2013 AWARDS AND AWARDEES
2013 Awards and Awardees
Honorary Members:
Paulus Berensohn
Victor Spinski (posthumously)
Outstanding Achievement:
John Toki
Emerging Artists:
Sunshine Cobb
Lauren Gallaspy
Amber Ginsburg
Brian R Jones
Lindsay Pichaske
Linda Swanson
Excellence in Teaching Awards:
George Timock
Barbara Frey
Regional Awards for Excellence:A�
Sara Morgan
NCECA K-12 Exhibition Foundation Educators Award:
Suzanne Conine, The Waterford School, Sandy, Utah
Cups of Merit Awards:
Chris Melia, Denton, TX
Nicole Aquillano, Boston, MA
Steven Colby, Carbondale, CO
International Residency Partner Programs and Recipients:
Lisa Pedolsky, Durango, CO – Curaumilla Art Center, Santiago, Chile
Blair A Clemo, Grand Rapids, MI – International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
Amber Aguirre, Kailua Kona, HI – Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowships:
Joani Inglett – Kennesaw State University,A� Kennesaw, GA
Lacy Shambaugh – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Maura Wright – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
NCECA Graduate Student Fellowships:
Lauren Karle – Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Roberto Lugo – Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Cheyenne Rudolph – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
NCECA Biennial Purchase Award:
LA�opold L. Foulem, Choir Boy and Clergyman – Montreal, QC Canada
NCECA Graduate Awards for Student Excellence:
1st Place: Ashley Maxwell, Of the Earth of the City – Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2nd Place: Marisa Finos, “The Black Sheep” – Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
3rd Place: Mitchell Spain, Consummation of Empire – University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
NCECA Undergraduate Awards for Student Excellence:
1st Place: Michelle Laxalt, To each our own (scopes) – University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2nd Place: Cori Crumrine,A� Irritant Sample – Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
3rd Place: Kahlil Irving, Teapot with Cups – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
National Student Juried Exhibition Purchase and Merit Awards:
Aardvark Clay Purchase Award
Sasha Alexander, Pepper – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO – Undergraduate
AMACO/brent Purchase Award
Heather Davis, Two with Clasped Hands – Iowa State University, Ames, IA – Graduate
Ceramic Store of Houston, LLC Purchase AwardA�A�A�A�A�
Molly Allen, Introspection – Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV – Undergraduate
Ceramics: Art and Perception/TECHNICAL Merit Awards
Mitchell Spain, Consummation of Empire – University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS – Graduate
Thomas Edwards, Rorschach – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE – Graduate
KBH Merit Award
A�A�A�A�A�A�A� Norleen Nosri, Assembly – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO – Graduate
Paperclay Merit Award
A�A�A�A�A�A�A� Anastasia Gabriel, Passage of Memory – Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX – Graduate
Retired Professors Award (Merit)
Crisha Yantis, Level Playing Field – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE – Graduate
Studio Potter Undergraduate Merit Awards
Michelle Laxalt, To each our own (scopes) – University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Samantha Bachman, Untitled – Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Studio Potter Graduate Merit Awards
Norleen Nosri, Gathering – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Brian Pierce, Untitled – Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Trinity Ceramic Supply Merit Award
A�A�A�A�A� Alia Pialtos, Hone – University of Colorado, Boulder, CO – Graduate
“The Exhibitions are a great wake up call to what’s out there and the commitment that the work demonstrates. It is great seeing my students eyes light up when they see the exhibitions.”