Chris Staley taught ceramics at Penn State University for 38 years while also maintaining a robust schedule of gallery exhibitions, international travel, visiting every major craft school in the US, as well as lecturing at a variety of venues worldwide. As University Laureate during the 2012–23 academic year, he made presentations at each of Pennsylvania’s 16 State Universities, resulting in a series of short YouTube videos based on his class “Teaching Art and Life.”
Chris Staley’s prodigious and varied pottery output for forty-plus years authenticates the commentary he offers to learners of all levels. The student-teacher synapse, the reciprocity of learning and teaching, is the core of his book, Teaching Art and Life.
