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COLLECTORS episode preview

Season 16 Episode 2 | 58s

COLLECTORS reveals the essential role that craft appreciators play in the community, examining how collectors affirm and inspire the artists they support. The episode highlights collections from Chicano art to teapots to wooden spoons, looking at what drives collectors and how their support furthers artists at all stages of their careers.

Extras
Multidisciplinary artist, Gustave Baumann, was deeply inspired by Santa Fe
Calder Kamin creates an art installation by reusing and recycling discarded plastic
Meet artist & collector Carolyn Mazloomi, artist Cynthia Lockhart, and collector Sara Vance Waddell
Meet three collectors Fleur Bresler, Judith Chernoff & Jeffrey Bernstein and sculptor Norm Sartorius
Comedian and collector Cheech Marin introduces us to his Chicano Art collection and artists
Santa Clara Pueblo potters Joseph & Sergio Youngblood Lugo use ancestral techniques in their work
Meet teapot collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm and artist Peter Shire in Los Angeles.
Meet dynamic young collectors and the artists they support at American Craft Made Baltimore
SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences
Sara Vance Waddell on how she became a collector and shows us pieces in her collection.
All
  • All
  • Craft in America Season 16
  • Craft in America Season 15
  • Craft in America Season 14
  • Craft in America Season 13
  • Craft in America Season 12
  • QUILTS and IDENTITY
  • CALIFORNIA and VISIONARIES
  • BORDERS and NEIGHBORS
  • TEACHERS and NATURE
  • MUSIC and CELEBRATION
  • SERVICE
  • FORGE and HOLIDAY and INDUSTRY
  • THREADS and CROSSROADS
  • MESSAGES and FAMILY
  • ORIGINS and PROCESS
  • MEMORY and LANDSCAPE and COMMUNITY
SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences
COLLECTORS reveals the relationship between craft collectors & artists they support
PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us.
MINIATURES explores the world of small objects and big ideas
INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft
HOME visits artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft
JEWELRY explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment.
Artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories & universal truths.
DEMOCRACY explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.