Ken Shores
born Lebanon, Oregon, 1928; died Portland, Oregon, 2014
In the 1960s, in addition to his work as a professional artist, Shores became director of the Oregon Ceramics Studio in Portland (now Museum of Contemporary Craft) and also began teaching at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, a position he occupied until 1995. Shores also traveled extensively and was an avid collector, both of which experiences influenced the development of his own artwork. The Museum of Contemporary Craft held a retrospective exhibition of his long and influential career in 2008.
[compiled from the American Craft Council and Museum of Contemporary Craft websites, accessed Jan. 2016]
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- Lebanon
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