Amy E Day - Azusa Pacific University

Education
Amy E Day
(773) 326-8238
amyeday@gmail.com
2008 MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC),
Performance Art, Chicago IL.
Winner MFA graduating Fellowship Award
2006 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Performance, Site-specific Sculpture, and
Art Theory. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD.
2001, 2002 Summer Program, The Chautauqua Institution, NY.
2001 BA Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. Major: Studio Art, Painting and
Clay figure sculpture. Minor: Vocal Performance.
Professional Experience
2008-present Assistant Professor, tenure track, Azusa Pacific University, MFA
graduate advisor and mentor, Graduate Art and Technology and Interdisciplinary
Practice, Graduate writing, undergraduate professor of senior thesis Art Ethics, Gallery
Design, Painting and Drawing, Stop-motion animation, new genre studies, video and
time-based media
2008 Teaching Assistant, “Action, Lights, Sound”, SAIC, Chicago IL
2007 Writing Instructor, (instructor of record) SAIC, Chicago IL
Taught freshman writing course, strategies for college writing.
Graduate Assistant, SAIC, Chicago IL
Directed gallery events, visiting artists, and promotion.
Compiled information for the Performance Department web page
and designed publicity materials for the Propositions lecture series.
Graduate Assistant, SAIC, Chicago IL
Directed the 2M performance space at The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago.
2005-2006 Writing Tutor, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
Worked individually with ELL students to build language and
study skills.
Guided students to articulate abstract concepts in art theory and to
build organizational, time management, and writing skills.

2004-2005 Drawing Instructor TA, (instructor of record) Central Washington
University, Ellensburg, WA. 1 year/3 Quarters.
Designed and implemented curriculum for college-level drawing
class.
Engaged students in critiques and assigned grades.
2002 Sculpture Instructor, Dupage Art League, Wheaton, IL.
Initiated first sculpture component for the league.
Taught classes for adult students in basic sculpture techniques.
Awards
2008 Merit MFA Graduate Fellowship Award--jurors, Helen Molesworth,
Curator of Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museum,
Tumelo Mosaka, Assistant Curator, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator, Aspen Art
Museum.
2006-2008 Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2006 Scholarship, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
2005 Grand Prize Winner, Middleton Performance Art Festival Juried
Exhibition, OH.
2001, 2002 Full-tuition merit scholarship, The Chautauqua Institution Summer
Program for Fine Art, NY, Clay figure sculpture assistant, Painting
Exhibition/Screening/Performance Record (* solo performance/exhibit)
2009 Let’s All Get Saved Together! Musical theater collaborative, directed, written,
performed and produced, pending documentary video in progress. Debut at The
Hungry Brain, Chicago IL June 29 th . With local musicians Jon Steinmeier
(Detholz, Mucca Pazza), Jim Cooper (Detholz!, Baby Teeth, Bobby Conn and the
Glass Gypsies), Ben Miranda (Detholz), Lisanne Barnes (Chicago Symphony
Chorus), Andrew Seymour (Chicago Symphony Chorus), Rachel Steinmeier,
Jennifer Platek, John Perryman, and Marissa Baker (community art professor).
Art and Text, Juried Show, Video/Performance, Didian Gallery at American
University, Washington, D.C.
Sound Art show, The Garage Gallery, San Diego CA
Fragile Bodies, Northern Kentucky University Gallery
Menos du Precari, Duke Gallery, juried Show, finalist, LACMA curator, Howard
Fox. Azusa CA
2008 Extra Virgin, Juried video show, Flux Space, Philadelphia PA

MFA Thesis Show Gallery 2, Chicago IL
Ain’t Workin’ for the Man No More, Cherry Pie Magic Show, 2M Performance
Space, Chicago, IL
2007 *Miraculous Intervention Performance/Sound, Columbus Drive Sculpture Yard,
Chicago IL
*A Sure Response Video installation with live solo performance, Columbus Drive
Performance Space, Chicago IL
Three Short Turns Solo piece in group show of short performance pieces, 2M
Space, Chicago IL
Works with Paper for Felix Gonzalez-Torres Group Collaborative Performance,
Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL*
Garish Reconstructions Ritual Obstacle Course Performance Event, Canal Fulton
OH
SAIC Music Festival, Video and Music presentation, MacLean Ballroom SAIC
Chicago IL
Art and Rock Music Event, The Heart of Gold Performance Space and Gallery,
Chicago IL
*Rain Rain Go Away Performance SAIC, Chicago IL
2006 Bandwidth Rock Music Show, The Subterranean, Chicago IL
Conversions Performance Group Show The Elegant Mister Gallery, Chicago IL
Focus Group Performance Event The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2006
Art Show, Painting and sculpture. St. John’s College, Glen Workshop, Santa Fe,
NM
Chance Operations and Altered Toy Instruments. Two person sound piece, John
Cage and Analogue fights Digital. The Historic Electronics Museum, Baltimore
MD
*Four Performances- Rites of Passage. The Bank Building. Baltimore MD
23 Resolutions, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore MD
Skills
Singing and Theater
ProTools
I-Stop Motion Pro
Painting, Drawing, Chain saw, Welding, Clay Figure Sculpture, Puppet and Miniature Set
3D set fabrication, Music and Sound Composition, large Scale Outdoor Installation,
Digital Video, Digital Still Photography, and Performance Art.
References:
Jerry Saltz
Lin Hixson
Mark Jeffery
Susanna Coffey
Sadie Benning
Trevor Martin
Faith Wilding