About Ken Ferguson
Lived 1928 – 2005 (aged 76–77). Ken Ferguson was an American ceramicist and artist.
Kenneth Richard Ferguson (1928–2004) was an American ceramist.
Biography Kenneth Richard Ferguson was born in 1928 in Elwood, Indiana. He received a Bachedlor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1952, and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1958. From 1964 to 1996, Ferguson was Head of the Ceramics Department at the Kansas City Art Institute. His students included Chris Gustin, Richard T. Notkin, Akio Takamori, and Kurt Weiser. He died at his home in Shawnee, Kansas on December 30, 2004.
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Who was Ken Ferguson?
American ceramist
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Ken Ferguson was born in 1928 in Elwood.
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Ken Ferguson died in 2005 in Shawnee.
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Ken Ferguson was a ceramicist and artist.
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Ken Ferguson was American.
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