The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) is pleased to announce Pete Pinnell, Professor of Art at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as the president of the organization. Pete is a longtime contributor to the NCECA conference, and has participated as a featured demonstrating artist, a juror for the Student Juried Exhibition and other shows, a panelist, and lecturer. In describing his enthusiasm for NCECA’s mission, Pete writes: “I’ve benefitted from NCECA my entire professional life. I’ve lost track of how many conferences I’ve attended over the years, and I always return home exhausted but, at the same time, energized and exhilarated. NCECA provides us with the opportunity to gather, to discuss, to challenge, to share, to brainstorm, to explore and to grow.”

Pete Pinnell made his living as a potter for 12 years before moving to the University of Nebraska––Lincoln, where he is currently Professor of Art. In addition to his teaching, he has continued to exhibit widely, with more than 120 exhibitions since 1995. His work has appeared throughout the U.S., and in the Netherlands, South Africa, Japan, China, New Zealand and Australia. Images of his work have appeared in a number of noted ceramic books, Clay Times magazine, Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, and Purple Sand, a Taiwanese ceramics journal. An in-depth article about his work appeared in Ceramics: Art and Perception, a noted Australian Magazine, in 2001. In March of 2001 he was a featured artist at the NCECA (National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts) national conference, where he spoke and demonstrated. In addition to his teaching and exhibition career, Pete Pinnell has been an active writer on ceramic art, with articles in American and Australian ceramic journals, and a regular column, “As far as I know…,” which appears in Clay Times magazine.

Welcome Pete!