Mingei Film Archive Project
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 [...]
Keep on Keepin’ On….
I thought about titling this post "Marvelous Marge" or "Marge the Magnificent".....both absolutely fitting descriptive titles. But then I thought "Marge in Charge," since she announced last year during her closing lecture that she has been "in charge since I was [...]
2016 Process Room Videos NOW AVAILABLE
NCECA is excited to announce that we have FOUR compilations of the 2016 Process Room sessions available for immediate delivery via digital download! Each compilation contains the best of instruction and demonstration from four sessions and is approximately 40 minutes [...]
2016 Conference Replay double feature! Glazes: safety and durability
Thursday afternoon at the conference provided an incredible opportunity for a double dose of glaze geekery. First, William Carty, Keith Simpson and Hyojin Lee presented a panel on safety in the studio, specifically regarding stains. After a short break, Matt [...]
Joule of the Studio
What do you get when you cross a brewer, a failed high school teacher, and a former advisor to Napoleon? Either the setup for a really bad joke, OR one of the most misunderstood yet vitally important tools in the [...]
Fab Friday: TOOLING WITH THE 3D PRINTER, Brooks Oliver
NCECA hopes its members and the greater ceramic community have enjoyed continued access to the 2016 Fab Lab with the online rebroadcasts of the LIVE STREAMED conference sessions, culminating in today's video of the final session on Friday afternoon, featuring [...]
Fab Friday – 2016 Fab Lab Friday Session 4
With the support of 92Y Virtual Clay, Skutt Kilns, Shapeways, Anne W. Bracker, West Virginia University, and presenting artists, Clay Fab Lab represents a new conference experience with clay, touch, and technology. Emergence of new technologies and their application to ceramic art [...]
“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
In the Venn diagram of my life, the spheres of Music, Movement, and Art collided at the 2016 Conference Opening Ceremonies. After listening to internationally renowned choreographer, Liz Lerman, speak about the art of critique, the crowd in KC was treated to a performance [...]
Fab Friday – Demonstrations from the 2016 Fab Lab with Jo Kamm & Keith Simpson
With the support of 92Y Virtual Clay, Skutt Kilns, Shapeways, Anne W. Bracker, West Virginia University, and presenting artists, Clay Fab Lab represents a new conference experience with clay, touch, and technology. Emergence of new technologies and their application to ceramic art [...]
Fueling the Imagination
In the introduction to the essay “Fueling the Imagination” from her book, Hiking the Horizontal, Liz Lerman recounts a conversation with Nobel laureate and scientist, Dr. Eric Wieschaus about how he asks himself a question. “I am fueled by my own [...]
Fab Friday – Anna Calluori Holcombe & Shoji Satake life from the 2016 FabLab
3D printing is “just another tool in the tool box,” but the implementation of this technology within the ceramics curriculum has its challenges. Among those are facilities, funding and competent staffing. The rewards become evident as students embrace the technology [...]
Teaching to K–12: What you didn’t learn in college
Learn about The Clay Lady Way® which includes over 30 years of tested projects, classroom management and single- ring technique that guarantees your students’ success! (And Yours!) Enjoy this popular lecture from the K-12 room at NCECA 2016: https://youtu.be/_R3x5V2Zogw
Fab Friday – Shoji Satake & Anna Calluori Holcombe from the 2016 NCECA Fab Lab
3D printing is “just another tool in the tool box,” but the implementation of this technology within the ceramics curriculum has its challenges. Among those are facilities, funding and competent staffing. The rewards become evident as students embrace the technology [...]