09/17/2026
Flying in tomorrow, "Watch Out Humans Coming Through: The Plight of the Passenger Pigeon Expanded," is a multi-media art installation by Emily J Casella. This installation consists of two parts, one for each wall space in Ancillaerie: the 12 watercolor landscapes of trees’ relationship to telephone/power lines and the sculptural works presenting the extinction of the birds of the Columbidae family, commonly known as pigeons and doves. They combine to create a conversation of the past and present.
"We once had so many birds that made clouds in the sky, but now all I see are telephone lines."
Emily J Casella
Artist Bio:
Emily J Casella is a multimedia installation artist from Northwest Indiana. When she is not making ceramic figures, pigeons, or thinking about trees, she is teaching at colleges and universities in Indiana and Illinois. She has a MFA in Ceramics from Herron School of Art and Design in 2019 and a BFA from Indiana University Northwest 2016. Her ceramic figures have traveled around to be displayed in public buildings and galleries. Her large and small scale paper works have been in numerous shows nationally and owned in private collections. To follow along with her art adventures, you can go to emilyjcasella.com and join her newsletter.
Artist Reception at Ancillaerie
Friday, September 18th from 5-8pm
