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Education
Master of Fine Arts 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Arts 2001 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Major 1: Studio Art, Major 2: Art Education (K-12)
Exhibitions
2021 FATE Members Exhibition, virtual exhibition for the FATE conference, UNC Charlotte
2020 Suffrage Now: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition, Elisabet Ney Museum, Auston, TX, online exhibition,
Suffra-Jetting, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Ladylike, Solo Exhibition, Spiva Art Gallery, MSSU, Joplin, MO
Biennial 30, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2018 Wordplay, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ladylike, Solo Exhibition, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Meredith Hues Iris, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2016 Our Own Terms, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Meld, Spectre Arts, Durham, NC
2015 Eureka!, John and June Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Radiance, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sound Collaboration, Debartolo Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN
2014 The Birdsell Project, Birdsell Mansion, South Bend, IN
Tell Me…, Solo Exhibition, Riley Photo Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2013 Polarity, Lift Gallery, Greensboro College, Greensboro NC
2013 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2012 Collisions: 2012 SECAC, Meredith Faculty Show, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
2011 Mirror Image: Women Portraying Women, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Expanded Field, Salt Lake City, UT
Mirrored Truths Faculty Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Save the Date, Raleigh, NC
2010 Fresh 2010, AVA, Chattanooga, TN
The International Sculpture Center 2010 Outstanding Student Achievement Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture,
Hamilton, NJ
New Currents in Contemporary Art, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Art at the Nightlight, The Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
2009 Four Play, Renci Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Four, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC
2007 29th Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2006 17th Annual N.E.W. Show, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2001 Senior Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2000 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
22nd Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
Current Position
Associate Professor of the Practice Department of Art, Art History & Design,
Foundations Coordinator University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019-present
Assistant Special Professional Faculty . Department of Art, Art History & Design, Foundations Coordinator
Foundations Coordinator University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2013-2019
Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Art, Art History & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN
2016-2022
Previous Position (Academic, Administrative, Professional and Other)
Adjunct Professor of Art Art Department, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2010-2013
Lecturer Art Department, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2009-2010
Instructor/Workshop Leader/Moderator The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2010-2015
Art Educator Leesville Road High School, Raleigh, NC
2006-2008
Art Educator C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC
2001-2005
Articles and Reviews
As Author in a Refereed Publication
Beck, E. S., & Acayo, P. (2015). Motion as a fundamental design strategy in a 2D Foundations Program. In A. Murneiks, G. Rinnert, B. Stone & R. Tegtmeyer (Eds.), Motion Design Education Summit 2015 Edited Conference Proceedings (pp.111-120). Routledge/Focal Press.
As subject
Gillespie, Evan. “Birdsell exhibit a nuanced understanding of history.” South Bend Tribune. December 25, 2014. http://www.southbendtribune.com/entertainment/inthebend/eventnews/birdsell-exhibit-a-nuanced-understanding-of-history/article_a06634fd-4a8a-5f7b-a3c6-cf40bb2e8cf7.html
Starland, Thomas. “NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Female Artists.” Carolina Arts. Vol. 15, No. 6, June 2011. p. 31.
Vitiello, Chris. “Thirteen North Carolina artist explore feminine identity and image at NCMA.” Indy Week. May 18, 2011.
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/thirteen-north-carolina-artists-explore-feminine-identity-and-image-at-ncma/Content?oid=2468352
Harper, Glen. “The ISC 2010 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards.” Sculpture Magazine. Vol. 29, No. 8, October 2010. p.58-63.
Vitiello, Chris. “M.F.A. graduate work on display at the Ackland Art Museum.” Indy Week. April 28, 2010.
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/mfa-graduate-work-on-display-at-the-ackland-art-museum/Content?oid=1396688
Kim, Jenn. “Artist Emily Scott Beck examines ordinary life.” Daily Tarheel. April 16, 2010.
<http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2010/04/artist_emily_scott_beck_examines_ordinary_life>
Invited Lectures and Addresses
Visiting Artist Lecture Visiting Artist, Artist Talk for the Art Department, Missouri Southern State
University, Joplin, MO, 2019.
Chair of Conference Session "Breaking the Mold: The New Foundations," FATE: Foundations in Art
Theory and Education, Columbus, OH, 2019.
Academic Lecture "Demystifying Technology for the Studio Artist", FATE: Foundations in Art
Theory and Education, Columbus, OH, 2019.
Visiting Artist Lecture Visiting Artist, Artist Talk for the Department of Art, Lafayette College,
Easton, PA, 2018.
Co-Chair of Conference Session “Pack ‘em In- Using the 4 C’s (Composition, Craft, Concept and Context)
in Every Assignment”, FATE: Foundations in Art Theory and Education,
Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Academic Lecture “Unfolding a Memory using Paint, Digital Construction and Animation,”
FATE’s 2017 Biennial Conference, Kansas City, Kansas, 2017
Academic Lecture “Motion as a Fundamental Design Strategy in a 2D Foundations
Program”, MODE Summit, Dublin, Ireland, 2015
Visiting Artist Artist Talk for the Gender and Popular Culture Class, Department of
American Studies, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2013
Visiting Artist Lecture. Professional Seminar, Art Department, UNC Chapel Hill, 2010
Visiting Artist Lecture. Professional Seminar, Art Department, UNC Chapel Hill, 2009
Visiting Artist Artist Talk for Women in Contemporary Art, Art Department, UNC Chapel
Hill, 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture. Professional Seminar, Art Department, Meredith College, Raleigh
2009
Visiting Artist Lecture. Professional Seminar, Art Department, Meredith College, Raleigh
2008
Grants and Sponsored Programs
Teaching Beyond the Classroom Grant College of Arts and Letters, The University of Notre Dame, IN
Spring 2017
Interim General Course Development Grant The Office of Undergraduate Studies, The University of Notre Dame, IN
Spring 2014
NSF:ENG/EFRI Research Grant Senior Personnel, EFRI-ODISSEI: Externally-Triggered Origami of
Responsive Polymer Sheets, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC, 2012-2013
Professional Memberships
FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
(since 2014)
MODE: Motion Design Education
(since 2015)
Scholarships and Fellowships
Teaching Fellowship UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2009-2010
Future Faculty Fellowship Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2009
Graduate Assistantship Alcott Gallery, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2008
North Carolina Teaching Fellow Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1997-2001
Ruby McSwain Art Scholarship Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1997-2001
Distinctions, Honors, Awards
Outstanding Mentor Award Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN,
2020
Biennial 30 Museum Purchase Award South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2019
Outstanding Student Achievement International Sculpture Center and Sculpture Magazine, NJ
in Contemporary Sculpture 2010
Logan Prize, Faculty Award UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2010
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