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

Winnie Owens-Hart
Born	1949 Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Howard University
Known for	ceramist, 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

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