"Legacy Ware: Dining with Dock 6" is a dinnerware exhibition by the Dock 6 Pottery extended family of current and past employees, clay artists in their own right who’ve been influenced by working for owner Kerry Brooks. As both a [...]
You still have an opportunity to set out to St. Paul and see the fantastic shows and sites out there. (above image is one of the stops. Which one? Buy a bus ticket and find out! 😉 ) With a [...]
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.17.3"] Red Wing is home to a vibrant arts community. The Anderson Center and the Pottery Museum of Red Wing have teamed up to offer unique exhibitions ranging from historic decorative and functional work to experimental multi-media [...]
Hello NCECA friends..... I invite you to join me on the journey of fifty years. At times it felt like it would take that long to bring this video project to fruition. The first discussions about this project began back [...]
What does a utopia look like? A claytopia? How do we construct it? The more Western civilization crafts their ideal world, the more we understand the tragic domino effect that results from our modifications. Janet Macpherson and Magdolene Dykstra’s collaborative [...]
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 [...]
Co-presented by 92Y and NCECA, Virtual Clay™ is a series of real-time online experiences that gather a vibrant community of artists, designers, and art historians to speak with you about current topics in ceramics. The series hopes to challenge preconceptions [...]
Artists who came to clay from diverse corners of experience through non-traditional avenues. Voices from Elsewhere, presented by the Homewood Studios Gallery, is an exhibition that features makers who entered the field of ceramics later in life and whose work [...]
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The idea of Claytopia for us is a place where diverse artists can explore their voice and share,with community beyond the studio. YOU'VE BEEN SERVED represents over 50 artists who make work to speak to the viewer/user on many levels: encouraging [...]
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. [...]
