# Hannah Small
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{{short description|American sculptor}}
'''Hannah Mecklem Small''', later '''Hannah Mecklem Small Ludins''' (January 9, 1903 – April 25, 1992) was an American sculptor.
== Background ==
Born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), Small was the daughter of Eugene and Grace Workum Small. As a teenager she enrolled in the [Art Students League of New York](/source/Art_Students_League_of_New_York), studying there with [Alexander Stirling Calder](/source/Alexander_Stirling_Calder) and [Boardman Robinson](/source/Boardman_Robinson).[{{cite book|title=Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933–1943: A Guide to the New Deal Legacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--dj-dDBFKwC&pg=PA316|year=2012|publisher=Sunstone Press|isbn=978-0-86534-881-3|pages=316–}}] There she met [Eugenie Gershoy](/source/Eugenie_Gershoy), who would go on to become a lifelong friend.[{{cite web|url=http://www.papillongallery.com/eugenie_gershoy.html|title=Eugenie Gershoy|website=www.papillongallery.com|accessdate=13 June 2017}}] At one time married to the painter [Austin Mecklem](/source/Austin_Mecklem), in 1932, in [Woodstock](/source/Woodstock%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), Small met [Eugene Ludins](/source/Eugene_Ludins), with whom she eloped to [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico).[{{cite book|work=[Art Roll](/source/Art_Roll)|title=A Forgotten American Fantasist Showcased at the Dorsky|last=Woods|first=Lynn|date=2012}}] Her neighbor at Woodstock was the sculptor [John Flannagan](/source/John_Flannagan_(sculptor)), who encouraged her to begin [direct carving](/source/direct_carving), using stones found in the area as her initial forms.[{{cite book|author=Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein|title=American women sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenscu0000rubi|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-8732-4|author-link=Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein}}] Small produced a number of works for the [Works Progress Administration](/source/Works_Progress_Administration) during her career, and won numerous awards, including the [Logan Medal of the Arts](/source/Logan_Medal_of_the_Arts) from the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago) in 1940. She died in [Kingston, New York](/source/Kingston%2C_New_York). Her work may be found in numerous public and private collections, and her papers are archived, along with those of her husband, at the art center in Woodstock.