Katie Shulman and Jessika Edgar on NCECA, Ceramics x Fiber Exhibition in Detroit
Ceramics x Fiber: Spotlighting Detroit’s Collaborative Craft Community at NCECA brings together 120 artists — primarily from the Detroit-metro area — for a large-scale, collaborative exhibition presented during Volumes, the 60th Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), taking place March 25 – 28, 2026, in Detroit, MI.
Organized by artists Jessika Edgar and Katie Shulman (Stamps Alumni Relations and Community Engagement Manager, BFA ’10), the exhibition centers on newly forged creative partnerships across media. Sixty artist pairs — each consisting of one ceramic artist and one fiber artist — were thoughtfully matched to establish new cross-medium connections. Each pair was invited to collaborate on new work or create intentional pairings of existing works, resulting in an inclusive exhibition that highlights dialogue, experimentation, and the strength of Detroit’s craft community.
On Monday, March 23, April Baer interviewed Edgar and Shulman about the exhibition on Stateside, a Michigan Public program (Listen on Spotify). You can also learn more about Ceramics x Fiber in a recent Runner Magazine interview.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a written publication will be produced to contextualize and archive the project, documenting the collaborative process and the relationships formed through this cross-disciplinary exchange.
The exhibition features work by many members of the Stamps community, noted in bold below.
- River Berry (MFA‘26)
- Ira Bondarenko (MFA‘27)
- Sophia Brueckner (Stamps Associate Professor)
- Ingrid Butterer (BFA ‘87)
- Sally Clegg (Stamps Lecturer III and Student Exhibitions Coordinator, MFA‘20)
- Yeager Edwards (BFA‘21)
- Samantha Griffith (MFA‘25)
- Mary Hafeli (BFA ‘82)
- Quinn Alexandria Hunter (Stamps Assistant Professor)
- Kira Keck
- Lauren Kalman
- Joshua Kochis (BFA‘15)
- Heidi Kumao (Stamps Professor)
- alexandra virginia martin
- Kit Parks (Stamps Fiber Studio Coordinator, BFA‘15)
- Irene Perez (BFA‘19)
- Hayden Richer (Stamps Ceramics Studio Coordinator)
- Jessie Rice (BFA‘22)
- Celia Shaheen (MFA‘27)
- Zene Segre
- Ben Teague (Stamps Lecturer II)
- Andrew“AndyT” Thompson (Stamps Lecturer II)
- Kate Tremel (Stamps Lecturer II)
- Erin Wakeland (BFA‘20)
Ceramics x Fiber: Spotlighting Detroit’s Collaborative Craft Community at NCECA is located in the Detroit Design District at the Boyer Campbell Building, First Floor & Mezzanine, 6540 St. Antoine Street. The show is open to the public until March 28 with a reception on Friday, March 27 from 5 – 9 p.m.
