Jillian Springer 785.445.8427
1868 HWY 83 jillthom88@hotmail.com
Oberlin, Ks 67749 www.jpthompsonportfolio.com
Education
2016 Candidate Bachelor of Fine Arts –Art Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
2015 Master of Fine Arts -Sculpture, Art History Minor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts -Sculpture - Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas
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Teaching Experience
Present Instructor/Coordinator, Art Hives Murphysboro, All Ages, Sallie Logan Library, Murphysboro, Illinois
Designed, and sought out funding for an 8-week community art program, open to all ages, and offered to participants at no cost.
Substitute Teacher, Murphysboro School District, Murphsyboro, Il
2017 Art Camp Instructor/Coordinator, John A.Logan Community College, Carterville, Illinois
Designed a 2-week art camp for ages 6-13. All projects were 3D and used recycled materials.
2016 Student Teacher, Saturday Young Artist Workshop, K-6th grade, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Taught and designed themed projects for a 8 week art workshop for kids that culminated in an exhibition and reception where the students got to break open the pinatas they made as one of their projects. The theme was Around the World.
2015 Teacher on Record, Beginning Sculpture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Using a combination of lecture and demonstrations, I designed this class to enhance students’ knowledge and skill in traditional forming techniques and process, while also building on visual problem-solving skills and critical thinking abilities.
2014 Instructor, 3D Foundations Instructor, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Taught entry level art students the foundations of designing and building in 3D, using a variety of materials and methods, also conducted critiques.
Other Experience
Present Bus Monitor, West Bus Sevices, Carbondale, Il
Volunteer, Carruthers Elementary School, Murphysboro, Il
2015-2016 Artist Assistant, Medewedeff Forge and Design, Murhpysboro, Il
2015 President, Critical Forum (Registered Student Organization) SouthernIllinois University
2014 Museum Preparator, Graduate Assistantship, Southern Illinois University Museum
2012- 2014 Foundry Technician, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale
2013 Wood/Fabrication Technician, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hot Metal Artist Intern, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
2012– 2009 Foundry Technician, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Guest Artist Lectures
2016 Visiting Artist, University of Mississippi, Artist Lecture, Studio visits, Exhibition
2013 Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Guest Artist Lecture, East Central Community College, Union, Missouri
Awards
2017 Windgate Reasearch Grant Recipiant
2014 2nd Place “8th Annual C4 Juried Exhibition”, Juror Terry Shure
SIU Graduate Profession Student Council Research Award Recipient
2013 3rd Place “See Four” Exhibition, Juror David Freeman
2012 Fort Hays State University Student Honors Art Exhibition Senior Merit Award
Western Cast Iron Art Conference Six Inch Student Cupola Contest Winner
2011 Fort Hays State University Student Honors Art Exhibition Scholarship Award Hays, Kansas
Honorable Mention, ROAR Art Show, Russell Kansas
Cheryl Hiendricks Memorial Scholarship
2010 ROAR Art Show, Russell Kansas, 1st place Price and Honorable Mention
2007 Hays Silver City Award, Scholarship
Memberships
2016 Arts Council of Southeast Missouri
Licenses
Illinois Substitute Teaching License
Pending Illinois K-12 Art Teaching License
Solo Exhibitions
2016 “Playground: Adult Interchange” Gallery 130, Oxford, Mississippi
“Playground: Nuances in Communication” Evergreen Park, Carbondale, Illinois
2014 “Yahp!” Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby, Kansas
2012 “Awkward,” Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
“The Hardie Hole and Other Sculptural Experiences,” Spring Gallery Walk, Union Pacific Park, Hays, Kansas
Juried/ Invitational Exhibitions
2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Broadway, Cape Girardeau Missouri, Juror Jennifer Torres
2016 Yokna Sculpture Trail, Rebel Sculpture Park, Oxford Mississippi, Juror Durant Thompson
Kemp Center for the Arts, Sculpture Garden, Wichita Falls, Texas, Juror Jeffy Bower
2015 “Iron Tribe Exhibition,” New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Juror David Lobdell
2014 “8th Annual C4 Juried Exhibition” Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, Juror Terry Shure
2013 “Sloss Student Exhibition” Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
“See Four,” Surplus Gallery, Carbondale Illinois Juror David Freeman
2012 “Art Over Easy,” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
“Sustain,” Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale Illinois, Juried Recycled Art Exhibition.
