Natalia Arbelaez - Art as Language "Creating artwork has been important to me from a young age. I came back to the US at the age of four not speaking English and communication was hard for me. I learned English [...]
Janet Macpherson - Finding her voice as an artist "A friend who was a sculpture major first introduced me to ceramics while we were at university. I was not an art major, but I hung out with the artists at [...]
Wade MacDonald - Becoming an Artist and Advice for the Future "While preparing for high school graduation, I had a brief moment to sit at a kickwheel in the art classroom and attempt to throw a pot. This was my [...]
Andrew Stansbury: An Ode to Missed Connections "We didn’t have long, and you let someone skip in front of you. When it was our time, you choked back tears. “Oh honey, it’s okay,” I said, “we don’t gotta talk,” and [...]
Adam Chau - Essay about influence and idea development "My clay journey started early - my family opperated a bakery when I was growing up and I learned commercial-level baking at a very young age; it was shortly after that [...]
"Wise Swan" teapot by Laura Jean McLaughlin Not being a Pittsburgh native myself, I was unaware of the event called "Unblurred" that happens on Penn Ave. in the Garfield neighborhood on the first Friday night of every month. [...]
Jessica Brandl, one NCECA’s 2017 Emerging Artists has had a busy time since delivering an outstanding presentation on the final day of the conference in Portland, Oregon. Over the summer, she relocated from Philadelphia, where she had been teaching at [...]
Written by Harry Levenstein - IG:@harrison_lev The smell of sustainability was in the air this year at NCECA Portland! With topical discussions on ceramics and climate change, reducing our carbon footprint as makers, renewable energy options in our studios, and [...]
Welcome to Portland! As the top "food city" in America according to the Washington Post, you can eat quite well here, even on a very modest budget. Even during the conference day, you have multiple options for local, quality food [...]
Click the image above to sign-up now! I hope you are just as excited as I am about this year’s conference in Portland! I’m not sure what I’m looking forward to most – the great conference programing, all [...]
Arriving in Portland Visitors flying in will arrive at PDX Airport, consistently rated the best airport in the USA (and for good reason). It has a wide array of locally-owned, reasonably-priced food options, so plan to take meals there if [...]
Hopefully you've already booked your accommodations for NCECA, as many hotels are already booked up. In case you haven't, or in case you're looking for alternatives, this article will provide you with some ideas and information. The first thing to [...]
Are you an artist or ceramics professor just itching to give back? The Student Critique Room is ready for YOU! We are currently looking for people to volunteer an hour or two of their conference time to do several 30-minute [...]
Attention All Students: The deadline is fast approaching for you to submit your application for both the Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship, and the NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship! Successful undergraduate applicants will be awarded $1,800 for use towards their proposed [...]
