James (Jim) Raymond Adan
December 29, 1943 - October 19, 2021
Yolo, California - Born in Napa, California on December 29, 1943, to Myrtle Irene and Raymond Adan, Jim grew up in Yolo, California, later moving to Fair Oaks, and then Carmichael to raise his own family. Living for a time in the Modoc community of Eagleville, he returned to spend his later years in the Yolo of his childhood.
Jim earned a BA in History and an MA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento and was a practicing artist and active member of the Sacramento arts community throughout his life. Working in multiple media, including metal, plastics, clay, found objects, and wood, he had particular affinities for working with hardwood of all kinds, for melding wood with disparate materials, and for creating assemblages that probe the complexity of human and mother nature and pay homage to the human beings he loved as well as those artists whose work he found most compelling.
He taught art in the San Juan School District for more than three decades and was deeply committed to his students, working to support their capacity for creative exploration of the world at large through the vehicle of making art.
Simultaneously a very private as well as a social person, Jim had a remarkable capacity for both solitary pursuits and generous, enduring friendships with people of all ages from all walks of life, including many former students, colleagues, fellow artists, and compatriots in the daily work of making the world a more empathic and mindful place. A lifelong student of world history, of human accomplishment and human failure through the ages, he was deeply committed to democratic principles and to diversity, equity, and social justice for all, and he was unreservedly vocal about and critical of the destruction wrought upon the world by oppressive political and economic systems, especially, in his eyes, fascism, capitalism, and all things autocratic.
An avid reader and film buff across genres and time periods, Jim was a knowledgeable collector of comics, books, stamps, coins, and movies. He also had a great love of California's geography and architecture, exploring its coasts, mountains, valleys, and open fields as well as its cities, towns, and byways with family and friends throughout his life. Above all, he held a special place in his heart for the Pacific coast along Highway 1 from San Francisco to Humboldt, and especially for Bodega Bay and for the times he spent there exploring it with his family and friends.
He had a deep and abiding love for his family, giving of himself generously every day he was with us on this earth, and he was loved deeply and abidingly in return.
Jim is survived by his daughter Elizabeth; his son Alexander and his partner Rebecca Crowther; his wife Jane; his sister Suzanne Adan Stevens and her husband Michael Stevens; his sister-in-law Julie Osborne and her husband Harry; his sister-in-law Janet Kovak and her husband Michael Wedin; his brother-in-law John Kovak and his wife Bev; and his dear friends Albert Weiss, Aaron Weiss, and Mike Cozart. He was predeceased by his dear friend Hanno Ahrens and his beloved parents.
Following his wishes, Jim was buried in the presence of family at Mary's Cemetery in Yolo, California. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in Jim's name to:
Friends of the Yolo Branch library of Yolo
PO Box 344
Yolo CA 95697
https://www.friendsofyololibrary.org/gift-form-online.html
Mary's Cemetery and Chapel Support Group
PO Box 91
Yolo CA 95697
Fred Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
955 University Ave, Ste A
Sacramento CA 95825
https://ssl.charityweb.net/sacregcf/?DonorIntent=BALL
Published by The Sacramento Bee on Aug. 14, 2022.
December 29, 1943 - October 19, 2021
Yolo, California - Born in Napa, California on December 29, 1943, to Myrtle Irene and Raymond Adan, Jim grew up in Yolo, California, later moving to Fair Oaks, and then Carmichael to raise his own family. Living for a time in the Modoc community of Eagleville, he returned to spend his later years in the Yolo of his childhood.
Jim earned a BA in History and an MA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento and was a practicing artist and active member of the Sacramento arts community throughout his life. Working in multiple media, including metal, plastics, clay, found objects, and wood, he had particular affinities for working with hardwood of all kinds, for melding wood with disparate materials, and for creating assemblages that probe the complexity of human and mother nature and pay homage to the human beings he loved as well as those artists whose work he found most compelling.
He taught art in the San Juan School District for more than three decades and was deeply committed to his students, working to support their capacity for creative exploration of the world at large through the vehicle of making art.
