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10/16/2026

Join the NCECA Green Learning Community today, Friday, October 16 at 11:30 AM/ET with Eliza Weber and the NCECA Green Task Force! Pre-register using the link in our bio.

How can we source and use secondary or waste materials? Let’s Discuss ways finding local materials builds community and connection.

Eliza Weber () completed her MFA at Arizona State University and BFA at The University of Montana. She has completed short residencies at Medalta in Alberta, Canada, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, Open Air at the Flathead Lake Biological Station, and Red Lodge Clay Center. Eliza was also an Artist in Residence at Pottery Northwest in Seattle, Washington, and recently a Long-Term Resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Her nonprofit work includes serving as Director of Education at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art and on the boards of NCECA and the Ceramics Research Center. Presently, Eliza is a Sabbatical Replacement in Ceramics at The University of Montana, the Education and Outreach Coordinator at The Myrna Loy, and serves on the NCECA Green Task Force.

Pre-register using the link in our bio. We look forward to seeing you today, Friday, October 16!

10/02/2026

Join us on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 11:30AM/ET for a live conversation here on NCECA’s Instagram with Sharif Bey, moderated by The Andy Warhol Museum's Nicole Dezelon.

Drawing from the artist’s experiences across various creative communities, residencies and partnerships, The Warhol Museum’s Homecoming exhibition celebrates Sharif Bey’s return to his hometown and the wealth of techniques, connections and artistic insights he brings back with him. Bey’s monumental ceramic sculptures will be exhibited alongside artwork from The Warhol’s permanent collection by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. All three artists engage deeply with themes of identity, culture and societal commentary, and their shared and diverging histories create dynamic dialogues on the complexity of American art.

Dr. Sharif Bey is a Pittsburgh-born sculptor, scholar, and educator holding a PhD from Penn State University. Recognized with the inaugural 2026 Spector Craft Prize, a USA Artist Fellowship, The Pollock-Krasner Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship, his ceramic sculptures are in prominent collections nationwide, including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Crystal Bridges.

Nicole Dezelon is the Senior Director of Learning and Public Engagement at The Andy Warhol Museum. She has spearheaded international teaching projects in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. In 2019, she was named Outstanding Museum Art Educator by The Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA). Dezelon holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Education in art education. As a practicing ceramic artist, Dezelon has taught at The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, PA. and her artwork is featured in several Lark Books publications, including 500 Prints on Clay, Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques, and Image Transfer on Clay.

Exhibition information adapted from The Andy Warhol Museum’s description of Sharif Bey: Homecoming.

09/24/2026

Final Call for Nominations: 2027 Honors and Awards! DEADLINE | WEDNESDAY, September 30, 2026, (11:59PM/ET). Link in bio!

Now is the time to nominate someone you respect and admire for special recognition. One way that NCECA members can support expansion and advancement of the field is to recognize those whose service, teaching, creative achievement, and/or extraordinary accomplishments make exceptional impacts.

Nominations are now open for NCECA Fellows of the Council, Honorary Members, Excellence in Teaching Award, and Outstanding Achievement Award. Visit NCECA’s website to learn more about these awards and honors.

For questions about the Honors & Awards, please contact [email protected]. Submit an Honors or Awards Nomination using the link in our bio!

09/23/2026

Final Call for Clay Around Town Submissions! DEADLINE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 (11:59PM/ET) (Please note time zone - late entries will not be accepted). Link in bio!

The Clay Around Town call for exhibitions features independently organized exhibitions presented within the Baltimore region during the NCECA conference. Listings may include exhibitions initiated by Baltimore-area venues, as well as artist- or curator-led projects that have secured a host venue prior to application. All exhibitions must adhere to NCECA’s Community Guidelines and Respectful Culture Policy.

Submission of Clay Around Town proposals is one of several benefits of membership in NCECA. Non-members may also submit Clay Around Town proposals; however, a $75 listing fee applies. The fee can be paid through the NCECA Online Store at the time of submission. Alternatively, non-members can purchase an NCECA Membership and enjoy a complimentary listing while supporting NCECA’s mission year-round.

Learn More and Submit a 2027 NCECA Clay Around Town Application using the link in our bio!

09/22/2026

Over the past six weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of connecting with 2026 NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowship recipients Connor Czora (.czora), Maxwell Henderson (), Tommy Lomeli (), Bianca MacPherson (.ceramics), SunYoung Park (), and Irén Tété (.tete) through their Instagram Guest Hosting programming and Live Conversations!

Throughout the programming, each artist invited the NCECA community into their creative practice, sharing glimpses into their studios, artistic processes, inspirations, current work, and upcoming projects. The program culminated in two Instagram Live conversations, creating another opportunity to hear directly from the artists about their practices and artistic journeys.

A huge thank you to Connor, Maxwell, Tommy, Bianca, SunYoung, and Irén for generously sharing your work, ideas, and stories with the NCECA community!

