Dean Nimmer (Professor Emeritus, 2D Fine Arts) has been chosen for the 2010 Distinguished Teacher of Art Award by the College Art Association.  The award will be presented at the CAA conference in February.

In his “retirement,” Dean is working on his second book, Making Abstract Art, teaching at Holyoke Community College, and teaching elementary art at Curtis Blake Day School!  He’s an inspiration to us all.

Here is the official description of the award:

Dean Nimmer, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts College of Art, has had a distinguished, dynamic, and astonishing career as an educator, empowering generations of artists through his enthusiasm and unbridled creativity. After thirty-four years of teaching painting, drawing, and printmaking in Boston, Nimmer thwarted all expectations for a retired professor by embarking on a second career as community arts educator, author, and provocateur. His recently published book, Art from Intuition: Overcoming Your Fears and Obstacles to Making Art (New York: Watson-Guptill, 2008), is a vehicle for him to share his wisdom with a new generation of artists and educators.
See  the CAA page