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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