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Craft in America - PBS Series
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.
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Landscape focuses on the relationship between the artists and their physical environment. Craft artists depend on their natural environment for both materials and inspiration. This hour will look at the processes through which natural materials becom...e finished works of craft, and what deeper messages may be contained therein. (55:00)
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February 7, 2011 at 01:17 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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The American craft tradition did not just appear, fully-formed and mature. Where have our craft practices come from? How do they continue? Each of the artists featured in "Origins" tie their work to early craft techniques and demonstrate how they are... involved in passing these techniques to others in a continuum of creativity. (55:00)
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February 7, 2011 at 01:13 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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What inspires a person to choose a career in craft? How do they acquire the knowledge and necessary skills? What educational opportunities are available for people of all stages of life who harbor the desire to learn a craft? From artists who are sel...f-taught to those who pursue formal study, from avocation to college, from apprenticeships to craft schools, and finally, out into the world. (55:01)
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February 7, 2011 at 01:09 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Take a personal tour through craft's history in America beginning with the pioneers of the field to the intimate stories of some of our country's most prominent craft artists. Memory observes how past is prologue, and looks to the dynamic of cultural... history and personal heritage in creating objects. (55:00)
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February 7, 2011 at 01:27 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Throughout time, craft work has been a community activity. This hour will focus on spiritual connection artists have to their communities through craft making. The personal stories of gifted artists and passionate newcomers alike reveal the deeply he...ld belief that craft is about more than just the making of an object. It is also about a way of life, a reason for being. (55:01)
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February 7, 2011 at 01:21 PM
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