Check out NCECA’s Instagram page to revisit the 2026 Emerging Artist guest posts and Instagram Live conversations.

09/19/2026

Don't miss this year's International Sculpture Conference! Register using the link in our bio by September 22 to join the ISC in the Twin Cities.

The 32nd International Sculpture Conference will be held in Minnesota from October 22-25, 2026, with optional activities in the days before and after core programming. Immerse yourself in sculpture through exhibitions, learning opportunities, networking events, and visits to local art collections. Engage with critical ideas offered by panels covering a breadth of contemporary issues in sculpture and keynotes by Jean Shin, Angela Two Stars, and Dyani White Hawk. Connect with the sculpture community at parties hosted by Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center and Franconia Sculpture Park and spend an afternoon packed with art hosted by NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory in the Northeast Arts District.

Registration closes September 22. Learn more about the schedule, pricing, hotel rates, and more at www.sculpture.org/TwinCities2026 (link in bio).

09/18/2026

It’s your girl B here to wrap up an incredible week (.ceramics)! I thought I’d share a little bit about what I’m up to now. I’m currently an Artist in Residence at Laguna Clay Company (), and it’s an absolute dream! I’m having a blast and working on a new body of work for a few upcoming exhibitions. You’ll have to follow along for more on that! (.ceramics). I’m also continuing to teach as a part-time lecturer at Cal State Long Beach and Cal Poly Pomona here in Southern California.

It’s been a whirlwind, as usual, but I wanted to take this last opportunity to shout out the incredible community of friends who have held me and helped me along this journey. I’m so thankful for this clay community and the wonderful people I’ve had the honor of knowing. I’ve met some of my best friends through this medium, and I’m endlessly humbled and grateful for the mentors, friends, and colleagues who have supported, encouraged, and uplifted me along the way. Thank you, NCECA, for this wonderful opportunity to connect with such a large and inspiring community. I wish you all a beautiful year, and I’ll see you in March!

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Photos: 1: Working in Laguna Studio

Photo 2: Workshop shot Photo credit

Photo 3: AMOCA farewell party for me

Photos 4- 9: Golden clay pals! .moreno

09/17/2026

B here again for Day 4 (.ceramics) ! My mother instilled in me a passion for education, for understanding and communicating ideas in an accessible way. Following NCECA, I moved directly into a West Coast workshop tour, where I met so many incredible artists. My Abstracting Memory workshop shares my building techniques while inviting artists to transform their own relics through digital mirroring and abstraction. Whether teaching in an academic or studio setting, I learn through my own approach, but also through the people I meet and theirs.

My passion for making and teaching is also rooted in exploring how historical systems continue to shape our lives. My piece Counted, currently on view at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Fractured Foundations, looks at the racial reorganization of the U.S. Census between 1850 and 1930, when racial categories were repeatedly redefined, erased, and used to organize American life. By 1930, racial ambiguity had been administratively collapsed, and it was not until 2000 that Americans could again identify with more than one race on the U.S. Census.

The census is more than a record. It is an invisible structure that shapes visibility, belonging, access, and how we understand ourselves and one another. These are the questions I continue to think about as I consider how to sculpt an invisible structure, or make visible the unseen systems that shape our lives.

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Photos 1–7: Abstracting Memory West Coast Workshop Tour

Photos 8–9: Counted, currently on view at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in the Fractured Foundations exhibition, on view through November 29, 2026.

09/17/2026

Hey NCECA! I’m Bianca MacPherson (.ceramics) What inspires me? In short, people. I think there has always been a part of me that feels like an outsider. That is who I make work for. Through my work, I have found people who, like me, use that feeling to keep searching, making, and finding where they belong. The gap I once felt between myself and the world became a space to recognize others with stories like mine, within history and in my present life.

Just as important as clay is to me, I believe the work means very little without the conversations and communities it brings together. I think of the work as an afterimage: it lives in our minds, while our conversations and invisible actions shape our society and history. How we build community, discuss difficult subjects, and make space for the imperfect and authentically beautiful parts of ourselves is what I hope to contribute to the broader art conversation. For me, the work must move beyond the object.

In June 2025, I co-organized a residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts () called Re-Mixed with my good friend Ash Campbell (), bringing Multiracial ceramic artists together from around the world. The residency was pivotal, creating a community that continues to grow and evolve. In February 2026 at UCLA, I spoke about the residency at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Association conference alongside Erika Port. Inspired by the conference, I ran for Community Arts Representative on the Executive Board and was elected the night before my NCECA Emerging Artist talk. I now serve on the board as Community Arts Representative as we prepare for our 2028 conference in Minneapolis.

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Photos: 1-7. Re-Mixed Residency

Photos: 8-10. Erika and I speaking at the CMRSA conference at UCLA

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