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Our Mission

The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts advances creation, teaching, and learning through clay in the contemporary world. Ceramic art connects us to physical and cognitive experiences that foster environments of cultural equity, diversity, access, and inclusion.

Community Highlights

Left to right: Rose B. Simpson and Roxanne Swentzell, Virgil Ortiz, and Willis Bing Davis
2023 NCECA Current Conference, Emerging Artist, Gallery Expo, Cincinnati, Ohio
Learn More about the upcoming 2026 NCECA Volumes Conference, Detroit, Michigan
2024 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Nilou Ghaemi, Lover's Picnic, 2023

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Image and artwork credit: Virgil Ortiz