Dennis Ott [March 23, 1943–Oct. 12, 2024] was an iconic figure in Sedona after leading the Sedona Arts Center’s Ceramics Department for the past 22 years, teaching thousands of students from young children to seniors and even a few celebrities the joy of creating art from clay.
Ott started as a ceramics student at SAC before becoming a wheel instructor and heading the department for over two decades. He organized workshops in Italy, taught ceramics for the Navajo Nation, built a kiln in Nicaragua, re-launched the Loving Bowls fundraiser, received the Sedona Mayor’s Arts Award for Arts Instruction in 2017 and often served a SAC and Sedona representative at events, presentations and exhibitions locally and nationally.
Ott worked for 25 years in retail management in California before he and his wife Pat and made Sedona their home in 1989.
"Dennis was a 25 year member of the Sav-on family, who managed two legendary high volume stores, #3195 Burbank and #3147 in Montrose. He was a tremendous man who helped to mentor many of the young upcoming assistants and helped them to become successful managers. He left a great mark for others to strive for during his tenure with Sav-on drugs."
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