CV – emily j casella

Doing an Artist Talk with Lubeznik Center Teen Arts Group
Archiving Ledgers for Newfields Indianapolis Musuem of Art LIbrary and Archives 2018
Artist Talk for Bibere Viridi Sanctum, Closing of Word of Mouth Woman’s Made Gallery Feb 2022
The Watchman at Deerfield Village Hall Sept 2019-Sept 2020
The Watchman at Portage Public Library May 1-July 31, 2021. YA Section Portage, IN.
The first encounter in the Park of Infinite Connection
Painting the South Shore Arts Munster Tulip with Cara Schmitt May 2022
Mycenae Post and Lintel 2022
Graphic and Photography Classes at Ivy Tech 2020-2022

Currently working on On-Ramp Grant Project Ceramics Go Outside, which will be a limited edition Photography Art Book and an Outdoor Event join the newsletter to be the first to know when the book will be released and more information about the Free Outdoor Event. The limited Edition of 70 copies Ceramic Go Outside is now available to purchase! https://emilyjcasella-shop.square.site/ceramics-go-outside-book

Published Works
Casella, Emily J . Ceramics Go Outside: Photographs of Emily J Casella’s Photographs around Northwest Indiana and Elsewhere. Hardback Book Full Color 104 pages. 2025.

Education
2019-2017 Herron School of Art and Design MFA , Ceramics. Indianapolis, Indiana.
2016-2013 Indiana University Northwest. BFA Focus Ceramics and Photography. Minor in Art History. Gary, Indiana.

Solo Shows:
October 15-November 15 2024 “Strange Little Worlds” Solo retrospective show at South Suburban College South Holland, IL.
April – July 2024 “The Delicious Space Between Me and You-I MEAN FOOD!” Color Pencil Drawings and small ceramic works at Roots Cafe in Valparaiso, IN.
2023 July 8-August 30th In Emotion on Entrain, Chesterton Art Center Chesterton, IN.
2019-May 2-18 Park of Infinite Connection Herron School of Art and Design Gallery
2018 14 September Pop-up installation and video screening of “I Can’t Blink” At Central State Mansion, Indianapolis, IN.
2016 Absorption Preserve IUN’s Contemporary Gallery Senior Thesis

Juried & Group Shows:
2025 October Growth Emerging Artist Society group show at Bean me up Coffee in Munster, IN.
2025 August what makes us human Emerging Artist Society group show at South Suburban College in South Holland, IL.
2025 May 24-July 7th. The Photographs “The Questioning Girl Experiences Dehumanization Caused By Bathroom Monitoring” and “The Waiter Ceramic Figure in the Caboose at Thomas Centennial Park, Chesterton, Indiana” were selected for Irrepressible Pride Exhibition at South Bend Museum of Art. South Bend, IN. IRREPRESSIBLE: 2025 Pride Exhibition Community Gallery. South Bend Museum of Art South Bend, IN. Jurors Katie Neece and Krista Cox. https://files.constantcontact.com/c564979c801/459df7a3-b981-4823-9ad3-83dddb945283.pdf
2025 June: IUN Alumni Show Invitational. You Think You Walk All Over Me But I’m Just Telling You Where to Go” Ceramic Figure.
2025 May-June. Part of the Collaborative Project “Better Together” through Emerging Art Society of Chesterton Art Center. 17 mixed-media works on paper by 11 artists of the EAS group! On view at Red Cup in Chesterton, IN.
2025 April 3-May 3. Orange Lip Shake Color Pencil Drawing was in the Chesterton Art Center’s Faculty Exhibition at Glenn L Firme Gallery, Beverly Shores, IN.
2025 January-February Debuted A WAY OUT Under Train at Thomas Centennial Park and The Waiter in Caboose at Thomas Centennial Park in Chesterton, IN Framed 13×19 Photographs at The South Suburban Biannual Faculty Show at South Suburban College, South Holland, IL.
2024 June 7-July 20th Southwest Surrealism/ Surreal Southwest A WAY OUT was selected by Juror Amy Ernst (Max Ernst Granddaughter) Prescott, Arizona Yavapai College Prescott, Arizona.https://theprescotttimes.com/arts_and_entertainment/southwest-surrealism-surreal-southwest-an-artistic-journey-in-prescott/article_946735fa-17b2-11ef-b7dc-2308f4e729a4.htmlhttps://ycvisualarts.com/currentexhibitionprescott
2023 January. Watchman is on view at South Suburban College. South Holland, IL part of the Faculty Show.
2022 December. To the Stop the Spread, We Need to Stop Moving; How Do We Stop? Part of the Chesterton Art Center Gallery for the Member’s Show.
2022 November 7-20, Best American Artist Virtual Show, Holy Gallery London, UK https://www.theholyart.com/best-american-artist-2022-room-ivThe Time Critter and Consumer 2019 image, If So Reclaim 2021, If I Glimpsed into the Future 2022, To Stop the Spread 2022, and Bibere Viridi Sanctum Still Image were included in the show.
2022 October 6th – Nov 5 A WAY OUT Sculpture Installation and The Time Critter and Consumer installation selected for Metamorphosis Group Show at Union Street Gallery https://www.unionstreetgallery.org/
2022, September 9–November 6 “If I glimpsed into the Future, would it seem like Heaven?” drawing was selected for the 79th Annual Salon Show, South Shore Arts Gallery Munster, IN. Juror Chris Cosnowski. https://www.southshoreartsonline.org/79th-annual-salon-show
2022, August 5-28. The Time Critter and the Consumer installation was selected for the OFF THE WALL 2k22 exhibition at Side Street Studio Arts Gallery in Elgin, IL.
2022 Summer Tiptoe Thru Town Tulip Fest. Public Art Piece. Painted Beautiful Oops Tulip with Cara Schmitt for South Shore Arts Munster to be displayed outside. https://www.munster.org/egov/documents/1654889040_46711.pdf
2022 January 15-February Bibere Viridi Sanctum full ceramic piece+video in Word of Mouth, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror: Rosalyn D’Mello.https://womanmade.org/artwork/emily-j-casella/ https://womanmade.org/product-category/word-of-mouth/
2021, Nov 6 Bibere Viridi Sanctum was selected to be in the 7th Annual Michigan City Video Fest, Michigan City, IN.
2021 January 24-November 21, 2020 The Watchman was selected to be in The 77th Annual Salon Show at South Shore Arts Gallery Munster, IN. Juror: Lauren Pacheco
2020 September 4-27. Loss a Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. September 4-27 2020. My piece Reminded of Death, Shocked and Upset, January 2020, was selected. Juror Felicia Grant Preston. https://womanmade.org/loss-a-virtual-exhibition/ https://womanmade.org/artwork/emily-casella/

