Craft in America (2007)

Season 5

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 beauty, creativity and originality of craftsmanship, the show 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.

Released April 18, 2007 Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.art-documentary, imdb.craft

Watch Providers: PBS, PBS Living Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, KQED, Thirteen WETA+

Network: PBS

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

8.2

/65/

Trakt

/5/

TMDb

Carol Sauvion
Director

Ken Burns
Himself

S5E1 - Forge

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.

Oct. 25, 2013, midnight

S5E2 - Holiday

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.

Dec. 20, 2013, midnight

S5E3 - Industry

Industry explores the business of craft and how artists contribute to local and national economies.

May 2, 2014, midnight

PBS

60 min/ep

1860 min

April 18, 2007

Dec. 19, 2025, midnight

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