NCECA 360 Podcast

Today, join us for the Clay Doctors with KC Adams, Sunshine Cobb, Dan Murphy. Recorded live at the Formation Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in March of 2025, Clay Doctors engage in a problem-solving session dedicated to questions, information, and knowledge sharing about clay, clay bodies, and the challenges they can present. During this presentation our panel of knowledgeable, experienced practitioners, and researchers listen to the audience's clay-related questions and then provide guidance. Whether associated with body composition, forming, or firing, complex issues are often linked to our most basic material. https://nceca.net/podcast

Today's episode of NCECA 360 features The Clay Doctors panel moderated by Paul Blais, and featuring panelists Louise Deroualle, Jessica Gardner, Bobby Scroggins, and Rebecca Hutchinson. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, Virginia. Our 2025 Formation Conference is happening later this month March 26th-29th in Salt Lake City, UT. You can register for the conference, and support NCECA programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.   Special thanks to the Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. 

Today's episode of NCECA 360 features a discussion on rethinking technology moderated by David Jones, and featuring panelists Bri Murphy and Del Harrow. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, Virginia.  Special thanks to the Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.

This episode features a discussion on the changing landscape of ceramic education with Brian Kakas, Lisa Giuliani, and Ben Carter. They talk about demographic shifts and closures in higher education, craft school education, and helping an arts community survive after a core institution downsizes its ceramics program. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, Virginia.    Special thanks to the Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.  

This episode features a conversation about business, with ceramic artists and hosts of the Wheel Talk podcast- Ryan Durbin and Becca Otis. They share resources for starting and maintaining a small business, including the value of creating a community of entrepreneurs to share your experience. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, Virginia.    Special thanks to the Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.  

Today, we are featuring a conversation with Carole Epp, Naomi Clement, Diana Adams, and Sarah Pike about their approach to making a living as a potter in the digital age. Each of these three trailblazing artists has figured out how to make a living as a full-time potter on their own terms. From sold-out online shop updates to setting up a virtual school and membership platform and working on major brand collaborations, they discuss the process of running a creative business.    Special thanks to "The Kiln Sitters and the Brickyard Network" for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.  

This episode features a conversation about glaze development and troubleshooting with Kathy King, Matt Katz, and Rose Katz. Listen as the panel of experts answer audience questions in this fired-up live recording of the For Flux Sake podcast that happened in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, VA.   Special thanks to The Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.  

Today we are featuring a conversation on growing a thriving community that was moderated by Cammi Clamico, and features Holly Hanessian, Dallas Roquemore and Heather Mae Erickson. The group talks about building communities through nonprofit programming, education curriculum, and project-based social practice. This episode was a live recording of the Ceramics Companion podcast, which was recorded at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, VA. Special thanks to The Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.

Today we are featuring Clay Roots: Exploring Ceramics Across the Black Diaspora with Malene Djenaba Barnett, Lydia C. Thompson, David MacDonald, and Ashlyn Pope about the rich tapestry of ceramics across the Black Diaspora. From the ancestral lands of Africa to the vibrant Caribbean and the diverse cultures of African Americans, join us as we explore the artistic expressions and design aesthetics that are rooted in clay. This conversation was recorded in person at the 2024 NCECA Coalescence Conference in Richmond, Virginia.  Special thanks to The Brickyard Network for co-producing this episode and supporting podcasting in the ceramics community. If you enjoy this podcast, please support NCECA's programming by donating at www.nceca.net/donate.

For this episode of NCECA 360 we have an interview from our 2016 conference in Kansas City, MO. You will hear host Brian Jones talk with Stu Kestenbaum about his long career in the arts. Kestenbaum was the director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts for many years and is currently the host of the Make/Time podcast. The podcast is a joint venture among the nation's top craft schools to shed light on the importance of craft makers in American society. You can find out more information at www.craftschools.us.   Join us in Pittsburgh, PA March 14-17 for our next conference Cross Currents: Clay and Culture. Registration for this year's conference is now open and preregistration is encouraged. For more information please visit www.NCECA.net.