Ken Kerslake

Life & Legacy

Ken Kerslake (1930–2007) was a printmaker and professor credited with being "one of a handful of printmaker-educators responsible for the growth of printmaking in the southeast in the years following World War II." Kerslake taught at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which gave him the title of Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus after his retirement.
He was born in Mount Vernon, New York. In 1958, Kerslake was hired by the University of Florida to develop a printmaking program for its art department. He went on to have a 38-year teaching career at the University of Florida. Kerslake was a founding member of the American Print Alliance and was active in the Southern Graphics Council, serving as that body's president from 1990 to 1992.