The National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts has announced that Steve Hilton, professor of art at Midwestern State University’s Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Art, has been named incoming president-elect of the NCECA Board. He will serve a presidential term from 2025-2029.

“I am honored and excited to have been asked to serve as the next president of NCECA,” Hilton said. “This is a pivotal moment for our organization, and I am eager to work alongside the dedicated members of the NCECA community to shape the future of ceramics education and advocacy.”

Hilton, also director of the Juanita Harvey Art Gallery at MSU Texas, earned his MFA at Arizona State University in 2005. He holds degrees in Art Education and Environmental Geology from Missouri State University. He has taught science and art at the secondary and post-secondary levels, and his work has been collected by museums, universities, and individuals, both nationally and internationally.

He has been juried and invited into over 200 international and national exhibitions in conjunction with both curated and solo exhibitions. Hilton is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and a Fellow of the Council of NCECA.

The NCECA is a nonprofit organization comprised of more than 6,000 members from the United States and more than 20 foreign countries. It sustains a community for ceramic art, teaching and learning and cultivates the next generation of ceramic artists and enthusiasts through programing that affects professional artists, K-12 schools, community centers, universities, museums, galleries, businesses, organizations, collectors and enthusiasts of ceramic art.