Ceramics Professor Thomas Holton's Work Wins Purchase Award in Featured in Juried Show
Ceramics Professor Thomas Holton received the DiamondCore Tools Purchase Award at the 2021 Teabowl National Juried Exhibition
KC Clay Guild presents the 12th annual Teabowl National Juried Exhibition. Sixty-five ceramic teabowls, made by fifty-one US based artists, were selected and will be exhibited. The teabowls range from intricately decorated porcelain to earthy wood fired stoneware.
Juror Erica Iman received her BFA in Ceramics and BSE in Art from the University of Missouri Columbia in 2005 and obtained her MFA in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2012. Between earning her degrees she served 2 years in the U.S. Peace Corps on the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia teaching English and Gardening while exploring the Gobi desert and Altai Mountains. In 2007, she was a selected participant in the International Workshop for Ceramic Arts in Tokoname, (IWCAT) Japan program, spending the summer studying contemporary and ancient Japanese pottery and culture.
Congratulations Professor Holton!