Jonah Isaac Jablons
1 Erwin Park Montclair, NJ07042
973/747-5008| jjablons@skidmore.edu
Education
Skidmore College, Major: Studio Art ExpectedGraduation 2017
SACI (Studio Arts Centers International) Florence, Italy Spring 2016
RELEVANT COURSE WORK (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY)
Artists Books Fall 2015
· Book binding skills and practices including; stab binding, accordion, codex and coptic
· Trained in techniques such as paper making, marbleizing and Letterpress
Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing Fall-Spring 2013-2015
· Classic drawing introduction including still life and figure drawing
· Conceptual drawings from abstract prompts
Advanced Printmaking, Lithography Fall-Spring 2016-2017
· Experience working with relief, intaglio, letterpress and stone lithography.
· Expanded conceptual thinking through specific projects and personal exploration.
Employment Experience
Studio Assistant, Printmaking Department Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Fall-Spring 2016-2017
· Responsible for the maintenance of the Skidmore College Printmaking Studio.
· Operate and clean, four etching presses, three lithography presses, and one letterpress.
· Assisting Professor Leavitt in lithography and advanced printmaking courses.
Exhibitions Assistant, Tang Museum Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Summer 2016
· Research methods including, writing papers on multiple topics for possible wall plaques.
· Model making for small-scale replicas of exhibition possibilities.
· Experience working alongside an accomplished museum director.
Collections Assistant, Tang Museum Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Summer-Spring 2015-2017
· Object Handling including paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, textiles and Artifacts.
· Conditioning of objects within the collection, as well as newly gifted and loaned objects
· Experience in unpacking and properly storing newly acquired gifts to the collection
Monitor, Tang Museum Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Fall 2014-Spring 2015
· Monitored five exhibition spaces of fine contemporary art
· Worked closely with museum staff including assisting curatorial and administrative staff as needed
Intern, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY Summer 2014
· Organized and took inventory of Gallery’s collection
· Assisted in delivery and installation of art purchased from Gallery off site and at the gallery space
STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION
· Student Representative, Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Committee Meeting. 1 of 5 students invited to meet with Skidmore’s Reaccreditation Committee Visiting Team Chair, Dr. Janet Riggs, President of Gettysburg College
· Student Delegate, Tang Museum 15th Year Anniversary Celebration. Selected by the Director of the Tang Museum as one of only 8 undergraduates to represent the student body at the Tang Museum Board of Trustees dinner commemorating the museums’ anniversary
· Board Member, Skidmore College Hip Hop Alliance
EXHIBITIONS
· Student Art in the Library Fall 2014. Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY.
· Print Show, Fall 2015, Case Center Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY.
· Solo Exhibition: Idiot Art, Fall 2015. Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
· Student Art in the Library Fall 2016. Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY.
SKILLS
· Extensive knowledge in Microsoft programs including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint as well as
Adobe Illustrator and Google Sketchup