visits to woodworker Sam Maloof, furniture maker Garry Knox Bennett, basket makers Mary Jackson and Pat Courtney Gold and metalsmith Tom Joyce.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 8/1/2010 to 1/1/2027 -
Messages
This episode looks at the ways many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression. They use craft to tell a story, prove a point, or bring attention to contemporary issues. Often their work is passionate and provocative. The artists selected for "Messages" express many different interests and points of view, but they have one thing in common: their skill and creativity are of the highest level.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 5/24/2011 to 1/1/2027 -
Music
Focus on the makers of finely crafted handmade instruments - guitar, ukulele, trumpet, banjo and timpani - and the renowned musicians who play them, including Joan Baez, Jake Shimabukuro, Rhiannon Giddens, Scotty Barnhart, Tony Ellis and Joseph Pereira.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 11/20/2015 to 1/1/2027 -
Process
Discover places that teach craft at all levels, from DIY to advanced, plus individuals keeping the craft tradition alive and expanding on them.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 10/7/2009 to 1/1/2027 -
Threads
Explore woven textiles and story quilts by artists Faith Ringgold of Harlem, Randall Darwall of Cape Cod, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood in California and Terese Agnew in Wisconsin.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 5/11/2012 to 1/1/2027