Karen Cast

8028E 1200N Rd. Fairmount, IL 61841 Phone: 1-127-474-8983 E-Mail: kcast@illinois.edu

Education
Four years graduate work towards a PHD (all coursework completed) MA. Masters in Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2009-2013 December 21, 2009

B.F.A Bachelors of Fine Arts, High Honors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, December 22, 2008

Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant Assistant Director for Saturday Art School Teaching Assistant Student Teaching 2010-2013 Fall -2009/Spring 2010 Spring 2009 2007-2008

Publications
Cast, K. (2013) A Holistic Approach To Teaching Art in High School. In L. Campbell & S. Simmons (Eds.), The Heart of Art Education (pp.278-282). Reston,VA: National Art Education Association Bernier-Cast, K. (2011). Gargoyles, Kisses and Clowns: A study of Carnivalesque Male Urinals and Restrooms. Material Culture, Vol. 43(1). Pp. 21-39 Cast, K. (2009). Examining the male restroom as a site of visual and material culture in the twenty-first century, Masters Abstracts URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14666 Cast, K. Cape Researchers Talk. Chicago Arts partnerships in Education. 2011 Contemporary Art practice as Pedagogy. 2013

2011

2009

2011

Research Experience

Artistic Moments of Movement: A Deleuzo-Guattarian approach to considering pre-service educators as becoming-artist Overview of the late 20th and 21st Century Philosophical Perspectives have/are controlling the manner in which the body is presented and

2011-2013 2009 -2010

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possible implications for educators Two year Virtual ethnography on male restrooms 2008-2009

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant for Pre-Service Non-Education Majors Assistant Director over College level pre-service teachers Taught Independent Study in Glass Mosaics Teaching Assistant, Saturday Art School, University of Illinois taught K through 12

2010 2009

2013 2010 2010

2008

2009

Student teaching for certification in art education K- 12 grade After constructing my own hot shop I began teaching glass blowing and glass casting in my studio Taught non-degree classes in glass (stained glass, mosaics, fused glass) for Danville Area Community College Taught warm and cold glass classes in my studio (stained glass, lead and copper foil construction, lampworking, fused glass, mosaics, sandcarving, electroforming)

2007 2006-2013 2002-2005

1992-2013

Professional Development/Presentations
Presented at NAEA 1) Building Community around research-in-process sessions (Fat Data and the interpretive zone) 2) A Scribe, A Liaison, and A Shaman walk into a Bar: Reimagining the identity of Artist Teacher 3) A Holistic Approach to Teaching Art in High School 4) I make therefore I teach Presented at NAEA 1) Artistic Moments of Movement 2) Bruce Mau: Visionary and World-leading Innovator 3) How to Establish your Own SAS program Presented at NAEA 2011 2013

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1) Extreme Visual Culture 2) Public Engagement and SAS 3) Summer semester at Penland Art School under KK Smith In Advanced Mosaics Paid Internship Ox-bow Fine Arts School Hot Glass wit Ed Schmid

2011 2010 2009 2005

Affiliations/Memberships
Member of NAEA Member AERA Glass Art Society Stained Glass Society of America 2004-2013 2012-2013 2004-2013 1994-2008

Interests
Continually expanding my own artistic abilities in all mediums Empowering students by providing positive mentorship and gentle leadership Introducing students to the significance Studio habits of mind for their own lives (Hetland, Winner, Veenema & Sheridan, 2013, p. 5) Promoting the understanding and significance that art education is not a luxury(Hetland, Winner, Veenema & Sheridan, 2013, p. 1)

Experience
I have taught a very wide range of students from age 85 through Kindergarten. Each age holds challenges and I find that refreshing. I have done pro bono work in my studio, offering free glass blowing, fusing classes and stained glass classes to students who could not afford to pay, for many years. I have worked as a professional glass artist since I built my own studio in 1992. While my professional workload decreased during my years at the university, I found time to add on a hot shop to my studio, and I built most of the equipment (glory hole, lear, pipe warmer) myself. In spite of long hours at the university, I have continued to engage in professional work on the side, up to and including this present time.

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I have offered my services to many local schools and most have accepted my offer to teach their art students. I usually conduct one or two week units in lampworking, stained glass construction, and mosaics. I have entered my work in the ARTS IN THE PARK Art Festival and took first place in the Fine Arts category. My work is showcased in the gift gallery, Images, in a city near my home. I also have my own gift gallery attached to my Studio, hot shop, and classroom facility.