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2025 NCCCIAP Schedule
2025 NCCCIAP | Apr 02, 9:00 AM CDT – Apr 05, 5:00 PM CDT Birmingham, 20 32nd St N, Birmingham, AL 35222, USA
Register- 7 hours
Student Cupola: Orientation & Prep
Shed No. 2
- 6 hours
Registration
Visitor's Center - 7 hours
Exhibitions: Artwork Drop Off
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Student Cupola: Orientation & Prep
Shed No. 2 - 8 hours
Workshops: Large Mold & Ceramic Shell
Shed No. 2
- 6 hours
Registration
Visitor's Center - 7 hours
Exhibitions: Artwork Drop Off
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Student Cupola: Prep
Viaduct - 1 hour
Presentation: From Patterns to Polygons: How Technology is Transforming Creative Possibilities
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Workshops
Shed No. 2 - 1 hour
Demonstration: The Surface of Metals - Patinas You Can Create in Your Friends' Backyard
Shed No. 2 - 7 hours
Iron in the Hat
Visitor's Center - 1 hour
Panel: Come On In! Increasing Access to Iron Pours
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Guest Furnace: Wafflemaker
Shed No. 2 - 2 hours
Demonstration: Flask Around & Find Out
Wax Room - 1 hour
Panel: Skimming the Wax - Wax Boil Out as an Option for Shell Molds
Visitor's Center - 1 hour
Panel: The Role of Craft and the Hand/Mind Connection
Visitor's Center - 1 hour
Opening Ceremony
Water Tower - 2 hours
Performance: TBD: Found in the Yellow Wallpaper (2023 Charles Hook Award Honoree Performance)
Field
- 6 hours
Registration
Visitor's Center - 7 hours
Exhibitions: Artwork Drop Off
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Student Cupola: Prep
Viaduct - 1 hour
Presentation: A Sustainable Melt Furnace for School and Small Foundry Applications
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Workshops
Shed No. 2 - 3 hours
Guest Furnace: Willimenia
Viaduct - 7 hours
Iron in the Hat
Visitor's Center - 1 hour
Presentation 3D Printing
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Tiny Cupola Competition
Shed No. 1 - 3 hours
Performance: Iron Salon
Viaduct - 2 hours
Demonstration: Unlocking New Dimensions in Cast Iron Art Through VR & Digital Workflow
Powerhouse - 3 hours
Guest Furnace: Hi/Lo
Viaduct - 1 hour
Presentation: From the Beginning... A Concise History of the Cast Iron Movement
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Performance: Homewrecker
Viaduct - 1 hour
Panel: Documenting the Cast Iron Movement
Visitor's Center - 2 hours 30 minutes
Student Cupola Competition
Viaduct - 2 hours
Performance: Midwest Pourformance + Waves of Change
Field
- 2 hours 30 minutes
Panel: Innovative Methods for Melting Iron, a 2-Part Discussion on Contemporary and Future Practice
Powerhouse - 6 hours
Registration
Visitor's Center - 8 hours
Student Cupola: Cleanup
Viaduct - 8 hours
Workshops
Shed No. 2 - 3 hours
Guest Furnace: Tommy Joe
Wax Room - 7 hours
Iron in the Hat
Visitor's Center - 15 minutes
Raise a Glass
Viadcut - 1 hour
Demonstration: Using Molten Iron for Mark-Making on Paintings
Powerhouse - 1 hour
Panel: Opportunities Outside of Academia
Visitor's Center - 5 hours
The Foundry Tree
Red Brick Building - 1 hour
Performance: 13th Harder Barter Market
Shed No. 1 - 1 hour
Panel: The Cast Component: Orienting An Element Within a System
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Performance: Iron Clergy
Viaduct - 3 hours
Guest Furnace: Tilting Furnace No. 3
Viaduct - 1 hour
Demonstration: 3D Sand Printing 101
Powerhouse - 1 hour
Presentation: Cupola Whispering
Visitor's Center - 1 hour
Keynote Presentation: Allen Peterson
Shed No. 1 - 1 hour
Exhibitions: Opening Reception
Visitor's Center
- 2 hours
Performance: Fire, Food, Friends, and Futures - Benefiting the Iron Futures Scholarship Fund
Viaduct - 3 hours
Exhibitions: Artwork Pickup
Visitor's Center - 6 hours
Registration
Visitor's Center - 7 hours
PRODUCTION POUR
Shed No. 2 - 2 hours
Demonstration: Advanced Lifecasting Demonstration
Powerhouse - 8 hours
Workshops
Shed No. 2 - 1 hour
Panel: I'll Stop the World and Melt With You: Shaping the Next Global Gathering for Cast Iron Art
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Iron in the Hat
Visitor's Center - 2 hours
Guest Furnace: OGLE
Shed No. 2 - 2 hours
Guest Furnace: The Bear
Shed No. 2 - 3 hours
Iron Caster's Trade Show
Shed No. 1 - 1 hour
Panel: WCIAA - Not Your Average Puppet Show
Visitor's Center - 3 hours
Guest Furnace: Dan Hunt's Continuous Tap Cupola
Shed No. 2 - 2 hours
Closing Reception
Shed No. 1 - 1 hour
Performance: Casting Castles
Field - 30 minutes
Performance: Trebuchet
Field
- 3 hours
Exhibitions: Artwork Pickup
Visitor's Center - 3 hours
Mold Weigh Out - See the Mold Masters Team to Weigh Out & Pay Out your iron!
Viaduct - 7 hours
Load Out & Clean Up
- 1 hour
Guided Historic Tour of Sloss Furnaces
Visitor's Center
- 1 hour
Guided Historic Tour of Sloss Furnaces
Visitor's Center
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