“Western Cast Iron Art Conference Student Show,” National Juried Student Show, Hays, Kansas
“FHSU Student Honors Art Exhibition,” Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays Kansas
“Recycled Art,” Kansas Wetlands Center, Great Bend Kansas
2011 “Annual Smokey Hill Exhibition,” Spring Gallery Walk, Hays Arts Center, Hays, Kansas
“Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
“FHSU Student Honors Art Exhibition,” Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2010 “Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
“Twentyten,” EDGE Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
Group Exhibitions
2017 "Juxtaposition" Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
2015 “Iron Tribe Exhibition,” New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2014 “3rd Year Preview Show” Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
“C4 Members Only” Southern Illinois University Muesum, Carbondale, Illinois
“Common Threads: History of Fiber Arts 2nd Annual Class Exhibit” Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2013 “SIU Graduate Student Exhibition” East Central Community College Art Gallery, Union Missouri
“Form, Forge, and Fabricate” University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Illinois
2013 “Iron Exhibition” Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer Minnesota
“Community” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale Illinois
2012 “Processes,” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
“Six Mile Sculpture Works”, Granite City, Illinois
“New Works by Critical Forum,” Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois
“Heavy Things and Paintings,” Winter Gallery Walk, 1010 Main, Hays, Kansas
2011 “Amalgamate,” BFA Art Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
“Toby’s Celebrated Students Sculpture Exhibition Spectacular,” Spring Gallery Walk, Gella’s Dinner, Hays, Kansas
2010 “Soot and Sass: Sculpture by Jillian Thompson and Stacey Rathert,” Fall Gallery
Walk, Gella’s Dinner, Hays, Kansas
“Six Mile Sculpture Works Art Show,” Student Invitational, Granite City, Illinois
“WCIAC Student Show,” Student Invitational, Missoula, Montana
“Tetanus and Tea: FHSU Sculpture Show,” Robbins Center Gallery, Hays, Kansas
Academic Conferences and other Experience
2016 Visiting Artist, Artist Lecture, Studio Visits, Exhibition, University of
Mississippi, Oxford
2015 Iron Tribe, Participant, Las Vegas New Mexico
Repair Days, Participant, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis Tennessee
2014 Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2013 Hot Metal Artist Intern, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Missouri (Summer 2013)
2013 President, Critical Forum (C4), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
Artist Lecture, East Central Community College, Union, Missouri
Six Mile Sculpture Works Conference, Participant Granite City, Illinois
Artist Talk “Community” Exhibition, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
MFA Candidate Panel, SIUC Representative, National Conference on Cast Iron Art, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Secretary, Critical Forum (C4), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Fall 2012- Spring 2013)
Artist Talk “See Four” Juried Exhibition, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
2012 Western Cast Iron Art Conference Assistant coordinator and presenter
Assistant to Wayne Protraz, Tatara Furnas demonstration and lecture
Commission: Made custom forged steel skirts as pedestals for her Linda Ganstrom’s ceramic figures. Shown at the Moss Thorns Gallery, Hays, Kansas, and in the Thomas Hunter Project Space in New York City, New York
Traveling Aluminum Furnace Crew- Built a small crucible furnace to take to area community colleges and high schools, to conduct aluminum casting workshops (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)
Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Participant, Granite City, Illinois
“Koji” SCC Iron Pour, Scottsdale Community College, Participant, Scottsdale Arizona
2011 Gulpola demonstration, Assistant Presenter, Crowder College, Neosho
Missouri
Iron Tribe Performance Pour, Presenter, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Clay Plus One Workshop: Linda Ganstrom, Participant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2010 Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Participant Granite City, Illinois
Western Cast Iron Art Conference and Performance Pour, Presenter Missoula, Montana
2010 Forging On The River Blacksmithing Conference: Brian Russell, Participant National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
Assistant to Toby Flores in preparing for his Blacksmithing and Fabrication workshop
Blacksmithing and Fabrication Workshop: Toby Flores, Participant Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2009 Kansas Artisans and Craftsmen’s Association Conference Iron Pour, Hays, Kansas
University of Wyoming Invitational Pour, Laramie Wyoming
Skill Set and Proficient
Teaching
Lecturing
Workshop
Demonstrations
Critique
Community and Academic Settings
Gallery
Curating
Lighting
Hanging
Building displays
Building walls
Building pedestals
Foundry
Furnaces (gas and cupola)
Casting: bronze, aluminum, and cast iron
Mold making: ceramic shell, resin bonded sand, and green sand.
