Craft in America
The mission of Craft in America is to promote, advance and engage people in original handcrafted work, through programs in all media. We produce national PBS broadcasts, free online streaming and virtual resources, educator guides, catalogs and online publications, and in-person, free programs at the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles. The Center offers exhibitions, lectures, workshops and special programs for under-served public school students and community members.
This channel is an on-going source of bonus clips and artist videos from the Peabody Award-winning PBS series CRAFT IN AMERICA and from the Craft in America Center located in Los Angeles, CA.
Lost wax casting silver horses and crab candleholders at Ubaldo Vitali's studio
Dyakcraft crochet hook
Liza Nechamkin pitch bowl for chasing
William Robertson, miniature 1/6 scale miter plane
WEST celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade in the American west
Tools excerpts from Craft in America
Craft artists & collectors at the American Craft Council's annual Baltimore marketplace
Former NASA astronaut & quilter Karen Nyberg
Santa Clara Pueblo potters Sergio & Joseph Youngblood Lugo
Feather artist Chris Maynard creates art inspired by nature
Glass sculptor John Luebtow inspired by Froebel's geometric gifts
Ceramic artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa responds to climate emergency
Curve-creased origami artists Erik & Martin Demaine (father-son team)
Spoon maker Norm Sartorius & collectors Fleur Bresler, Judith Chernoff, Jeffrey Bernstein
Teapot collectors Gloria and Sonny Kamm & Los Angeles artist Peter Shire
Quilters & collectors Carolyn Mazloomi, Cynthia Lockhart, Sara Vance Waddell
Cheech Marin: From comedian to Chicano art collector
Destroy it… then fold it! | How the Demaines create spirals from paper and glass
Meet the Cheyenne and Arapaho Peace Chiefs
What is the future of craft? | A talk with textile artist Gerhardt Knodel
I was born to be me | How Cynthia Lockhart went from designing bags to sewing quilts for the Renwick
“It was in my DNA” | Joan Takayama-Ogawa and honoring her family’s ceramic history