NEW! Exploring Abstraction: Through the Landscape - Wednesday Afternoons: Fall II

Kenneth Marunowski is an artist and educator who lives and works in his hometown of Valley View, Ohio, just south of Cleveland. Ken grew up enjoying the cultural amenities of a big city and the natural splendor of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, both right at his doorstep. Marunowski’s passion for culture and nature took him to Kent State University where he received a B.A. in French and a B.F.A in Painting (landscape painting focus), the beginnings of a lifelong investigation of language and image. A pivotal junior year abroad studying both subjects in Aix-en-Provence, France deepened the young painter’s appreciation for culture, language and art. Years later, a Master of Arts in English as a Second Language provided Marunowski an opportunity to teach in Dresden, Germany before returning to Kent State to pursue a Ph.D. in Literacy, Rhetoric and Social Practice. Following his doctoral degree, Marunowski taught professional writing to arts and letters and social science students at the University of Minnesota Duluth for several years before dedicating himself completely to his painting practice. A full-time artist since 2016, Ken shares his rigorous pursuit of abstract and representational painting not only through the works he creates but also through the painting and drawing classes and workshops he teaches.

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