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Unknown name — one of Henry Crissman's mentees. In photo from Jan 2018 (Samsung SM-J120A). Helped build the Noborigama/Salty Dog at Fortress Studios....

Ceramicist. WMU connection. Exhibited in Western Drift, Mass Movement (BGSU), Turn Up the Volume. NCECA 2026.

Ceramicist. MSU connection. Exhibited in Voices Echo and Clay Currents. NCECA 2026.

Ceramicist, sculptor, and installation artist. BFA Temple University, MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art. Born in Nigeria with time in the Caribbean before...

Ceramic artist born in NYC. BFA Fine Arts at NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. MFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design...

NCECA 2026 Annual Exhibition Curator. Curatorial role for 'Volumes' annual. | Associate Curator, American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. BA...

Ceramic artist and materials expert at Pewabic Pottery, Detroit. Works on the Endangered Materials Project investigating the changing availability of...

Ceramic artist. Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni. Curator of Cranbrook Alumni Exhibition at NCECA 2026. NCECA 2026 podcast panelist and active in...

NCECA 2026 Short Form: 'RiverCloud: A Socially-Engaged Rural Collaborative Artwork'. Prescott, WA. | Presented "RiverCloud: A Socially-Engaged Rural...

NCECA 2026 Past Masters presenter (Marge Levy tribute). Also in Next Step Studios exhibition.

Ceramicist known for inventive sculptural work. Exhibited in Vibrations at WMU. NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Fire as Metaphor. Unit 1: 3583 Dubois'. Immersive Detroit installation. Cranbrook. Full bio: Born 1974 Denmark. Graduated Royal...

Bahamian ceramic artist working at the intersection of straw weaving and ceramics. BS Graphic Design from Drexel University (2003). MFA from Rhode...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Industrial Clay: Automotive Design Studio Experience'. Ford Design clay modeling team.

22-year-old assistant to Ken Shenstone (as of reporting). Works at the Albion anagama.

Ceramics professional at Pewabic Pottery, Detroit. Co-lecturer at NCECA 2026 on The Endangered Materials Project. Also presenting on Mary Stratton...

Ceramicist. Exhibited in Turn Up the Volume at The Carr Center. NCECA 2026.

Detroit-based figurative ceramic sculptor. Creates powerful busts and figures. Solo show at M Contemporary + 'Body Shop' group exhibition. Active in...

BFA University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2019. Resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation (Helena, MT). 2024 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist award...

Functional potter and community organizer based in Portland, Maine. Known for lively painted pottery and advocacy for the ceramic arts community....

Potter and kiln builder. Memorial exhibition at Pewabic during NCECA 2026 in the Education Studio kiln yard. Beloved community figure.

Legendary ceramic artist based in New Jersey. Known for abstract pit-fired forms with painted surfaces. Pioneer in combining painting and pottery....

Bernard Leach (1887-1979). British studio potter, 'the father of British studio pottery.' Studied in Japan under Kenzan VI. Founded Leach Pottery in...

Ceramic artist based in Montana. Chinese-American. Professor at University of Montana. Known for painted ceramics exploring Asian-American identity...

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist. | Exhibited in Color Network: Family Album (with Paul Briggs, Eva Kwong, Malcolm Smith, Lydia Thompson). NCECA 2026...

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'The Clay We Speak'. Detroit-based performance artist and poet. | Detroit-based performance artist and poet....

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Voices Echo' at MSU Detroit Center. Michigan State University ceramics. | Michigan State University ceramics faculty....

Ceramic artist. Panelist at NCECA 2026 'The Color Network: Building Belonging in Ceramics' led by Corrin Grooms. Part of the Color Network initiative...

Ceramic artist and veteran. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel on VCAN (Veterans Ceramic Arts Network) - from Combat to Clay. Explores how military...

Connected to Pewabic Pottery. Part of Henry Crissman's broader ceramic community network.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Fluid State of Land' at Wayne State. Also exhibiting artist. | Co-organized Fluid State of Land at Wayne State University...

Ceramic artist and educator. Associate Professor of Art at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Board member of Michigan Ceramic Art Association...

Wife of Charlie Blosser. Took over management of The Potters Market after Charlie's death in 2014.

NCECA 2026 organizer: '(liquid)' at Still Life Ceramics. Trans ceramicists exhibition. | Exhibited in Speaking Volumes (27th Letter Books). Organized...

Major Canadian ceramicist. Former head of ceramics at Sheridan College, Ontario. Known for elegant functional forms. Influential Canadian ceramic...

Ceramicist and educator. Head of ceramics at Peters Valley School of Craft. Exhibited in Breeze Over the Lakes. NCECA 2026.

Ceramicist and educator. Exhibited in Underlying Systems. NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Mom's Collection' at N'Namdi Gallery. Also in multiple exhibitions. | Co-organized Mom's Collection at N'Namdi Gallery...

