Ellen Mueller

Ellen Mueller (she/her/hers) has been working at Arts Midwest since 2022 and is the Director of Programs. Before that, she was the director of various programs at both public and private institutions of higher education.

At Arts Midwest, Ellen spends her days directing and implementing a portfolio of regional arts programs in collaboration with a stellar team of program managers. She works with Communications and Development to collaborate on promotional campaigns and reports for all programs. She does this by using communication and assessment skills that she has gained in her time leading departments at West Virginia Wesleyan College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Ellen has also published three textbooks: Elements and Principles of 4D Art and Design (2016, Oxford University Press), Remixing and Drawing: Sources, Influences, Styles (2018, Routledge Focus), and Some Social Practice (2020, Creative Commons). Currently, she is under contract with SUNY Press for a forthcoming book, Walking as Artistic Practice (expected 2023). She also founded the CAA Conversations Podcast in 2017 and works as a freelance artist-career coach. Ellen’s contributions to Arts Midwest include helping facilitate the creation of the Programs team.