Oakton Visiting Artist Series to showcase cermacist March 22

Prominent ceramicist David Bolton – whose work has been showcased at galleries across the country – will discuss his unique techniques and provide demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines, Room 1100. The Visiting Artist Series event is free and open to the public.

“David has a very distinctive style, as he uses nostalgic patterns such as paisleys, plaids, checkerboard, houndstooth and other loud patterns found on clothing from the 1970s,” Oakton Chair of Art and Design Lou Pierozzi says. “His patterns are created digitally and then wood-fired to make creations that are vibrant in color.”

Bolton is an associate professor of ceramics at the College of Lake County. He has a master’s degree in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Evansville.

The Visiting Artist Series is hosted by Oakton’s art department and made possible by a generous grant from the Oakton Educational Foundation.

The next Visiting Artist Series event will feature traditional Indonesian dance and music at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 26, at Oakton’s Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave.

For more information, call 847-376-7106.