Grants:

2024 Indiana Arts Commission ON-RAMP. The On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program includes a three-day intensive entrepreneurship and community engagement workshop and the chance to apply for up to $2,000 to put the lessons into action. Cohorts become incredible networks of support and collaboration.

Fairs and Markets
Hunt and Gather Market March 8 & 9, 2024 at Lake County Fair Grounds Crown Point, IN.
Maker’s Market Fall 2023 South Shore Arts Munster Gallery and Spring 2022.
Volunteer for the Education Booth Chesterton Art Fair.

Self Produced Art Making Events

On June 10th, 2025 I created a free outdoor event Ceramics Go Outside that had 110 people sign up and 87 ceramics were made. I fired them afterwards and they were able to pick them up. You can see the images of the event and learn more about it here: https://indd.adobe.com/view/e63590df-4a88-42a9-ab81-c281c7b8f076

Past on view
2021 May 1-July 31. The Watchman was on view at Portage Public Library, in Portage IN.
2020 September-Sept 2019 The Watchman was on view at Deerfield’s Village Hall’s main foyer.

Group Shows during Grad School
2019 April. First annual Ceramic show. I Can’t Blink installation. Indianapolis, IN Herron
2019 January 4-December 6 2018 Tiny VII, Juried Art Show of work under 6 inches. Three pieces were selected. Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN.
2018 October 4-19 Echoes: Herron EFAC Gallery Indianapolis, IN.
2018 April-June Dreams in Paper: Tube Factory Indianapolis, IN. The public art project
2018 February Only Partly: An Introduction, Herron School of Art and Design EFAC Gallery
2017 SOFA Chicago Connect, Floating House. Installation. MFA Cohort executed the “Floating House” concept by Corey Robinson and the installation was shown in 2017 SOFA.

Juroring Opportunities

I was the Sole Juror for South Shore Arts 49th 2023 TriCounty High School/Middle School Show. I awarded over 8,000 dollars to a selection of students from a pool of over 1,000.

Artist and Author Talks
July 10th 2025 Author Talk for Ceramics Go Outside Photography Book at South Shore Arts Munster, Center for Performing Arts at the Art Gallery in partnership with the Gift Shop.

July 26, 2023. Artist Talk for En Emotion on Entrain Solo Show at Chesterton Art Center.

Grant Panelist Opportunities

Panelist and Reader for the Region 1 APS Grant 2024 for the 2024-25 Cycle, through the Indiana Arts Commission.

Libraries, Museums, Collection Photographer, and Art Handling

May-August 2018. Newfields Indianapolis Museum of Art. Library and Archives Intern. Photographed Ledgers from the 1880s-1950s and Campus Blueprints from 1930s-2000. Also, Art Handling certified.
September 2017-January 2018. Herron Art Library. Photographed Contemporary Art Books by Fine Artists
May-August 2016. ARTSPACE8, Chicago, IL. Photographed their painting and sculpture collection.
July 2014-July 2017. Indiana University Northwest John W Anderson Library Circulation Desk

Art Instructor/Professor Positions

Adjunct Professor for various departments of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana.

