Ceramist Patty Warashina will host a lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4 in UNLV's CBC A108 on the UNLV campus as part of the UNLV Art Department's 2003 Visiting Artist Program, coordinated by art professor Robert Wysocki. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Warashina, a well-known and accomplished ceramist based out of Seattle, counts the California-based funk art movement, one that used gaudy imagery and shiny colors such as gold and silver, as her influences. She is best known for her small porcelain figures that are white with very distinct facial expressions, demonstrating a variety of different emotions.

Warashina's work during the early '90s consisted of much larger and grandiose figures, many standing as tall as eight feet. These figures focused on subject matter such as the seasons and elements. A piece from this series called "Fire and Ice" portrayed the struggle between the two elements.

Warashina's work is included in the collections of many museums in the United States, Japan and Australia. She taught at the University of Washington from 1970 to 1995.