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OPERA SINGER MARGARET CHALKER HAS HAD A DECADES-LONG CAREER. WE HEAD TO THE CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN POTSDAM, NEW YORK, WHERE CHALKER IS AN EDUCATOR, TO HEAR HER PERFORM.

We take you inside a drumming circle at St. Lawrence University, where instructor Len Mackey teaches West African drumming.

IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, ARTIST SARAH PLATT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO CREATE BARN QUILTS. DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE QUILT PATTERNS AND OFTEN DISPLAYED ON BARNS, THESE BRIGHT, GEOMETRIC WORKS DECORATE RURAL LANDSCAPES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

RETIRED ART TEACHER ROXANNE LOCY LOVES TO THROW CLAY…SO MUCH SO THAT SHE HAS BEEN MAKING POTTERY SINCE 1979. WE TAKE A TRIP TO HER STUDIO IN CANTON, NEW YORK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER ARTISTIC JOURNEY.

ALONG THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER IN HAMMOND, NEW YORK, ONE WILL FIND SCOTT OUDERKIRK WORKING IN HIS STUDIO. FROM STAINED GLASS CREATIONS TO WOODEN BOAT RESTORATIONS, THE ARTIST DOESN’T PUT A LIMIT ON HIS CREATIVITY.

WE MEET WOODWORKER MATT ROZLER. HAVING FIRST BECOME INTERESTED IN THE ART FORM THROUGH HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER, THE TWO CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AS HE TRANSFORMS WOOD INTO METICULOUSLY HANDCRAFTED PIECES.

BASED IN OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK, JOHN MORROW IS AN ARTIST AND GALLERY OWNER WHO HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. HE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM HIS SURROUNDINGS.

IN NEW YORK, RUTH VARLEY FASHIONS JEWELRY FROM NATURE. FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, THIS JEWELRY ARTISAN HAS BEEN DESIGNING WEARABLE ART INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL WORLD.

SINCE A YOUNG AGE, THERESA “BEAR” FOX HAS LOVED TO SING. THROUGH MUSIC, SHE HAS OVERCOME SHYNESS TO BECOME A SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO PERFORMS IN THE MOHAWK AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

MATHILDE LIND IS A SKILLED FIBER ARTIST. THROUGH THE ACT OF SPINNING AND WEAVING, SHE EMBRACES A TRADITIONAL, HANDS-ON APPROACH TO FABRIC MAKING, RENDERING ONE-OF-A-KIND MATERIALS.

AT THE CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN POTSDAM, NEW YORK, FLUTIST BRIAN DUNBAR TEACHES UP AND COMING MUSICIANS THE BEAUTIES AND INTRICACIES OF HIS FAVORED INSTRUMENT. IN ADDITION, HE PERFORMS AS A SOLOIST, ORCHESTRAL PERFORMER, AND CHAMBER MUSICIAN.

DOUGLAS RUBIO IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MUSICIAN AND A PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL GUITAR AT THE CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN POTSDAM, NEW YORK. WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND LISTEN TO HIM PERFORM.

CARRIE HILL IS A BASKETMAKER FROM AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY IN NEW YORK. HAVING LEARNED THE CRAFT FROM HER AUNT, SHE HAS CONTINUED THE TRADITION BY TRANSFORMING BLACK ASH SPLINTS AND SWEETGRASS INTO WORKS OF ART.