Swedish sculptor (1875-1955). Artist-in-Residence and head of Sculpture at Cranbrook 1931-1951. Faculty colleague of Maija Grotell. Created the...

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Incantations: Pots That Sing' at Warda Pâtisserie. | Organized Incantations: Pots That Sing at Warda Pâtisserie. NCECA 2026.

Curator and exhibition organizer. Co-organized "Soda, Clay, and Fire: The Legacy of Gail Nichols" at Galerie Camille during NCECA 2026. | BFA...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Making More of Making Less'. Also co-organized 'Materials: Volumetric Reduction'. | Co-organized Materials: Volumetric Reduction...

Architect & furniture designer (1907-1978). Cranbrook Academy '39. One of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Co-created the Eames...

Father of American Ceramics (1857-1934). Founded ceramics education at Alfred University.

Born in Shandong, China. Providence-based ceramic artist. MFA RISD 2019. Residencies at Museum of Art and Design (NYC), Penland School of Craft,...

Ceramic artist and educator (b. 1952, Chicago). Grew up in LA surrounded by family's whiteware manufacturing businesses. Managed Wildwood Ceramics...

Pewabic Pottery Designer. Created the hand-sculpted Zodiac Series tile collection.

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Where the Wild Clays Are'. Also in Ox-Bow/Popps Packing exhibition.

Distinguished Professor of Art at Penn State University. Major functional potter. Work explores simplicity, function, and the relationship between...

NCECA 2026 curator: CCS Alumni 'Echoes' + CCS students 'Emergence'. College for Creative Studies.

British ceramic artist and Professor at the Royal College of Art, London. Known for large-scale clay installations and performance-based works. Work...

NCECA 2026 Past Masters presenter (Sandra J. Blain tribute).

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist.

NCECA 2026 Podcast moderator: 'Artist Residencies Unpacked'.

Ceramic artist and educator. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel on The Color Network: Timeline and Volumes. Works to expand representation of artists of...

Glass artist (b. 1941). Most recognized name in contemporary glass art worldwide. Pioneered team-based glassblowing at scale. Known for dramatic,...

NCECA 2026 Makers Space: 'Ceramic Hydrographics'. | Presented "Ceramic Hydrographics" Makers Space at NCECA 2026.

Full-time studio artist in Salt Lake City, UT. Director of Women Working With Clay Symposium at Hollins University (Roanoke, VA). 2025 NCECA...

Built 4,000 sq ft studio with Ken Shenstone at 29005 Albion Rd.

Ceramicist. Exhibited in The Car Show (Popps Packing) and Clay Currents (Hatch Art). NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Accessible Digital Molding for Ancient Materials'. Egyptian paste. | Presented "Accessible Digital Molding for Ancient...

From Manchester, MI. Collaborator with Ken Shenstone at the Albion anagama.

Ceramic artist and educator. Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University. Connected to the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse. Decades of influential...

NCECA 2026: David Klein Gallery 'In Series'. Also in Underlying Systems + Ox-Bow exhibitions.

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Mass Movement' at Vander. BGSU 30-year retrospective. | Organized Mass Movement at Vander - 30-year BGSU ceramics...

Master potter and wood-fire specialist based in Goshen, Indiana. Known for saggar-firing, pit-firing, and raku techniques. Workshop instructor at...

Glass scientist & artist (1910-1987). Vice president of Johns-Manville Fiber Glass. Co-led the 1962 Toledo Museum of Art workshops with Harvey...

New York-based functional potter known for precise geometric pottery forms. Exhibiting in 'Mom's Collection' at N'Namdi Gallery, NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Majestic Nexus' at Huntington Place. | Co-organized Majestic Nexus at Huntington Place with Israel Davis (Eva Kwong,...

PhD, OCC Royal Oak ceramics instructor. Founded The Potters Market in 1975 as an OCC class sale in a church basement. Died 2014 at age 82.

NCECA 2026 Clay Conversation: 'Filipino Potters: Community Within the Diaspora'.

NCECA 2026: Cranbrook alumni exhibition + David Klein Gallery 'In Series'. Cranbrook alum. Full bio: Ceramicist, sculptor, designer, educator. Born...

Architect & industrial designer (1910-1961). Son of Eliel Saarinen, grew up on Cranbrook campus. Designed the Gateway Arch (St. Louis), TWA Terminal...

Ceramic artist and Marine Corps veteran. Lecturer at UC Berkeley. MFA University of Iowa. Known for creating thousands of cups depicting war imagery,...

NCECA 2026 Short Form: '#ThisABILITY to Create Community Through Clay'. | Presented "#ThisABILITY to Create Community Through Clay" at NCECA 2026...

Architect, designer. Born 1873 Rantasalmi, Finland. Died 1950. Designed Cranbrook campus and buildings. First president of Cranbrook Academy. Invited...

