Jerry Butler received his M.S. in Art Education from Jackson State University. After moving to Madison to teach middle school, he received MFA, MSLA, and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Butler also attended Harvard University’s Summer Institute for Transformational Leadership in Education. He served as a K-12 art teacher for the Madison Metropolitan School District for many years before becoming an Associate Dean at Madison College. Butler has served on the Kennedy Center Arts Alliance Network Board and on the faculty at Central Connecticut State University, and has created public art works in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas, and Connecticut.
