8.6/105 votesLoading...#1 - Threads
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/11/2012
Explore the creativity of the human spirit through works that begin with the humble thread. Featured artists include fiber artist Terese Agnew, weaver Randall Darwall & designer Brian Murphy, artist Faith Ringgold, and fiber artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.
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8.5/107 votesLoading...#2 - Origins
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2009
The American craft tradition did not just appear, fully-formed and mature. The artists 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. Featured artists include Philip Simmons, Mark Hewitt, Teri Greeves, Jim Bassler, Paul Stankard, and Vernon, Pam, and Travis Owens.
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8.3/109 votesLoading...#3 - Landscape
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2007
Craft artists depend on their natural environment for both materials and inspiration. This hour looks at the processes through which natural materials become finished works of craft, and what deeper messages may be contained therein. Featured artists include Jan Yager, Kit Carson, David Gurney, George & Mira Nakashima, Richard Notkin, and Timberline Lodge.
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8.0/1010 votesLoading...#4 - Memory
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2007
Take a 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. Featured artists include Sam Maloof, Garry Knox Bennett, Mary Jackson, Tom Joyce, and Pat Courtney Gold.
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8.0/108 votesLoading...#5 - Community
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2007
Throughout time, craft work has been a community activity. Gifted artists and passionate newcomers alike reveal the deeply held belief that craft is about more than just the making of an object. Featured artists include Jamex & Einar de la Torre, Preston Singletary, Pilchuck Glass School, Sarah Jaeger, Ken Loeber, Dona Look, Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Penland School, Denise & Sam Wallace.
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8.0/106 votesLoading...#6 - Nature
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2017
Artists explore the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Featuring sculptor Patrick Dougherty, artist Mary Merkel-Hess, woodcarver Michelle Holzapfel, glass artist Preston Singletary, book artist Catherine Alice Michaelis.
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7.7/107 votesLoading...#7 - Holiday
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/20/2013
Embracing familiar and new winter celebrations of our American experience with the handmade. Celebrates some of our most important cultural and religious customs and leads viewers directly to their own creativity.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Process
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2009
What inspires a person to choose a career in craft? How does one acquire the knowledge and necessary skills? From self-taught artists to those who pursue formal study, from avocation to college, from apprenticeships to craft schools. Featured artists include the 92nd St Y, Dave & Roberta Williamson, Cary Esser, Nikki Lewis, KCAI, N. Bennet St. School, Tom Killion, and Julie Chen.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Messages
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2011
Many artists use their craft to share personal and political opinions. Craft has the ability to entice viewers to consider topics that they might find difficult. By expressing their ideas through their work, artists add meaning to the objects they create. Featured artists include glass artist Beth Lipman, santero Charles M. Carrillo, bead artist Joyce J. Scott; and jeweler & sculptor Thomas Mann.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Family
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2011
Family explores the creative environments and personal dynamics of four families of craft artists and asks: Is talent inherited? What is it like to live in a household where objects are made by hand? Meet the featured artists (the Lees, Marionis, Moulthrops and Sorrells).
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Crossroads
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2012
How do borders and personal crossroads affect an artist? How do science and craft interact? How do other cultures influence American style and technique? This episode explores the intersections of craft, culture, and technology. Featured artists include Tanya Aguiñiga, Lia Cook, Clary Illian, Warren MacKenzie, and Jeff Oestreich.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Forge
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2013
Exceptional artists forging metal magically transformed by fire. Follow Chloe Darke as she begins her career as a silversmith at Old Newbury Crafters; Iraqi war veterans Tom Pullin and Jeremiah Holland as they turn to art as an antidote to the harsh realities of war; Join sculptor Albert Paley as he prepares for Paley on Park Avenue, the most ambitious project of his 50 year career.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Industry
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2014
Industry explores the business of craft and how artists contribute to local and national economies.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Service
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2014
Documenting craft in the military and the power of the handmade to inspire and heal.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Music
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 11/20/2015
A look at how fine handmade instruments are crafted, featuring the world renowned artists who play them including Jake Shimabukuro with his Kamaka ukulele, Joan Baez with her Martin guitar, Scotty Barnhart of the Count Basie Orchestra with his David Monette trumpet, Rhiannon Giddens with her James Hartel banjo, Tony Ellis with his Stelling Banjo, timpanist Joseph Pereira and mallet maker Jason Ginter.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Celebration
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2015
Discover the role craft plays in our winter holiday traditions, rituals, and festivities. Featuring lion dancers & float builders for San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade, ceramic artists in Michigan for the holidays at Pewabic (Detroit) and Motawi Tileworks (Ann Arbor), Kwanzaa celebrations with Chicago & Oakland artists, and Christmas card making in Tacoma with Yoshiko Yamamoto.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Teachers
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2016
Artists committed to sharing their skills and passion for craft with students of all ages. Featuring Navajo weavers Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete at Idyllwild Arts, glass artist Mark Mitsuda at Punahou School, glass artist Therman Statom, and ceramic artist Linda Sikora at Alfred University School of Art and Design.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Borders
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2017
Explore the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. Featuring master altar maker Ofelia Esparza and the Day of the Dead celebration; master weaver J. Isaac Vásquez Garcia and family; weaver Jim Bassler, potter Veralee Bassler and the colorful Guelaguetza parade; and artist Kiff Slemmons and maestro Francisco Toledo at Taller Arte Papel.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Neighbors
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2017
Explore the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. Featuring ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio; ceramic artists Magdalena Pedro Martínez and Carlomagno Pedro Martínez; glass artist Jaime Guerrero; silver designers William Spratling, Carmen Tapia, Miguel Angel Ortíz Miranda, Cristina Romo, and Eduardo Herrera; muralist Judy Baca and SPARC.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - California
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 12/21/2018
Explore the diverse craft traditions and innovations in the Golden State. Featuring Pomo basket weaver Corine Pearce, silversmith Randy Stromsoe, the Arts and Crafts architecture of Greene and Greene, stained glass artists at Judson Studios, cabinetmakers James Ipekjian and Jack Ipekjian, and textile artist Deborah Cross.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Visionaries
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 12/21/2018
Documenting the ways in which artists and influencers inspire new generations to envision the limitless possibilities of craft. Featuring textile designer and founder of LongHouse Reserve Jack Lenor Larsen, curator Helen Molesworth and Black Mountain College, fiber artist Kay Sekimachi, collector Forrest L. Merrill, and book artist Felicia Rice.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Quilts
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 12/27/2019
Learn about contemporary quilters as we celebrate the role quilts have played in our country's story. Featuring Susan Hudson, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Michael A. Cummings, Judith Content, the International Quilt Museum and special guest Ken Burns.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Identity
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 12/27/2019
Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place, offering true expressions of their experiences in this world. Featuring potter Diego Romero, photographer Cara Romero, furniture maker Wendy Maruyama and sculptor Cristina Cordova.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Storytellers
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 12/11/2020
Meet artists who use narrative to communicate personal and universal truths. Featuring artist Nicholas Galanin, Julie Schafler Dale, Linda J. Mendelson, George Rodriguez and Christina Bothwell.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Democracy
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2020
In the galleries and halls of our treasured institutions; in the hands of Native American, African American, and Veteran artists; from Appalachia to the Rio Grande Valley; Democracy explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles. Hear from Robert L. Lynch, President of Americans for the Arts, who speaks to the role of government in the arts.
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The Best Episodes of Craft in America
Every episode of Craft in America ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Craft in America!
Explore 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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Threads" is the best rated episode of "Craft in America". It scored 8.6/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/11/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Origins".