by Carole Epp | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pitchers
Functional Form / Sculptural Presence
Pre-NCECA Workshop
Monday and Tuesday, March 14 – 15, 2016
Pitchers
. . . an eminently functional form that potters have made through the
centuries. In addition to defining its function, the spout and handle
animate a pitcher to give it sculptural presence. In this workshop, four
prominent potters will demonstrate their unique aesthetic and technical
approach to this timeless form.
Join
323CLAY’s Steven Hill and his three talented guest artists at this
special Pre-NCECA Workshop. This Workshop will include demonstrations,
discussions, slides and a question and answer session.
http://323clay.com/product/pitchers-workshop/
by Carole Epp | Dec 23, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
NCECA celebrates 50 years of clay, learning and connection in 2016.
To foster a sense of community and show links to how our members connect
people and ceramics, on this occasion, we have invited Michael Strand
and Namita Wiggers to create Across the Table, Across the Land.
Because we also set a gorgeous table in this community, food and the
table serve as a link to bring it all together. NCECA feels that the
table is a literal space – and an idea – and we want to hear your
stories.
To do this, the curators have developed a web app to make it easy to research how NCECA connects Across the Table and Across the Land.
NCECA is calling on you to participate by sharing projects or taking on the K12 Challenge. We invite responses in the form of your images and your words. This is a collection of your stories. All materials entered into the Across the Table web app become part of this celebratory project.
Michael and Namita are developing this online archive to document
what NCECA members are working on right now. From this archive, our
guest curators will create an exhibition for the Charlotte Street
Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri in conjunction with Makers, Mentors and Milestones, the March 2016 NCECA Conference.
Visit app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/about/ for more information about this project.
Here’s a link to download the webapp http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/get-started/
Want more information and background on the project?
(***this is well worth the read!)
Download the Field Guide at http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/field-guide/
Ready to share your story? Upload your project on the web-app here http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/project-submission/. Look for the + sign in the upper right corner of your screen to add your contributions.
Want to get your K-12 school and students involved? Download the student/parent permission form and Potluck: A Portrait of School Communities through Clay and Food to help guide your lesson plans and teaching.
Questions? Email Michael and Namita at [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
51st ANNUAL NCECA CONFERENCE
Wednesday March 22 – Saturday, March 25, 2017
Portland, Oregon
Overview
NCECA is committed to the exhibition and expansion of contemporary
ceramic practice including diverse approaches that range from
utilitarian and designed objects to sculpture, installations,
site-specific works and performative events.
A member driven organization, NCECA is enriched by the innovation and
vision that emerges from our community to present ceramic art of the
highest caliber in the form of Concurrent Exhibitions (CEs). These
exhibitions represent an important feature of NCECA’s Annual Conference
experience bringing high visibility to the work of participating
artists. Moreover, NCECA’s efforts to site and promote Concurrent
Exhibitions expand awareness of and engagement with ceramic art for
audiences that travel to and reside throughout the conference’s host
region.
NCECA promotes CEs through the print conference guide, app, website,
Blog and social media. While NCECA makes efforts to cluster the shows
within art/ cultural districts to maximize viewer attendance, it is not
able to guarantee that all exhibition venues will be included on tour
routes.
2017 Exhibitions Focus
NCECA seeks exhibition proposals that have conceptual resonance with the theme of its 51st annual conference, Future Flux. The
conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and NCECA specifically
seeks Concurrent Exhibition proposals that resonate with our theme. As
journey’s end for Lewis and Clark in the early 18th century, expedition and discovery have
framed our imagination of the Pacific Northwest. As we pass beyond
NCECA’s first fifty years, the interconnection of mind, materials, and
transformation at the heart of ceramic process, art and education can
serve as trail heads to our future. Our creative work in the 21st century increasingly engages with hybrid practices, issues of diversity, notions of community and dynamic change. How
will more sustainable models of ceramic art and education continue to
evolve? What are the essential competencies and capacities for ceramic
artists and educators today and for the future? How can we continue to
draw from rich historic traditions while reinvigorating their relevance
in rapidly changing global societies? Portland, Oregon, a city of
rivers, makers, and entrepreneurs is an ideal vantage point from which
to investigate these questions and others. NCECA seeks Concurrent
Exhibition proposals that will help transport us to the ways that
ceramic art and education will continue to matter going forward.
All proposals and accompanying support materials must be submitted online by midnight Wednesday, February 3, 2016 (EDT).
Full details here: http://nceca.net/concurrent-exhibition-proposals/
by Carole Epp | Nov 27, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
Application deadline extended!!! JANUARY 1st, 2016
Entry Fee: $40 for up to 2 entries
Location: Missouri, Kansas City
Show Date: March 4 – March 31
Open to: Each piece must fit into an old Orton Cone Box (3″x3″x6″). Work
completed within the last 3 years and for sale. The show will be open
during NCECA in Kansas City.
Our Jurors will be Garth Clark, Greg Daly & Inge Balch. Accepted
artists will be posted online by the end of January, and the show will
open at the Hilliard Gallery in Kansas City in March.
Contact details:
Hilliard Gallery
1820 McGee St.
[email protected]
www.coneboxshow.com
Phone: 785-594-4537
by Carole Epp | Sep 3, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Deadline: SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Clay students in undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate programs throughout the U.S. —
NCECA is turning 50… The future is here and YOU are it!
APPLY NOW for the 2016 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition (NSJE), a cornerstone event of Makers, Mentors and Milestones, NCECA’s 50th annual conference. Submission deadline is September 23, 2015. Applications close at 11:59 PM Mountain Time Zone (Denver, CO, USA).
The exhibition, juried by Liz Quackenbush and Lee Somers, takes place at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, March 4 – April 30, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Works involving clay as their primary material including those
incorporating other media will be considered. FULL details about NSJE
eligibility, entry procedures, application process, etc. will be found
at http://nceca.net/nceca-calls-and-exhibitions/2016-national-student-juried-exhibition/
The call is open to full-time students (as defined by their home
institution) enrolled in the United States of America. Students enrolled
at institutions on which the jurors currently serve as faculty are not
eligible to apply. Applicants must be working towards a degree or be a
post-baccalaureate in art at the time of submittal. Student Members of NCECA will receive a 50% discount on exhibition submission fee.
