NCECA (pronounced (n-SEE-ka) is an annual conference primarily targeted for ceramic art educators. It also attracts the attention of people within all strata of the "clay community". The last NCECA that I attended was in Baltimore a number of years ago. Due to work schedules and other responsibilities, this year I could only attend for one day, Friday, March 27th. My first impression was, "wow. there are a lot of students and young people that are in, or entering the clay art profession and/or clay community." I attributed this thought to the fact that Providence, RI is within an hours drive of Boston and within that radius there are hundreds of colleges and universities. Plus, the ceramic art culture is comparitively strong in the Northeast of the US. There are a few "program tracks", but I would categorize the two main tracks as academic (lectures on art history, education, criticism, etc) and process (technique). I was concentrated on the secon...