Every year NCECA makes it a point to have programming available for current students at various levels. They look for ways that will best engage and inspire and one such service they developed was the student critique room. Every year, [...]
It is a great pleasure to be presenting films from the Mingei Film Archive Project at NCECA for the first time in two events to take place on March 28th in the Main Auditorium. As part of the panel Holding [...]
Beginning with the question What’s Your story?, The Mother of All Confessions is one of several works included in Project Space this year is. It is an open confessional booth for discussions that investigate issues surrounding art, maternity, and parenting. [...]
Many years ago, Steve Hilton, (then NCECA's Programs Director) had the idea for NCECA to offer a special session directed at first time attendees. And he "nominated" me to present it. It was pretty popular, so I continued to present [...]
Anshinaabe prophecies tell us of the Seventh Fire. This is a time when our people will have two roads ahead of us—one miikina, or path, which is well-worn, but scorched, and another patch which is green. It will be our [...]
What is time? It cannot be seen, heard, smelled, or touched. It eludes all our senses, yet we experience it every day. Time is ubiquitous. To most, time is just a clock on the wall. A constant cycle of 24 [...]
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.17.3"] Enjoy four fabulous individuals in Ballroom A on Thursday and Friday of the Conference. Jeff Oestreich & Aysha Peltz will take the stage together on Thursday from nine to noon. After lunch, enjoy Torbjørn Kvasbø and [...]
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You know them as wise advisors, educators, innovators, clay cultural leaders, and individuals who embody generous spirits. The NCECA Awards and Honors recognize leaders in the field of ceramics for the their impact regionally, lifetime support of others, roles as [...]
Are you an artist? Do you struggle with writing? The American Craft Council wants to help! It can be intimidating to get your thoughts down on paper. But writing, just like throwing pots, is a skill that can be learned. [...]
With the 2018 NCECA conference in Pittsburgh just around the corner, we want to let you know about some of the awesome student-centered opportunities that are available at the conference this year: Student Critique Room Thursday March 15, & Friday [...]
This year the theme for NCECA’s Pittsburgh conference is CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture. The ideas imbue robust program content with tremendous range of ceramic expression. Attention to cultural context amplifies voices and issues of representation, power, identity, social justice, and [...]
Saturday morning, at the end of the conference, I always look forward to the emerging artist presentation. I find these talks to be tremendously energizing, full of good will and optimistic for the future. I relish in how the presenters [...]
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 [...]
