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Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
The quilt’s unique ability to preserve, not only our own family histories, but the history of America
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
The quilt is the perfect test case for a dozen theories about what makes art. The art vs. craft debate
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is a nine-part documentary series that will change the way you think about quilts. Uncover the unsuspected size and depth of quilt…
Elizabeth James Perry Wampanoag Traditional Artist
2016 | 7mins
Elizabeth James Perry Wampanoag Traditional Artist
2016 | 7mins
Elizabeth James-Perry's artwork is intimately tied to her Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal heritage. Her wampum belts are made using indigenous materials -- locally harvested, handspun…
Jesse Marsolais, Letter Carver Letterpress Printer
2020 | 7mins
Jesse Marsolais, Letter Carver Letterpress Printer
2020 | 7mins
Short film about Jesse Marsolais who works in old ways – traditional methods of letterpress printing and letter carving in stone and wood – to meet customers’ needs one letter at…
Harold A. Burnham, Shipwright
2020 | 9mins
Harold A. Burnham, Shipwright
2020 | 9mins
Short film featuring master wooden boat builder Harold A. Burnham. Shot both in the Burnham ship yard and on the water, the film touches on shipbuilding in Essex, the Burnham…
Ott Blair
1973 | 5mins
Ott Blair
1973 | 5mins
Demonstration of and commentary on the mountain craft of building wooden farm sleds by Ott Blair, a native of Heaton, North Carolina. Discussion includes first selling sled and…
Pearl Fisher
1985 | 28mins
Pearl Fisher
1985 | 28mins
The freshwater pearl industry once flourished along Indiana's inland waterways. The Wabash, flowing south from Lafayette to join the Ohio at Mt. Vernon, bustled with the shallow…
Albert Collins
1989 | 56mins
Albert Collins
1989 | 56mins
Portrait of Albert "Hap" Collins of South Blue Hill, Maine. Hap Collins was a poet, painter, fiddler, lobster fisherman, storyteller, and craftsman.
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
Welcome to Spivey‘s Corner
1978 | 17mins
In 1979 Keir Cline shot footage at the Tenth Annual National Hollerin’ Contest in Spivey’s Corner, a small crossroads community in southeastern North Carolina. The festival had…
Grand Generation
1993 | 27mins
Grand Generation
1993 | 27mins
A portrait of six older Americans, each with their roots in a unique cultural heritage and each with a powerful perspective on the nature of aging.
Alex Stewart: Cooper
1973 | 11mins
Alex Stewart: Cooper
1973 | 11mins
A 1973 film of Alex Stewart, a mountain craftsman from near Sneedville, Tennessee, constructing a churn. Film includes discussion of the use of non-powered tools and skills handed…
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
Appalachian Journey
1991 | 58mins
Alan Lomax travels through the Southern Appalachians investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendents of the Scotch-Irish frontiers people who have made…
Living Stone
1958 | 34mins
Living Stone
1958 | 34mins
This documentary shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture. The Inuit approach to the work is to release the image the artist sees imprisoned in the rough stone. The film…
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
1963 | 19mins
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
1963 | 19mins
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking…
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