2026 NCECA Fellowships
Volumes, Detroit, Michigan
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Please read the full prospectus for each fellowship before starting your application.
All Fellowship applications will open in August 2025.
Chanakarn Semachai (Punch), Controlling Their Dreams, 2021
2026 NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowships
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 3, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
Six Emerging Artists will be selected for the 2026 cohort through a review of statements, images, and support documents submitted for consideration. Emerging Artists will receive a $3,300 fellowship award and be featured prominently in NCECA programming, social media, and publications.
Read through the Emerging Artist Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus before submitting a proposal application.
Use the Emerging Artist Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Summer Brooks, Locks, 2021
12th Annual NCECA Multicultural Fellowships
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
Up to 20 fellowships will be awarded to first-time conference participants whose cultural identities have been historically underrepresented in NCECA and the field at large. This opportunity supports travel and other expenses related to participation in the upcoming annual NCECA conference.
Read through the Multicultural Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Multicultural Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Audrey An, Table Scapes, 2021
22nd Annual NCECA Graduate Student Fellowships
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
Up to three $2,000 fellowships will be awarded to current NCECA Student Members who are full-time graduate students matriculating in a degree program at an accredited college, university, or art institute in the US at the time of the application deadline.
Read through the Graduate Student Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Graduate Student Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.
Katie Stone, Pasture Puff, 2021
27th Annual Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
Up to three $2,000 fellowships will be awarded to current NCECA Student Members who are full-time, part-time undergraduate, or post-baccalaureate students enrolled at an accredited college, university, or art institute in the U.S. at the time of the application deadline.
Read through the Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.
Carly Slade, Alberta Truck, (Detail Rat Race), 2021
7th Annual Helene Zucker Seeman Fellowships for Women
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
Up to two $2,500 fellowships will be awarded to female-identifying candidates: one to a 2026 Emerging Artist and one to an applicant engaged with curatorial, research, and/or critical writing. (“Women” and “female” are terms inclusive of trans and cis women as well as genderqueer and non-binary individuals.)
Read through the Helene Zucker Seeman Fellowships for Women Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Helene Zucker Seeman Fellowships for Women Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.
Ronald Rael, Casa Covida, 2021
4th Annual NCECA Environmental Sustainability Fellowship
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone)
One proposal will be selected to receive a $2,000 fellowship. The purpose of the NCECA Environmental Sustainability Fellowship is to advance environmental sustainability and green practices in ceramics through research, writing, and/or action.
Read through the Environmental Sustainability Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Environmental Sustainability Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.
Modern Eden Gallery, 2022 NCECA Gallery Expo
3rd Annual Anne W. & Bill Bracker Youth Educator Seed Fellowship
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
One proposal will be selected to receive a $2,000 fellowship. The purpose of the NCECA Youth Educators Seed Fellowship is to advance innovation and expand access to opportunities for projects and programs that engage youth ages 2–18 in creative work with clay.
Read through the Anne W. & Bill Bracker Youth Educator Seed Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the Anne W. & Bill Bracker Youth Educator Seed Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.
Ray Chen, Mother and Child, 2019
2nd Annual NCECA International Creative Research Fellowship
Applications AND Recommender responses must be submitted by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (11:59pm Eastern time zone).
One proposal will be selected to receive a $4,000 fellowship. The purpose of the NCECA International Creative Research Fellowship is to provide support for artists who pursue opportunities to create, experience, and/or research artwork while immersed in cultures outside of their native or residential home base.
Read through the International Creative Research Fellowship Preliminary Prospectus prior to submitting a proposal application.
Use the International Creative Research Fellowship Checklist to assemble all of the required materials before beginning your application.
Download the Fellowship Budget Template to outline your expected project expenditures and upload it to your application.