Current Exhibition: The Watchman was selected to be in The 77th Annual Salon Show at South Shore Arts Gallery. Munster, Indiana. November 21, 2020–January 24, 2021
Shows
Group Shows:
September 4-27 2020. Loss a Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. My piece Reminded of Death, Shocked and Upset, January 2020, was selected. https://womanmade.org/artwork/emily-casella/ https://womanmade.org/loss-a-virtual-exhibition/
Past on view: The Watchman was on view at Deerfield’s Village Hall’s main foyer. September 19, 2019-Sept 2020.
April 2019. First annual Ceramic show. I Can’t Blink installation.
December 6, 2018-January 4, 2019 Tiny VII, Juried Art Show of work under 6 inches. Three pieces were selected. Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN.
October 4-19 2018 Echoes: Herron EFAC Gallery Indianapolis, IN.
April-June 2018 Dreams in Paper: Tube Factory Indianapolis, IN. The public art project,
February 2018 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.
Solo Shows:
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
Education
2017-2019 Herron School of Art and Design MFA Ceramics. Indianapolis, Indiana.
2013-2016 Indiana University Northwest. BFA Focus Ceramics and Photography. Minor in Art History. Gary, Indiana
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.
Indiana University Northwest John W Anderson Library Circulation Desk July 2014-July 2017.
Art Instructor/Professor Positions
Children-Teenage Ceramic Classes at South Shore Arts Munster, IN Spring 2021.
Adult Ceramics Class at South Shore Arts Munster, IN. Summer & Fall 2020.
Adjunct Professor for School of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Northwest
Drawing 2+3 Spring 2021
Drawing 1. Fall 2020.
Adjunct Professor for various departments of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana.
Fundamental Graphic Design 8 weeks and Raster Imaging Fundamentals 8 weeks
Ivy Tech College, Valparaiso. Fall 2020.
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 and Art History for Ivy Tech Community College Valparaiso. Fall 2019.
Herron School of Art and Design
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 Martinez 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 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
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
