Professor Emeriti

Bill Brody
MFA, Claremont Graduate School
Printmaking, Animation
www.billbrodyartist.com


Todd Sherman
MFA, Pratt Institute
Painting, Printmaking


Painting of mountains by Kesler Woodward
Painting by Kesler Woodward

Kesler Woodward
MFA, Idaho State University
Painting
www.keslerwoodward.com

Born in Aiken, South Carolina in 1951, Kesler Woodward has been an Alaska resident since 1977. He served as Curator of Visual Arts at the Alaska State Museum and as Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Center of Alaska before moving to Fairbanks in 1981. He is currently Professor of Art, Emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he taught for two decades, serving as Chair of the Art Department and as Chair of the Division of Arts and Communications. He retired from teaching to paint full time in the spring of 2000.

Woodward's paintings are included in all major public art collections in Alaska, and in museum, corporate and private collections on both coasts of the United States. Solo exhibits to his credit include the Morris Museum of Art, University of Alaska Museum, Alaska State Museum, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, and public and commercial galleries throughout the U.S. Juried and invitational exhibitions including his work have ranged from Alaska to Brazil and Russia.