Winnie Owens-Hart (born 1949) is an American ceramist and sculptor known for blending traditional African pottery techniques with contemporary ceramics.
[2] Owens-Hart has taught at Howard University and held residencies at prestigious institutions, including the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery.
[1] Her deep engagement with African ceramics began in Nigeria, where she apprenticed with Indigenous women potters.
[3] Owens-Hart has been a visiting artist at the University of Ife, now known as Obafemi Awolowo 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.
[1] Owens-Hart first came to Nigeria during the World Festival of Black Arts with Jeff Donaldson, Nelson Stevens, and other African American artists representing the United States.