Winnie Owens-Hart

Winnie Owens-Hart (born 1949) is an American ceramist and sculptor.

Winnie Owens-Hart
Born1949
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of the Arts (Philadelphia),
Howard University
Known forceramist, sculpture

Life

Born in Washington, D.C., Owens-Hart received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, followed by a Master of Fine Arts degree from Howard University.

She has exhibited in many solo and group shows, both in the United States and abroad.[1] She has been a visiting artist at Awolwo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, the Penland School of Crafts, and the McColl Center for Visual Art, Sierra Nevada College, and artist-in-resident at Pewabic Pottery, Baltimore Clay Works, Watershed, North Edgecomb, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[2]

Among museums which hold examples of her work is the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution;[3] she has created public artwork for Arlington County, Virginia,[4] and has worked at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.[5] She has received an Individual Craftsman Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Currently, Owens-Hart teaches at Howard University.[6]

Honors and Awards
  • Honorary Board Member, Renwick Museum, Smithsonian Institution
  • Lifetime Achievement in the Craft Arts Award, Renwick Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
  • Fellow, Smithsonian Institution Faculty Research Program
  • National Endowment for the Arts – Individual Craftsmen Fellowship, 1978

References
  1. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. "Winnie Owens-Hart, Professor, Ceramics". Howard University. 2012–2017. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. "Artworks Search Results / American Art". Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "The Family - Public Art". Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. Rich Tolsma Productions (23 February 2012). "Fleisher Art Memorial - Winnie Owens Hart". Retrieved 26 January 2017 – via YouTube.
  6. "Winnie Owens-Hart". 2 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2017.


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