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Richmond, Virginia. (January 12, 2024) – Richmond, Virginia, will serve as the host city for the 58th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference from March 20-23, 2024. Coalescence, the 58th annual NCECA conference, will be an opportunity to share and learn about the changing ways we teach, learn, and create through clay.

Throughout the region, NCECA and its partners have worked to select and site dozens of exhibitions that will run concurrently with the conference. Nearly all of the exhibitions will be open to the public free of charge. Core conference programming, which includes panel discussions, keynotes, and other educational opportunities, will take place at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Registration is required to attend the conference. However, limited areas of the convention center will be accessible to the public free of charge. Learn more and register now at www.nceca.net.

Day pass scholarships are available to high school students and their teachers based in the conference region. Richmond art educators are encouraged to contact office@nceca.net with their class rosters and preference of Thursday or Friday participation at least two weeks in advance of the conference. 

“NCECA is thrilled to finally be able to realize its 2024 conference in Richmond, Virginia, after making the difficult decision to delay the event initially planned for 2020 just as the pandemic was putting communities worldwide into lockdown,” said NCECA Executive Director Josh Green.

“Learning through ceramic art engages our minds and senses. The Richmond region has so much to teach us about its history and contemporary culture of creativity and innovation. NCECA has planned an array of phenomenal presentations that are the heartbeat of the conference taking place over three days in March. Dozens of venues will host exhibitions surrounding the conference to make ceramic art accessible to all.”