Chris Staley

“What are you trying to say with your art?”  Back when Chris was a grad student brimming with enthusiasm for his craft, he was deeply struck when asked this question. Perhaps needless to say, he has some answers now.

Consciously or unconsciously, the art we create has social meaning. Within the context of boxes, twin towers and clay, Chris gives us a personal glimpse into what makes some of his own work tick, then segues gracefully into a fresh explanation of Maslow’s 4 stages of learning.

(If you missed my introduction about Chris Staley, master potter, educator and Penn State Laureate 2012-2013, you can read that here.)  Enjoy!

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Chris Staley

How the life we live influences what we create, and how art may influence the way we live..  This is one of my favorite videos in the series. Chris’ stories and insights about artists, students and teaching (with a flourish of psychology mixed in) make me wish there’d been a class like this when I’d been in school. Great stuff.

(If you missed my introduction about Chris Staley, master potter, educator and Penn State Laureate 2012-2013, you can read that here.)  Enjoy!

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we’ve been there.  we’ve seen trends come.  and go.  and come back.

what drives a style, a “look”, or an effective ad campaign? what’s at the pulse of changing appetites? how do you keep from missing a beat – the one beat that counts? the one they’ll want to dance to, shout about, make the call for.  we believe it has a whole lot to do with the one thing we know for certain never goes out of style:  creativity.

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I have alot more to say about creativity, but will have to add on at a later time.  For now I’ll leave you with this 20-minute video from a TED conference, in which Sir Ken Robinson gives a brilliant, witty, very-listenable and thought-provoking talk on education and creativity.

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