Video Resources for Educators

We are pleased to provide our video resources for teachers, now organized by subject area:

  • History and Culture
  • Language and Storytelling
  • Performing Craft
  • STEM Handmade
  • Craft in History
  • Schools of Craft
  • Craft and Kids

Explore our video resources to support your curriculum. Click on the playlist icon  youtube playlist icon  to view the full playlist.

  • Women & Jewelry: A Contemporary Perspective

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View the History and Culture playlist on YouTube

History and Culture Playlist

Artists explore traditions, navigate history, or engage in activism through their work. These clips highlight how craft can relate to social, cultural, historical or political contexts. 

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View the Language and Storytelling playlist on YouTube

Language and Storytelling Playlist

Art is universal, connecting different people through a visual language. These videos explore how craft can be used to communicate ideas, bring characters to life, and tell stories.

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View the Performing Craft playlist on YouTube

Performing Craft Playlist

Musicians need instruments, theater needs sets and costumes, and grand events need grand designs. Explore how the tools of the performing arts are masterly crafted and celebrated in this collection of shorts.

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View the STEM Handmade playlist on YouTube

STEM Handmade Playlist

From environmental science to chemical processes, and planning patterns to designing structures, these clips explore how science, technology, engineering, and math meet the handmade arts.

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View the Craft and Kids playlist on YouTube

Craft and Kids Playlist

You’re never too old – or too young – to learn something new. Watch how children of all ages, from kinder to teen, can be involved in the process of craft and art-making just as well as the masters.

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View the Craft in History playlist on YouTube

Craft in History Playlist

Dive into the long history of craft in America. These clips explore the beginnings of galleries, renowned places of learning, and institutions of artistry.

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View the Schools of Craft playlist on YouTube

Schools of Craft Playlist

The incredible and historic schools featured in these videos speak on the programs and classes they offer on the art of craft, from glassblowing to violin building and beyond.

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Women & Jewelry: A Contemporary Perspective

Originally published on Goldsmiths’ Fair website.

A personal reflection on the life and work of leading UK jewelry designer Wendy Ramshaw CBE 1939-2018.

A personal reflection on the life and work of leading British goldsmith Jacqueline Mina OBE.

An introduction to the jewelry galleries at the V&A Museum London and Aberdeen Art Gallery and some of the women collectors and curators who have helped to develop them.

A reflection on the leading role played by women curators and collectors in supporting innovative jewelry design in the late 20th and early 21st century.

California Arts Council, RGB, Craft in America
The Craft in America Center is supported in part by a grant from the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov