HONORING NATIONAL CLAY WEEK

JUNE 13-19, 2025

We at CRAFT IN AMERICA invite you to explore and share these videos to celebrate National Clay Week!

Joan Takayama-Ogawa, SCIENCE episode

Gloria & Sonny Kamm and Peter Shire, COLLECTORS episode

Sergio & Joseph Youngblood Lugo, SCIENCE episode

Potter Ayumie Horie, INSPIRATION episode

Ceramic Artist and Sculptor George Rodriguez, STORYTELLERS episode

Ehren Tool and Judas Recendez in the Veterans History Project, DEMOCRACY episode

Sculptor Cristina Córdova, IDENTITY episode

Cochiti Pueblo potter Diego Romero, IDENTITY episode

Ceramic artist Gerardo Monterrubio, NEIGHBORS episode

Barro negro sculptors Carlomagno Pedro Martínez & Magdalena Pedro Martínez, NEIGHBORS episode

Potter Linda Sikora & Alfred University, TEACHERS episode

Midwest Potters: Warren MacKenzie, Jeff Oestreich, Clary Illian, CROSSROADS episode

Potter Sarah Jaeger & Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, COMMUNITY episode

View the full playlist of 120 Craft in America segments and clips featuring clay!

CURRENT CENTER EXHIBITION

Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Large Cherimoya Teapot, c. 1996

Keiko Fukazawa, Chisou/Feast – Red Octopus Tea Set, 1992

Tea for Two: The Teapots of Gloria and Sonny Kamm


On view through 8/30/2025


Los Angeles collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm, featured in the COLLECTORS episode, have created a vast and wide-ranging collection centered on a single item, the teapot.


View the exhibition online..

Craft in America Center • 8415 W. Third St. Los Angeles, CA 90048

(323) 951-0610 • Hours: Tues–Sat, 12:00pm–6:00pm

www.craftinamerica.org/center

HANDWORK 2026

Introducing Craft in America's initiative, Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a national Semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America. Learn how to participate!

Craft in America is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization founded in 2004 with the mission to promote and advance original handcrafted work through programs in all media. The Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated Craft in America documentary series first aired nationally on PBS in 2007 and has produced 33 hour-long episodes to date. These programs are filled with artists, techniques, and stories from diverse cultures, blending history with living practice.


In addition to the series, Craft in America’s organizational efforts include extensive websites (pbs.org/craftinamerica and craftinamerica.org), a YouTube channel youtube.com/craftinamerica, multi-disciplinary educator guides that adhere to national standards, and the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles. All of Craft in America’s multimedia educational content is provided to the public at no charge.

OUR MISSION

To promote and advance original handcrafted work through programs in all media

 

OUR GOALS

To document the importance of handmade objects and the artists who make them

To provide a gateway to discover, explore and experience craft

To celebrate our nation's cultures through craft

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