{"id":15060,"date":"2017-03-10T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15060"},"modified":"2017-05-31T08:07:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:07:24","slug":"thomas-john","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/thomas-john\/","title":{"rendered":"THOMAS, John"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic Artist, Illustrator Address: 26 Obalodu Street, Ijeshatedo, Lagos. Birth: June 14, 1924. Training: Diploma in fine arts, Nigerian College of Arts, Science &#038; Technology, Zaria, 1960, specializing in graphics; Art Teacher&#8217;s Certificate, Nigerian College of Arts, Science &#038; Technology, 1961; attended Goldsmith College of Fine Arts, University of London, 1962, specializing in book illustration. Profile: Full name, John Noserime Thomas; father of Rukeme Noserime; art master, Otta Grammar School, Otta, ca.1963-1964; principal, Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja; director, art and culture, Federal Government College, Ilorin; illustrated books for Franklin Book Programme Nigeria, 1969-1975; executed numerous designs and illustrations as private commissions in Nigeria and England. Member: Society for Education Through Art; founding member, Society of Nigerian Artists. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Inaugural Exhibition of the the Society of Nigerian Artists,&#8221; Exhibition Centre, Lagos, January 16-22, 1964. &#8220;Towards a Greater Nation,&#8221; Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 5-19, 1987. &#8220;Images of the Nigerian Nation,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 29-October 13, 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15060","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}