Hope Vanessa

Hope (she/her) is a working Artist from NJ/PA who has a B.F.A. from Uarts in ceramics. She primarily works with imagery on ceramic forms about change and what home means. She was chosen for the Ceramics Studio Assistantship program at Penland School of Craft in the Fall 2024 as well as the following Summer 2025. Many of her works have been featured in “Show & Tell” at Penland School of Craft, Space 1026 Philly, The Icebox Project Space, Photo Lounge, The Clay Studio, Fine Arts Gallery 6&8, as well as the NJ Trenton capital building for the Youth Art Month exhibition. She also has a passion for art galleries and worked in many including the Philadelphia Art Alliance. She teaches as an instructor at many art studios including the Chester Springs PA ceramics studio, Wayne Art Center in PA, and The Clay Studio Philadelphia. She was/is working in The Clay Studio’s Clay mobile program in Philadelphia where she uses her passion to spread art in her community through ceramics and clay. Currently she is a working artist building her portfolio who works out of her own studio where you can purchase her art!