Various hand tools
Patinas, heat treatments and cold finishes
Sandblasting
Metal Fabrication
Welding: MIG, TIG, arc, and oxygen-acetylene welding, soldering
Cutting: Plasma cutting, oxygen acetylene cutting torch, horizontal and vertical band saw, jump sheer, Beverly sheer
Bending: metal sheet roller, sheet metal break, heating and bending,
Forging: Gas and coal forges, power hammers, and trip hammers
Various finishing techniques
Wood working
Table saw
Bandsaw
Miter saw
Joiner and plainer
Lathe
Belt sanders
Router
Ceramics
Running gas and electric kilns
Various throwing techniques
Hand building
Mixing glazes
Miscellaneous
Plaster and silicon molds
Body Casting
Concrete Casting
Pattern Making: Wood, Wax, and Clay modeling
Carving (plaster, wood, Styrofoam)
Wax welding and modeling
CNC Router
Forklift driver
Tractor driver
Trailer backing
Computer
Adobe Illistrator & Photoshop
Microsoft Word, Excelle, Powerpoint
DraftSight
Aspire
1868 HWY 83 jillthom88@hotmail.com
Oberlin, Ks 67749 www.jpthompsonportfolio.com
Education
2016 Candidate Bachelor of Fine Arts –Art Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
2015 Master of Fine Arts -Sculpture, Art History Minor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts -Sculpture - Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Teaching Experience
Present Instructor/Coordinator, Art Hives Murphysboro, All Ages, Sallie Logan Library, Murphysboro, Illinois
Designed, and sought out funding for an 8-week community art program, open to all ages, and offered to participants at no cost.
Substitute Teacher, Murphysboro School District, Murphsyboro, Il
2017 Art Camp Instructor/Coordinator, John A.Logan Community College, Carterville, Illinois
Designed a 2-week art camp for ages 6-13. All projects were 3D and used recycled materials.
2016 Student Teacher, Saturday Young Artist Workshop, K-6th grade, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Taught and designed themed projects for a 8 week art workshop for kids that culminated in an exhibition and reception where the students got to break open the pinatas they made as one of their projects. The theme was Around the World.
2015 Teacher on Record, Beginning Sculpture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Using a combination of lecture and demonstrations, I designed this class to enhance students’ knowledge and skill in traditional forming techniques and process, while also building on visual problem-solving skills and critical thinking abilities.
2014 Instructor, 3D Foundations Instructor, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Taught entry level art students the foundations of designing and building in 3D, using a variety of materials and methods, also conducted critiques.
