Carol
Holtzman Fregoso sculpts stoneware and porcelain. Her pieces, primarily human
figures, sometimes portraying small, reverent persons, sometimes larger,
bolder, articulate
individuals, translate a bond between daily life and spiritual life. The sculptures
have a kinetic quality: the women and
men characters mean to move through the
ceramic. And ironically, in their
oddity, Fregoso’s sculpted people – Semitic, open-mouthed,
awkward, amorous – tell a story of everywoman, everyman.
Carol Holtzman Fregoso holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, graduating with honors. She studied under Viola Fry, Art Nelson, and Corkendahl. She has been a clay artist for forty five years, and her work has been exhibited and sold through out the United States and Mexico and is in many private collections and a museum.
Not only does carol have a passion for creating her own sculptures, but she has also carried her passion for teaching both to high school students at The Branson School in Ross (1970-77) and, for the past 25 years, to daily workshops in her studio, now in Sebastopol. (Under her guidance students have unearthed the truth that they can become - and many have become - great artists).
Carol is fortunate to be able to open to the emotions of life and express those feelings in clay.
Carol Holtzman Fregoso holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, graduating with honors. She studied under Viola Fry, Art Nelson, and Corkendahl. She has been a clay artist for forty five years, and her work has been exhibited and sold through out the United States and Mexico and is in many private collections and a museum.
Not only does carol have a passion for creating her own sculptures, but she has also carried her passion for teaching both to high school students at The Branson School in Ross (1970-77) and, for the past 25 years, to daily workshops in her studio, now in Sebastopol. (Under her guidance students have unearthed the truth that they can become - and many have become - great artists).
Carol is fortunate to be able to open to the emotions of life and express those feelings in clay.
