Honolulu glass artist and Punahou School teacher Mark Mitsuda is one of the artists featured in the Season 8 premiere of the national PBS series “Craft in America.”

The “Teachers” episode, airing 8 p.m. today and 10 p.m. Sunday, focuses on artists “who are committed to their own artistic visions and are equally committed to sharing their skills and passion for craft with new generations of students and artists of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds,” according to a PBS news release.

Joining Mitsuda on the Peabody Award-winning show are Navajo weavers (and sisters) Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete, glass artist Therman Statom and ceramics artist Linda Sikora.

Mitsuda learned the art of glassblowing at Punahou, working under the tutelage of Hugh Jenkins, who started the high school glass program using recycled milk and mayonnaise bottles as raw materials, according to PBS. Mitsuda took charge of the program after Jenkins’ retirement in 1998.

Taking what he learned from his mentor, Mitsuda now passes on his knowledge and enthusiasm to his own students.

“I feel fortunate to be teaching something that I feel passionate about and being able to inspire other people in the place that inspired me to first go into glassblowing,” he tells PBS.