Other Experience
Present Bus Monitor, West Bus Sevices, Carbondale, Il
Volunteer, Carruthers Elementary School, Murphysboro, Il
2015-2016 Artist Assistant, Medewedeff Forge and Design, Murhpysboro, Il
2015 President, Critical Forum (Registered Student Organization) SouthernIllinois University
2014 Museum Preparator, Graduate Assistantship, Southern Illinois University Museum
2012- 2014 Foundry Technician, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale
2013 Wood/Fabrication Technician, Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hot Metal Artist Intern, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
2012– 2009 Foundry Technician, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Guest Artist Lectures
2016 Visiting Artist, University of Mississippi, Artist Lecture, Studio visits, Exhibition
2013 Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Guest Artist Lecture, East Central Community College, Union, Missouri
Awards
2017 Windgate Reasearch Grant Recipiant
2014 2nd Place “8th Annual C4 Juried Exhibition”, Juror Terry Shure
SIU Graduate Profession Student Council Research Award Recipient
2013 3rd Place “See Four” Exhibition, Juror David Freeman
2012 Fort Hays State University Student Honors Art Exhibition Senior Merit Award
Western Cast Iron Art Conference Six Inch Student Cupola Contest Winner
2011 Fort Hays State University Student Honors Art Exhibition Scholarship Award Hays, Kansas
Honorable Mention, ROAR Art Show, Russell Kansas
Cheryl Hiendricks Memorial Scholarship
2010 ROAR Art Show, Russell Kansas, 1st place Price and Honorable Mention
2007 Hays Silver City Award, Scholarship
Memberships
2016 Arts Council of Southeast Missouri
Licenses
Illinois Substitute Teaching License
Pending Illinois K-12 Art Teaching License
Solo Exhibitions
2016 “Playground: Adult Interchange” Gallery 130, Oxford, Mississippi
“Playground: Nuances in Communication” Evergreen Park, Carbondale, Illinois
2014 “Yahp!” Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby, Kansas
2012 “Awkward,” Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
“The Hardie Hole and Other Sculptural Experiences,” Spring Gallery Walk, Union Pacific Park, Hays, Kansas
Juried/ Invitational Exhibitions
2017 Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Broadway, Cape Girardeau Missouri, Juror Jennifer Torres
2016 Yokna Sculpture Trail, Rebel Sculpture Park, Oxford Mississippi, Juror Durant Thompson
Kemp Center for the Arts, Sculpture Garden, Wichita Falls, Texas, Juror Jeffy Bower
2015 “Iron Tribe Exhibition,” New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Juror David Lobdell
2014 “8th Annual C4 Juried Exhibition” Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, Juror Terry Shure
2013 “Sloss Student Exhibition” Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
“See Four,” Surplus Gallery, Carbondale Illinois Juror David Freeman
2012 “Art Over Easy,” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
“Sustain,” Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale Illinois, Juried Recycled Art Exhibition.
“Western Cast Iron Art Conference Student Show,” National Juried Student Show, Hays, Kansas
“FHSU Student Honors Art Exhibition,” Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays Kansas
“Recycled Art,” Kansas Wetlands Center, Great Bend Kansas
2011 “Annual Smokey Hill Exhibition,” Spring Gallery Walk, Hays Arts Center, Hays, Kansas
“Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
“FHSU Student Honors Art Exhibition,” Moss Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2010 “Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
“Twentyten,” EDGE Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Russell’s Original Art Review,” Russell, Kansas
Group Exhibitions
2017 "Juxtaposition" Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
2015 “Iron Tribe Exhibition,” New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2014 “3rd Year Preview Show” Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
“C4 Members Only” Southern Illinois University Muesum, Carbondale, Illinois
“Common Threads: History of Fiber Arts 2nd Annual Class Exhibit” Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2013 “SIU Graduate Student Exhibition” East Central Community College Art Gallery, Union Missouri
“Form, Forge, and Fabricate” University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Illinois
2013 “Iron Exhibition” Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer Minnesota
“Community” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale Illinois
2012 “Processes,” Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
“Six Mile Sculpture Works”, Granite City, Illinois
“New Works by Critical Forum,” Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois
“Heavy Things and Paintings,” Winter Gallery Walk, 1010 Main, Hays, Kansas
2011 “Amalgamate,” BFA Art Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
