Shannon Abac

Shannon Abac is an accomplished ceramics artist and educator with extensive experience in teaching and materials management. As the owner of Pen + Ink Pottery and an instructor at Clay By The Bay San Francisco, Shannon actively engages in curriculum development and offers advanced courses while assisting students with their creative processes. As a teaching artist at Richmond Art Center, Shannon develops handbuilding courses and teaches various techniques, building on previous experience as a studio technician and youth instructor at Mill Valley Potter's Studio. Academic contributions include teaching Ceramics 1 at San Francisco State University, complemented by a background in advising graduate students at the Academy of Art University. Shannon holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Ceramics from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Ceramics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.