WEST

WEST celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade, taking inspiration from the landscape, history and culture of the American West. Working across cowboy arts, Hawaiian indigenous practices, and Native American handwork, the artists show how traditional craft can be revived, reworked and reinvented in the art of today. PBS Premiere December 19, 2025. Streaming November 24 on the PBS App.

The featured artists and institutions include Graham Ebner, Institute of American Indian Arts, Poakalani Quilters, Hōkūleʻa/Polynesian Voyaging Society, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kawika Lum-Nelmida, Bishop Museum, and Cary Schwarz.

WEST is a special Handwork 2026 episode. Learn more at handwork2026.org.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

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