Chuck Jones • 2267
N. Kedzie #1 Chicago, IL 60647 • 773.862.2052 • chuckjones1970@gmail.com
Education
MFA School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
BA (Studio Arts/ European History), Connecticut College, New London, CT |
1995 |
Instructor, Research Studio, First Year Program School of the
Art Institute of Chicago
Spring 2005, Fall
2007— May 2010
This is a twice a week, three hour, evening seminar where the
goal was to develop a rigorous approach to pushing artistic decisions out of
aesthetically and emotionally safe territory. Through short collaborative in-class
assignments and longer solo assignments so completed outside of class, students
develop an understanding of how calculated risk taking and cultivating a
symbiotic relationship with failure could replace the bad habits of lazy
decision making and fearful treading, in order to push work in a better
direction.
Adjunct Faculty, Core Studies, First Year Program School of the
Art Institute of Chicago
Fall 2004, 2005, Fall
2006—Spring 2007,
While working as a part of team of four faculty (later three), I
developed and taught a multi-disciplinary foundations course for 65 (later 45)
students. This 6 hour class meets twice a week, with all students working on
the same assignment simultaneously. As part of a complete overhaul of SAIC's
First Year Program, our team started meetings in December 2003. Our plan has
been to introduce the students to a wide variety of artistic practices,
materials and methods of creating art work in order to shake them out
previously held limits. I have designed and presented demonstrations and
lectures for large scale drawing, a variety of mold making techniques, quick
fabrication, performance, observational strategies, audio and video production
and editing, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Imovie and audacity. In later
iterations of this course, we split the groups into 3 rotations of study. In
the Fall of 2005, I specialized in 3 dimensional work, and in 06-07, I focused
on Time Based work.
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Fine Arts Indiana
University, Bloomington
Fall 2003—Spring
2004
I taught 4 Digital
Art courses and one 3D Foundations courses. I also developed and taught a
lecture course for up to 60 students, "Digital Imaging for Non-Majors," which
covered Adobe Photoshop for an entire semester. Concurrently, I taught similar
course for majors that also covered HTML and Macromedia Director.
Instructor, Sculpture Program, Intro to Sculpture School of the
Art Institute of Chicago
Spring 2003
I was responsible for teaching basic artistic and sculptural
skills and concepts, with a focus on developing a rigorous approach to responsible
artistic decision-making.
Instructor, 3D Design First Year Program School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
Fall 2000—Spring
2003
I was responsible for teaching basic 3D skills and techniques.
While main goals included fostering 3 dimensional thinking, conceptual
integrity, and sound building practices, the class also focused on maintaining
an overall thematic game plan.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art Barat College of DePaul
University
Fall 2000—Spring
2003
I was responsible for teaching all (5) of Barat's Digital Art
and Design Courses, including the development of a Computer Art Certificate
Program. I wrote the full curriculum and syllabi for each class and advised
advanced students individually. Classes include:
•Electronic
Toolbox (Photoshop, Illustrator, Strata 3D)
•Computer
Applications in Art (Changed each Quarter)
•Intro
to Computer Art (Photoshop, Illustrator)
•Intro to Graphic Design (Quark)
•Multimedia
Art (Adobe Premiere, Flash)
•Advanced
Graphic Design (Various)
•Web
Design (Dreamweaver, Flash) Fall 2001
Instructor, First Year Program Woodshop School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
Fall 1997—Spring
2000
I was responsible for one on one basic skills instruction and
problem solving with over 180 first year 3-D students a semester. My main goals
included fostering 3 dimensional thinking, conceptual integrity, and sound
building practices. In addition, I supervised teaching-assistant staff,
maintaining equipment, and enforcing safety regulations
Instructor, Early College Program School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
Summer 1999
I taught twelve high school students casting and carving
techniques on a college level. I created
the syllabus and curriculum, for the class, which ran consecutively for 10 days
Lead Teacher/Artist Gallery 37, Chicago
Fall 1997
I instructed and managed 25 students (apprentice artists) in an
after school jobs art program for youth in a Chicago public high school. With a
co-teacher I developed a collaborative project, building a Pop Art sculpture of
their school. We instructed students on both tools and materials and in
relevant Art History, plus managed payroll and other business aspects of the
project.
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing School of Art and Design,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Spring 1997
In my first teaching experience I was responsible for teaching
basic drawing skills to 25-30 first-year art students. I wrote the syllabus,
taught 3 hour classes twice a week including critiques, arranged for models and
purchased materials.
Exhibit Preparator Chicago Children's Museum
July 2006 — June
2010
Responsible for building and maintaining exhibits in a 56,000
square foot museum for children. This included budgeting, ordering materials
and services, fabrication, painting, and design.
