Ken Ferguson (ceramist)

Kenneth Richard Ferguson was born in 1928 in Elwood, Indiana.

[1] 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.

[1] From 1958 to 1964, he managed the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana.

[2] 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.

*Vessel with Hares* by **Ken Ferguson** , wheel-thrown and hand-built glazed stoneware , Honolulu Museum of Art