Bari Ziperstein, The Flat Iron, 2022
Beth Lo, Chinese American Take Out, 2022
Eugene Ofori Agyei, Bond (Details), 2021
Roxanne Swentzell, Ancestors, 2017
James C. Watkins, Bottle Form, 2021
Paul Andrew Wandless, Potters of Earth and Sea, 2021
Tyler Quintin, Rendering Self, 2021
Natasha Smoke Santiago, Intergenerational Resilience, 2019
Katie Bosley Sabin, Pierced Supports, 2021
Rose B. Simpson, Reincarnation II, 2021
Stephen Creech, Nerifoami 855, Rainbow Marshmallows, 2022
Sam Chumley, Rose Plate, 2022
Jack Troy, Flasher Plate, 2020
NCECA’s 57th Annual Conference,
Current, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 15-18, 2023. 2023 NCECA Demonstrating Artists!
Beth Lo
James C. Watkins
Natasha Smoke Santiago
Paul Andrew Wandless
Register for NCECA’s 57th Annual Conference, Current, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 15-18, 2023.
Click to download the 2023 NCECA Preliminary Program Guide and Exhibition Listing. Along with additional Conference information:
2023 Conference Poster featuring James C. Watkins
NCECA is driven to bring awareness to sustainable ceramic practices and their impact on the global environment. In 2023, green membership and conference practices will help reduce NCECA’s carbon footprint. This year we are offering a free digital download for NCECA’s 2023 conference poster and a print on demand option.
Click below to download a free printable PDF version of the conference poster:
Please note: the content of this page is updated weekly and is subject to change without prior notice.
2023 NCECA Demonstrating Artists
James C. Watkins and Paul Andrew Wandless
James C. Watkins
Paul Andrew Wandless
THURSDAY, MARCH 16 - FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023
James C. Watkins
Larger Vessels Using a Coil Throwing Technique
Watkins will demonstrate a coil-throwing technique used to make large double-walled vessels.
Paul Andrew Wandless
Show, Don’t Tell
Wandless takes pride in being an artist and a craftsman and taking full advantage of any tools, equipment, techniques, mediums, and processes to make artwork. In this presentation, Wandless will sculpt, print, cast, mold, carve, model, texture, emboss and use color on various forms and surfaces to create narrative work.
2023 NCECA Demonstrating Artists
Beth Lo and Natasha Smoke Santiago
Beth Lo
Natasha Smoke Santiago
THURSDAY, MARCH 16 - FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023
Beth Lo
Hand-built Porcelain Vessels, and Surface Imagery
Lo will be creating porcelain vessels and plates, demonstrating basic coil and slab techniques, and surface decoration using underglaze and copper washes. Lo will focus primarily on one larger jar or vase, and talk about her personal and Asian American sources for visual imagery.
Natasha Smoke Santiago
Haudenosaunee Pottery
Natasha Smoke Santiago will discuss the process and techniques used in the creation of Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) Pottery. Describing traditional methods, firing techniques, and surface treatments. She shares hands-on techniques and an overview of traditional Mohawk pottery.
2023 NCECA Keynote Presenters
Rose B. Simpson and Roxanne Swentzell
Rose B. Simpson
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023
Rose B. Simpson
KEYNOTE: Sourced; Inspiration, Innovation, and Material
In this presentation, Rose B. Simpson talks about inspiration and innovation in relation to terms that we often apply to materials and processes. This conversation sets the tone for the conference by digging deeper into the “why” and how this deeply informs the “how.”
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023
Roxanne Swentzell
CLOSING LECTURE: Where do we go from here?
A presentation of Swentzell’s work, weaving it into what might come next by looking at what questions we ask ourselves and the meaning of the answers.
Roxanne Swentzell
Meet the 2023 Conference Presenters
Adam Abel
Adero Willard
Aja Edwin Mujinga
Alecia Dawn Young
Amanda Barr
Andrew Boswell
Anela Ming-Yue Oh
Anjani Khanna
anne drew potter
Antra Sinha
April Adewole
Arthur Gonzalez
Austen Brantley
Ben Carter
Benny Hill
Beth Lo
Bethany Kramer
Birdie Boone
Brendan Lee Satish Tang
Brian Gillis
Cam Waller
Carly Riegger
Caroline Cheng
Chotsani Dean
Chris Baskin
Chris Salas
Christie Goodfellow
Christina Orthwein
Cindy Leung
Connie Greany
Cristal Sabbagh
Danielle O'Malley
Dallas Wooten
Deavron Dailey
Delores Fortuna
Deshun Peoples
Diana Adams
Donte Cuellar
Dr. Cecily Whitworth
Dr. Cj O'Neill
Dr. Natasha Mayo
Dr. Rick Robinson
Emily Trick
Ernest Aryee
Eugene Ofori Agyei
Eva Masterman
Garima Tripathi
Genevieve Carminati
Gerald A. Brown
Geno Luketic
Greg Busceme
Hannah Kae Jacobson
Heather Mae Erickson
Heidi Fahrenbacher
Heidi McKay Casto
Igor Mintch
Ina Kaur
Isaac Scott
Jack Troy
Jennifer Watson
Jada Patterson
James C. Watkins
Jane Woodard
Janet Watkins
Janna Longacre
Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng
Jasmine Baetz
Jing Huang
John Dixon
Jonathan Kaplan
Jesus Guizar
Joshua Beckett
Julia Galloway
Kathy King
Karan Witham-Walsh
Karl Yin
Kate Strachan
Kathryn Baczeski
Katie Bosley Sabin
Kiichi Takeuchi
Kimberlee Roth
Kukuli Velarde
L Autumn Gnadinger
Lauren Sandler
Leigh Taylor Mickelson
Lena Chin
Linda Bloomfield
Lindsay Rogers
Lindsey M Dillon
Marcè Nixon-Washington
Mario A Mutis R
Marissa Childers
Martha Underriner
Mary Beth Magyar
Mat Karas
Mathodi Motsamayi
Matt Mitros
Melanie Shaw
Michael Dela Dika
Naomi Clement
Natasha Smoke Santiago
Napoleon Maddox
Nick DeFord
Nicolle Hamm
Nivialis Toro-López
Osa Atoe
Patsy Cox
Paul Andrew Wandless
Paul Lewing
Rachel Gotlieb
Raheleh Filsoofi
Randi Sparks
Rashi Jain
Revati Jayakrishnan
Rich Brown
Richard Zane Smith
Rita Gudiño
Rose B. Simpson
Robin Williams Turnage
Sahar Tarighi
Sam Chumley
Sam Shamard
Sara Truman
Seana Higgins
Shalya Marsh
Shaya Ishaq
Sondra Elder
Stephanie Rozene
Stephen Phillips
Steven Hill
Sydney Ruckdeschel
Tasha Lewis
Timea Tihanyi
Tyler Quintin
Veronica Medina
Victoria Walton
Virgil Ortiz
Virginia Thompson
Vivianne Siqueiros
Wansoo Kim
Wheel Talk | Ryan Durbin and Becca Otis
William Henry Jackson III
Yael Braha
Conference Sponsors
Kelly and Kyle Phelps
