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CASEY MURTAUGH

 

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

2013        Type 10 Special, K-12, Visual Arts Teaching Certificate

2013        M.A.T., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006        M.A., Columbia College, Interdisciplinary Arts, Chicago
2002        B.S., Illinois State University, Studio Arts, Normal, Illinois

AWARDS

2013        Master of Arts in Teaching Fellowship Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2011-13   Presidential Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2010        DanceBridge Residency, Chicago Cultural Center
2006        Weisman Scholarship, Columbia College, Chicago
2002        Excellence in Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Current    Art Teacher, Euclid Elementary School, Mt. Prospect, IL

                -Teaching painting, drawing, sculpture to students in grades K-5 since 2013.

2013        Instructor, Phoenix Military Academy, After School Matters, Chicago

                -7 weeks, co-teaching an advanced summer art workshop for students in grades 9-12.

2013        Apprentice Teacher, Nicholas Senn High School, Chicago

                -7 weeks, designed & implemented curriculum for students in grades 9-12.

2013        Apprentice Teacher, Nettelhorst Elementary School, Chicago

                -7 weeks, designed & implemented curriculum for students in grades K-8.

2012        Teaching Assistant, Early College Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                -5 weeks, assisted in figure drawing & painting classes for students in grades 9-11.

2003-04   Teaching Assistant, Herzl Elementary, Chicago

                -Assisted in 1st grade classroom, ran after school art club for students in grades 6-8.

 

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

2008-11   Art Installation, The Art Institute of Chicago

                -Collaborated with artists, curators, conservators, registrars & couriers to install major 

                art exhibitions regularly.

                -Together, in a crew of 6, responsible for installing entire 3rd floor of The Modern Wing.
                -Packed and unpacked artwork from different museums around the world.

2006-08   Visitor Services, The Art Institute of Chicago

                -Served as first museum contact for the visiting public & members, created positive museum

                experience for visitors by offering suggestions on where to begin and how to move
                through the museum.

2004-06   Gallery Assistant, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago

                -Art installation, meeting & greeting artists from around the country, assisted in organizing art 

                festivals and gallery openings.

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2013       Adjudicator, Senn Fine Arts, student auditions, Nicholas Senn High School, Chicago

2013       Workshop attendee, Launching the IB MYP (MYP, Category 1), Nicholas Senn High School,      

               Chicago.

2013       Presenter, Chicago Student Art Educator Intramurals, Color Jam!: High School lesson inspired by

               the work of Jessica Stockholder.

2012       Presenter, Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair, Drawing Through Movement: Elementary 

               lesson inspired by the work of Michael Namkung.

2012       Presenter, The Art Institute of Chicago Curriculum Fair, Order & Chaos: High School lesson

           inspired by the work of Elizabeth Murray.

 

PRESS

2012       "Eye Exam: Top Art Picks for 2012 in Chicago & The Midwest," Pedro Vélez, Newcity, 18 Dec.,

               2012.

2010       "Tactile Memories at Links Hall," Lucia Mauro, Examiner.com, 8 Sept., 2010.

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Behavioral Health/Sparta Campus

SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCE
2012        

You Can't Get There From Here, New paintings & sculpture, 2 person show with Merchant Adams, SideCar Gallery, Hammond, Indiana.

2011        

Story Burn, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by The Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago.

Tell Me a Story…Nostalgia in the Digital Age, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Dance USA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

They Question Themselves, Co-created with Heather Hartley & Adi Marcial, Presented by TicToc Performance Art Festival, Columbia College, Chicago.

2010        

A Story Told…, Collaboration with Heather Hartley, part of Art Here Art Now, Presented by The Hyde Park Arts Alliance, Chicago.

Please & Thank You, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Food & Performance Showcase, Chicago.

Black+White+Pink, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Columbia College, Chicago.

Tell Me a Story…Nostalgia in the Digital Age, co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Chicago Cultural Center DanceBridge Residency program, Links Hall & Columbia College, Chicago.

2009        

O My Innocents, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Sherry Antonini, Basil Abbott, Presented by Epiphany Dance Experiment, Epiphany Episcopal Church, Chicago.

Garden, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Columbia College, Chicago.

A Patch of Blue Sky, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by TicToc Performance Art Festival, Columbia College, Chicago.

New Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Finch Gallery, Chicago.



2008        

All Eyes: Feeding Time, Presented by The Book & Paper Center, Columbia College, Chicago.

Ophelia's Seeds, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by TicToc Performance Art Festival, Columbia College, Chicago.

Ophelia's Seeds, Co-created with Heather Hartley, 1st Annual Performance Festival, Co-curator of festival with Hartley, Finch Gallery, Chicago.

Paintings, Finch Annex as part of Artropolis, Merchandise Mart, Chicago.



2007        

101 Paintings Show, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago.

The Road, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Columbia College, Chicago.

The Questions Themselves, Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Finch Gallery, Chicago.

We Make the Road by Walking, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by TicToc Performance Art Festival, Chicago.

The Unknown, Ossia Fine Arts Space, Chicago.

Baby Chicago, Installation with Pilar Tena, Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago.

2006        

We Make the Road by Walking, Co-created with Heather Hartley, Presented by Working Frameworks Project, New York & Chicago.

Thread Tread (unstrung), co-created with Liz Wuerffel, Elizabeth Czeckner, Cal Calvird, Presented by TicToc Performance Art Festival, Columbia College, Chicago.

(the floor could hear her)., Thesis Exhibition, Iron Studios, Chicago.

2005        

Filament Files, Hokin Annex, Presented by Columbia College, Chicago.

Paintings & Collage, Landmark Arts, West Loop, Chicago.

 

2002

Paintings, Midway Artists Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois

 

 

 

 

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