“Toby’s Celebrated Students Sculpture Exhibition Spectacular,” Spring Gallery Walk, Gella’s Dinner, Hays, Kansas
2010 “Soot and Sass: Sculpture by Jillian Thompson and Stacey Rathert,” Fall Gallery
Walk, Gella’s Dinner, Hays, Kansas
“Six Mile Sculpture Works Art Show,” Student Invitational, Granite City, Illinois
“WCIAC Student Show,” Student Invitational, Missoula, Montana
“Tetanus and Tea: FHSU Sculpture Show,” Robbins Center Gallery, Hays, Kansas
Academic Conferences and other Experience
2016 Visiting Artist, Artist Lecture, Studio Visits, Exhibition, University of
Mississippi, Oxford
2015 Iron Tribe, Participant, Las Vegas New Mexico
Repair Days, Participant, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis Tennessee
2014 Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2013 Hot Metal Artist Intern, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Missouri (Summer 2013)
2013 President, Critical Forum (C4), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
- Brought in visiting artist, researched galleries and curated exhibitions, scheduled and conducted meetings, organized fundraisers, community outreach
Artist Lecture, East Central Community College, Union, Missouri
Six Mile Sculpture Works Conference, Participant Granite City, Illinois
Artist Talk “Community” Exhibition, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
MFA Candidate Panel, SIUC Representative, National Conference on Cast Iron Art, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Secretary, Critical Forum (C4), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Fall 2012- Spring 2013)
Artist Talk “See Four” Juried Exhibition, Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois
2012 Western Cast Iron Art Conference Assistant coordinator and presenter
Assistant to Wayne Protraz, Tatara Furnas demonstration and lecture
Commission: Made custom forged steel skirts as pedestals for her Linda Ganstrom’s ceramic figures. Shown at the Moss Thorns Gallery, Hays, Kansas, and in the Thomas Hunter Project Space in New York City, New York
Traveling Aluminum Furnace Crew- Built a small crucible furnace to take to area community colleges and high schools, to conduct aluminum casting workshops (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)
- Colby Community College, Colby Kansas; Felton Middle School, Hays, Kansas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kennedy Middle School, Hays, Kansas; Dodge City Junior College, Dodge City, Kansas; Perry-Lecompton High school, Perry Kansas; Hays High, Hays Kansas.
Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Participant, Granite City, Illinois
“Koji” SCC Iron Pour, Scottsdale Community College, Participant, Scottsdale Arizona
2011 Gulpola demonstration, Assistant Presenter, Crowder College, Neosho
Missouri
Iron Tribe Performance Pour, Presenter, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Clay Plus One Workshop: Linda Ganstrom, Participant, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2010 Six Mile Sculpture Works Iron Conference, Participant Granite City, Illinois
Western Cast Iron Art Conference and Performance Pour, Presenter Missoula, Montana
2010 Forging On The River Blacksmithing Conference: Brian Russell, Participant National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
Assistant to Toby Flores in preparing for his Blacksmithing and Fabrication workshop
Blacksmithing and Fabrication Workshop: Toby Flores, Participant Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2009 Kansas Artisans and Craftsmen’s Association Conference Iron Pour, Hays, Kansas
University of Wyoming Invitational Pour, Laramie Wyoming
Skill Set and Proficient
Teaching
Lecturing
Workshop
Demonstrations
Critique
Community and Academic Settings
Gallery
Curating
Lighting
Hanging
Building displays
Building walls
Building pedestals
Foundry
Furnaces (gas and cupola)
Casting: bronze, aluminum, and cast iron
Mold making: ceramic shell, resin bonded sand, and green sand.
Various hand tools
Patinas, heat treatments and cold finishes
Sandblasting
Metal Fabrication
Welding: MIG, TIG, arc, and oxygen-acetylene welding, soldering
Cutting: Plasma cutting, oxygen acetylene cutting torch, horizontal and vertical band saw, jump sheer, Beverly sheer
Bending: metal sheet roller, sheet metal break, heating and bending,
Forging: Gas and coal forges, power hammers, and trip hammers
Various finishing techniques
Wood working
Table saw
Bandsaw
Miter saw
Joiner and plainer
Lathe
Belt sanders
Router
Ceramics
Running gas and electric kilns
Various throwing techniques
Hand building
Mixing glazes
Miscellaneous
Plaster and silicon molds
Body Casting
Concrete Casting
Pattern Making: Wood, Wax, and Clay modeling
Carving (plaster, wood, Styrofoam)
Wax welding and modeling
CNC Router
Forklift driver
Tractor driver
Trailer backing
Computer
Adobe Illistrator & Photoshop
Microsoft Word, Excelle, Powerpoint
DraftSight
Aspire
