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The PopUps | NCECA 2023 | Episode 928

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NCECA 2023 | Episode 928

NCECA 2023 was a great year for the conference. It felt like the “good o’ days” of pre-covid conferences. And one of the things I really love about NCECA are the PopUps that occur that are sponsored by various potters. The events are always magnetic and full of great people and pots. This year was no different. I wasn’t able to make it to all the PopUps, but these were two excellent examples. Though the PopUps were pre-planned, these interviews were not. I showed up unannounced, pulled out my mic, and started asking questions.

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Student Director at Large- The Candidates | Brandy Green & Michelle Castro | Episode 615

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Brandy Green & Michelle Castro | Episode 615

Today is a special release day. Instead of releasing two episodes on Tuesday and Thursday, The Potters Cast is releasing both of this week’s episode on Tuesday. As a result of NCECA 2020 conference getting canceled this year, the normal process of NCECA having a dedicated time of having the candidates for the Director at Large and the Student Director at Large share about what they would bring to the position and then to answer questions from the audience wasn’t available. These two episodes are the replacement platform to allow these fine candidates to share their stories. In this second episode we are going to dedicate this to the position of Student Director at Large. These two candidates, Brandy Green and Michelle Castro, will be the second to go.

Brandy Green

Brandy Green was born in Missouri in 1994. In 2016 Brandy received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from the College of the Ozarks where she worked as a production potter and studio technician. Currently, Brandy is a graduate student at Texas Tech University due to achieve her Masters of Fine Art in 2021.

Michelle Castro

Michelle Castro received her BFA at Midwestern State University in 2016. She is now a first-year graduate student at Florida State University. Her socially engaging practice is ongoing, and she has had to rethink how to be socially engaging while socially distancing.

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NCECA 2020 Canceled | Executive Director & Members of the Board | Episode 611

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This year’s NCECA that was slated to take place in Richmond, Virginia had to be cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. In this extra episode of The Potters Cast the executive director, Josh Green and a few of the board member, Board Steward Rhonda Willers, Current President Holly Hanessian, and incoming President Elect Pete Pinell all got on a conference call with me to tell their story of how NCECA is doing. After the introductions we talked about three things- How they came to their decision and its impact, what is going on currently and in the future with NCECA, and how we as a community can help.

The Artist with Clay and a Message | Kukuli Velarde | Episode 526

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Kukuli Velarde | Episode 526

Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian artist based in the United States since 1987. She has received awards and grants such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (New York- 2015), the Pollock Krasner Foundation grant (New York- 2012), the United States Artists-Knight fellowship (California- 2009), the Pew fellowship in Visual Arts (Pennsylvania- 2003), the Anonymous is a Woman award (New York- 2000), the Joan Mitchell Foundation grant (New York- 1997), among others. In 2013 her project CORPUS got the Grand Prize at the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennial in South Korea. Her exhibition credits include: KUKULI VELARDE: THE COMPLICIT EYE at Taller (Philadelphia, 2018-19); KUKULI VELARDE at AMOCA, (Los Angeles 2017); PLUNDER ME, BABY at the Yenggi Museum of Ceramics’ Biennial of Taipei (Taiwan 2014); CORPUS (work in Progress) at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennial (South Korea 2013); also KUKULI VELARDE: PLUNDER ME, BABY at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in (Kansas city, KS in 2013), PATRIMONIO at Barry Friedman Gallery (NY, 2010) and PLUNDER ME, BABY at Garth Clark Gallery (NY, 2007). She is married to Doug Herren, sculptor and they have a small daughter named Vida. They live in Philadelphia, PA. USA.

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Community, That’s What Ceramics is All About | Logan Bishop | Episode 525

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Logan Bishop | Episode 525

Logan Bishop was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Logan is an emerging artist residing in Louisville, Kentucky.  He received his high school diploma from Saint Xavier High School in 2014.  He received his BFA, emphasis on 3D in ceramics, from the University of Louisville in the spring of 2019. He has had work in displayed at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts for an annual student exhibition show, as well as the Louisville Hite Art Institute Gallery for his thesis exhibition. Logan’s current work explores the nature of the surface of a utilitarian vessel limiting its utility but increasing its visual presence within the space.

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Work Ethic with Logan Bishop

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Having a strong work ethic is a key ingredient to success. Logan Bishop takes us through his person work ethic and its source. It is interesting to note that there are a number of sources that he sites that include an inner drive, the roots of his family, and the influence of mentors. To listen to the Bonisode, just click HERE. You may also be interested to read this article by Continue reading→

40 Years of Clay | Torbjørn Kvasbø | Episode 524

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Torbjørn Kvasbø | Episode 524

Torbjørn Kvasbø lives and works in Venabygd, Norway.  When Torbjørn was a child,  his father said, “For God’s sake, never get a regular job.  With those words to encourage him, Torbjørn has pursued his own ambitions and intentions without hesitation.  Clay has been the pursuit that Torbjørn has worked with instead of getting that “regualr job”. Even Torbjørn’s work with clay has been far from “regular”.  He approaches clay punches, massage, kneading, rolling, throwing, pressing, stretching, and stamping all the while trying to get clay to become the vision that dances in Torbjørn’s own mind.

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She Found Clay at 13 | Aysha Peltz | Episode 523

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Aysha Peltz | Episode 523

Aysha Peltz’s pottery explores imagined space, scale and the poetic properties of the ceramic medium. She is a studio potter and faculty at Bennington College in Vermont. Aysha and her husband, Todd Wahlstrom, also own and operate StudioPro Bats. Aysha has taught at a number of schools and art centers including: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Kansas City Art Institute. Aysha’s work is in many collections including Huntington Museum of Art, where she received the Walter Gropius Master Award. Aysha received her BFA and MFA from Alfred University.

 

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The Clay Conference of the Year | NCECA 2019 | Episode 512

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NCECA 2019 | Episode 512

NCECA 2019 was an amazing conference for clay people from around the world. I met people from Scotland, Russia, New Zealand, Norway, Canada, and of course, the United States. And everyone has one thing in common… Clay! This is the largest conference of its kind in the world. In this episode I interview random attendies of NCECA.

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Scandinavian Potters Take to the Mic | Maud Andersson, Helle Bovbjerg, Daniel Gillberg | Episode 414

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Maud Andersson, Helle Bovbjerg, Daniel Gillberg | Episode 414

Maud Andersson

While at NCECA I had the privilege of sitting down with this group of Scandinavian potters to talk pots. Maud Andersson, Helle Bovbjerg, and Daneil Gillberg talked about how Scandinavian potters approach clay differently from American potters. It is an interesting conversation of differences. Maud practices her ceramics in Sweden, Helle does her ceramics in Denmark, and Daniel does his clay work in Sweden. Between the three of them, they represent the three countries that make up Scandinavian region.

Helle Bovbjerg

Daniel Gillberg

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