Art as an Intellectual Virtue
An Academic Retreat led by Dr. Randall Colton, Director of Ethics at Mercy Health Systems and Dr. John Finley, Academic Director of the Valor Institute
Readings for the retreat:
Art and Scholasticism by Jacques Maritain
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford
Learn more about our retreat leaders:
Dr. Randall Colton
Randy Colton holds a PhD in philosophy from Saint Louis University, along with degrees from Baylor University and Wheaton College (IL). He taught philosophy for more than 18 years at institutions such as Wheaton and Eastern University in Philadelphia, spending the last 13 years on the faculty of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, where he helped initiate a new BA program in philosophy and served, for several years, as Associate Dean. Since 2020, he has worked as a clinical ethicist for a Catholic health care system. He has published work in a variety of peer-reviewed and popular journals, including several pieces treating the virtue of art, especially in relation to education. He has also published a monograph on Kierkegaard's religious ethics. He lives in Northwest Arkansas with his wife and eight children.
