Background
Akers, Gary was born on February 22, 1951 in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States.
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Gary Akers
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Bachelor, Morehead State University, 1972. Master of Arts, Morehead State University, 1974.
Career
Instructor art Menifee County Board Education, Frenchburg, Kentucky, 1972—1973. Graduate teaching assistant Morehead State University, 1973—1974. Art instructor, 1975.
Instructor art Kenton County Board Education, Independence, Kentucky, 1974—1976. Artist Gary Akers Art Studio, Union, since 1976. Conductor art workshops University Evansville, Indiana, 1982, Hopkinsville Art Association, Kentucky, 1983, Boston Mills Artist Workshops, Peninsula, Ohio, 1984.
Watercolor demonstrator Owensboro Museum Art, Kentucky, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Fund raiser Northern Kentucky Easter Seal, 1981, Kendevelt #23, Cincinnati, 1982, Northern Kentucky Easter Seal, 1983. Member of Kentucky Heritage Artists, Kentucky Watercolor Society (Friends of Kentucky award 1978, Top Merit award 1983, Kentucky artist award 1985-1986), Southern Watercolor Society (Lee Printing award 1984, Dale Meyers medal of honor 1984), American Watercolor Society (Mario Cooper award 1984).
Connections
Married Lynn Rita Keathley, August 17, 1974.
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Nationality
American