Ceramicist. Michigan-based. Exhibited in MCAA Biennial and Voices Echo (MSU). NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'Ceramics Love Letters'. Also Co-Lecture: 'Ceramic Snap'. | Performed "Ceramics Love Letters: Wandering Performance...

NCECA 2026 Juror. Professor Emeritus, Kent State University. Influential ceramic artist and educator.

Architect & furniture designer (1917-2019). Cranbrook alumna. After her parents died, Eliel Saarinen became her guardian. Founded Knoll Inc with Hans...

Ceramicist & educator (1914-2009). Instrumental in founding Archie Bray Foundation.

Australian-born ceramicist and pioneer of soda firing techniques. Author of 'Soda, Clay, and Fire' - the definitive guide to soda glazing. Legacy...

Ceramic artist, curator, and educator. Curator of Ceramics at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. Former Curator at Arizona State University...

NCECA 2026 Juror. | Also known as Gary Garrido Schneider. Co-juror with Eva Kwong for NCECA 2026 Juried Student Exhibition at CCS. | BFA Parsons...

George Edgar Ohr (1857-1918), the 'Mad Potter of Biloxi.' Born in Biloxi, Mississippi. Self-taught eccentric genius — built his own wheel, kiln, and...

Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born 1864 Toronto. Died 1949. Co-founded Cranbrook Educational Community with wife Ellen Scripps Booth. Hired...

Art teacher, Groves High School, Birmingham MI. Jan Sadowski's first ceramics teacher. Grew up in family of 18. Practicing clay artist, Orchard Lake...

Ceramic artist and educator. MCAA Biennial juror. Exhibiting in 'Vibrations' at WMU Richmond Center, NCECA 2026.

Ceramic artist and podcast host. Moderator of NCECA 2026 live podcast "Converging Tides" exploring concurrent histories reshaping American ceramics...

German-born ceramic sculptor. Known for large-scale narrative ceramic works. Exhibiting in 'A Human Experience' at Henry Ford College, NCECA 2026.

Ceramic artist. Co-presenting with Paul S. Briggs at NCECA 2026 on Hand Turning Equals Wheel Turning. | Chinese-American ceramic artist. BA St. Olaf...

Ceramic artist and NCECA Director at Large. Presenter at NCECA 2026 Special Session 'The Future in the Field' addressing emerging directions and...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Global Adventures for Ceramic Cultural Heritage'. Researching 120+ countries. | Presented "Global Adventures for Ceramic...

Artist and longtime collaborator of Henry Crissman. Multiple collaborative exhibitions at Trinosophes in Detroit's Eastern Market. Active in...

Conceptual artist working in photography, sculpture, and public art. BFA NYU Tisch, MFA/MA California College of the Arts. MacArthur Fellow (2024)....

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'POW! Protest Cup Fellowship' at Huntington Place.

Italian-born artist, sculptor & modern furniture designer (1915-1978). Cranbrook Academy alumnus. Created the iconic Diamond Chair for Knoll. Later...

Founder of the American studio glass movement. Born 1922 Corning NY. Died 2013. Studied ceramics under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook. Taught glass at...

Henry James Haver Crissman — ceramicist, educator, co-founder of Ceramics School (Hamtramck). Born in Midland, MI. Lives at 2692 Carpenter Ave,...

Co-founder of Pewabic Pottery (1903) with Mary Chase Perry Stratton. Dental supply manufacturer who provided kilns.

Experimental ceramicist and pop-art provocateur. Born 1930 Cleveland OH. Died 1989. Studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook (MFA 1957). Taught at...

Ceramic artist. Former Artist-in-Residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Known for refined sculptural vessels. Exhibited internationally; featured in...

Egyptian-born potter trained in traditional Cairo pottery. Based in upstate New York. Known for exquisitely thrown forms with carved decoration...

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Majestic Nexus' at Huntington Place.

Professor Emeritus of Art at Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA. Master wood-fire potter. Author of 'Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelain' - seminal text...

NCECA 2026 Short Form: 'Revisiting Egyptian Paste'. 2025 Environmental Sustainability Fellow. | Presented "Revisiting Egyptian Paste: Process and...

NCECA 2026 Clay Conversation: Trans Ceramics Community (TiCC). Also in Canadian Favours.

Potter, Howell MI. Terrestrial Forms. 60+ years in Michigan ceramics. Groves HS under Landino → Plum Tree Pottery with Glick → Wayne State → Head of...

BFA Eastern Michigan University, MFA Indiana University. 30+ year ceramics career. Worked at Pewabic Pottery 10+ years as Fabrication Director, Kiln...

Ceramic artist. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Where the "Wild" Clays Are. Explores indigenous perspectives on clay, questioning the lexicon of "wild"...

NCECA 2026 Podcast + Co-Lecture: 'Ceramic Snap'. Also in Color Network exhibition.

Ceramic artist focused on community engagement. Co-presented 'Community Engaged Work in Ceramics' podcast with Vanessa Alvarado at NCECA 2026. Work...

