Bruce Bangert

Born: 1937

Bruce Bangert is known for three distinct categories of work: bas relief murals, wheel thrown sculpture, and slab and thrown functional ware. Bangert used both porcelain and stoneware clay bodies which were ...
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    Bruce Bangert is known for three distinct categories of work: bas relief murals, wheel thrown sculpture, and slab and thrown functional ware. Bangert used both porcelain and stoneware clay bodies which were fired mid-range in an oxidation environment or high-fired a reduction environment.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    1961
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    1963

    (summers) Marguerite Wildenhain, Pond Farm, Guerneville, California

    1964
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    1965

    Resident Craftsman, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, North Carolina

    Primary Work Experience
    1965
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    1969

    Potter, Co-owner, Shingle Mill Pottery, Santa Cruz, California

    1968
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    1983

    Dept. Head, Aesthetic Studies: Ceramics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

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    1978

    Teacher, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California

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    Bibliography

    Massaro, Karen Thuesen. “Santa Cruz Clay.” Ceramics Monthly 45, no. 4 (September 1997).

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    Santa Cruz, California

    Center for Craft

    CfC

    Southern Highland Craft Guild

    SHCG

    Citation: Bruce Bangert, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/bruce-clark-bangert

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