Summer 2021 Instructor for IvyTech Valparaiso Graphic Design/Marketing collaboration with COSMYFY USA new branch of an all-natural, green cosmetic company Phytolab, and COSMYFY Milano, Italy, where students designed and came up with 12 different body-care products
I teach the four courses that allow students to achieve a Design Certification.
Vector Imaging and Design for Visual Communications Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Fundamental Computer Graphics, and Raster Imaging. Fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. 2025.
Survey of Art and Cultural 1, Survey of Art and Culture 2, Fall 2022.
Art Appreciation Online Spring 2021.
Art Appreciation 110 and Art History 101 Online. Summer 2020.
Life and Object Drawing II and Beginners’ Photography Spring 2020.
Life and Object Drawing I, Art History 101 Online Fall 2019.

South Suburban College South Holland, IL.
Adjunct Professor
Fall 2025 16-Week Ceramics 1 and 2.
Spring 2025 16 weeks Drawing 2.
Fall 2024 16-Week Handbuilding Ceramics 1 and Photography 1
Spring 2024 16-week Handbuilding Ceramics 1 and 2.
Fall 2023: 16-Weeks Handbuiding Ceramics 1 and Photography 1
Spring 2023: 16 weeks Handbuilding Ceramics 1 and 2.

Roosevelt University Downtown Chicago, IL.
Fall 2025 Ceramics 1+2 and Ancient to Medieval Art.

Adjunct Professor for the School of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Northwest Gary, IN.
Drawing 2+3 Spring 2022, also an advisor for Senior BFA Theses
Drawing 1, Advance Drawing 2, 3, and Graphic Design Fall 2021
Drawing 1, 2+3 Spring 2021
Drawing 1. Fall 2020.

Chesterton Art Center
A Facilitator for the Emerging Artist Society. CAC’s Emerging Artists Society (EAS) is a program for local artists + creatives ages 21+ who have an interest in meeting other creatives and gaining professional arts experiences together.
Family Ceramic Halloween Monster Workshop October 6, 2025.
Charm of Color Pencils Sept-Oct 2023 Class April-May 2024. February and April 2025.
One-Day Family Ceramic Board Game Workshop 2024.
One-Day Session Adult Ceramic Bust Workshop Summer 2023
Week-Long Makers and Thinkers Summer Camp 2023
Teaching Art for Outreach Elementary aged Artist Education November Thursdays 2022.
Conceptualized and Instructed:
Edward Gorey One Session workshop presentation and project October 20th, 2022.
Charm of Color Pencils October 2022 four-week session.
Charm of Color Pencils July-August 2022 Class.
Special December Workshop Children’s Pinecone Cups and Saucers. December 2021.
Teen Wheeling Throwing Class Fall 2022, Spring 2022, January February 2024. Four sessions.

Volunteer at the Chesterton Arts Fair on August 7, 2022

South Shore Arts, Munster IN. Instructor
Children-Teenage Ceramic Classes, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Spring 2021. Summer 2021.
Conceptualized and Instructed Special Summer Workshop Adult Figure Bust Class
July 17, 18, and 24 2021.
Adult Ceramics Class Summer & Fall 2020.

Lubeznik Center for the Arts Michigan City, IN.
Conceptualized and Instructed Nature Cities Mixed Media Workshop for Teens Feb-March 2022
Guest Artist for the Teens Art Board 2021.

Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
Handbuilding Instructor at Herron School of Art and Design. Spring 2019.
Co-instructor of Clay and Glaze Chemistry Course Herron School of Art and
Design. Fall 2018.

Technical Ceramic Opportunities

South Shore Art Center, Munster, IN. Ceramic Studio Maintenance and Adult Ceramic Class Summer 2020.

Soda Kiln Building Student Assistant. Sept 2017-April 2018. Chaz Martinsen took charge of building a Soda Kiln for Herron School of Art’s Kiln Yard. So many bricks! Helped Kiln Monitor, spray Soda, and Flavor Rings. Here is an article about it https://herron.iupui.edu/news-events/stories/2018-03-27_soda-kiln-rebuild.html

Z Print 3D Powder Printer, Grad Assistant to Lesley Baker. January-May 2018.

Figured out the Firing Program for Glass Kiln and other ceramic technical needs for Busy Bees Merrillville, IN. November-December 2019.

Volunteer at NCECA Pittsburgh, PA. March 2018.

Bailey Gas Kiln Monitor 2017-2018. Herron School Art and Design.

Professional Opportunities:

Ingenuity Mini-Course with The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Smart Museum Late Feb-Mid March 2020. It got interrupted by COVID-19

Writings

Casella, Emily J . Ceramics Go Outside: Photographs of Emily J Casella’s Photographs around Northwest Indiana and Elsewhere. Hardback Book Full Color 104 pages. 2025.

Park of Infinite Connection Thesis Paper 2019. https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/19881

Published Interviews

Peripheral ARTeries Art Review Anniversary Edition August 2017

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Genuine Zine April 2016
https://genuinezine.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/emily-casella/

Radio Interviews

Art on the Air

ART ON THE AIR spotlight on Ceramics Go Outside at with Emily Casella June 10 at Haven Hollow Park.

Mentions

2024
MOAZA Goes On the Road! Museum of Arizona Artists wrote a blogpost about the Southwest Surrealism/Surreal Southwest Reception, which features a photograph of Emily Casella with the Vice President of MOAZA. https://moaza.org/moaza-goes-on-the-road/