TALKS & INTERVIEWS

Craft in America brings scholars and artists from around the world to speak at our Center in Los Angeles. Our growing archive of scholarly talks encompasses everything from the history of Mexican silver jewelry to master glass artists talking about process.

  • Feature-Tibbie, Dunbar, Assemblage 70, Craft in America

    There Is No Not: Artist Talk with Tibbie Dunbar

  • Ferne Jacobs on her process and techniques

  • Ferne Jacobs, (detail) Interior Passages, 2016. Building the Essentials, Craft in America

    Artist Talk: Ferne Jacobs–Finding the Feminine Principle at the Bottom of the Well

  • Ferne Jacobs on Lenore Tawney and the artists who influenced her

  • Craft in America, Jewelry and Harmony

    Crafting Value and Identity: Artist Talk with Harriete Estel Berman

  • Craft in America, Lorena Amazing Piñatas

    Piñatas: Global Origins & Historical References

  • Craft in America, Piñatas

    Labor of Love: the Economics of Piñata Making

  • Craft in America, Piñatas

    Curatorial Walk-through of Piñatas

  • Craft in America, Piñatas

    Artist Talk: The Poetry and Politics of Piñatas

  • Craft in America: Made in L.A. exhibition at LAX

    SoCal Fiber: A conversation with Carrie Burckle, Ferne Jacobs, and Karyl Sisson

  • Steven Portigal, Nature Morte (Ivoire), 2013

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  • Craft in America, In Flux Event, Berman, Silver Iron, 2021

    Reading Craft Book Event—In Flux: ​American Jewelry Packed a Punch in the Turbulent 1960s and 70s

  • Craft in America, Making Waves

    Eco-Sustainability in Furniture Studios: A Starting Point for Change led by Craft In America

  • Craft in America, Reading Craft Bernard Herman, Bernard Herman in Westerhouse Creek, Oysters

    Reading Craft Book Event – The Craft We Eat with Bernie Herman on Culinary Craft Ecologies of Virginia’s Eastern Shore

  • Blue McRight, Undescribed Variation #13, Craft in America

    Blue McRight: Artist Talk, This Changes Everything

  • Craft in America, Meltdown Still

    Meltdown Film Panel Discussion

  • Craft in America, Coral Reef Alliance

    Coral Bleaching Through the Perspectives of Art and Science: A Conversation with the Coral Reef Alliance

  • feature image, Captain Charles Moore, Founded Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Craft in America

    Craft in Action: Invasion of the Biosphere by Synthetic Polymers

  • Linda Gass, Cooley Landing: Life in Water, Craft in America

    Linda Gass artist talk

  • Timothy Horn, Gorgonia 15, 2018, Craft in America

    Timothy Horn artist talk

  • Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Tipping Point series, Over Fishing, Craft in America

    Joan Takayama-Ogawa artist talk

  • Sculptor George Rodriguez. Craft in America STORYTELLERS

    George Rodriguez artist talk

  • John Luebtow, Ode to Congress: GRIDLOCK, 1996 Craft in America Center Democracy 2020: Craft & the Election featured

    John Luebtow artist talk

  • Billings Featured Craft in America Center Flag Share 2020 & Beyond Nancy Billings

    Flags for 2020 & Beyond with Victor De La Rosa