Awards and Honors

Fellows of the Council are individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. In order to be eligible, nominees for this award must be current members of NCECA and shall have served the Council in significant ways for at least five years. Up to two Fellows may be elected in any one year. Current Board Members shall be considered ineligible for election to Fellow until a time following the conclusion of their terms.

Honorary Members shall be persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the professional development of the ceramic arts in accordance with criteria established by the Board of Directors.

Recipients should be near or at the end of a career dedicated to the practice of teaching (may be awarded posthumously); shall have demonstrated excellence in their own creative work; shall have had previous recognition for and a history of awards in teaching; and should have highly visible former students in the field.

Open to contemporary artists, educators, writers,and others, this award recognizes individuals who have successfully completed a singular project that has contributed to the field of ceramic arts in an extraordinary way. The scope of the venture should be above and beyond what would typically be considered his/her professional responsibilities. This honor carries with it one year membership and conference pass in the year the award is presented.

NCECA’s Onsite Conference Liaisons may nominate up to two individuals in any given year for Regional Awards for Excellence. Nominations for this award are not accepted from the membership at large. These awards have been established to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the ceramic arts and or the cultural life within the region of the conference host city.

Nominations must be submitted using the NCECA online submittal process.
Please prepare BEFORE starting the online form.

• Nominator Name and contact information will auto-populate once you have logged in to and accessed the form in the NCECA database. Additional nominator information to include best phone, relation to nominee, and number of years known. 
• Nominee Name and contact information to include email and best phone.
• Statement of impact of the proposed award recipient (Limit 300 words, upload as .doc, .docx, or pdf, not to exceed 2MB) Please provide a statement about the impact this individual has had on the field or the community they have influenced. Incorporate the nominee’s full name in the first sentence of the statement and detail significant accomplishments and impacts in the sentences to follow. A few biographical details may also be included. Proofread and verify name spellings in your statement before submitting. NCECA reserves the right to edit this statement and draw upon it for use in its conference promotional and reporting materials.
• Recommender/s information – maximum of three (3) – to include name, email, best phone, relation to applicant and number of years known.
• A minimum of two (2) letters of support are required in addition to the nominator’s statement of impact. A maximum of three (3) letters of support will be accepted.  (2-page limit, upload as .doc, .docx, or pdf, not to exceed 2MB each)