Born in Halkirk, MB, in 1918, Beth Hone received her Normal School training (1936) in Saskatoon. It was while teaching in British Columbia that she met her husband, fellow teacher and artist, McGregor Hone. After completing her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto (1941) she studied ceramics at the School of Art in Farnham, England, and attended workshops at the University of Regina given by artists such as David Gilhooly, Jack Sures, Jack Herman and others. She taught ceramics for the extension program at the Regina College School of Art (1959-66) and has presented workshops to the Mackenzie Gallery, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Hone- James Studio she helped to establish in Regina.

Beth Hone has worked in stoneware, porcelain, batik and ceramic sculpture. Her subject matter has included mythology, women, religion, and ecology. Her work has been included in several government collections and she has exhibited across the country, including the 1967 National Gallery of Canada exhibition entitled "Canadian Fine Crafts Exhibition" shown at Expo '67. In 1987 she and her husband collaborated on "Saskatchewan Foremothers: A Tribute" which consisted of fourteen porcelain and batik panels celebrating outstanding Saskatchewan women.