JAN A. THOMAS

Douglass School Art Place

900 Douglass St.                                                                                 
Murphysboro, IL  62966                                                                     
618-687-3791                                                                                    

 

LEARNING

          1992    MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
          1985    BFA Equivalent, Southwest Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
          1967    BA, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

 

TEACHING & WORKING

            2000-Present   DO U GLASS Hot Shop: Built & Operated with Cameron Smith
                                    Glassblowing, lessons, workshops & occasional demonstrations

1993-Present   DOUGLASS SCHOOL ART PLACE:  Founded with Gretel Chapman
                                    On-going restoration of historic school into artists’ studios, exhibition
                                    and performance spaces, a sculpture garden and glassblowing studio.

            1992-1995       Adjunct Instructor, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL:
                                    Weekly workshop for beginning glassblowing students

            1989-1997       Mobile Glassblowing Unit, SIU-C:  Demonstrations & Workshops:
                                         Illinois: Carbondale, Art Train, Arts in Celebration; Decatur,
                                                    Spring Arts Festival & Rend Lake, Southern
                                                    Illinois Artisans Shop Spring Festival
                                         Indiana:  Evansville Mayfest
                                         Missouri: Louisiana, Autumn Colorfest
                                         North Carolina:  Winston-Salem, Sawtooth Center for the Arts
                                         Texas: Beaumont, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Glass Festival
                                         Wisconsin:  Neenah-Menasha Art Museum, Art Train                                                                                                                     
EXHIBITIONS

  1. Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL, Administrative Counselors’

Award

  1. Springfield Art Association Edwards Place Fine Art Fair, Springfield, IL,

            Best of Glass
           
            2004    Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL, Best of Show

  1. Southern Illinois Artists Biennial Exhibition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL

           
            2002    The Cutting Edge, Maiden Alley Cinema Gallery, Paducah, KY

            2002    Cedarhurst Craft Fair, Mt. Vernon, IL, Best of Glass
                       
            2000    The Douglass School @ Mungo Jerry’s Fat Cat Café, Murphysboro, IL

            1999    The People’s Art Show Again, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
                        (Co-Curator)

            1997    Another People’s Art Show, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
                        (Co-Curator)

1995   People’s Art Show, Douglass School Art Place, Murphysboro, IL
(Co-Curator)

1994    Women in Glass, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993    Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
            Illinois Arts Week Invitational, Carbondale Public Library, Carbondale, IL
            15th Biennial Southern Illinois Artists, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        Second Prize
            Visiting Artists Exhibition, Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
            Glass at Twenty, A Creative Synthesis, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL     

1992    Glassworks, Sycamore Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
            Magistra Ludi, MFA Thesis Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL
            Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, IL

1991    Liquid Sand: Exquisite Glass Goblets, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ

1990    Crafts ‘90, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY    Merit Award

1989    Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL

1988    Southern Glassworks at Paducah, Markethouse Gallery, Paducah, KY
            Crafts ‘88, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY
            Illinois Ozark Craft Exhibition, SIU-C, Carbondale, IL

            1987    Boston Printmakers’ 39th North American Print Exhibition, Boston, MA
           
            1985    SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO
                        Pan-Missouri Invitational Student Exhibition, Springfield, MO

  1. SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO, Best in Show

Crafts ’84, Paducah Art Guild Gallery, Paducah, KY

            1983    SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO  First Prize

            1982    SEMO University Student Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO