found: Made in LA, 1981 (a.e.)t.p. (Bernard Kester) p. 4 (prof., design, Univ. of Calif., LA)
found: American Craft Council WWW site, viewed September 15, 2019:post entitled Remembering: Bernard Kester, dated November 9, 2018 (educator, curator, writer, and artist Bernard Kester died October 26, 2018. He was 90 years old; instrumental in establishing fiber as a medium in contemporary art; also worked as ceramist; studied at University of California, Los Angeles, and later professor and dean; curator at Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art (later LACMA), beginning in 1950s and continuing over decades)
found: Laura Andreson, 1970:pages 1-3 (Professor Bernard Kester; J. Bernard Kester)
found: Art History Research Net WWW site, March 24, 2021(Kester, Bernard; also known as J. Bernard Kester; artist, educator, writer, curator, exhibition designer, weaver, ceramist; studied ceramics under Laura F. Andresson at UCLC where he received his M.A. in 1952)