An online panel discussion with Steve Dixon, Dr Penny Hay and Annie  Warburton as they discussed the importance of the imagination in making.  When most schools have thrown away their kilns and waking up to a world  that has been modelled on consumption and now faces an epidemic of  mental health problems, we discuss why using simply our hands and  imagination may be the radical and necessary solution.  

The way children and young adults are taught how to make art is the focus of this discussion with Dr Penny Hay, Senior Lecturer in Arts  Education, Bath Spa University and Director of Research & Founder of  the House of Imagination, Annie Warburton, Chair of the Craft and  Design panel for the Government’s new T (technical) examinations and  Chief Executive of Cockpit Arts and Steve Dixon, Professor of  Contemporary Crafts at Manchester School of Art. They will discuss the  importance of being taught technical and practical skills in art and the  best way to foster creative thought and imagination for a future which  will need thinking outside the box more than ever.