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Crafting and Storytelling – Pittsburgh Screening of "Handmade Nation"

November 3, 2010 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Image by tigerlillyshop via Flickr Handmade Nation is a documentary film about the rise of all things handmade and crafty by artist and filmmaker Faythe Levine.   I first learned about this film at the Craft Congress – a meeting of craft fair organizers – that was first held in Pittsburgh in 2007.  You can read more about the Craft Congress in this New York Times article from December 16, 2007.  Again my path crossed with this film at the Art Activist & Equity symposium which was held at the New Hazlett Theater in 2008.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Crafts, DIY, Documentary film, faythe levine, Handmade Nation, New York Times, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, society for contemporary craft

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