The world of fine art services/art handling is the behind-the-scenes part of the installation, crating and transporting of works of art that most people, even artists, rarely experience. The people who work in the fine art services can range from [...]
This global history of earthenware is based on the travel accounts of explorers in West and Central Africa, Mesoamerica, and the Iberian Peninsula. The central figures are the artisans who made, merchants who hawked, and the cooks who served meals [...]
NCECA is very excited to share a session from the extremely popular Process Room. For those of you who don't already know, "Lively Experiments" marked the 3rd year of this popular aspect of NCECA Conference. Each year, this "attraction" has grown, and [...]
Jay Lacouture honored the life and memory of Gerry Williams at the 2015 Conference in Providence. If you don't know much about Gerry, take a few moments to be inspired by his life and work as told by Jay in the [...]
There is a crisis in our educational system today. This talk from the 2015 NCECA Conference in Providence, RI, is about how clay has the potential to address this crisis. When ceramics is taught from both a philosophical and interdisciplinary [...]
Jack Troy's closing lecture at the 2015 Conference was full of wonderful stories about a life in clay. He spoke with wisdom about aesthetic experiences one moment and with humor about his brother's tonsils in a jar the next. He [...]
Are you in need of serious hashtagging help? (Are you now scratching your head and wondering for the umpteenth time what the heck a hashtag is?). Or are you already dialed in to face-twit-stagram but want to better understand how [...]
Phew! Providence flew right on past without stopping. This year was amazing; conference-goers posted more photos on social media this year than ever before, and the beat goes on! Follow the hashtag #nceca2015 on Instagram to catch up on conference [...]
I confess...I am only one person, and I still haven't figured out how to squeeze in 28 hours of work into a 24 hour day. THANKFULLY, I received several offers from conference attendees to help with getting content online! One [...]
With the hustle and bustle of the conference finished, I was able to sit down and edit the amazing lecture that Heidi McKenzie presented to a packed room on Thursday morning in Providence. This session was so popular that we [...]
On Saturday Morning, following Jack Troy's closing lecture, the member's meeting reconvened. Programs Director, Steve Hilton, presented several recognitions and awards, including awards for the National Student Juried Exhibition, graduate and undergraduate fellowships and our cups of merit awards. Additionally, we [...]
Following last night's blog post of the Emerging Artist speech by Roberto Lugo, we now offer reflections from the other end of the spectrum....the author of The Ceramic Spectrum, (and many other books..and please pardon the pun), the marvelous and treasured, Robin [...]
In his article, Finding One's Wheel, which appears on page 27-28 of the 2015 NCECA Journal, Roberto Lugo described himself as a "potter, activist, culture-maker, rapper, poet and educator." I believe I would add "inspiration," "mentor" and "ceramics rockstar" [...]
Heidi McKenzie’s Lecture “The Basics of Business in the Arts” was standing room only! In an effort to provide this incredible content to hungry conference-goers (and members that couldn’t make it), we are publishing the unedited audio of this session [...]
