John Tuska was an American artist and educator. He was best known as a sculptor and potter, but also as a draftsman, painter, designer and photographer.

Tuska was born in Yukon, Pennsylvania, as the eighth of ten children. He was a professor at the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

. His classes and workshops (for the general public), had brought art to a wider audience. Tuska's body of work can be found in collections and public spaces, both regionally and internationally.

External links

• University of Kentucky, John Tuska Collection