Background
Woodward, Kesler Edward was born on October 7, 1951 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. Son of Norman Edward and Bebe Helen (Kneece) Woodward.
Woodward, Kesler Edward was born on October 7, 1951 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. Son of Norman Edward and Bebe Helen (Kneece) Woodward.
Bachelor, Davidson College, 1973. Master of Fine Arts, Idaho State University, 1977. Curator temporary exhibits Alaska State Museum, Juneau, 1977-1978.
Artistic director Visual Arts Center Alaska, Anchorage, 1978-1979.
Curator visual arts Alaska State Museum, 1979-1981. Assistant professor art U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1981-1988, associate professor, 1989-1996, professor, 1996, chair department art, 1995, chair division arts and committee, 1996.
Gallery director U. Alaska Fine Arts Gallery, 1982-1988. Director finearts and humanities project Institute on Canada, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1988-1991, visiting research fellow, 1988-1991.
Academic affiliate U. AlaskaMus., 1991.
Workshop instructor U. Alaska Museum, others Board directors Western States Arts Federation, 1987-1988, 98. Council member Alaska State Council on Arts, 1983-1988, 97.
Member of advisory panel Visual Arts Center, Anchorage,1979-1992, Alaska Public Art Advisory Panel, 1979.
One-man exhibitions include Alaska State Museum, 1985, U. Alaska Museum, 1985, Davidson College Art Gallery, 1986, Anchorage Fine Arts Museum, 1983, 91, University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1990, Anderson (South Carolina.) Art Center, 1994. Exhibition juror.
Curator temporary exhibits Alaska State Museum, Juneau, 1977-1978. Artistic director Visual Arts Center Alaska, Anchorage, 1979-1981. Assistant professor art University Alaska, Fairbanks, 1981-1988, associate professor, 1989-1996, professor, since 1996, chair department art, 1995—1998, chair division arts and communications, 1995—1998, professor emeritus, since 2000.
Gallery director University Alaska Fine Arts Gallery, 1982-1988. Director fine arts and humanities project Institute on Canada, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1988-1991, visiting research fellow, 1988-1991. Academy affiliate University Alaska Museum, since 1991.
Workshop instructor University Alaska Museum. Member Elmendorf Air Force Base Pacific Rim Hospital, 1997, Rabinowitz Federal Courthouse, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2004, Public Art Communications Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, 2009. Board directors Western States Arts Federation, 1987-1988, 98—.
Council member Alaska State Council on Arts, 1983-1988, 97-2004. Member advisory panel Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, 1979-1992, Alaska Public Art Advisory Panel, since 1979. Chairman We. States Arts Federation, 2000-2004.
Board directors Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation. Board directors Alaska Geographic, since 2009, Acquisitions Committee University Alaska Museum of North, since 2008.
(Tall hardcover with dust jacket. Morris Museum of Art/Anc...)
(Book by Woodward, Kesler E.)
Member Museum Alaska, Anchorage Fine Arts Museum Association, College Art Association, Friends of University Alaska Museum.
Married Marianna Boaz, M ay 15, 1971.