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1921 Born
2015 Died
EDUCATION
1941-1942 Undergraduate study, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
1943 BA University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1945 MA University of Utah
1956-1957 Graduate Study, Fulbright Grant in Ceramics, Finland
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1961 and 1964 Student, Marguerite Wildenhain, Pond Farm, Guerneville, California
1956-1957 Student, Kyllikki Salmenhaara, Finland
1963 Summer Student, Shoji Hamada, Japan
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1946-1999 Faculty, Art Department, University of Utah
BIOGRAPHY
Dorothy Bearnson created functional, wheel-thrown ceramics with local clays and glazes and images that are inspired by and cultivated from the Salt Lake City landscape.
A major figure in the development of studio ceramics in Utah, Bearnson organized the Utah Designer Craftsmen group and taught at the University of Utah for over 50 years.
The Dorothy Bearnson papers are stored in the Special Collections division of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bearnson, Dorothy. "The History of Utah Designer Craftsmen." Utah Artisan, March/April 1972.
________________. "What is a Pot?" Utah Architect. Winter 1966-1967.
"Ceramics in Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Utah." Craft Horizons, March/April 1972.
"Ceramics in Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Utah." Ceramics Monthly, February 1962.
Cox, David. "Features - Dorothy Bearnson - University of Utah Ceramics Pioneer." Ceramics Monthly 1999.
Kemp, Jane, David Kamm, and Greg Tiburzi. Pond Farm Collection: Works of Art Created by Students Who Studied with Marguerite Wildenhain at Her Pond Farm Studio, Guerneville, California. Decorah, Iowa: Fine Arts Collection, Luther College, 2003.
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The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
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