The Latest News & Press
Otto has been finalizing several events for 2008 and 2009…and we will keep you abreast of dates, venues and possible changes.
--- NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2008!!! ---
"Master Craftsman Otto Heino and Moderator Gerard O’Brien Added to Panel Discussion in September
California Craft Legends Otto Heino and Sam Maloof to share centerstage for the first time at Bonhams & Butterfields
Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce the participation of Master Craftsman Otto Heino and moderator Gerard O’Brien of Reform Gallery, Los Angeles to the September 18, 2008 panel discussion “Masters and Apprentices in the Studio Craft Movement.” The program will highlight the West Coast studio craft movement and explore the apprenticeship system employed in America, while featuring a rare opportunity to interact with the living legends Otto Heino and Sam Maloof..."
Follow these links to read more from the press release (below) and download the invitation to the event (at right).
Reservations are required as space is limited. For more infomation about the Bonhams and Butterfield event, please click on the turquoise pot above or see:
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=20thCenturyDecoUSA
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Otto will be exhibiting in the College of the Sequoias Art Gallery from September 2 – 25, 2008. They have tentatively set the reception date for September 11, 2008. Please plan to join us for this exhibition. For further information you may contact Allyson Sullivan, Art Gallery Curator, or visit their website at www.cos.edu and select Divisions and Programs in the Featured Links section and then select Art. Or you may call The Pottery at 805.646.3393. Otto looks forward to seeing you there!
May 15, 2009, Otto will attend the Lifetime Achievement Award exhibition in Concord, New Hampshire at the N.H. Craftsmen’s headquarters. Otto received the Lifetime Achievement award in May, 2007, at the League’s Gala. His sister, Olga Heino, accepted the honor on his behalf because Otto had a show at AMOCA in Pomona.
League of NH Craftsmen,"Craft Connections" featured front page article and his scholarship fund. We are pleased that the first scholarship is to go to a ceramist in Littleton, NH, as they open their new studio as an extension of their gallery, next month. In addition, Uncle Otto has sent them a potter's wheel !! Managers, Michele and Beth came the furthest distance last August to meet us at Hanover at that gallery, when Uncle Otto was the featured artist for their Traveling Exhibition for 2006!!
Otto has donated three yellow pieces that will be auctioned by Bonham & Butterfields on September 22, 2008; the monies
generated from the auction on these three vessels will go to the Vivika and Otto Heino Scholarship Fund in New Hampshire for theLeague of NH Craftsmen.
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Read all About It
The Los Angeles Times recently interviewed, photographed, and videotaped Otto for a feature article in the Home Section of the newspaper. It has just been released:
June 26 2008
The Timeless Ceramics of Otto Heino
The Ojai ceramist was at the heart of the 1950s studio movement. Now, six decades later, a new generation is drawn to his earthy, organic pieces with their distinctive forms and glazes.
By David A. Keeps
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The first in a yearlong series profiling California's living legends of midcentury design.
The complete article and video can be viewed at: ![]()
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-heino26-2008jun26,0,3266453.story
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