Ceramic artist and studio founder. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel on Starting Your Own Pottery Studio. Focuses on building artist-run spaces that...

Residency director. Panelist on NCECA 2026 podcast 'Artist Residencies Unpacked' with Coral Patola. Connected to Ann Arbor Art Center. Advocates for...

Art historian, author, and ceramics scholar. Professor & Chair of History of Art & Architecture at UC Santa Barbara. PhD Yale University, MA Bard...

Established studio potter. BGSU alumna. Exhibited in Mom's Collection and Mass Movement. NCECA 2026.

Chinese-Slovak American artist based in San Antonio, TX. Work combines ceramics, textiles, and hair to explore beauty standards, identity, and...

NCECA 2026 Co-Lecture: 'Made in Detroit - 100 Years of Clay'. Detroit native, fell in love at Pewabic.

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Canadian Small Favours' at Huntington Place. parkdalepottery.ca.

Ceramic artist and veteran. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on VCAN - from Combat to Clay. Explores healing, identity, and transformation through clay after...

Assistant Professor of Ceramics at WMU Gwen Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, MI. | WMU Frostic School faculty. NCECA 2026: exhibited in Western...

Ceramic artist and educator. Faculty at Wayne State University, Detroit. MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Active in Michigan ceramics community....

Studio potter and designer. J Schatz Studio. Organized 'Radical Presence' exhibition at NCECA 2026 with Peter Souza collaboration. Known for...

Ceramicist. BGSU connection. Exhibited in Mass Movement. NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Turn Up the Volume!' at The Carr Center. Latine artists exhibition.

NCECA 2026 Demonstrating Artist. Large-scale wood-fired ceramics. Professor at Bowling Green State University.

Major ceramic artist. ACC College of Fellows (2014). Known for sculptural ceramic work blending function with abstraction. Exhibiting in 'Volume...

Renowned potter, Plum Tree Pottery, Farmington Hills (1964-2016). Born 1938 Detroit. Wayne State BFA 1960, Cranbrook MFA 1962 under Grotell. 33+...

Ceramic artist and educator. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel 'Silica Hazards: A Call to Action' with Ken Rosenman. Advocates for ceramic studio safety...

U of Michigan ceramics professor 1959–1995 (1929–2015). Cranbrook MFA 1958.

NCECA 2026 Makers Space: 'Seatbelts to Peanuts: Packing your Ceramics'. | Presented "Seatbelts to Peanuts: Packing your Ceramics" Makers Space at...

Ceramicist. Exhibited in Turn Up the Volume at The Carr Center. NCECA 2026.

Ceramicist and entrepreneur with 56+ years in ceramics. Founder of Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO. Creator of Ceramic Design Group. Known as 'The Mold...

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Soft Meets Solid: Turning Cork'. | Presented "Soft Meets Solid: Turning Cork" Clay Fab Lab at NCECA 2026.

Ceramicist. Michigan-based. Exhibited in MCAA Biennial and Thresholds (Detroit Artist Market). NCECA 2026.

Ceramic artist. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Apprenticeship In The Modern Age.

Professor Emerita at New York University. Author of 'Confrontational Ceramics' - influential study of politically and socially engaged ceramic art....

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Can Art Make a Difference?' Endangered Species Project. Also in Mom's Collection.

35th and final artist-in-residence at Plum Tree Pottery (2012-2014). Two-year residency. Helped Jo Lauria select works for Glick's retrospective 'A...

Japanese-American ceramic sculptor known for large-scale ceramic works exploring "ma" (the space between). Subject of Nancy Servis lecture at NCECA...

Studio potter working in Goshen, Indiana since 2009. BA Ceramics & Sculpture from Goshen College (2000). Author of "Low Fire Soda" (2020). Creator of...

Ceramic educator focused on accessibility and inclusion. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel 'Clay Without Barriers: Inclusive Ceramics Experiences' with...

Detroit-based ceramic artist. Known for intricate geometric ceramic sculptures. Exhibited in Underlying Systems. NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Palestine: Grief and Connection Through Clay' at Arab American National Museum. | Exhibited in NCECA Annual "Absence Takes...

Fiber artist. Co-organizing 'Ceramics x Fiber' collaborative exhibition with Jessika Edgar during NCECA 2026 at Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit....

Japanese potter & mingei co-founder (1890–1966). Master of glazes.

Ceramic scholar and educator. Co-lecturer at NCECA 2026 on The Ceramics of K.K. Broni Bridging Worlds. | Professor of Art (Ceramics and Art History),...

NCECA 2026 curator: 'Breeze Over the Lakes' + 'Clay and Cuisine' at Soraya. Shigaraki connection. | Curated Breeze Over the Lakes at Detroit Public...

Ceramic artist and community organizer. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel on The State of Clay: Statewide Organizations. Connected to Michigan clay...

