What's Hot

摘要

Ralph Bacerra, renowned ceramic artist and career educator, died June 10 of lung cancer at his home in Eagle Rock, California. He was 70 years old. Bacerra studied ceramics with Vivika Heino at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and later became chairperson of its ceramics department from 1963-1971. He then moved to Valencia, California to work full-time in his studio. Bacerra is credited with important technological innovations in advanced ceramics, especially the development of oven-top range surfaces for the Induction Stove Corporation that featured the use of electromagnetic induction. From 1983-97, he returned to educating as chair of the ceramic art department at Otis Art Institute, focusing on technical proficiency and knowledge of materials.