Explore the history, artistry and impact of personal adornment. Featuring jewelers Tom Herman, Harriete Estel Berman, Art Smith, Gabrielle Gould and Jesse Monongya.
Inspiration visits the Saar family of artists (Betye Saar, Alison Saar, & Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia & Watts Towers, weaver Diedrick Brackens, potter Ayumi Horie, Hmong master of paj ntaub embroidery Suzanne Thao & Mandora Young, artist Mary Little.
Home features Ojibwe artist Biskakone Greg Johnson, North House Folk School, ceramic artist Syd Carpenter, sculptor Wharton Esherick, architect Sim Van der Ryn & the Outlaw Builders, and curatorial consultant/educator Helen Drutt English.
PLAY explores the intersection of play and artistry, featuring Calder Kamin, Lorena Robletto, Roberto Benavidez, Schroeder Cherry, the Cotsen Children's Library, Chris Green, and the Skirball Cultural Center.
MINIATURES explores the world of tiny objects and the artists that make them, featuring the International Folk Art Market, Leandro Gomez Quintero, Mark Murphy, Alexander Girard, and Gustave Baumann.
From the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico to the computer science labs of MIT to NASA, SCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences, spanning technology, engineering, biology, math, and the climate emergency.
COLLECTORS reveals the essential role that craft appreciators play in the community. Featuring Chicano art to teapots and wooden spoons, learn what drives collectors and how their support furthers artists at all stages of their careers.
Explore the intersection of history, culture and contemporary craft in the eastern region of the US, featuring M&S Schmalberg, Bisa Butler, Colette Fu, Roberto Lugo, Ubaldo Vitali, Paul Revere and Helena Hernmarck.
Celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade, taking inspiration from the landscape, history and culture of the American West, featuring Graham Ebner, the Institute of American Indian Arts, Poakalani Quilters, Hokule'a, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kawika Lum-Nelmida, the Bishop Museum, Cary Schwarz and Jeff Minor.
Investigate the impact of the northern landscape on craft artists. Indigenous canoe practices, reclaimed materials, a craft school in the forest, and more demonstrate how natural and urban environments inspire the handmade in the Great North.
Explore craft artists who are building an inclusive and hopeful future. From elaborate costumes of New Orleans masking societies to mosaic stained glass in Miami and the vibrant artist community rebuilding after Hurricane Helene, the episode demonstrates the resilience and creativity of the American South.
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