Bunny McBride

Born April 8, 1938, Butte, Montana

Died March 2, 2021, Cape Coral, Florida

EDUCATION 

1965 BS Art and Design, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 

1970 MS Fine Arts, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE 

1952-1957 US Army  

1977-2010 Professor, The University of Iowa School of Art & Art History, Iowa City, Iowa 

McBride Pottery, Iowa  

BIOGRAPHY  

Bunny McBride is known for wheel-thrown functional pottery and formulated his own clay bodies, both porcelain and stoneware. Pieces are most often glazed with his uniquely formulated glazes, then high fired.  He used a wide range of forms and glaze techniques.  

Bunny McBride studied with Lyndon Pomeroy at Northern Montana College and then with Frances Senska and Jesse Wilber at Montana State University.  

Throughout his career at Iowa State, McBride performed research and exploration of ancient kiln sites in China and Korea. He exhibited and demonstrated widely and was an influential teacher.