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A graduate of Orange High, Peters attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on scholarship to be educated in classical materials and techniques. He then attained his BFA in painting with a minor in filmmaking from Kent State University. After completing his degree he traveled Europe to explore museums and paint. He returned to America and lived and worked in Kent, Ohio and Key West, Florida. For 18 years Peters spearheaded an award winning art program for hospitalized veterans at the VA in Brecksville and Cleveland, Ohio. He also taught evening school at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Environmental Art at Hiram College and taught many years at the Orange Art Center. Alan continues to paint at his studio farm nestled in the heart of Amish country in Northeast Ohio. Peters’ work has been included in numerous exhibitions, and has been collected both nationally and internationally including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Progressive Collection and the Hugo and Carla Brown collection in The Hague.