Simultaneously a very private as well as a social person, Jim had a remarkable capacity for both solitary pursuits and generous, enduring friendships with people of all ages from all walks of life, including many former students, colleagues, fellow artists, and compatriots in the daily work of making the world a more empathic and mindful place. A lifelong student of world history, of human accomplishment and human failure through the ages, he was deeply committed to democratic principles and to diversity, equity, and social justice for all, and he was unreservedly vocal about and critical of the destruction wrought upon the world by oppressive political and economic systems, especially, in his eyes, fascism, capitalism, and all things autocratic.
An avid reader and film buff across genres and time periods, Jim was a knowledgeable collector of comics, books, stamps, coins, and movies. He also had a great love of California's geography and architecture, exploring its coasts, mountains, valleys, and open fields as well as its cities, towns, and byways with family and friends throughout his life. Above all, he held a special place in his heart for the Pacific coast along Highway 1 from San Francisco to Humboldt, and especially for Bodega Bay and for the times he spent there exploring it with his family and friends.
He had a deep and abiding love for his family, giving of himself generously every day he was with us on this earth, and he was loved deeply and abidingly in return.
Jim is survived by his daughter Elizabeth; his son Alexander and his partner Rebecca Crowther; his wife Jane; his sister Suzanne Adan Stevens and her husband Michael Stevens; his sister-in-law Julie Osborne and her husband Harry; his sister-in-law Janet Kovak and her husband Michael Wedin; his brother-in-law John Kovak and his wife Bev; and his dear friends Albert Weiss, Aaron Weiss, and Mike Cozart. He was predeceased by his dear friend Hanno Ahrens and his beloved parents.
Following his wishes, Jim was buried in the presence of family at Mary's Cemetery in Yolo, California. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in Jim's name to:
Friends of the Yolo Branch library of Yolo
PO Box 344
Yolo CA 95697
https://www.friendsofyololibrary.org/gift-form-online.html
Mary's Cemetery and Chapel Support Group
PO Box 91
Yolo CA 95697
Fred Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
955 University Ave, Ste A
Sacramento CA 95825
https://ssl.charityweb.net/sacregcf/?DonorIntent=BALL
Published by The Sacramento Bee on Aug. 14, 2022.
James (Jim) Raymond Adan
December 29, 1943 - October 19, 2021
Yolo, California - Born in Napa, California on December 29, 1943, to Myrtle Irene and Raymond Adan, Jim grew up in Yolo, California, later moving to Fair Oaks, and then Carmichael to raise his own family. Living for a time in the Modoc community of Eagleville, he returned to spend his later years in the Yolo of his childhood.
Jim earned a BA in History and an MA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento and was a practicing artist and active member of the Sacramento arts community throughout his life. Working in multiple media, including metal, plastics, clay, found objects, and wood, he had particular affinities for working with hardwood of all kinds, for melding wood with disparate materials, and for creating assemblages that probe the complexity of human and mother nature and pay homage to the human beings he loved as well as those artists whose work he found most compelling.
He taught art in the San Juan School District for more than three decades and was deeply committed to his students, working to support their capacity for creative exploration of the world at large through the vehicle of making art.
Simultaneously a very private as well as a social person, Jim had a remarkable capacity for both solitary pursuits and generous, enduring friendships with people of all ages from all walks of life, including many former students, colleagues, fellow artists, and compatriots in the daily work of making the world a more empathic and mindful place. A lifelong student of world history, of human accomplishment and human failure through the ages, he was deeply committed to democratic principles and to diversity, equity, and social justice for all, and he was unreservedly vocal about and critical of the destruction wrought upon the world by oppressive political and economic systems, especially, in his eyes, fascism, capitalism, and all things autocratic.
An avid reader and film buff across genres and time periods, Jim was a knowledgeable collector of comics, books, stamps, coins, and movies. He also had a great love of California's geography and architecture, exploring its coasts, mountains, valleys, and open fields as well as its cities, towns, and byways with family and friends throughout his life. Above all, he held a special place in his heart for the Pacific coast along Highway 1 from San Francisco to Humboldt, and especially for Bodega Bay and for the times he spent there exploring it with his family and friends.
He had a deep and abiding love for his family, giving of himself generously every day he was with us on this earth, and he was loved deeply and abidingly in return.
