>[!NOTE]+ Meta Author:: Carter Gillies Reference:: Gillies, C, _What good are the arts? | Studio Potter_. (2020). https://studiopotter.org/what-good-are-arts Date:: 2020 Tags:: #warp/webpage #ceramics WeftLinks:: [[Aesthetic value of craft]] Claim:: [[Claim - Craft beautifies our everyday life]] ### Summary Craft has value as an art form, in particular one that connects with everyday life. ### Quotes > Despite being downgraded and disparaged in elitist wings, __we know better__. What we make as studio potters already has a home in people’s lives. You can’t be human and not drink, so why not drink beautifully? You can’t be human and not eat, so why not eat things conveyed to us with grace?