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1928 Lebanon, OR - 2014. Known for: Abstracts.
Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014. An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon. Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the... Read full biography
Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014. An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon. Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the Oregon Ceramic Studio from 1957 to 1964. From 1965 to 1968 Ken served as the director of the... Read full biography
Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014. An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon. Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the Oregon Ceramic Studio from 1957 to 1964. From 1965 to 1968 Ken served as the director of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery (renamed the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the oldest (1909) continuously running craft museum on the west coast which closed amid controversy in 2016). From 1968 to 1995 Ken... Read full biography
Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014. An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon. Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the Oregon Ceramic Studio from 1957 to 1964. From 1965 to 1968 Ken served as the director of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery (renamed the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the oldest (1909) continuously running craft museum on the west coast which closed amid controversy in 2016). From 1968 to 1995 Ken established and built the art departments new ceramics department at Lewis and Clark College and served as the chairman for the art department for 9 years. Ken Shores is historically significant as a major player in the American arts and crafts movement in... Read full biography
Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014. An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon. Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the Oregon Ceramic Studio from 1957 to 1964. From 1965 to 1968 Ken served as the director of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery (renamed the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the oldest (1909) continuously running craft museum on the west coast which closed amid controversy in 2016). From 1968 to 1995 Ken established and built the art departments new ceramics department at Lewis and Clark College and served as the chairman for the art department for 9 years. Ken Shores is historically significant as a major player in the American arts and crafts movement in the 1950’s by helping to elevate pottery from a functional level to that of a fine art. In 1980 Ken Shores was elected lifeti... Read full biography
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Kenneth B. Shores: 1928- 2014
An Oregon artist born in Lebanon Or. Ken earned his MFA with honors in 1957 from the university of Oregon.
Upon graduation Ken became an artist in residence at the Oregon Ceramic Studio from 1957 to 1964. From 1965 to 1968 Ken served as the director of the Contemporary Crafts Gallery (renamed the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the oldest (1909) continuously running craft museum on the west coast which closed amid controversy in 2016).
From 1968 to 1995 Ken established and built the art departments new ceramics department at Lewis and Clark College and served as the chairman for the art department for 9 years.
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