I te tau 1949, ka uru a Jess ki te California School of the Arts (i te San Francisco Art Institute inaianei) a, i muri i tana wehenga mai i tana whanau, ka tiimata tana korero ki a ia ano ko "Jess". I te mutunga o nga tau 1940, ka tutaki a Jess ki a Robert Duncan me te kaitoi a Lyn Brockway, a ka kaha ki te maha o nga whakaaturanga, nga huihuinga waiata, me nga mahi auaha na roto i ta raatau porowhita. I tutaki ia ki a Robert Duncan i te tau 1951 ka tiimata te whanaungatanga me te kaitito tae noa ki te matenga o Duncan i te tau 1988. I te tau 1952, i San Francisco, i whakatuwherahia e Jess, me Duncan me te kaitoi a Harry Jacobus, te King Ubu Gallery, i noho hei waahi nui mo te toi rereke, a, i te tau 1954, ka whakatuwherahia e te kaitito a Jack Spicer te waahi hei Whare Whakaaturanga Ono
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