INDUSTRY

Handmade in the Creative Economy. Featuring Gee’s Bend quilters Lucy Mingo and Mary Ann Pettway, quilter Joe Cunningham, boat builder Graham McKay & Lowell’s Boat Shop, artist Bethanne Knudson of The Oriole Mill and Libby O’Bryan, jewelry artist Shane Yamane, and Etsy.

Explore the business of the handmade, in workshops where artists are crafting the future and making contributions to the local and national economies. INDUSTRY highlights the important connection between the consumer and the maker and explores the value of exquisitely crafted handmade objects in today’s creative economy. PBS premiere: May 2, 2014.