{"id":9400,"date":"2017-02-03T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9400"},"modified":"2017-06-06T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:03:56","slug":"oguntona-prof-toyin","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oguntona-prof-toyin\/","title":{"rendered":"OGUNTONA, Prof. Toyin"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., PGD, Ph.D; artist; Born: September 29, 1940; Place: Ojokoro;<br \/>\nEducation: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1965; College of Textile Technology, Lyallpur, Pakistan, 1967-69; University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1978.<br \/>\nCAREER: Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Lagos; Lecturer, Department of Industrial Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972; lectured and conducted demonstrations, Haystack Mountain Sawol Crafts School, Deer Isle, Maine, USA, 1974; Deputy Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1984-86; Reader, Department of Industrial Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1985; Sabbatical, University of Benin, Benin City, 1988-89; Juror, International Textile Context, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1985; mm: International Dyers Guild; Nigerian Association of Education Through Art; Society of Nigerian Artist; Textile Institute of Nigeria; Exhibition\/Creative Work: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1965; Exhibition Centre, 1966; Kohinoor Textile Mills, Pakistan, 1969; Art Work Exhibition, Dalton, Georgia, USA, 1974; Arrowmont School of Crafts, GaUinbarg, Tennessee, USA, 1974; Gony Gallery, Lagos, 1975; University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1978; Surface Design, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA, 1979; Turning Point National Theatre, 1983; Gele Odun, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1985; Textile Exhibition and Fashion Show, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1986; In praise of Hands, National Gallery of Crafts and Design, Lagos, 1989.<br \/>\nPublication: Cultural Education: A Necessity in the Nigerian Educational System, Minna, Niger State, 1982; Oshogbo Women Artists: Catalyst of Creative Development, New Dimension, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1983; The Creative Adventure of Young People. New Nigerian, Ugos, 1983; Batik: A Creative Process, Nigerian Journal of Art Education, 2(1), Zaria, 1986; Apprenticeship System as a Non-Formal Art Education, in Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25, Society of Nigerian Artists, Lagos, 1990. off: Department of Industrial Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9400","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9400","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9400"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}