Salt Lake City, Utah. (March 12, 2025)—Salt Lake City will serve as the host city for the 59th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) from March 26-29, 2025. The 2025 NCECA Formation Conference invites us to dig deep into the historical and cultural significance of ceramics worldwide. Philosopher and educator John Dewey wrote, “The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.” 

Throughout the region, NCECA and its partners have worked to select and site dozens of exhibitions that will run concurrently with the conference. Nearly all of the exhibitions will be open to the public free of charge. Core conference programming, which includes panel discussions, keynotes, and other educational opportunities, will take place at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center.  Registration is required to attend the conference. However, limited areas of the convention center will be accessible to the public free of charge. Learn more and register at www.nceca.net.

Day pass scholarships are available to high school students and their teachers in the conference region. Salt Lake City art educators are encouraged to contact office@nceca.net with their class rosters and preference for Thursday or Friday participation at least two weeks before the conference. 

“NCECA is thrilled to realize its 2025 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The diverse communities, rich history, landscape, and geology of the greater  Salt Lake City, region have inspired generations of creative endeavor, ” said NCECA Executive Director Josh Green. “Ceramic art involves the development of hard-earned experiential and tacit knowledge. Because the NCECA conference, presents the work of artists, scholars, and students worldwide in such varied formats, each year it offers a unique opportunity to discover another part of the US while engaging with ceramic art’s traditions, creativity, and innovations. NCECA has planned an array of phenomenal presentations that are the heartbeat of the conference over three days in March. Dozens of venues will host exhibitions surrounding the conference to make ceramic art accessible to all.”