Our friend and colleague Keith Walker, who has died of cancer aged 67, was an art teacher, university lecturer and exam-board administrator. In the course of his professional life – through his practice, his written papers, and his cogent educational philosophy – he made an extraordinary and far-reaching contribution to thousands of students and teachers, and to art education nationally.
Keith was born in Ulverston, Cumbria (but then part of Lancashire), the only child of Frank, who ran a mobile Co-op shop in the local area, and Margaret (nee Baines). After the family moved to Manchester he was educated at Urmston grammar school, a link that he valued for the rest of his life.
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