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Title:

Craft in America [videorecording] / created by Carol Sauvion ; writer, Kyra Thompson ; a co-production of Craft in America, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; presented in association with KCET/Los Angeles.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Handicraft--United States--History--20th century.
Handicraft--United States--History--21st century.
Artists--United States.
Artisans--United States.
Decoration and ornament--United States--History--20th century.
Decoration and ornament--United States--History--21st century.
Handicraft--United States--History--20th century.
Handicraft--United States--History--21st century.
Artists--United States.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary--Television series.

Other Authors:

Sauvion, Carol. cre
Thompson, Kyra. aus
Noble, Nigel. drt
Seeger, Dan. drt
Birmingham, Hilary. drt
Oglesby, Randy. nrt
Maloof, Sam. art
Jackson, Mary, 1945- art
Gold, Pat Courtney. art
Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934- art
Joyce, Tom, 1956- art
Yager, Jan, 1951- art
Gurney, David, 1958- art
Carson, Kit, 1950- art art
Nakashima, Mira. art
Notkin, Richard. art
Jaeger, Sarah. art
Wallace, Denise, 1957- art
Wallace, Samuel, 1936- art
Look, Dona. art
Loeber, Ken. art
Lerea, Yaffa. flm
Lenzer, Don. cng
Karpmann, Laura. cmp
Craft in America, Inc.
Independent Television Service.
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
PBS Home Video.

Other Titles:

Craft in America (Television program)
Memory.
Landscape.
Community.

Notes:

Memory: Sam Maloof (wood worker), Mary Jackson (basket weaver), Pat Courtney Gold (basket weaver), Garry Knox Bennett (furniture maker), Tom Joyce (blacksmith). Landscape: Jan Yager (artist), David Gurney (ceramist), Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Oregon), Kit Carson (jeweler, sculptor), Mira Nakashima (furniture designer), Richard Notkin (artist). Community: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads (Port Gibson, Mississippi), Penland School of Crafts, Sarah Jaeger (potter), Archie Bray Foundation, Pilchuk Glass School, Denise Wallace (jeweler), Sam Wallace (lapidary), Dona Look (artist), Ken Loeber (artist). Three-part program produced in 2006; originally broadcast on PBS in 2007. Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents:

Episode 1. Memory / director, Nigel Noble -- Episode 2. Landscape / director, Daniel Seeger -- Episode 3. Community / director, Hilary Birmingham.

Summary:

"Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.

ISBN:

9780793693368
0793693365

OCLC:

(OCoLC)140341822

UPC:

841887008372

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)