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March 18, 2016

“Desire,” Belger Arts Center

Clay. It’s pliable, damp, dirty, fun to touch, and we can build beautiful things with it. What’s not to love? Coinciding with the 50th annual..

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March 17, 2016

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, March 17 – 20

This weekend’s calendar picks from our editor, Alice Thorson, include: the 2016 NCECA Conference, the premiere of Kansas City Repertory Theatre‘s production of the musical..

March 17, 2016

NCECA 2016 – Makers, Mentors and Milestones

NCECA 2016 – Makers, Mentors and Milestones reflects on the past, present and future of art and learning with clay. NCECA has chosen Kansas City,..

March 15, 2016

NCECA Hosts 2016 Conference in Kansas City

2016 will be the fourth time in its history that NCECA will host its conference in Kansas City. The organization anticipates drawing more than 5000..

March 15, 2016

Touch Meets Technology – Clay FabLab

It’s exciting to see how the NCECA conference evolves to meet the needs and desires of its attendees and the field of ceramics. Premiering a..

March 15, 2016

Harmony Project KC

In 2014, when Scuola Nuova Vita Charter School raised enough money to move into its own building down the street, Northeast Community Center Executive Director Laura Shulz had a problem. “What am I going to do with all this space now?” she recalls thinking. Then she discovered Harmony Project.

March 14, 2016

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, March 16-19

The 50th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) gets rolling here in Kansas City, March 16-19, 2016. Events..

March 14, 2016

Cary Esser: A Ceramist for the 21st Century

At 19 Cary Esser flew alone from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Kansas City, a place she’d never been. “When I got off the plane,” Esser recalled in a recent interview, “I just walked up to somebody and asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get to the Kansas City Art Institute?’ ”

March 11, 2016

2016 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition at the Leedy Voulkos

Tongue-in-cheek sculptures, contemplative video installations, gently pinched pouring vessels, and meticulously assembled baskets – frankly, the offerings from the student population at this year’s NSJE..