Classes:

ART 210A Drawing

ART 246 Raku and Primitive Clay

ART 240A Ceramics I

ART 240B Ceramics II

ART 250A Beginning Sculpture

ART 250B Clay Sculpture I

ART 250C Clay Sculpture II

Bio: Jess Thompson has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She moved to Mendocino County in 2001 to begin a 4 yr. apprenticeship at Doug Browe and Jan Hoyman's earthenware pottery in Ukiah, and has lived in Comptche since 2008 with her husband, potter Nick Schwartz. Together they run Flynn Creek Pottery, a studio and residency program for emerging artists in the ceramic arts.

Something You Don’t Know About Me: I am a student practitioner of Tibetan thangka painting, under a master from the Dalai Lama’s Institute of Tibetan Thangka Arts.