The Creative Conversations

Jessica Hart
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The Creative Conversations explores interdisciplinary creativity with an anchor in art education. Jessica Hart, an artist educator and passionate creativity advocate, collects perspectives from educators and professionals across domains, building advocacy for creative pedagogy in every classroom. Each conversation reflects on creativity through artmaking, explores creativity through a multidisciplinary lens, and offers creative interventions from an art educator's experience. Subscribe and join monthly to get the conversation started, advocating for creativity in every classroom.

  1. Episode 13: Creativity for Everyone

    08/01/2025

    Episode 13: Creativity for Everyone

    Paula Liz is a lifelong artist and educator of over 15 years. She has worked with numerous school districts and national organizations seeking to become more equitable and inclusive in their classroom practice through art education. Today, she discusses equitable creativity in the classroom.

    39 min
  2. Episode 12: A Culture of Risk - setting the stage

    07/01/2025

    Episode 12: A Culture of Risk - setting the stage

    Austin Gruber is a lighting and set director who passes down the creative love of set design to students through teaching. In this episode, he outlines the necessities of fostering an innovative culture of risk-taking.

    53 min

  3. 04/01/2025

    Episode 11: Arts Integrated

    Shannon Moran is the Director of National Programs at Urban Arts, a nonprofit that teaches digital game design as a pathway to college and career. She discusses the importance of arts integration as an experience that prepares students for creative futures. https://urbanarts.org/ https://ease.urbanarts.org/

    43 min

  4. 02/01/2025

    Episode 10: Creativity Through Covid - a music teacher's journey

    Music teacher Joshua Valdez shares his experience as a first-year teacher during the pandemic. Creativity is a prerequisite for resilience, transforming challenges into reflective opportunity.

    56 min

  5. 11/01/2024

    Episode 9: Not Knowing Until You Do Know

    Mechanical engineer Steve Coakley discusses the creative process of solving mechanical challenges. An openness to the unknown and the motivation to discover solutions are the hallmark qualities of an innovative engineer.

    33 min

  6. 10/01/2024

    Episode 8: Creative Response - adjusting to real-time demands

    Meg Gruber discusses the inherent creativity in the daily shifting demands of an Occupational Therapist. Authentic support combines creative responses to the three tenets of her work: person, occupation, and environment.

    50 min

  7. 09/01/2024

    Episode 7: Structure and Freedom- a balancing act

    Tempe Montessori School director Lauren Bolar discusses how the Montessori pedagogy structures an ideal learning environment for intrinsic curiosity, leading to creative exploration and life-long learning.

    41 min

  8. 08/20/2024 ·  Bonus

    Changes

    I am changing the podcast schedule to continue providing meaningful dialogue with interdisciplinary perspectives in the long term. Mark your calendars every first of every month for a new episode release, or click subscribe ;)

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The Creative Conversations explores interdisciplinary creativity with an anchor in art education. Jessica Hart, an artist educator and passionate creativity advocate, collects perspectives from educators and professionals across domains, building advocacy for creative pedagogy in every classroom. Each conversation reflects on creativity through artmaking, explores creativity through a multidisciplinary lens, and offers creative interventions from an art educator's experience. Subscribe and join monthly to get the conversation started, advocating for creativity in every classroom.

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