Ken Ferguson (1928-2004). Influential ceramic artist and educator. Head of ceramics at Kansas City Art Institute for 32 years. Known for large-scale...

Occupational physician specializing in silica hazards. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Silica Hazards: A Call to Action. | M.D., Michigan State University....

Ceramic artist in Albion, MI. Albion College grad. Built the largest anagama in North America: 55 ft x 14 ft, 1000 cu ft, first fired 1987. Annual...

Connected to Pewabic Pottery and Henry Crissman's circle. Part of the Detroit ceramics network Ryan connected to. Fires with Ken Shenstone at the...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Demystifying Wood Firing'. | Presented "Demystifying Wood Firing: Investigating Multiple Variables" at NCECA 2026. | Related to...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Sourcing Waste as Ceramic Resource'.

NCECA 2026 Short Form: '3D Scans of Anagama Kilns Worldwide'. 25+ wood kilns scanned. | Presented "3-D Scans of Anagama Kilns Worldwide" at NCECA...

Ceramic sculptor and educator. Professor at University of Colorado Boulder. Known for large-scale garden-inspired ceramic installations encrusted...

College for Creative Studies faculty member in Ceramics/Craft & Materials Studies. NCECA 2026 Local Host Committee faculty. Active in Detroit...

NCECA 2026 curator: 'Centerpoint: Mapping Detroit's Ceramic Legacy' at Detroit Historical Museum. Also Annual juried artist. | Curated Centerpoint:...

Ceramic scholar connected to Ghanaian ceramics tradition. Co-lecturer at NCECA 2026 on K.K. Broni. | Senior Lecturer, KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University...

Artist and studio founder from Minneapolis. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Starting Your Own Pottery Studio.

Morean Associate Professor, Graduate and Area Co-Coordinator of Ceramics at WMU Gwen Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, MI. | WMU Frostic School...

Nationally acclaimed ceramic artist. Michigan Mud 2025 keynote speaker (MCAA conference).

Ceramic artist. Cranbrook Academy of Art connection. In 2 NCECA 2026 exhibitions: Cranbrook Alumni and 'Volume Rediscovery' at Paul Kotula Projects.

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'The State of Clay'. Washington statewide clay organization.

Interdisciplinary artist working across ceramics, metalsmithing, photography, and video. Faculty at Wayne State University, Detroit. In 3 NCECA 2026...

Gallerist and ceramics advocate. Founder of Ferrin Contemporary gallery, North Adams, MA. Major dealer in contemporary ceramics for over three...

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'The Wound of The Malinches'.

Independent studio potter in rural Minnesota (b. 1952). Studied at Hamline University (St. Paul, MN) and Banff Centre School of Fine Arts (Alberta,...

NCECA 2026 Past Masters presenter (John Neely tribute).

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Shaping City' at Still Life Ceramics. Metro Detroit artists. | Organized Shaping City exhibition at Still Life Ceramics,...

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'Cups For Drinking Together'. | Performed "Cups For Drinking Together" at NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance (Thursday...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Automotive Clay Modeling: Purpose and Process'. Industrial clay modeler. | Presented "Automotive Clay Modeling: Purpose and...

Curator and exhibition organizer. Co-organized "Soda, Clay, and Fire: The Legacy of Gail Nichols" at Galerie Camille during NCECA 2026. | BFA...

Ceramic artist. Co-presented "He's My Left Hand: Tandem Throwing" Makers Space at NCECA 2026 with Tina Gebhart.

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'Speaking Volumes' at 27th Letter Books. Trans ceramic artists exhibition. | Organized Speaking Volumes at 27th Letter Books -...

Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995). Austrian-born British studio potter. Known for exquisite thin-walled vessels, distinctive glazes with volcanic textures,...

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Remix to Motown 45' at The Carr Center. Also Color Network.

NCECA 2026 Co-Lecture: 'Made in Detroit - 100 Years of Clay'. Detroit native, Pewabic connection.

Ceramicist. Exhibited in Fluid State of Land at Wayne State. NCECA 2026.

Historic: Finnish-American ceramist, head of Cranbrook ceramics 1938-1966. In Detroit Historical Museum exhibition.

Malcolm Davis (1937-2011). Internationally recognized ceramic artist based in Upshur County, West Virginia for 25+ years. Pioneer of Carbon Trap...

Ceramic artist, educator, and advocate for equity in ceramics. Panelist on NCECA 2026 'Converging Tides' podcast reflecting on equitable initiatives...

Ceramicist. Member of The Color Network. Exhibited in Color Network: Family Album. NCECA 2026.

Ceramic artist. Co-presented "Community Engaged Work in Ceramics" podcast at NCECA 2026. | Mexican-American, Laguna Pueblo & Santa Clara Pueblo. BFA...

NCECA 2026 curator: 'Detroit Dialogues' at EMU. Also in 12x12 exhibition. | Affiliated with Eastern Michigan University. Curated Detroit Dialogues:...