Chuck Jones' Selected Exhibitions
2010
Gravity and its Friends, Spiderbug (video
festival), Chicago, IL (Curated by Catie Olson)
Exhibition 10,
Fuse Works, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Ethan Crenson)
2009
Exhibition 09,
Fuse Works, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Ethan Crenson)
Flunking Calculus, Spiderbug (video festival),
Chicago, IL (Curated by Catie Olson)
2008
Exhibition 08,
Fuse Works, Brooklyn, NY, (Curated by Ethan Crenson)
The PH Show, Spiderbug (a video festival in
various locations), Chicago, IL (Curated by Catie Olson)
2007
COMA#9, California Occidental Museum of
Art (COMA), Chicago, IL (Curated by Erik Brown and Annika Seitz)
Multiples and Editions, Front Room Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Ethan Crenson)
2006
Writers Block Party (radio Show), WBEZ 91.5 FM
(curated by Amy Krouse Rosenthal) COMA#1,
California
Occidental Museum of Art (COMA), Chicago, IL (Curated by Erik Brown and Annika
Seitz)
Takeover, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,
IL (Curated by Alison Peters)
2005
Voiceovers, Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Karl Erikson)
2004
Dang It Feels Good to Be a Gangsterer, Your
Art Here, Indianapolis, IN (Collaboration with Dana Sperry)
Fine Words, Butter, No Cabbage, Hyde Park
Art Center, Chicago, IL (Curated by Anthony Elms)
Big Survival Mechanism Give Away (for Whitewalls), Art Chicago 2004, Chicago, IL
Apartment
Series #3, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (Curated by Jeremy Boyle)
2003
Now Showing, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington,
Indiana
Tune In Turn On Get Out and Stay Out, Dogmatic,
Chicago, IL (Curated by Erik Brown)
Masterminds, Boom, Oak Park, Illinois
(Curated by Rebecca Morris)
2002
The Realm of The Lair, Joymore, Chicago, IL
(Curated by Ben Stone and Seibren Vierstieg)
Biennial Faculty Show, Barat College, Lake Forest,
IL
2001
Compound Fracture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,
IL (Curated by Erik Brown)
Six, Traumaspace, Chicago, IL (In collaboration with
Stephanie Brooks)
2000
Biennial Faculty Show, Barat College, Lake
Forest, IL
1999
Boxed Set, Bodybuilder and Sportsman,
Chicago, IL (Solo)
Klop-Klop Nanny Goat, Eric's Desk,
Philadelphia PA (Curated by Stephanie Brooks)
1998
Live With It, 1228 N. Greenview, Chicago, IL
(Curated by Eliot Joslin)
The Harry
Carey Show, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX (Video Curated by Hamza Walker)
1997
The Art of Furniture, Bodybuilder and
Sportsman, Chicago (Curated by Tim Brower)
Overcoat: Mobile exhibition of art in a coat: various locations, Chicago, IL (Curated by Jesse Bercowitz)
Wholesome Goodness, Anytime, Anywhere,
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL (Co-Curated)
1996
A-OK, Mari's Apartment, Chicago.
(Curated by Mari Eastman and Amy Wheeler)
1995
The Bunny Show: The New Logomorphy, (Co-Curated) Base Space, Chicago
Selected Reviews and Articles
Elms, Anthony, interReview.org, "As a Clarification and
'Not So Much as an Apology'", http://www.interreview.org/01/01elms.html
Purcell, Greg, Cakewalk, "A Mostly Unedited Conversation
with Chuck Jones About Some of the Things That He Does (with singing)", Winter
2003, pp. 22-28
Speh, Scott, Bridge Magazine Online, "The Realm of the
Lair"
http://www.bridgemagazine.org/1_03art/speh.html
Karl Erickson, Artnet.com, "Chicago Five" http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/erickson/erickson8-18-00.asp
Purcell, Greg, New Art Examiner, "Boxed Set", June 1999,
pp. 42 Bulka, Michael, New Art Examiner, "A-OK", December-January
1996-97, pp. 35-36
Bulka, Michael, New Art Examiner, "Wanna Buy Some Art?",
July-August 1997, pp. 22-27
Bill Stamets, New Art Examiner, "Cheap Art", March 1995,
pp. 40
Grants and Awards
Illinois Arts Council Grant 1999
Contributions
CD Artwork and Design for Three Projects for Dave Pavkovic
Toe,
Variant, 2000, Truckstop Records (www.truckstoprecords.com)
Toe,
Toe 2000, 1998 Truckstop Records (www.truckstoprecords.com)
Tricolor,
Mirth + Feckless, 1999, Atavistic Records (www.atavistic.com)
Sculpture Fabrication
Stephanie
Brooks: Tabs, 1999, basswood multiples, (www.stephaniebrooks.com)
Paul
Dickinson: Dontien Subwoofer, 2001, audio sculpture (www.goshyes.com) Chakra
Subwoofers, 2002, audio installation (www.goshyes.com)
Video Editing
Ben
Stone: Radioland, 2002, Adobe After Effects and Protools Mastering
Animation and Video Design
Balliwick Repertory: Now Then Again by
Penny Penniston, 2000
Collections
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids , Iowa
Amy Vogel |
Associate
Professor, Contemporary Practices, S.A.I.C. avogel@artic.edu |
| Nancy Gildart 312.629.6822 |
Assistant
Director of Career Development, S.A.I.C. |
Diana Guerrero–Maciá |
Associate
Professor, Fiber and Material Studies, S.A.I.C. dguerr@artic.edu |
| Helen Maria Nugent 312.629.6650 |
Associate
Professor, AIADO, S.A.I.C. hnugent@saic.edu |
| Rebecca Morris 323.255.5395 |
Faculty,
Art Division, Pasadena City College rm@rebeccamorris.net |
Stephanie Brooks |
Adjunct Associate Professor, Sculpture, S.A.I.C. sbrooks@saic.edu |