Craft in America

Artist Alison Saar on whittling. Bonus video from INSPIRATION episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Ojibwe artist Biskakone Greg Johnson on the waganogan his community built based on an old photograph. Bonus video from HOME episode. Archival image courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society, WHI-(23743).

Chef Yia Vang on what it means to be Hmong. Bonus video from the INSPIRATION episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Chef Yia Vang on Hmong Village. Bonus video from the INSPIRATION episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Ceramic artist Syd Carpenter on her Mother Pins series. Bonus video from the HOME episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Jim Campe on the Outlaw Builder's structures. Bonus video from the HOME episode. PBS premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Weaver Diedrick Brackens on his Baby Blanket series. Bonus video from the INSPIRATION episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Holly Gore, Research Director at the Wharton Esherick Museum on Wharton Esherick's Bedroom Trap Door and Desk. Bonus video from HOME episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Potter Ayumi Horie on her color study tiles. Bonus video from INSPIRATION episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 16, 2022 (check local listings)

Harriete Estel Berman is an American artist and sculptor. Since 1988, she has been using post-consumer, recycled materials to create jewelry, Judaica, and sculpture. Segment from the JEWELRY episode

Art Smith (1917–1982) was a highly acclaimed jewelry artist whose extraordinary avant-garde creations pushed the limits of modernism from 1946 to the early 70s. Much of his work was a completely different scale from his contemporaries. He has been called a star of the modernist jewelry movement. Segment from the JEWELRY episode

Jesse Monongya is a master Navajo/Hopi jeweler Monongya is best known for his night-sky designs inlaid into a bear shape, which symbolizes strength and power, as well as other forms. His bracelets, necklaces, pendants, bolo ties, and earrings inlaid with Acoma jet, sugilite, coral, turquoise, lapis, and ivory among others are complemented by the dramatic southwestern landscapes that inspired him.

Curator Joanne Hyppolite, Ph.D. on Art Smith's jewelry in museums. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode

Curator Joanne Hyppolite, Ph.D. on Art Smith designing jewelry for dance companies. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode

Harriete Estel Berman on her Menorah, “They whisper names to me, I am a channel. This piece is made of recycled tin cans and the menorah itself is made of brass. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode, streaming starting Nov 4, 2021. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

Harriete Estel Berman on her Judaica sculptures, The 10 Modern Plagues, constructed from post consumer recycled tin cans, spice tins, and vintage steel dollhouses. This series is based on the concept of 'tikkun olam', Hebrew for repair the world. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode, streaming starting Nov 4, 2021. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

Navajo/Hopi master jeweler Jesse Monongya on growing up with horses near Toadlena, New Mexico. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode, streaming starting Nov 4, 2021. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

Curator Joanne Hyppolite on personal adornment and human beautification. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode, streaming starting Nov 4, 2021. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

Gabrielle Gould on her feather jewelry. Bonus video from the JEWELRY episode. PBS broadcast premiere Dec 10, 2021 (check local listings)

Musician Jon Pickow (1958-2020) sings a family favorite, "Pretty Saro." Bonus video from the HARMONY episode streaming starting November 4, 2021 on the PBS Video App, craftinamerica.org, and pbs.org/craftinamerica. PBS broadcast premiere December 10, 2021 (check local listings).