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John Nester
John Nester taught Ceramics and Drawing at York
High School for 32 years; taught ceramics for College of DuPage
evening classes for18 years,and now in retirement is teaching
ceramics at Elmhurst College. John has also enjoyed working with the
Elmhurst Art Museum starting in 1997 when he was asked to design a
clay sculpture for an EAM community fundraiser. The end result
was Illinois first clay stump where over 500 people of families and
friends joined to mixed clay with their feet; shape and carve tiles
all to the theme of " Art from your Heart". The Four columns on the
south east corner of the museum are a wonderful monument to the
Elmhurst Community's support of the
Arts. John is currently
teaching adult figure drawing classes for the EAM education
program. 
Educational Record:
Northern
Illinoiis University, The Graduate School, DeKalb, IL -1985
Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics
New York State College of
Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred NY-Summer Graduate
Study-Sculpture
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - 1977
Semester study in sculpture
Illinois Institute of Tech., Chicago
IL, Summer 1971 Photography
Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington IL, 1968 Bachelor of Fine Arts Arts, Arts
Education
Work Experience:
District 205,
Board of Education, York High School, Elmhurst IL,
1974-2006
District 44, Board of Education, Lombard Junior High
School, Lombard IL, 1968-1973 art teacher
College of DuPage, Glen
Ellen IL, 1980-1998 Adjunct teacher of ceramics
Elmhurst Art
Museum, Elmhurst IL, Art Teacher, Life Drawing Class, 2001 to
Present
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