KCAI ceramics professor who broke gender barriers retires after 3 decades ^7.5%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Julie Denesha - 5/29/2026, 6:51 PM

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When Cary Esser was a young ceramics student at the Kansas City Art Institute in the 1970s, becoming a teacher was never in her plans. “It seemed like something that would be so far in the future that I never even considered it,” Esser said. “I really wanted to do other things.” Thirty years later, the senior professor is retiring. Her... more