Berea College

core/image

A new episode of Craft in America: DEMOCRACY is available to stream&nbsp;now&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00108sHAyUnZaVLo_j8yjr3zB4UsomDETTRd4oTieZ3n9oX6BLfEYYFYHFTDePoVQl58ZJCsjei91fjEuJkNSNpRHVZTabJr6CeoXxATFz9qhCxZB0GIuQXJRmRY3OlFZ2G4BEtq2RSYazVcDAtJhlpN3tST9WterLim2Rrmsze-pm5Q4lFa8Xc4tycyU7YjpP0&amp;c=MTKOH1IfiI0-ulNySrrZrmgH-9G5W9GnABA_ombL1YJlGkhPFTeFEw==&amp;ch=_1mRduNJs7G1wilmd1U_3iUDHhxMJKqeaQLUVj2pKA3lOnQmOLN25w==">PBS Video App</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00108sHAyUnZaVLo_j8yjr3zB4UsomDETTRd4oTieZ3n9oX6BLfEYYFYHFTDePoVQl5ig9G4ifyBKE_-AuIv36YUk5Stdde6_0cU0GGuRyEHYO-uoBIo_-foEBQgUyxw1ufuBBM4McrvjC6AQvj8grVxPwzBCH8kBMrQa-vchdHsoF-trbWBTIp7TI9xxbkqWoAHuPz5kgS5r5KdzRTiEnG-VNvOYX4IwY-&amp;c=MTKOH1IfiI0-ulNySrrZrmgH-9G5W9GnABA_ombL1YJlGkhPFTeFEw==&amp;ch=_1mRduNJs7G1wilmd1U_3iUDHhxMJKqeaQLUVj2pKA3lOnQmOLN25w==">PBS.org/craftinamerica</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00108sHAyUnZaVLo_j8yjr3zB4UsomDETTRd4oTieZ3n9oX6BLfEYYFYHFTDePoVQl52Go28YwvX2T6askZUeg9B--iixDtWvZhMfWBxOozCZiRe9WyCDHhChYUUexp48kfoLPHG9qsDf4dH8Y565orRK8vyNGkF2YXQtvQKnrKQ8G-qvoh2EY9sfFu9gxvSs4Xe-o30qc660-slOqaJQZ8UA==&amp;c=MTKOH1IfiI0-ulNySrrZrmgH-9G5W9GnABA_ombL1YJlGkhPFTeFEw==&amp;ch=_1mRduNJs7G1wilmd1U_3iUDHhxMJKqeaQLUVj2pKA3lOnQmOLN25w==">craftinamerica.org</a> in advance of the PBS broadcast premiere on Dec. 11, 2020. Craft in America: DEMOCRACYexplores how craft&nbsp;intertwines with our nation’s defining principles, providing&nbsp;inspiring examples of artists and organizations working together to embody democratic ideals.&nbsp;The program highlights the historic and contemporary crafts Berea College students produce through the College’s distinctive Labor program. It features interviews with students and staff in Berea’s crafts program—which includes weaving, broom making, ceramics and woodworking—and Stephen Burks, an industrial designer and educator&nbsp;who headed Berea’s Crafting&nbsp;Diversity&nbsp;project. Burks worked with students to design products for the Student Craft program, ensuring the inclusive&nbsp;diversity&nbsp;of Berea’s student body was represented in the craft they created. “Perhaps more than ever, it is critical that we hear the voices of the artists, art advocate, and cultural workers who define and unite our nation through their work,” PBS stated when announcing the program.

PBS Features Berea College in Craft in America: DEMOCRACY Episode