Hannah Burt

Hannah Burt (HB) is an artist and educator based in Kentucky. Born and raised in Georgia she studied theater at Columbia College Chicago and performed up and down the East coast then returned to rural finding a second home in Kentucky. Locally, she curates work for Creative Placemaking Communities’ annual summit and is a teaching artist with both Partners for Rural Impact and the Kentucky Arts Council. She volunteers as a CASA advocate and is passionate about uplifting voices of Appalachian communities and young people in all spaces.

HB is excited to join Art of the Rural’s work because she believes in the power of bringing folks together to tell their own stories. She finds this work a way to uplift the places and people she cares about and build towards a future we can all share.