Jessica Mueller Email & Phone Number

Chicago

I co-teach arts and leadership for adults at Telpochcalli Elementary School in Little Village in partnership with TCEP.

Chicago

As a program associate at CAPE I coordinate professional developments, gather and maintain necessary administrative work for programs. This includes requests for support from teachers and artists, contracts, payment requests, and documentation. I make regular site visits to CAPE schools across the city. During these visits I document student/teacher/artist collaborations and consult on site, negotiating any areas in the teacher/artist partnership which require assistance or encouragement. Sharing CAPE's work is a key function of my position. I am responsible for maintaining CAPE's Portfolio Design Project's website which is shared publicly, periodically reporting to our Board of Directors, bi-annually writing reports for the US Department of Education, and representing CAPE at meetings and conferences.

2022 | Thresholds in Parameters of What it is to Be, Clovis Community College, Fresno, CA2021 | Chicago ACT Collective Exhibition, Chicago Art Department (CAD)Convergence: Pivoting During the Pandemic, Virtual Platform, Curator + Exhibiting Teaching Artist, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), VirtualOn Tyranny, MotherArt: Revisited, Zion Faith Center, Chicago, IL & Joaquin Neighborhood of Provo, UT2020 | Knots & Nodes: Mother to Mother, Chicago Art Department (CAD), Chicago, ILTYPEFORCE 11, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, ILCollectively Shifting, Womans Caucus for Art, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL 2019 | Extended Self: Transformations & Connections, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Re:birth, Spiltmilk, MotherArt: Revisited, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, United KingdomNetworks of Resistance, Chicago ACT Collective, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, ILSheroes – Revoluciones, MotherArt: Revisited, Lon-Art, Ugly Duck, London, United KingdomInterruptions: MotherArt: Revisited, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL2018 | MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, ILPealing Back The Grey: Chicago Act Collective, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, ILCollaborative Collisions: Mother Art Revisited, CC’s Art Garage, Bridgeport, Chicago, IL2017 | Always Open Studios, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL2016 | Comadres en el Arte, Intuit Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art, Chicago, IL & Under the Bridge Gallery, Chicago, IL2014 | Heart Beats, La Catrina Cafe, Chicago, ILPulling the Gesture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL2012 | Visual Politics, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CARegard: Resist: React, Governors’ State University, University Park, IL2011 | Juxtaposition, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, ILHate Breeders, International Print Portfolio Exchange2010 | Art Loop Open, Chicago Loop Alliance & Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, ILWindows and Mirrors: War in Afghanistan, American Friends & Service Committee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago

Blue Island, Il

Gallery 37, Bogan High School, Kinzie Elementary School, William Penn Elementary

As a Teaching Artist for After School Matters I was responsible designing and implementing visual art based curriculum, planning and managing budgets, interviewing, hiring, and supervision of students. I practiced individualized instruction as much as possible to accommodate all experience levels- from zero experience with art making to students who returned year after year. I coordinated visiting artists lectures, field trips to artist studios and galleries, collaborations with other ASM programs; Fashion Design, Furniture Design, Film Making, and Graphic Design. Cultivating community among students across grade levels and from schools throughout Chicago was key to the success of the programs. Students wanted to be able to continue screen printing on their own terms. So I created a screen printing studio that students could replicate at home. Students were encouraged to engage in the process of constructing our studios giving them the first hand experience the needed to continue creating outside of the classroom.

Master’S Degree, Mfa Low Residency

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Illustration/Graphic Design