Deadline for the 2020 NCECA Awards and Honorary Nominations is October 9, 2019 The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts has advanced the stature and quality of our field by recognizing select individuals for their service, teaching, [...]
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 [...]
"Being an emerging artist was an excellent opportunity to present ideas to a national audience. The presentation was a challenge but one that was extremely fulfilling. It's a large stage where your voice can be heard". – Nick Lenker [...]
DEADLINE September 25, 2019 (11:59pm Mountain time) Please visit the NCECA website: https://nceca.net/nceca-juried-student-exhibition EXHIBITION DATES: March 25- April 20, 2019 The 2020 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition will run concurrently with MULTIVALENT: Clay, Mindfulness And Memory the 54th annual conference [...]
2019 Emerging Artist Nick Lenker, Sarah Heitmeyer, Sean Scott, George Rodriguez, Lindsay Montgomery, Qwist Joseph NCECA believes that those creating work offering new/exciting/thoughtful perspectives on the ceramic medium, expanding upon genres of creative production and inquiry are qualified as candidates [...]
The NCECA Gallery Expo deadline is approaching for the annual 2020 conference in Richmond, VA. If you are a gallery, organization, collective, or group of artists and would like to participate consider applying to the Expo. This is a space [...]
"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 [...]
LifeSource and I are excited to welcome the NCECA community to Minneapolis! Minnesota is home to many arts-friendly organizations and nonprofits that pride in developing meaningful connections to the community; state-wide grants and arts initiatives continuously create an environment where [...]
Welcome to Minneapolis where the people are nice and the craft beer scene is overflowing with delicious options. There are many venues in the Twin Cities for sampling craft brews in and near downtown. And lucky for NCECA goers there [...]
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 [...]
This post is written by figure sculptor Emily Nickel as a supplement to a demonstration in the Makerspace titled "Get Your Fix." Emily is currently a long term artist-in-residence at Red Lodge Clay Center. The demonstration will cover how to [...]
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 [...]
