2018 NCECA Award & Honorary Nominations
Deadline: October 4, 2017 (11:59pm EDT)
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts has advanced the stature and quality of our field by recognizing select individuals for their service, teaching, creative achievement and/ or extraordinary accomplishments through awards of excellence in ceramic art and education.
Nominations are now open for NCECA Fellows, Honors, Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Achievement Awards. Nomination requirements and descriptions of the qualifications for these awards follow. The nominator must be a current member of NCECA to put forth a nomination.
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For questions about the Awards & Honoraries please contact:
Steve Hilton, Board Steward steve.hilton@mwsu.edu
For technical assistance contact kate@nceca.net or candice@nceca.net
Award Descriptions and Eligibility Requirements
Regional Awards for Excellence
FELLOWS OF THE COUNCIL
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.
NOMINATION PROCESS
- Nominee Name and Contact information
- Short biography of the proposed award recipient (2 page limit, upload as .doc, .docx, or pdf, not to exceed 2MB)
- Nominator Name and Contact information
- Letter of Nomination (2 page limit, upload as .doc, .docx, or pdf, not to exceed 2MB)
- Recommender/s information – maximum of three (3) – to include name, email, best phone, relation to applicant and number of years known.
- A maximum of three (3) letters of support (2 page limit, upload as .doc, .docx, or pdf, not to exceed 2MB each)
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Excellence in Teaching Award. 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.
ADJUDICATION
Only completed nominations packets will be considered for approval at NCECA’s Fall Board of Directors meeting. Nominators and Awardees will be notified after Board selection.
NCECA recommends using Google Chrome or Firefox when using forms on this site. Some forms do not respond well to Internet Explorer or Safari.
For questions about the Awards & Honoraries please contact:
Steve Hilton, Board Steward steve.hilton@mwsu.edu
For technical assistance contact kate@nceca.net or candice@nceca.net 303 828-2811 or 866 266-2322
Past Award Recipients http://nceca.net/about-us-2/awards-and-honoraries-overview/