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Five Hundred Years of American Craft, with Glenn Adamson
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:47:50
Publish Date: 2021-02-24 00:00:00
Description: Glenn Adamson makes his second appearance on Curious Objects to discuss his new book, Craft: An American History. As his research shows, artisans from Paul Revere and Betsy Ross to Patrocino Barela and George Barris played a crucial and under-examined role in the formation of the United States’ national character. And what’s more, he tells us, the communal-slash-individual nature of craftwork could represent an antidote to the country’s current polarization.
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