Ceramic artist and veteran. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on VCAN - from Combat to Clay.

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Mugs for Moms: Crafting Community'. Charleston, SC. | Presented "Mugs for Moms: Crafting Community" at NCECA 2026. Founded Mugs...

Ceramic artist. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel on Where the "Wild" Clays Are. Explores indigenous perspectives on clay and the language we use to...

Sculptor and ceramicist. Michigan-based. Known for large-scale ceramic sculptures. Exhibited in Underlying Systems. NCECA 2026. | Ryan owns one of...

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Innovative Forms Through Rotary Axis Printing'. | Presented "Innovative Forms Through Rotary Axis Printing" Clay Fab Lab at...

Potter at Stonepool Pottery in Worthington, MA since 1986. Born NYC 1955. BA Anthropology from Amherst College (1978). Studied at Penland with...

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Digital Mold Design' - ZBrush techniques. | Presented "Digital Mold Design" Clay Fab Lab at NCECA 2026, demonstrating...

NCECA 2026 organizer: Cranbrook x SAIC Exchange (10th annual). Cranbrook student. | MFA candidate, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Organized 10th Annual...

Co-founder of Pewabic Pottery (1903). Pioneer in iridescent glazes. Pewabic is her lasting legacy — a National Historic Landmark on East Jefferson...

Ceramic artist specializing in low-temperature soda firing techniques. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Atmospheric Alternative: Low-temperature Soda Firing.

Functional potter connected to the Alfred University ceramics tradition. MFA Alfred University. Based in the Northeast. Known for robust thrown forms...

NCECA 2026: TiCC conversation, juried student exhibition, Speaking Volumes, (liquid) exhibitions.

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist.

Ceramicist. BGSU connection. Exhibited in Mass Movement. NCECA 2026.

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Sculpting Pixels: 3D Modeling for Potters'. | Presented "Sculpting Pixels: 3-D Modeling for Potters" Clay Fab Lab at NCECA...

Ceramic artist and educator. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Apprenticeship In The Modern Age.

NCECA 2026 Podcast: 'Converging Tides'. Also curated The Car Show, multiple exhibitions. From Kalamazoo, Michigan. BFA from School of the Art...

NCECA 2026 curator: 'Clay Currents' at Hatch Art. Also BBAC and Beyond the Garden exhibitions. | Curated Clay Currents at Hatch Art, Hamtramck. Also...

Figurative ceramic sculptor originally from the Dominican Republic. BFA in Painting and Ceramics from SUNY Potsdam. MFA in Ceramics from Indiana...

Architectural ceramics researcher. NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Clay Tile Vaulting: Barcelona to Detroit' exploring Guastavino tile vaulting at Michigan...

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'Earthquake'. | Performed "Earthquake" at NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance.

Ceramic art historian and curator. Lecturer at NCECA 2026 on "Jun Kaneko: The Engagement of Space." Expert on Japanese-American ceramic sculptor Jun...

Colombian-American ceramic artist. BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MFA Ohio State University. Work explores identity, cultural heritage, and the...

Curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). NCECA 2026 Lecturer on 'Japanese Yakishime Wares and Michigan Artists' exploring...

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'The Color Network'. Past/present Color Network organizer.

Ceramic art historian. Co-presented "The History of Ceramics: Three Courses" podcast at NCECA 2026 with Stephanie Rozene.

Associate Professor of Ceramics at Michigan State University (since 2009). BFA Wayne State 1981, MFA Alfred 1989. Former Gallery Director at Pewabic...

Ceramic artist and educator born in Beacon, NY. BA Education/Ceramics from City College of New York (1986). MS.Ed Education/Ceramics from Alfred...

Voulkos's first graduate student (1921–2011). Inventor of American raku.

Glaze specialist, educator. BA Music Columbia College (MO), BFA Alfred University, MFA University of Colorado. Professor of Ceramics at University of...

Ceramic artist known for nerikomi (colored clay) techniques creating intricate geometric patterns. BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MFA Alfred...

Peter Voulkos (1924-2002). Greek-American ceramicist who revolutionized ceramics as fine art. Founder of ceramics program at Otis Art Institute....

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'Foundations'. Also organized 'Fluid State of Land', Annual juried artist. | Performed "Foundations" at NCECA 2026...

Iranian-American interdisciplinary artist combining ceramics, sound, and installation. MFA Alfred University. Faculty at Florida International...

Randy Johnston. American wood-fire potter based in River Falls, Wisconsin. Studied in Japan with Shimaoka Tatsuzo. Known for powerful wood-fired...

Caddo Nation ceramic artist creating large-scale figurative ceramic sculptures. Rising star in contemporary ceramics. BFA U of Arkansas, MFA...

