Bonita Cohn
1947 Born Brookline, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1970 BFA Art Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
1982 BFA Photography and Ceramics, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1985 MFA Photography and Ceramics, San Francisco Art Institute
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1977— Teacher, Ruby's Clay Studio, San Francisco, California
1987-2008 Studio Manager, San Francisco Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, California
2007— Editor, ACGA (Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California) News
BIOGRAPHY
Bonita Cohn makes stoneware pottery for daily use, primarily using local clays and wood ash. Cohn fires her works in both her own gas kiln and large wood kilns in participation with other potters including Dick Hotchkiss, Nolan Babin, Hiroshi Ogawa and Richard Carter.
Public Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Goshoga Ceramics Museum, Aomori, Japan
Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China
Bibliography
Kiefer, Howard and Deborah Lipman. "The Kiln That Consumed Elkton," Ceramics Monthly, December 1996.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E. 500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of Utility & Grace. New York: Lark Books, a division of Sterling Pub. Co, 2004.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form. New York: Lark Books, 2006.
Website: http://www.bonitacohn.com/anagama/
Ruby's Clay Studio
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Incised: Bonita, Bonita Cohn, Wake n Bake SFCA, YIIK, BC, BCohn, Mary Jane
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