PROGRAM PROPOSALS
Each year for the annual conference, NCECA calls for proposals of lectures and panel discussions relating to issues of exploration, discovery and the relevance of site, location and environment. As always, we also welcome proposals on all subjects relevant to our field. Submissions will be evaluated in regard to merit, the presenterĖs expertise in the area, and a general interest in providing a balanced and inclusive program for the members.
Artist: Briggs
TOPICS FOR PROPOSALS
Aesthetics and Critical Theory, including presentations about concepts of beauty and value, art attitudes, theory, content, goals and standards.
Art History, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional artists and movements, styles, and surveys of regional, national and international art in clay.
Education, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional curricula, goals, standards, methods and ideologies.
Professionalism, including presentations about working standards, goals, methods and attitudes, and/or the professional working relationships of guilds, co-ops and other ceramic centers.
Technology, including presentations about traditional and non-traditional materials, processes, kilns, equipment, innovations and theory.
New Work, is a category of proposals for up to four artists to make a 15-minute visual presentation on the subject of a body of their own work completed within the last three years. Artists 30 years and older who have been working professionally for at least five years since completing their training are eligible to submit. Proposals should include 10 to 20 images of new work and 5 of older work, along with a list of works, a resume, an artist's statement and an explanation of how this work is new within the context of the artist’s overall career.
ELIGIBILITY
Everyone is eligible except participants who received an honorarium the previous year. Participation is generally limited to a single presentation.
LECTURE AND PANEL FORMATS
Lectures of 15 minutes (suitable for New Work), 30 minutes and 60 minutes (ideal for presenting specific information and ideas), and panels of 90 minutes (suited for investigating topics that are best informed by varied perspectives), are scheduled and may include questions and answers from the audience. Panels are limited to no more than three panelists plus a moderator.
Co-lectures of 60 minutes may also be proposed, with two individuals presenting different aspects of the same topic.
HONORARIUM
Panelists, moderators and lecturers whose careers or expertise are in the ceramic arts receive a conference registration for the year presenting and a one-year membership to NCECA. The Board is committed to giving a monetary honorarium as well, however, the amount will not be known until the annual budget is finalized.