Abstract artist & furniture designer (1912-1988). née Kaiser. Cranbrook alumna, married Charles Eames in 1941. Collaborated on virtually all Eames...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Engineering Your Ceramic Sculpture for Survival'. | Presented "Engineering Your Ceramic Sculpture for Survival" at NCECA 2026.

Ceramic artist and veteran. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on VCAN - from Combat to Clay.

Ceramicist. Juror for NCECA 2026 Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition. | Mexican-Italian artist from Mexico City. Visiting Assistant Professor of Art...

NCECA 2026 Clay Conversation: 'Filipino Potters: Community Within the Diaspora'. | Born in Iba, Philippines. BA Art Practice, UC Berkeley. AMOCA...

Influential ceramic vessel artist. Born 1933 Toledo OH. Died 2006. Studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook (MFA 1957). Taught at Cranbrook...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Industrial Clay'. Ford Design clay modeling team.

NCECA 2026 Panel moderator: 'Can Art Make a Difference?' 56 years as ceramic artist. Also Mold Doctors co-lecture.

Father of ceramic Funk art (1930–1992). UC Davis professor.

Ceramic artist. MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art. Michigan-based ceramicist. NCECA 2026 Past Masters presenter (Ulla Viotti tribute). Exhibited in...

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Can Art Make a Difference?' Known for socially engaged ceramics.

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'A Table of Our Own' at DBCFSN. Also Multicultural Fellowship, Color Network. | Exhibited in NCECA Multicultural Fellowship...

One of John Glick's early apprentices at Plum Tree Pottery (1972-73). Supported by Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in Apprentice Assistance Program....

Montana ceramicist & sculptor (1926-2007). Co-founding resident at Archie Bray with Voulkos.

Potter in Howell, MI. Cone 10 gas reduction, raku, glow glazes. Built Stull Atlas. My Clay Corner Studio. Got into clay through a friend, restored a...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'GM Design Clay and Digital Sculpting'. General Motors Design. | NCECA 2026 Projects Space: "GM Design Clay and Digital...

Mexican-American ceramic artist exploring identity, immigration, and cultural heritage. Work combines traditional pottery forms with narrative...

NCECA 2026 Juror. Ceramic artist known for architectural vessel forms.

Clay artist, humanitarian, global trotter. BA City College of New York 1973. MFA Alfred University 1988. Received 2018 NCECA Achievement Award for...

NCECA 2026 organizer: 'SVSU Alumni and Friends' at The War Memorial. Saginaw Valley State. | Saginaw Valley State University. Organized SVSU Alumni...

NCECA 2026: 'Snack Time!' solo exhibition at Always Tomorrow. Detroit-based artist. | Detroit-based ceramicist. First solo exhibition "Snack Time!"...

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Ergonomics: Working Smarter, Not Harder'. Occupational therapist. | Presented "Ergonomics: Working Smarter, Not Harder" at NCECA...

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Starting Your Own Pottery Studio'. Minneapolis studio founder.

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Industrial Clay'. Ford Design team. Also exhibiting at multiple venues.

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'The State of Clay: Statewide Organizations'. Indiana clay org.

NCECA 2026 Makers Space: 'Form and Surface: Templates that Transform'. | Presented "Form and Surface: Templates that Transform" Makers Space at NCECA...

Artist, educator, and arts advocate. BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Yale University. Faculty at School of Visual Arts (SVA), NYC....

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Re-imagining Outcomes From an Electric Kiln'. | Presented "Re-imagining Outcomes From an Electric Kiln" at NCECA 2026.

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978). Japanese potter, one of the founders of the mingei (folk craft) movement alongside Yanagi Soetsu. Living National Treasure...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Sourcing Waste as Ceramic Resource'.

Wood-fire potter based in Gresham, Wisconsin. BA Grinnell College (1990), MA/MFA Ceramics University of Iowa (1997/1998). Full-time studio potter...

NCECA 2026 curator: Cranbrook x SAIC Exchange. Detroit gallerist. | Detroit gallerist. Curated 10th Annual Cranbrook x SAIC Exchange at Always...

NCECA 2026: TiCC conversation, Speaking Volumes, Outpour, Toledo exhibitions.

Ceramic educator. Panelist at NCECA 2026 'Clay Without Barriers: Inclusive Ceramics Experiences' with Kaci Handlery. Advocates for accessible...

NCECA 2026 Podcast: 'The History of Ceramics: Three Courses'. Also in BGSU Mass Movement show.

NCECA 2026 organizer: '12x12: Small Works That Speak Volumes' at The Voyeur Bordello. | Organized 12x12: Small Works That Speak Volumes at The Voyeur...

Pewabic Pottery Executive Director (10+ years, retiring Sept 2025). Former studio potter. Oversaw Frankel Tile Studio expansion, QLINE tiles, Little...

Ceramic artist and apprenticeship organizer. Moderator of NCECA 2026 panel 'Apprenticeship: Conversations Between' exploring the master-apprentice...