Jim is survived by his daughter Elizabeth; his son Alexander and his partner Rebecca Crowther; his wife Jane; his sister Suzanne Adan Stevens and her husband Michael Stevens; his sister-in-law Julie Osborne and her husband Harry; his sister-in-law Janet Kovak and her husband Michael Wedin; his brother-in-law John Kovak and his wife Bev; and his dear friends Albert Weiss, Aaron Weiss, and Mike Cozart. He was predeceased by his dear friend Hanno Ahrens and his beloved parents.
Following his wishes, Jim was buried in the presence of family at Mary's Cemetery in Yolo, California. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in Jim's name to:
Friends of the Yolo Branch library of Yolo
PO Box 344
Yolo CA 95697
https://www.friendsofyololibrary.org/gift-form-online.html
Mary's Cemetery and Chapel Support Group
PO Box 91
Yolo CA 95697
Fred Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
955 University Ave, Ste A
Sacramento CA 95825
https://ssl.charityweb.net/sacregcf/?DonorIntent=BALL
Published by The Sacramento Bee on Aug. 14, 2022.
December 29, 1943 - October 19, 2021
Yolo, California - Born in Napa, California on December 29, 1943, to Myrtle Irene and Raymond Adan, Jim grew up in Yolo, California, later moving to Fair Oaks, and then Carmichael to raise his own family. Living for a time in the Modoc community of Eagleville, he returned to spend his later years in the Yolo of his childhood.
Jim earned a BA in History and an MA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento and was a practicing artist and active member of the Sacramento arts community throughout his life. Working in multiple media, including metal, plastics, clay, found objects, and wood, he had particular affinities for working with hardwood of all kinds, for melding wood with disparate materials, and for creating assemblages that probe the complexity of human and mother nature and pay homage to the human beings he loved as well as those artists whose work he found most compelling.
He taught art in the San Juan School District for more than three decades and was deeply committed to his students, working to support their capacity for creative exploration of the world at large through the vehicle of making art.
Simultaneously a very private as well as a social person, Jim had a remarkable capacity for both solitary pursuits and generous, enduring friendships with people of all ages from all walks of life, including many former students, colleagues, fellow artists, and compatriots in the daily work of making the world a more empathic and mindful place. A lifelong student of world history, of human accomplishment and human failure through the ages, he was deeply committed to democratic principles and to diversity, equity, and social justice for all, and he was unreservedly vocal about and critical of the destruction wrought upon the world by oppressive political and economic systems, especially, in his eyes, fascism, capitalism, and all things autocratic.
An avid reader and film buff across genres and time periods, Jim was a knowledgeable collector of comics, books, stamps, coins, and movies. He also had a great love of California's geography and architecture, exploring its coasts, mountains, valleys, and open fields as well as its cities, towns, and byways with family and friends throughout his life. Above all, he held a special place in his heart for the Pacific coast along Highway 1 from San Francisco to Humboldt, and especially for Bodega Bay and for the times he spent there exploring it with his family and friends.
He had a deep and abiding love for his family, giving of himself generously every day he was with us on this earth, and he was loved deeply and abidingly in return.
Jim is survived by his daughter Elizabeth; his son Alexander and his partner Rebecca Crowther; his wife Jane; his sister Suzanne Adan Stevens and her husband Michael Stevens; his sister-in-law Julie Osborne and her husband Harry; his sister-in-law Janet Kovak and her husband Michael Wedin; his brother-in-law John Kovak and his wife Bev; and his dear friends Albert Weiss, Aaron Weiss, and Mike Cozart. He was predeceased by his dear friend Hanno Ahrens and his beloved parents.
Following his wishes, Jim was buried in the presence of family at Mary's Cemetery in Yolo, California. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in Jim's name to:
Friends of the Yolo Branch library of Yolo
PO Box 344
Yolo CA 95697
https://www.friendsofyololibrary.org/gift-form-online.html
Mary's Cemetery and Chapel Support Group
PO Box 91
Yolo CA 95697
Fred Ball Memorial Fund for Artists in Crisis
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
955 University Ave, Ste A
Sacramento CA 95825
https://ssl.charityweb.net/sacregcf/?DonorIntent=BALL
Published by The Sacramento Bee on Aug. 14, 2022.
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