
Welcome to Emily Casella’s Society of Vibrant People

Emily Casella is an Artist and Educator in Northwest IN, who creates humanistic stories through ceramics, video, drawing, photography, and 4D Installations. Her work has been shown in online and in-person galleries. Her Ceramic People have been on display in various Public Buildings. She holds a Ceramic MFA from Herron School of Art+Design and a BFA from Indiana University Northwest. She teaches a variety of college-level art courses, art centers classes, and workshops in-person and online.
- My artwork thematically explores thought patterns, contradictions, and the cycles humans physically/psychologically put ourselves in and play into. My ceramic people have hidden parts of themselves that the viewer can observe to try and understand their point of view and perhaps empathize with their story and the feelings they express. My 2D drawings showcase people’s mental presences, fleeting memories, intrusive thoughts, or daydreams/imagination. I face-paint my body to match my style and people, to explore emotions, tell stories and become a version of roles in societies. Every day there are humans that want to deflate the world by constrictions with the goal of boring, homogenous scripted living. I hope my work can inspire vibrance and empathy so that when other humans encounter each other they uncover the story of being.
- All images on this site: Copyright Emily J Casella 2022. Part of Emily J Casella, LLC.
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