Among the artists Benton influenced as a teacher at KCAI were Frederic James, Margot Peet, Jackson Lee Nesbitt, Roger Medearis, Glenn Gant, and Delmer J. Yoakum.
The Ottomen started in 1995 when Jim and Dave began recording demos in the dorms of the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Known well to his classmates at Governor Livingston High School as "the artist," after graduation he moved to Kansas City, Missouri and studied graphic design and photography at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he earned a BFA degree.