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Deniz's avatar

Great read! I'm an architecture student and I tend to avoid studio (because I find it a bit chaotic and unhealthy) and go out of my way to make friends that don't study architecture, studio culture seems like a phenomenon to me from the outside. However, now that I've been slowly integrating myself more, I've been finding myself more drawn to my course, making friends, and studio itself. This is to say, I get it now, and this piece is making me think it would actually be beneficial to get more into studio culture!

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Chris Coffman's avatar

Fascinating article! Feels like the acorn that will grow into a vast oak tree of Weltanshauung.

I was reminded of this PBS documentary about the culture of nationally dominant creative excellence at Bethlehem Pennsylvania's Liberty High School Band, the Grenadiers. A series of charismatic band directors, including Ron Sherry who is now 91, created the kind of immersive, inspiring "studio culture" you describe, and changed the lives of thousands of high school students who have been band members:

https://www.pbs.org/video/second-to-none-liberty-high-school-grenadier-band-bdzl5y/

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