Learn to be art smart with Elmo. When Zoe's pet rock, Rocco, needs a friend, Elmo uses arts and crafts to build a new friend out of ordinary things on Sesame Street. Elmo also makes a collage with the help of his Sesame Street friends. Both of these stories are followed by the rest of their full hour episodes filled with additional art films and favorite segments like Elmo the Musical, Elmo's world, and Murray Art School.

This episode of the PBS series Craft in America looks at the relationship between craft and the military, and profiles five practicing artisans who either were veterans or whose work honors them. Artisans covered in the program are: Ehren Tool, Gulf War veteran, who makes clay cups that draw attention to the realities of war and its consequences; Judas Recendez, Iraq War veteran who practiced ceramics at the Army Arts and Crafts Center and went on...

"Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.

Two episodes of the television series Craft in America exploring the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft. "Borders" features: Ofelia Esparza, altar maker, who discusses the meaning and history of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration; master weaver Isaac Vásquez Garci of Teotitlán de Valle Mexico; American weaver Jim Bassler and potter Veralee Bassler; the Guelaguetz parade in Los Angeles; Chicago artist Kiff Slemmons,...