BONNIE HOTZ
Bonnie Pollack Hotz (b. 1959, NY)
bonniehotzpotz@gmail.com (831) 229-7425
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Shows/Gigs:
2020 Created hundreds of logo gift mugs for the company bind, Minnesota.
2019
Solo Exhibition, FLUX Gallery, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.
2019
“FunctionFest 2019” group exhibit, Clay Center of New Orleans
2019
“Clay from ACGA” group exhibit, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA.
2019
“Purposeful Pottery” group exhibit, Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA.
2018-19
“ACGA Clay and Glass Festival” Palo Alto, CA. Exhibiting Member
2014 - 2018 “Capitola Art & Wine Show,”
Capitola, CA.
2015
& 2017 “Palo Alto Art Festival,” Palo Alto, CA.
2014
- 2019 “Homecrafters Marketplace,” Carmel, CA.
2016 - 2017 “The Intimate Object XII,” Charlie Cummings Gallery, FLA.
2016
“Big Sur Food and Wine,” Big Sur, CA.
2016
"Saratoga Rotary Art Show," Saratoga, CA.
2015
“Los Altos Rotary Art Show,” Los Altos, CA.
2014
“Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival,” In the Redwoods, CA.
2013
“Walnut Creek Fine Arts Festival,” Walnut Creek, CA.
2013
“Americana Festival,” Monterey Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA.
2012
“Independent Marketplace,” Sand City, CA.
2012
“West End Celebration,” Sand City, CA.
1992
“ACC Baltimore,” Baltimore, MD.
1992
– 1998 “Monterey County Open Studios”, CA.
1992
– 1994 “Carmel Art & Wine Festival,” Sunset Center, Carmel,
CA, Won 2nd
place for best booth.
1991
“San Francisco Buyer's Market,” Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
1991
“Monterey County Open Studios,” All of the Purchase Awards
granted were redeemed in my booth!
1990
"Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival," Association of
California Ceramic Artists, Palo Alto, CA, Juried Exhibiting Member
Show.
1990
“Monterey County Open Studios Group Show,” Pacific Grove Art
Center.
1990
“Carl Cherry Center for the Arts,” Group Show, Carmel CA.
1989
“Buyers Market of Contemporary Craft,” Santa Monica, CA.
1989
“Freehand Gallery,” Group Show, Los Angeles, CA.
Public
Art:
2009 installation. Assisted Melissa Smedley using oil clay to create Knots in Bronze for The Wharf at Point Loma, San Diego Port District.
Workshop/Teaching:
2019
Ceramic Demonstration - how to pierce pottery, Ceram-A-Rama, Santa Cruz Mtn. Art Center
2010
Teacher, create coil pottery, 5th grade Washington Union,
Salinas, CA.
2004
Presenter/Demonstrator/Instructor, How to use underglazes on tile,
how to clear glaze and fire tile. Toro Park School Art Docents.
Community
Service:
2005
Project Coordinator/Designer and Instructor, Outdoor Ceramic Tile
Murals, two 3' x 10' and one 3' x 20' installed on site on exterior
of buildings at Toro Park Elementary, Salinas, CA. They depict land, sea and sky. Every student, teacher and anyone who worked at the school painted a tile.
Publications:
2019
Coast Weekly, article re: solo exhibition at Monterey Museum of Art
2018
Edible Monterey Bay Summer Edition, Plate Like a Chef article
2018
Off 68, Q&A, Monterey County newspaper
2017
The Californian, Artist Profile, Salinas, CA newspaper
2017
Off 68, Artist Profile, Monterey County newspaper
2016
Blogs: Prevailing Parent, Musing About Mud, Cup A Day, Plate A Day...
2012,
Off 68, Monterey County Newspaper
1997,
East Bay Magazine, San Francisco Bay
1996,
Adventures in Dining Magazine, Feature Article, Monterey County
1993,
1994, 1995 Variety of articles, The Monterey Herald Newspaper
Studied
With:
Michael
Simon
Rutheann
Tudball
Lee Hyang-gu, Kim Seong-tae, You Yong-chul, Choi in-gyu & Jo Se-yeon
Rob
Barnard
Lana
Wilson
Lorna
Meaden
Jeff
Oestrich
Elaine
Pinkernell
Sara
Jaeger | 
