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CRAFT IN AMERICA: Celebration

Travis Lum repairs a lion head for Chinese New Year celebrations.
Courtesy of Mark Markley
Travis Lum repairs a lion head for Chinese New Year celebrations.

Airs Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

CRAFT IN AMERICA, the Peabody Award-winning PBS series, marks the holiday season with an all new hour titled "Celebration." Throughout its seven seasons, CRAFT IN AMERICA has highlighted the finest examples of American artistry. This hour adds another important chapter to that anthology by examining the role craft plays in our holiday customs, with a focus on our winter observances and the traditions that are handed down from one generation to another as well as new rituals that define the season.

Explore the many ways Americans celebrate time-honored traditions, featuring lion dancers and float builders for San Francisco’s acclaimed Chinese New Year Parade, artists in Michigan making ceramics for the holidays at Pewabic (Detroit) and Motawi Tileworks (Ann Arbor), Kwanzaa celebrations with artists in Chicago and Oakland, and Christmas card-making in Tacoma, Washington, with woodblock print artist Yoshiko Yamamoto.

Past episodes and clips from this series are available for online viewing.

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CELEBRATION episode preview

"Discover the role craft plays in our winter holiday traditions

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"Dave Zink shows us Pewabic's filter press and talks about how they prepare their clay. Bonus video from the CELEBRATION episode. PBS premiere December 11

Corey Chan on Chinese New Year symbolism

"Corey Chan talks about symbolism of various objects in the Chinese New Year parade and lion and dragon dances. Bonus video from the CELEBRATION episode. PBS premiere December 11