"I value the communities that I have formed and am continuing to expand on. My artwork aims to bring people closer and act as markers for people to congregate around. Larger pieces are a community experience because they quickly [...]
Winona LaDuke is an internationally renowned activist working on issues of sustainable development renewable energy and food systems. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and is a two time vice presidential candidate with [...]
Hi everyone, my name is Ashlyn Pope and I currently serve on the NCECA Board of Directors as one of the two Student Directors at Large. As the senior of the two student directors, I wanted to take this opportunity [...]
Deadline October 9, 2019 NCECA is pleased to announce the 21st Annual Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowships! The purpose of this fellowship is to foster and catalyze undergraduates’ capacities to expand awareness and deepen knowledge in the ceramic arts [...]
Deadline October 9, 2019 NCECA is pleased to announce the 16th annual NCECA Graduate Student Fellowships. The purpose of this fellowship is to foster and catalyze graduate students’ capacities to expand awareness and deepen knowledge in the ceramic arts through [...]
"From where I sit. Reporting in from southern California, 30 years and counting" – Closing lecture by Tony Marsh “Beliefs, observations, thoughts and prayers from over 30 years as an educator and more as a maker. Drawing from experiences [...]
"Being recognized as a 2019 Emerging Artist was one of the most important bench marks of my career. This award has afforded me exposure that will benefit me for years to come, and it has also inspired me to [...]
The #MeToo movement has had a profound effect in every corner of American life, including in the arts. One has only to read the various arts journals and professional publications; go online to arts websites; read one’s emails; or [...]
One of the best things about NCECA is that it is a member-driven organization. The board members, speakers, presenters, and panelists are almost always one of us. In any large group, there’s always a tendency to assume that “they” will [...]
Brooks Oliver - Artist Interview How would you describe yourself? I hope they would say I was funny. I think they would most likely say that I was a very passionate and friendly person with an ability to relate [...]
Sara Parent-Ramos: Being An Emerging Artist "My work originates out of a cyclical process of accumulation and synthesis. I make sense of information first by arranging the objects I create and then assigning them a meaning through organization. I then obscure [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
