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Artists : Jean Sommer Class of 2002

Jean Sommer was born to an intellectual and artistic working-class family and was raised in London. She left school in 1941, at the age of 16, to pursue her interests � first she worked painting flowers on lampshades, then she explored the field of architecture, she even spent time working as an assistant to Swiss fashion designer Mika. During the war she spent time working with refugee children, and it was at this point that she discovered her interest in education. After winning a scholarship to Goldsmiths' College, she went on to become an elementary classroom teacher. Eventually she returned to Goldsmiths to pursue a Diploma in Art, which she used to teach art and English abroad in Istanbul, Turkey. Jean Sommer married while staying in Istanbul, and after teaching for ten years she and her husband came to the United States. She earned her B.S. in Visual Arts from Akron University and her master's degree from Cleveland State University. She taught for over ten years as a member of the adjunct faculty at CSU, and still enjoys teaching studio art for local adult education programs.

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