Aimee Mower Lally
After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a master's degree in sculpture in 1996, I began exhibiting my work in NYC and Chicago galleries. I supported myself by teaching art for cultural institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, Noguchi Museum, and Queens Museum of Art. A Williamsburg Brooklyn ex-pat, I now reside in Maplewood NJ with my husband and two daughters. Coming from a family of artists and scientists taught me to observe the world around me, be curious and persistent. The different phases of my work reflect my evolution, from student to working artist to mother and wife, to present artwork.
Education / Expertise
EDUCATION
1996 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
EXPERTISE
Experienced art teacher with an extensive background in both traditional and contemporary art techniques including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and drawing. Motivates and challenges students and teachers to use the creative process to explore, communicate and problem solve.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Present - 2008
EXPLORING THROUGH ART, Maplewood, NJ: Director and Instructor
Developed and taught sequential, multi-medium art lessons to children ages three through twelve.
2008 - 2014
THE NEWARK MUSEUM, Newark, NJ
Art Instructor Adult Programs, Arts Workshop: Modeling the Portrait in Clay Senior Fridays: Designed and taught workshops in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, bookmaking, and collage to seniors Youth and Family Programs, Teen Workshops: Designed and Instructed art workshops in sculpture, painting, and collage
2000-2007
THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, NY
Artist in Residence/Instructor
Initiated in-school art and exhibition programs, and staff development
THE QUEENS MUSEUM, PS 144, New York, NY
Artist in Residence/Instructor
Executed exhibition of children’s work in NYC.
Key Player in ongoing staff development.
Developed and maintained an award-winning art program for over 10 years. A model program used as a template for other schools. Online presence for other schools.
THE ISAMU NOGUCHI MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence/Instructor
1998-2000
NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Garden City, NY
Instructor, 2-D, and 3-D Design
JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION, New York, NY
Instructor, Drawing & Painting
PROJECT RENEWAL, New York, NY
Instructor, Drawing & Painting
1997-1998
TEACHERS COLLEGE, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visiting Artist
LEAP, New York, NY
Artist in Residence/Instructor
P.S. 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Queens, NY
Lecturer
1996-1997
GALLERY 37, Chicago, IL
Instructor, Portrait Painting & Stone Carving
MARWEN FOUNDATION, Chicago, IL
Instructor, Body Casting
HINSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Hinsdale, IL
Instructor, Sculpting the Figure
Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Good Crowds Events/i19 Gallery, 2020/Abstraction, NJ
2019 Maplewood Arts Council, Maplewood NJ Public Art Tunnel Project, NJ
2017 The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Portrait Painting Mothers, Orange, NJ
2003 Art In General, Material Whirled, NYC
Roebling Hall, Solo Exhibition, NYC
2001 Roebling Hall, Meat Market, NYC
Galleria Ferran Cano, Barcelona, Spain
1999 Lombard-Freid, Five Easy Pieces, NYC
Body Builders & Sportsman, All Girls All Live, Chicago, IL
White Columns, In My Room, NYC
Sara Meltzer’s On View, I’m the Boss of Myself, NYC
Momenta Art, Buff Performance, Williamsburg, NYC
The New Museum, Benefit Exhibition, NYC
Margin, Butter, Chicago, IL
1998 Overcoat, NYC
Uncomfortable Spaces, Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sleep Late, Solo
Uncomfortable Spaces, Chicago, IL, @ Beret, Curator, online catalog
Diverse Works, Houston, TX, The Harry Carey Show, catalog
1997 Body Builders and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Multiples
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL, New Talent 1
Gary Marks Gallery, Chicago, IL, A Well Made Sandwich
The Art Exchange, NYC, Overcoat
Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL, Greatest Hits Volume II
Art 1997 Chicago, Chicago, IL, Overcoat
1996 Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL, Those Who Do, Teach
Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL, The Might Be Giants
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Red Wall
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, Pleasure Beyond Guilt
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA Thesis Show
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001 Schwendener, Martha, Material Whirrled, Artforum, 5/01, NY Critics Pick
Cotter, Holland, New York Times, 2/01, p.E38
Streitfeld, L.P., Material Whirrled, Tribeca Trib, 6/01 vol. VII, no. 10
1999 Allen, Jane Ingram, In My Room, Sculpture, 10/99 vol.18, no.8, p.76
Hanks, In My Room, NY Arts Magazine, vol.3, no.6
Caniglia, Julie, In My Room, Sidewalk New York
1998 Lubelski, Abraham, Working Outside: Overcoat, NY Arts Magazine, 11/98 p.5,27
Bulka, Michael, Chicago’s Las Five Minutes of Art History: There’s Something Funny Goin On, New Art Examiner, 10/98, p.16-19
1997 Camper, Fred, Fun With Philately, Reader, Chicago, IL, 3/98, p36, 38
Bulka, Michael, Wanna Buy Some Art? New Examiner, Chicago, IL, 7/97, p.22-27
1997 Whitehead, Frances, Women Artists and Installation, Chicago Women's Caucus for the Arts – Symposium, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL 3/97
Wild Chicago, Overcoat, WTTW, TV, Chicago, IL, 2/97
1996 The Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibitions, and Events Catalogue, Chicago, IL 11/96
AWARDS
2019 Maplewood Art Council Award, Maplewood NJ, Commission to create a mural for the Maplewood Train Station Tunnel
2001 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Sculpture Award, NYC
Community Arts Assistant Program (CAAP) Grant, Chicago IL
1996 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Fellowship Award, Chicago, IL
1995 Sculpture Competition, Cozzi Iron and Metals Inc., Chicago, IL
Visual Arts Fellowship Grant, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
1994 Study Grant, The Carving Studio, Rutland, VT
Study Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT