CV – emily j casella

Painting the South Shore Arts Munster Tulip with Cara Schmitt May 2022
Doing an Artist Talk with Lubeznik Center Teen Arts Group
The Watchman at Portage Public Library May 1-July 31, 2021. YA Section Portage, IN.
Graphic and Photography Classes at Ivy Tech 2020-2022
Ceramic Instructor at South Shore Arts 2020-2022
Artist Talk for Bibere Viridi Sanctum, Closing of Word of Mouth Woman’s Made Gallery Feb 2022
Archiving Ledgers for Newfields Indianapolis Musuem of Art LIbrary and Archives 2018
Moving the Consumer Ceramic for Off the Wall Gallery Exhibit July 31, 2022

Shows

Juried & Group Shows:

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/

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.

Solo Shows:
Upcoming solo show 2023 Chesterton Art Gallery.
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

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

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
Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Raster Imaging, Survey of Art and Cultural 1,
and Survey of Art and Culture 2, Fall 2022.
Vector Imaging, Design for Visual Communications, Art Appreciation Online Spring 2021. VI+DVC Spring 2022
Fundamental Graphic Design 8 weeks, Raster Imaging Fundamentals 8 weeks Fall 2020. Fall 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.

Chesterton South Shore Arts

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 Four sessions.

Volunteer at the Chesterton Arts Fair August 7, 2022

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

Adjunct Professor for the School of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Northwest
Drawing 2+3 Spring 2022, also 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.

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 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