Art21: José de Jesús Rodríguez
This documentary short follows the artist in a moment of creative transition as he adapts the techniques of mosaic to his multilayered compositions, embracing more openness, gesture, and ambiguity in…
Craft in America: MESSAGES
Craft has the ability to entice viewers to consider topics that they might find difficult. By expressing their ideas through their work, artists add meaning to the objects they create.
American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Discover the real story of the notorious author, starring Denis O’Hare as Edgar Allan Poe. This documentary explores the misrepresentations of Poe and reveals how he tapped into what it…
The Poet Who Found Her Voice on Yelp
Poet Cindy Tran creates works that bridge personal memories and shared experiences, reflecting on childhood, parental expectations, and societal stigmas around an Asian-American identity.
Craft in America: HOME
HOME visits craft artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
Craft in America: Science
Nature, space, algorithms, and more serve as inspiration for artists connecting their work to the world around them, from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico to the computer science…
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, “lumière,” the French word for “light,” was also the surname of brothers Auguste and Louis, whose brilliant invention, the cinematograph, helped to…
American Masters: Harper Lee
American Masters: Harper Lee explores the mysterious life of the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960) and the phenomenon behind her iconic novel. One of the most influential American…
Inside a Painter’s Mythical NYC Studio of 55 Years
A self-taught artist, John Willenbecher (b. 1936) initially set out to be an art historian. Born in the Lehigh Valley in Pensylvania, he attended Brown University and then he took…