Kenneth B. Hunt

Hunt, Kenneth B. (aka Sketch), 34, journalist, poet, musician, performer, pagan, anarchist, ESL tutor and native of Aberdeen, WA, died suddenly of injuiries in Chicago, IL, on March 21, 2005. Sketch was admired as the artist engage; he was staunch supporter of ideas and people that question social norms and conventions. As a writer and performer, he was a founder and participant of Pe.A.Ch (Performance Art Church), in Austin, TX, precursor to the Feast of Fools. He was a member of the Albuquerque Slam Team, a performer at Homolatte and his last literary position was the Assoc. Publisher at Blithe House Quarterly: Queer Fiction lives here. He also self-published four books and several zines. Some works include This Carcass is a Road Map, Aerodrome, and Perpetually Bad Timing. He was a journalist for the Austin Chronicle, Independent Media Center, Seattle Times, New York Times, and published in many community and weekly papers. In Boston he was a reporter and producer for the Allston-Brighton Edition, a progressive public affairs news program. He earned his BA in English and Journalism Univ. of Washington/Seattle, his Masters in English from Univ. of Texas/Austin, had worked towards a Ph.D. in Journalism at Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison and was currently enrolled in a Masters of Education/ESL program. He also taught ESL at the Howard Area Community Center in Chicago. As a musician, Sketch was a member of Seattle Bands Harvey Wallbanger and self-help Seminar and was in the Chicago bands Unplanned Pregnancy, Mayor Daley and his artistic project. This is B******t. Politically, Sketch was a fierce anarchist pacifist and member of the Chicagoland Anarchist Network, Mad Tea Party, Queer and Trans Caucus and Food Not Bombs. Beloved son of Dr. Kenneth (Psyche) Hunt of Aberdeen and the late Carole Hunt, cherished brother of Susan Hunt of Bellingham, WA, dearest nephew of John Hunt of Longmont, CO; Julie (Ross McGregor) White of Toronto and Janet Anderson of Edgewood, MD, great-nephew of Ethel Eshinsky, cousin of Megan Hunt of Vancouver and Erin Hunt of Longmont, CO. Sketch leaves behind many friends and comrades in Chicago, Aberdeen, Austin, Albuquerque, New York and Boston. Celebration of his life are scheduled in Chicago on Sunday, April 3, 12 noon, (for details contact VivaSketch1@yahoo.com), April 12, in Aberdeen, and at various times in San Francisco, New York and Austin. A second memorial and picnic will be held Saturday, April 9, 12 to 4 p.m., at Waldheim Cemetery's Haymarket Memorial (863 S. Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park, IL) to honor Sketch's anarchist beliefs. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to Carole Hunt/Aberdeen Rotary Foundation Health and Welfare Fund, P.O Box 86, Aberdeen, WA. Arrangements by: Cremation Society of Illinois, 773-281-5058.