Jillian Mae Severky
B. 2003
CONTACT:
Jseversky@outlook.com • @imaebedoingart
EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art Education with a concentration in ceramics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC— 2025
SKILLS:
Glaze Chemistry, Kiln Programming, Loading and Unloading kilns, Ceramic techniques: the wheel, casting, & hand-building, drawing, Metals, Photo Editing, Writing, Research, Lesson Planning, Teaching, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Creative Cloud) & Google/Excel Sheets.
EXPERIENCE:
Studio Assistant, Ashley Kim ‘Domestic Renderings, Three-Dimensionally’ Penland School of Arts and Crafts Spruce Pine, NC. —June & July 2026
Assistant, Maggie Flanigan ‘Introduction to Screen Printing’, Watauga High School, Boone NC —Dec 2025
Workshop Instructor, “Portraits of the Familiar: Everyday Objects and Us” Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN — Dec 2025
Volunteer, Spruce Pine Potters Market, Spruce Pine, NC— 2025
Appalachian State Clay Club Co-President, Boone, NC — 2023-2025
Front Desk Assistant & Gallery Ambassador, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC— 2022–2026
Workshop Instructor, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC — 2022–2026
Student Teacher, Ceramics, Watauga High School, Boone, NC — 2025
Work-Study, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN — May–Aug 2024
Assistant, Utilitarian Clay Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN — Sep 2025
Studio Assistant, Andréa Keys Connell, Boone, NC— 2024– 2025
Pentaculum Resident (2-time), by invitation of Malcolm Mobutu Smith & Mark Errol, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN — May 2024 & 2025
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Throwing (Hanna Traynham), Appalachian State University — May-July 2023
Art Instructor, The Children’s Playhouse, Boone, NC — 2023
Kiln and Glaze Manager, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC—2024-25
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025
What Tumbles Out: Reflections on Reverence — Looking Glass Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Todo Cuenta en el Washer/It All Counts in The Washer — Watauga Arts Council Art Space, Boone, NC.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026
Soft Portals —HRT Studio at 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Mudflat Cup Show Juried by Chandra DeBuse —Mudflat Pottery Studio, MA
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition— Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition— Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Bunnies & Bruised Knees — Mana Contemporary/Purple Window Gallery/ Chicago, IL
The Red Show — The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC.
2025
My Favorite Bowl Has Cracks — Scenic City Clay Arts, Chattanooga, TN.
Art and Design Expo — The Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.— (Honorary Mention)
2024
Children of the Corn — The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC.
2024
Cabinet of Curiosities — The Third Place, Boone, NC.
2023
Print Mural and Ceramic Show — The Finmore, Boone, NC.
Student Art Expo — Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, NC.
2022
Art and Design Expo — The Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
PUBLICATIONS:
Ceramics Monthly, Issue: May 2026, exposure section
NCECA 2026 "Volumes" exhibition catalog 2026
ART TALKS & DEMOS GIVEN:
Tales of a Red Clay Ramler: Episode #567 Hosted by Ben Carter
Artist Demo & Talk, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. By invitation of Lisa Stinson— May 2025
Demo Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, December 2025
Pentaculum Artist Talk, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, May 2025
MEMBERSHIPS:
NCECA Member
Northern Indiana Clay Alliance Member 2026
Nth Gallery Boone, NC Membership 2022-current
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:
Northern Indiana Clay Alliance Emerging Artist Scholarship 2026
Baltimore Jewelry Center Scholarship Recipient 2026
Honorary Mention 16th Annual Workhouse Clay International, Juried By Ben Carter, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA 2026
Honorary Mention Art and Design Expo, Smith Gallery, Schaefer Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. 2025
Women Working With Clay Symposium, Hollis University, Roanoke, VA, 2025 Scholarship
Appalachian State Office of Student Research Grants May 2025 & October 2025
Hobbs-Roulstone Scholarship in Art, Appalachian State Department of Art
Eva H. Burress Memorial Scholarship for Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art & Art Education, Appalachian State Department of Art
GFWC-NC Greeson-Johnson Scholarship for Teacher Education, Appalachian State Department of Art
John E. Thomas Endowed Scholarship in Education, Appalachian State Reich College of Education
Baxter Global Scholarship, Baxter International
Folds of Honor Scholarship
Dean's List, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2021-2025
Diversity Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, May 2024 & 2025
CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
Wonder + Play with Mia Kaplan, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine, 2026
Bells with Margo Csipő, Baltimore Jewelry Center, 2026
NCECA 60th Annual Conference, Detroit, MI
NCECA 59th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
NCECA 58th Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
Women Working With Clay Symposium, Hollis University, Roanoke, VA, 2025
Utilitarian Clay Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2025 (assistant)
Penland Community Day 2024- 26
Precious Porcelain Jewelry with Mindy Herrin-Lewis, 2024, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Building to Draw, Drawing to Build: Malcolm Mobutu Smith, 2024, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
If You Know You Know: Sarah Rachel Brown and Georgia Trevino, 2024, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Hollow Build the Self-referential Bust: Misty Gamble, 2024, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Visiting Artist: Lisa Clague, Live Demonstration, Appalachian State University, NC, 2024
Visiting Artist: Rose Hardesty, Live Demonstration, Appalachian State University, NC, 2025