Hannah Niswonger is the founding director of Pots on Wheels! (POW!), a collaborative group of functional potters who seek to connect their love of pots with all kinds of people by bringing shows, projects, and collaborations directly to communities via a mobile gallery/project space.
Hannah received an MFA in ceramic sculpture from Alfred University and a BA in Studio Art from Wesleyan University. She currently teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and has taught courses in ceramics at Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She hosts workshops nationally and exhibits regularly in galleries and juried craft shows, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art Show and the Smithsonian Craft Show and CraftBoston. She lives in Melrose, Massachusetts with her husband, three kids, one dog and two rabbits.
As Teaching Artist at Urbano Project, Hannah is working with Youth Artists through “POW! Radical Care in Clay” to explore ceramic materials, processes, and techniques of applying images to clay. Youth Artists are creating a variety of ceramic artwork—including a collective story on ceramic tiles and hand-built pottery—using direct drawing techniques, transfer printing, decals, stencils, and more.
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