Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App
This episode answers many of the questions viewers of the first series have posed. 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:
- Jonathan Wahl, director of jewelry and metalsmithing at New York City’s 92nd Street Y, and Robert “Bobby” Silverman, director of ceramics
- Cary Esser, professor, Kansas City Art Institute, and Nikki Lewis, a recent graduate of Esser's program
- Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez, director of the North Bennet Street School, Boston
- Julie Chen, book artist, Berkeley, California
- Tom Killion, printmaker and book artist
- David and Roberta Williamson, jewelers, Berea, Ohio
Virtual exhibitions of the best examples from established masters and emerging artists are viewable online.
CRAFT IN AMERICA: PROCESS episode
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