William Jerdon
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"I try to connect with humanity. Figurative art speaks to a basic need to connect with others. We find comfort and strength in these links, in sharing commonalities. It is through this process of identification, I believe, that we find a common ground." William Jerdon is primarily a practicing fine artist, although he has been teaching figurative painting and drawing in both the public and the private sector for more than 36 years. His style follows in the tradition of American Realism, specifically Figurative Realism, with an emphasis on truth to nature and an appreciation for the humanistic qualities of the figure. He works in the romantic spirit of Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and William Merritt Chase. His European influences range from Vermeer to Bouguereau to Degas. Working from live models with a classical color palette, he attempts to capture the beauty and singularity of the human form. |
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Résumé
Jerdon has taught at the Ringling School of Art and Design in the CORE Foundations Program, as well as the Continuing Studies Program at RSAD, and various
community Art Centers. He is currentlyteaching at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts and Anna Maria Art League. In his educational capacities, he has been awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, has received a Fellowship for Teachers of the Arts from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, an Honors Fellowship from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a fellowship for Independent Study from the Council for Basic Education.
Jerdon has served as a research member of the National Arts Education Research Center at New York University, has served as a writer for the National Art Teacher Assessment Test for the Educational Testing Service, has received an appointment to the Art Education Advisory Committe of Case Western Reserve University, and has received an appointment to the Cleveland Heights Schools Curriculum Advisory Council and Art Task Force Committee.
Jerdon has also participated in 46 exhibitions to date, and is the author of numerous articles on art education curricula. He hold a M.A. and M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University.
Jerdon has served as a research member of the National Arts Education Research Center at New York University, has served as a writer for the National Art Teacher Assessment Test for the Educational Testing Service, has received an appointment to the Art Education Advisory Committe of Case Western Reserve University, and has received an appointment to the Cleveland Heights Schools Curriculum Advisory Council and Art Task Force Committee.
Jerdon has also participated in 46 exhibitions to date, and is the author of numerous articles on art education curricula. He hold a M.A. and M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University.