FUTURE CONFERENCES
NCECA 2010, 44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 31-April 3, 2010 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme: INDEPENDENCE
CALL FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS FOR 2010 PHILADELPHIA ended on May 8, 2009.
CONCURRENT, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS FOR 2010 PHILADELPHIA
ended Nov 17, 2008.
NCECA 2011, 45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 30 - April 2, 2011 Tampa, Florida
Information regarding the 45th Annual Conference will be posted as available.
CALL FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS FOR 2011 TAMPA will be announced in early 2010. The deadline will be spring of 2010. Please read through the general information below as preparation for the 2011 Call.
TOPICS FOR PROPOSALS
For the 45th annual meeting of NCECA in Tampa, we will call for proposals of lectures and panel discussions relating to issues of exploration, discovery, and the relevance of site, location and environment. As always, we also welcome proposals on all subjects relevant to our field. Submissions will be evaluated in regard to merit, the presenterís expertise in the area, and a general interest in providing a balanced and inclusive program for the members. The general categories for proposals are as follows:
Aesthetics and Critical Theory, including presentations about concepts of beauty and value, art attitudes, theory, content, goals and standards.
Art History, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional artists and movements, styles, and surveys of regional, national and international art in clay.
Education, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional curricula, goals, standards, methods and ideologies.
Professionalism, including presentations about working standards, goals, methods and attitudes, and/or the professional working relationships of guilds, co-ops and other ceramic centers.
Technology, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional materials, processes, kilns, equipment, innovations and theory.
New Work, is a category of proposals for up to four artists to make a 15-minute visual presentation on the subject of a body of their own work completed within the last three years. Artists 30 years and older who have been working professionally for at least five years since completing their training are eligible to submit. Proposals should include 5-7 images of new work and 5 of older work, along with a list of works, a resume, an artist's statement and an explanation of how this work is new within the context of the artist’s overall career.
As for all conference proposals, the application deadline will be Spring of 2010.
ELIGIBILITY
Everyone is eligible EXCEPT participants who received an honorarium the previous year (NCECA 2010 in Philadelphia, PA). Participation is generally limited to only one presentation.
LECTURE AND PANEL FORMATS
Lectures of 15 minutes (suitable for New Work), 30 minutes and 60 minutes (ideal for presenting specific information and ideas), and panels of 90 minutes (suited for investigating topics that are best informed by varied perspectives), are scheduled and may include questions and answers from the audience. Panels are limited to no more than three panelists plus a moderator.
Co-lectures of 60 minutes may also be proposed, with two individuals presenting different aspects of the same topic.
HONORARIUM
Panelists, moderators and lecturers whose careers or expertise are in the ceramic arts receive a conference registration (2011) and a one-year membership to NCECA (March 30, 2011 – April 1, 2012)
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications must be submitted completely electronically. Your ONLINE submittal should include the following:
Presentation content description—400 word maximum
For New Work only— 200 word artist statement and a 200 word description of the New Work
Two-page resume
For panel proposals: names, addresses and brief resumes of the panelists
Images of each presenters’ work; not to exceed 12 images total. (Include only images that will strengthen the proposal.)
Link to ONLINE Submittal Form will be availabe in the fall of 2009.
Your proposal abstract, images and support material will be made available electronically to all NCECA Board Members for review prior to the full Board meeting in May 2010. Proposal selections will be made by the full Board at that meeting. Please make sure that your submittal is complete, as incomplete proposals may not be considered. The Programs Director will notify you of the Board’s decision after the May meeting.
CONCURRENT, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS FOR 2011 TAMPA ended mid-November 2009.