Published in Ceramics Monthly, February 2017
"Every year NCECA’s jury process sifts through a plethora of candidates and distills six emerging artists to profile, promote, and present to delegates. Every year, I plan my return travel around getting to witness in the flesh the brief speech that each artist painstakingly prepares and delivers from the podium in front of thousands of their peers, mentors, and students. Tough crowd— probably the most judgemental, critical, and savvy audience they will ever face. So in preparing to write about the “NCECA 2016: Emerging Artists Exhibition” at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (www.leedy-voulkos.com) in Kansas City, Missouri, I decided to capture and reflect back their remarks, and present to you a review of the works displayed interwoven with an “in their own words” testimony to the makers.... "
