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Shows
Juried & Group Shows: 
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. 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:
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 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.

Chesterton South Shore Arts. Instructor 
Conceptualized and Instructed Special December Workshop Children’s Pinecone Cups and Saucers. December 2021.
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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, Winter 2022  Spring 2021. Summer 2021.
        Adult Ceramics Class Summer & Fall 2020.

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
Vector Imaging, Design for Visual Communications, Art Appreciation Online Spring 2021. VI+DVC 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 and Art History. Fall 2019.

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