The James Renwick Alliance presents a panel discussion with their 2014 Distinguished Educators, moderated by Elisabeth Agro, The Nancy M. McNeil Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Agro is joined by Dan Dailey, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Emeritus; Peter Held, director, Arizona State University's Art Museum Ceramics Research Center; Glen Kaufman, University of Georgia and director, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Emeritus; and Patti Warashina, University of Washington, Emerita, for a discussion on materialism and the artists that focus primarily on their craft medium.