About Pamela Thompson
Background
Pamela Thompson is an active artist, designer and educator as assistant professor in the Center for Art and Media at Goucher College Baltimore Maryland U.S.A. She received her B.F.A. in fine art from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1988, and her M.F.A. in sculpture at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD in 1991. She has received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant for her three-dimensional installation work and drawings. As an educator, she received a Melon Sustainability Grant for integrating ecological subject matter into course curriculum. In 2012, she was awarded a grant for an art residency at Babayan Culture House in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Her recent sculptural installations, drawings, prints and collages have been shown in Washington D.C, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Turkey.
College educator
Thompson has been teaching at Goucher College since 1999 and at other colleges since 1989. These have been college foundation level art classes at University of Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College, Anne Arundel Community College, Catonsville Community College Baltimore County, and Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University). She was a visiting artist at the Corcoran School of Art, the Maryland Institute of Art, as well as a juror and visiting artist at local community colleges. She also held the position of Rosenberg Gallery Director and Collections Coordinator while teaching at Goucher College. She teaches a course titled, "Visual Thinking", in which she focuses on creative processes and expressive use of materials. She also teaches "Socially Engaged Art Practice: Environmental Justice" for which the students projects address environmental problems on a local and global scale.
Design and applied arts
Thompson’s professional history is diverse, in the field of applied design. Her earliest design experience came from her job at "Supersign", a custom sign company, She later found the world of typography while working at Harlowe Typography, a hot type and photo typographer then proceeded to an in-house publishing staff at the American Geophysical Union, a science association that published journals and books. During the early 1980’s Ms. Thompson did technical illustrations for the Department of Defense and the Navy. She designed manuals for submarine and sonar equipment, electronics and software diagrams. Contracts for these projects included IBM, Sperry, Tech-Aide, Mitre and other “beltway” engineering firms. Thompson partnered at Design Source, a graphic design firm in Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1989. The company received recognition and awards for its print designs such as the Xerox Corporation Annual Report Award in Desktop Publishing, the Art Director’s Club of Washington D.C. and Print Magazine. Clients included the D.C. Washington Visitors Bureau, A&T and the Smithsonian Institution. As a freelance artist, Ms. Thompson designed publications for Petree Design, S & S Graphics, Air Force Association, Retired Officers Association, Cravers, Mathews & Smith- a political campaign direct mail firm, and the Baltimore Office for Promotion in the Arts. As sole proprietor in a decorative painting design business from 1989 to 1999 Ms. Thompson designed surface finishes for exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution Museums, District of Columbia Historical Society, the Walters Museum and Pier 5 Hotel in the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. Her custom residential wall finishes were often commissioned by interior designers and faux finish companies such as Valley Craftsmen, Lenore Winters Design and Gabbay/Mullaney Design.
Pamela Thompson is an active artist, designer and educator as assistant professor in the Center for Art and Media at Goucher College Baltimore Maryland U.S.A. She received her B.F.A. in fine art from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1988, and her M.F.A. in sculpture at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD in 1991. She has received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant for her three-dimensional installation work and drawings. As an educator, she received a Melon Sustainability Grant for integrating ecological subject matter into course curriculum. In 2012, she was awarded a grant for an art residency at Babayan Culture House in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Her recent sculptural installations, drawings, prints and collages have been shown in Washington D.C, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Turkey.
College educator
Thompson has been teaching at Goucher College since 1999 and at other colleges since 1989. These have been college foundation level art classes at University of Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College, Anne Arundel Community College, Catonsville Community College Baltimore County, and Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University). She was a visiting artist at the Corcoran School of Art, the Maryland Institute of Art, as well as a juror and visiting artist at local community colleges. She also held the position of Rosenberg Gallery Director and Collections Coordinator while teaching at Goucher College. She teaches a course titled, "Visual Thinking", in which she focuses on creative processes and expressive use of materials. She also teaches "Socially Engaged Art Practice: Environmental Justice" for which the students projects address environmental problems on a local and global scale.
Design and applied arts
Thompson’s professional history is diverse, in the field of applied design. Her earliest design experience came from her job at "Supersign", a custom sign company, She later found the world of typography while working at Harlowe Typography, a hot type and photo typographer then proceeded to an in-house publishing staff at the American Geophysical Union, a science association that published journals and books. During the early 1980’s Ms. Thompson did technical illustrations for the Department of Defense and the Navy. She designed manuals for submarine and sonar equipment, electronics and software diagrams. Contracts for these projects included IBM, Sperry, Tech-Aide, Mitre and other “beltway” engineering firms. Thompson partnered at Design Source, a graphic design firm in Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1989. The company received recognition and awards for its print designs such as the Xerox Corporation Annual Report Award in Desktop Publishing, the Art Director’s Club of Washington D.C. and Print Magazine. Clients included the D.C. Washington Visitors Bureau, A&T and the Smithsonian Institution. As a freelance artist, Ms. Thompson designed publications for Petree Design, S & S Graphics, Air Force Association, Retired Officers Association, Cravers, Mathews & Smith- a political campaign direct mail firm, and the Baltimore Office for Promotion in the Arts. As sole proprietor in a decorative painting design business from 1989 to 1999 Ms. Thompson designed surface finishes for exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution Museums, District of Columbia Historical Society, the Walters Museum and Pier 5 Hotel in the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area. Her custom residential wall finishes were often commissioned by interior designers and faux finish companies such as Valley Craftsmen, Lenore Winters Design and Gabbay/Mullaney Design.