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Title from container.
Creator, Carol Sauvion.
Release date: Jun. 28, 2011.
Produced for television in 2011.
TV-PG.
Wisconsin glass artist Beth Lipman explores the symbolism of 17th century still life paintings to express the fragility that exists in a world of excess.
New Mexico santero Charles M. Carrillo uses authentic materials to combine historic religious subject matter with contemporary culture.
Baltimore bead artist Joyce J. Scott learned quilting and beading from her mother and draws from references as wide-ranging as Africa and comic books to focus on issues such as race and stereotyping.
New Orleans jewelry artist and sculptor Thomas Mann is famous for his "Techno-Romantic" designs. He created Storm Cycle, a seris of wall panels that document the untold stories in his beloved city after Hurricane Katrina.
Director of photography, Sidney Lubitsch ; editors, Sandy Guthrie & Victor Livingston ; music by Laura Karpman.
Joyce Scott, Thomas Mann, Beth Lipman, Charles Carrillo.
"Messages looks at the ways many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression. They use craft to tell a story, prove a point, or bring attention to issues. Often their work is passionate and provocative. The artists selected for "Messages" express many different interests and points of view, but they have one thing in common; their skill and creativity are of the highest level"--Container.
DVD; stereo.; region 1, NTSC.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Contents:
Introduction --
Beth Lipman --
Charles Carrillo --
Joyce J. Scott --
Thomas Mann --
Credits.
