Debbie Thompson

  www.debbthompson.com                        

  Email: duthom@umich.ed                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                               

EDUCATION

 

• Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, University of Michigan, 1972

• K-12 Teaching Certificate University of Michigan School of Education, 1972

• Master of Arts, Eastern Michigan, 1979

• 30 graduate credit hours in Studio Art, 1989-2004

 

WORK HISTORY

      

• Ceramic Instructor Ann Arbor Potters Guild  2016

• Integrated Arts Instructor  University of Michigan  2008 - 2010

• Visual Art Instructor  Washtenaw Community College 2007 - present

• Ceramic Instructor Ann Arbor Potters Guild   2008-2009

• Visual Art Instructor, Ann Arbor Public Schools 1972 - 2007

• Art Department Chairperson, Pioneer High School, 1995- 2007

• Instructor for “History of Transportation” ceramic mural sponsored by the Washtenaw Counsel for the Arts, 1987

• Visual Art Teacher, Ann Arbor Art Center “Art for Children, 1971 – 1973

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AWARDS

   

•  2018 Acquisition; International Dinnerware Museum 

•  2011 Peoples Choice Award Slusser Gallery, Alumni Show, University of Michigan AA, MI

•  2010 Honorable Mention  Slusser, Gallery , Alumni Show, University of Michigan AA, MI

•  2005 Michigan Art Education Honorable Mention, Lansing, MI

•  2000 Saginaw Valley College Purchase Award, Saginaw, MI

•  1995 Michigan Art Education Association Purchase Award Lansing, MI

•  1986 Michigan Potters Association Merit Award Detroit Artists Market Detroit,  MI

•  1985 University of Michigan Hospital Art Acquisition Award  AA, MI

•  1980 Michigan Art Education Honorable Mention Lansing, MI

•  1978 Michigan Art Education Purchase Award  Lansing, MI

•  1976 Michigan Art Education Purchase Award  Lansing, MI

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EXHIBITIONS

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• 2016 Cake; International Dinnerware Museum AA, MI

• 2016  Out of the Fire; Northville Art House   Northville, MI

• 2015 Clay Power; Power Center AA, MI

• 2015 Dancing Dog Christmas Exhibit  AA,  MI

• 2014  Connections and Links; Solo Exhibition, Clay Gallery AA, MI

• 2014 Table of Contents; Clay Gallery, AA, MI

• 2013 Washtenaw Community College Faculty Show, Gallery One,  AA, MI

• 2012 Echo; Clay Gallery, AA, MI

• 2012 University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition; Slusser Gallery AA, MI

• 2011 Ella Sharp Museum; Jackson, MI

• 2011 University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition; Slusser Gallery AA, MI

• 2010 Michigan Art Education Association; Work Gallery, AA,  MI

• 2010 University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition; Slusser Gallery, AA, MI

• 2009 Buckham Gallery University of Michigan; “Loss”  Flint, MI

• 2007 University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition; Slusser Gallery AA, MI

• 2006 Michigan Art Education Association; Work Gallery, AA, MI

• 2002 Mail Art - Post Modernism; Ann Arbor Art Center AA, MI

• 2002 A Room of One’s Own; Michigan Guild Gallery AA, MI

• 2001 Out of the Fire; University of Michigan Slusser Gallery Potters Guild AA, MI

• 1999 Garden Sculpture; Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, MI

• 1999 From Classroom to Studio; Ann Arbor Art Center;  AA, MI

• 1994 Earthly Delights, Art for the Garden; Meadowbrook Hall, Rochester, MI

• 1994 Ann Arbor Artists & Educators;  Kerrytown Concert House,  AA, MI

• 1992 Ann Arbor Artists & Educators;  Kerrytown Concert House,  AA, MI

• 1990 Ann Arbor Artists & Educators;  Kerrytown Concert House,  AA, MI

• 1992 Adrian College Invitational; Adrian, MI

• 1990 Ann Arbor Potters Guild, 40th Anniversary Homestead Gallery, Ohio

• 1988 Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor Teachers Exhibit AA, MI

• 1987 Plates and Platters Pewabic Pottery Detroit, MI

• 1985 Ann Arbor Potters Guild 35th Anniversary Bowling Green,  OH

• 1985 Michigan Potters Association Juried Exhibit; Shelo-Shevel Gallery, AA MI

• 1984 Nat’l Ceramics Invitational Exhibit, Bowling Green State University OH

• 1983 Ann Arbor Art Teachers Exhibit AA

• 1980 Ann Arbor Art Teachers Exhibit AA

• 1977 A Bit of Whimsy; Ann Arbor Art Center AA

 

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SELECTED PRESS

 

• Old West Side News; June 2016

• Ann Arbor.com October 21, 2013     

• Clay Times Magazine;  October, 2012

• Toledo Blade;  February 9, 1992

• Ann Arbor News;  July 8, 1987

• Ann Arbor News; December 14, 1986

 

 

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

• Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

• Ann Arbor Potters Guild

• Ann Arbor Art Educators Association

• Michigan Ceramics Education Association

• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts