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Joan Thomson is an artist and educator
who lives and works in Somerset County.
She incorporates many mediums in her
work, however her main focus has been
Watercolor painting and Functional Ceram-
ics. She holds a B.A. in Art from Rowan Uni-
versity and a M.A. in Art Education from
Kean University. She has studied with many
artists at the duCret School of Art, The Cen-
ter for Contemporary Art, the Loveladies
Foundation for the Arts and Sciences.
Joan is an Art teacher at Watchung Hills
Regional High School in Warren, NJ. She
has taught high school Fine Art and
Ceramic classes to adults and teens for
over twenty-five years. In 2009 she was
recognized as Teacher of the Year at
Watchung Hills. She is currently introduc-
ing her students to the use of iPads as an
artistic medium. Joan and her students are
drawing directly on the iPad to create dig-
ital images that can be added to all elec-
tronic devices.
Her paintings and ceramics have been
selected into regional art exhibitions
including the Comart Drawing Gallery
Syracuse, NY; Gallery 214 Artspace, Mont-
clair, NJ and the Pharmacia Corporation,
Peapack, NJ.
As an educator, Joan has aspired to instill a
lifelong appreciation of Art in her students.
She resides in Green Brook and is actively
involved in local Art Associations.
JOAN THOMSON
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