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CRAFT IN AMERICA: West

Institute of American Indian Art student & Meskwaki Nation artist Kayla Wanatee at the anvil.
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Institute of American Indian Art student & Meskwaki Nation artist Kayla Wanatee at the anvil.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Celebrate heritage and the handmade, inspired by the landscape, history, and culture of the West. Across cowboy arts, Hawaiian indigenous practices, and Native American handwork, today's artists are breathing new life into traditional craft.

"WEST" celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade, taking inspiration from the landscape, history and culture of the American West. Working across cowboy arts, Hawaiian indigenous practices, and Native American handwork, the artists show how traditional craft can be revived, reworked and reinvented in the art of today.

The featured artists and institutions include Graham Ebner, Institute of American Indian Arts, Poakalani Quilters, Hōkūleʻa/Polynesian Voyaging Society, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kawika Lum-Nelmida, Bishop Museum, and Cary Schwarz.

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Bootmaker Graham Ebner at the sewing machine.
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Bootmaker Graham Ebner at the sewing machine.

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Kawika Lum-Nelmida
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Kawika Lum-Nelmida

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