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Craft in America explores the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in the United States and its impact on our nation's rich cultural heritage. Capturing the beauty, creativity and originality of craftsmanship, the film highlights artists and explores the inter-relationship of what they do, how they do it and why they have chosen a life of creating art.

Master basket weaver Nelsiwe Dlamini at International Folk Art Market
JELMA curator Schroeder Cherry invites artist Espi Frazier to show her work in the gallery
Schroeder Cherry's puppetry performance, Underground Railroad, Not a Subway
Episodes
Memory looks to the dynamic of cultural history and personal heritage in creating objects.
Landscape considers the influences on artists that translate into objects.
Community focuses on the connection artists have to their communities through craft.
Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity.
What inspires a career in craft? How does one learn a craft and make a living at it?
Many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression in "Messages."
Explore the creativity and personal dynamics of craft artist families.
THREADS explores weaving, storytelling through quilts and textiles
Crossroads explores the intersections of craft, culture, and technology.
See the work of metalsmiths who create powerful art from jewelry to monumental sculpture.
Embrace winter traditions, all part of our American experience with the handmade
Industry: Handmade in the Creative Economy
Extras
Lloyd Cotsen's collection of Chinese bronze mirrors, textiles, folk art, Japanese baskets
Artist, puppeteer, museum educator Schroeder Cherry on African puppets in his collection
Barbara Davis on the International Guild of Miniature Artisans and their Guild School
Alexander Girard's folk art collection at Museum of International Folk Art Museum
El Orfeon Santiago Chorus performance - bonus video from MINIATURES
Schroeder Cherry's puppetry performance, Civil Rights Childrens Crusade
Artist Roberto Benavidez speaks with curator and art historian on his piñatas & piñathkos
Sustainability coordinator on recycling plastic through their Precious Plastic program
Miniaturist Mark Murphy shows us his miniature 1/12th scale furniture
Artist Calder Kamin on how she discovered Austin Creative Reuse
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