Runs Rovin Ceramics in Ann Arbor. Where Ryan ran into Henry Feb 10, 2026.

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist.

Ceramic artist and educator. Professor at Arizona State University. BFA Alfred University. Creates large-scale ecological ceramic installations...

CCS faculty. MFA Western Michigan University (Frostic School), BFA Michigan State University. Cross-links to three Michigan institutions.

Ceramic artist and educator. Professor of Art at Eastern Michigan University for many years. Known for sculptural ceramic work blending vessel and...

Ceramic artist and community organizer. Founder of South Asian Clay Collective. NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Building Bridges Through Clay' on creating...

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Starting Your Own Pottery Studio'. Los Angeles studio founder.

Ceramic artist. Panelist at NCECA 2026 on Apprenticeship In The Modern Age.

NCECA 2026 Panel: 'Low-temperature Soda Firing'.

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Future Ecologies of Clay'. UK-based researcher. | Presented "Future Ecologies of Clay" at NCECA 2026, about UK research on...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'Sourcing Waste as Ceramic Resource' with NCECA Green Task Force.

NCECA 2026 Clay in Performance: 'Braiding Memory: A Ritual Mapping'. Also Annual Exhibition juried artist. | Performed "Braiding Memory: A Ritual...

NCECA 2026 Projects Space: 'The Love Project' - participatory installation exploring love through clay. | NCECA 2026 Projects Space: "The Love...

NCECA 2026 Makers Space: 'Tandem Throwing'. Also in Flower City Imbibition exhibition.

Figurative ceramic sculptor (b. 1950, Pottstown, PA). BFA Ceramics UC Boulder, MFA Ceramics Montana State University. Known for hyper-realistic...

Tom Phardel (b. 1950), American sculptor and ceramist born in Detroit to Sicilian immigrants. BFA Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti), MFA...

NCECA 2026 Emerging Artist. | Exhibited in The Car Show at Popps Packing (with Jessica Brandl, Vincent Frimpong, David Morrison). NCECA 2026 emerging...

Canadian wood-fire potter. Known for atmospheric fired pottery. Influential figure in Canadian wood-firing community. Exhibiting in 'Canadian...

Pioneering ceramic artist known for closed 'moon' forms. Born 1922 Pepeekeo, Hawaii. Died 2011. Studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook (MFA 1951)....

NCECA 2026 Short Form: 'Honoring the Legacy of Empty Bowls'. Also organized Empty Bowls Detroit. | Presented "Honoring the Legacy of Empty Bowls" at...

Val Cushing (1931-2013). Legendary ceramic educator at Alfred University for 40+ years. Master of high-fire glazes. Val Cushing's glaze notebooks are...

NCECA 2026 Podcast: 'Community Engaged Work in Ceramics'.

Ceramic artist and performer. Performing "Earth's Instruments: Clay, Sound, Ancestral Memory" at NCECA 2026. Creates hand-formed ceramic instruments...

Born in Accra, Ghana. MFA University of Arkansas. Faculty at Talladega College. Creates work exploring African diaspora and cultural connections...

Henry's wife. Co-founded Ceramics School in 2019. $35,595 Kickstarter. Renovated storefront attached to their house in Hamtramck with artist...

NCECA 2026 co-organizer: 'Afterlight' at Playground Detroit. Also MSU 'Voices Echo'. | Michigan State University. Co-organized Afterlight with Kyle...

Ceramicist. Exhibited in NCECA Annual Absence Takes Form and Body Shop at Scarab Club. NCECA 2026.

Warren MacKenzie (1924-2018). American functional potter. Studied with Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in St Ives. Professor at University of...

Japanese philosopher & art critic (1889-1961). Founded the mingei (folk craft) movement in 1920s Japan. Wrote 'The Unknown Craftsman.' Central tenet:...

NCECA 2026 Clay Fab Lab: 'Cut, Etch, Sinter: Laser Cutting + Clay'. SMFA Digital Fabrication. | Presented "Cut, Etch, Sinter: Laser Cutting + Clay"...

Korean sculptor known for 'Translated Vase' series - reassembling deliberately broken moon jars with gold leaf. BFA and MFA Seoul National...

NCECA 2026 Makers Space: 'Breathing Volume: Traditional Onggi'. Korean pottery. Also Mom's Collection. | Presented "Breathing Volume: Traditional...

NCECA 2026 Clay Conversation: Trans Ceramics Community (TiCC).

NCECA 2026 Lecture: 'Rice Ash and Amorphous Silica'. Northeast Arkansas research. | Presented "Rice Ash and Amorphous Silica" at NCECA 2026, from 3...

NCECA 2026 curator: 'Fractals and Familiar Things' at Popps Packing. Ox-Bow School connection. | Affiliated with Ox-Bow School of Art. Curated...

Ceramicist. BGSU connection. Exhibited in Mass Movement. NCECA 2026.