Education
2020 – Master of Fine Arts, Studio Arts – Ceramics Concentration
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2017 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Arts – Ceramics Concentration, summa cum laude
Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
2014 – Associate of Arts, magna cum laude
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Exhibitions
2020 – Masters Thesis Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
2020 – Paper & Clay National Juried Exhibition, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2020 – Swamp Casserole: A Love Story, Carbondale, Illinois
2019 – Porous Languages, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2019 – MFA Preview Show, SIU University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
2019 – Mugshot2 2nd Biennial International Juried Ceramic Mug Competition, accepted
2019 – Carbondale Civic Center Ceramics Exhibition, Carbondale, Illinois
2017 – Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society Auction– Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2017 – President’s Display Exhibition, GSU Visual Arts Gallery – Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
2017 – Bachelor of Fine Arts Group Exhibition, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
2016 – Print on Clay, Skylight Gallery, Governors State University, University Park Illinois
2013 – League for Innovation in the Community College Student Art Competition, National (catalog)
2013 – Moraine Valley Community College Juried Community Art Exhibition, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
2012 – Moraine Valley Community College Juried Student Art Exhibition, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
2012 – Skyway Juried Art Competition, Morton College, Cicero, Illinois
2011 – Moraine Valley Community College Juried Student Art Exhibition, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
2011 – Moraine Valley Community College Juried Community Art Exhibition, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Collections
Moraine Valley Community College Art Club Permanent Collection, Palos Hills, Illinois
Employment
2017 – 2020 – Library Preservationist/Preservation Lab Supervisor
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2017 – 2020 – Ceramics Studio Tech
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2018 – 2019 – Instructor – Beginning Ceramics
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
2013 – 2014 – Lab Tech– Printmaking Studio
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Workshops and Publications
2019 – Presenter, “Choosing and Constructing Protective Enclosures for Library Materials”
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Blohm, Jason. “E-Flute Clamshell Box Tutorial.” Preservation Resources – CARLI, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, 8 May 2019, http://www.carli.illinois.edu/sites/files/group/preservation-comm/20190508_Howell_Blohm_Protective_Enclosure_EFlute_Clamshell_Instructions.pdf.
