Cody Tracy
Carbondale, IL ● cody.tr4@gmail.com● (845)-663-7419
Education
2019-2022 Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Illinois
MFA Interdisciplinary Media Arts, 2022
Advisor: Jay Needham
Thesis Committee: Jay Needham, Dr. Walter Metz, Rafael Frumkin & Heather M. O’Brien
Thesis Project: Light & Death
Written Thesis: Where We Used to Live
2017-2019 Knox College – Galesburg, Illinois
BFA Creative Writing, 2019
Advisor: Monica Berlin & Nicholas Regiacorte
Written Thesis: What Happens When A Life Becomes?: A Portfolio of the Life I Always Wanted
2015-2017 Dutchess Community College – Poughkeepsie, NY
A.S. Mass Communications & Media Arts
Advisor: Camilo Rojas
Current Roles
August 2024 – Current – Artspace 304 – Performing Arts Director
Director of performing arts and programming at Artspace 304 responsible for all performance programs, grant writing, grant reporting, budgeting and outreach for Artspace 304’s Southern Illinois community
August 2024 – Current – Poetry Out Loud Illinois Region One Coordinator
Coordinator for all 21 counties of Region One in Illinois for the annual Poetry Out Loud season that encourages poetry engagement and poetry recitation competitions for High School students
August 2024 – Current – ASHSTP Southern Illinois Coordinator
Coordinator for All Southern High School Theatre Program, a program that for over 20 years has given High School students the opportunity to engage in a summer theatre program at the collegiate level including, casting, directing, technical, acting and PR internships.
April 2024 – August 2024 - Artspace 304 - Retail & Event Coordinator
Coordinator for all retail sales of Artspace 304 including brick & mortar, as well as online sales. Event coordinator for all gallery openings/receptions, as well as performances, website updates, social media posts and more.
Teaching Experience
Jan 2024 – April 2024 - Academic Advisor TRiO Blackhawk College Moline, IL
Advisor for over 70 eligible TRIO students and tasked to advise students in transferring from Blackhawk College into 4-year institutions
Spring 2023 - Fall 2023- Carbondale Community High School Rebound Alternative School
English Language Arts Instructor for Adult Education Students
Fall 2022 - Southern Illinois University – Graduate Assistant – CIN 361-1
Radio & Television Studies - New Media Now
Supervisor: Dr. Mike Phillips
Fall 2022 - Southern Illinois University - Graduate Assistant — CIN 400
Cinema Production
Supervisor: Heather M. O’Brien
Spring 2021- Southern Illinois University – Instructor of Record – CIN 360D
Performance Arts Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Walter Metz
Spring 2021 - Southern Illinois University – Graduate Assistant & Lecturer – Cinema Dept.
The Essay Film – CIN 204
Supervisor: Heather M. O’Brien
2021 Southern Illinois University – Graduate Assistant – Cinema Dept.
Art Assistant to Heather M. O’Brien
Fall 2021 Southern Illinois University – Graduate Assistant – CIN 400
Cinema Production - Radio & Television Studies
Supervisor: Wago Krieder
Spring 2020 - Southern Illinois University — Graduate Assistant - CIN 400 (Remote)
Cinema Production - Cinema Studies
Supervisor: Hong Zhou
Spring 2020 - Southern Illinois University — Graduate Assistant — Radio & Television Studies
Research Assistant to Jay Needham
Fall 2019 - Southern Illinois University — Graduate Assistant — CIN 400
Cinema Production - Cinema Studies
Supervisor - Hong Zhou
Fall 2019 - Southern Illinois University — Graduate Assistant — CIN 400
Cinema Production - Cinema Studies
Supervisor - Cade Bursell
Offices Held & Committees
2024 - Current – Program Committee Chair Artspace 304
2024 – Current – Carbondale Halloween Committee member representing Artspace 304
2021 - 2022 - MCMA Graduate Student Representative - Southern Illinois University
2015 - 2017 - Communications Society President & Student Council Representative - Dutchess Community College
Conferences & Lectures
2024 - Lead SIU Art & Design Lecture on working at a non-profit & art gallery.
2024 – Carbondale Leadership Cyanotype Workshop
2023 - ROE 21 Professional Development Summer Institute at John A. Logan College
2022 - Dyad Gaze - Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Heather M. O’Brien on my film Dead Flowers For Bev at ArtSpace 304 in Carbondale, IL.
2022 - SloRadio Performance Wave Farm Radio RadioPhrenix Redux - Scotland - SloRadio is a sound based group out of Southern Illinois who creates one of a kind sound performances. One of our performances was streamed live on RadoPhrenix in Scotland.
2022 - Seed Radio - Two day conference at Touch of Nature in Southern Illinois, hosted many sound artists from around the country including Anna Friz. Responsible for all production including audio, zoom streaming, and equipment controls.
2020 - Global Fusion - Panel Discussion entitled Visible World - Works based on the visions of 5 artists lives during the isolation period of COVID
Work Experience
Spring 2023 – Fall 2023 - Carbondale Community High School Rebound Alternative SchoolEnglish Language Arts Instructor for Adult Education Students. Responsible for building 8 sections of curriculum each semester.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 - Beard Law Firm - Paralegal - Responsible for all court documents, submissions, intakes, client updates, scheduling depositions mediations, and more.
Fall 2019 - 2022 - Graduate Assistant at Southern Illinois University in the Mass Communications Program
2018 - 2019 - Innkeepers Coffee - Galesburg, IL - Barista, Dishwasher, Counterperson
2015 - 2017 - Joe Cristiano’s - Hyde Park, NY - Delivery Driver & Prep Cook
2012 - 2015 - Pizza Hut - Galesburg, IL - Delivery Driver
2012 - 2015 - Go Van Gogh’s - Galesburg, IL - Printmaker
2011- 2012 - Jimmy John’s - Galesburg, IL - General Manager
Exhibitions & Installations
2023 - Nature Exhibition - Cyanotype entitled “Big Cloud #2” accepted for the ArtSpace 304 2023’ Nature Exhibition.
2023 - Magnetic Conductions - Andrew Beyke, MFA Thesis Performance & Installation. Production Assistant for project.
2022 - Light & Death - Thesis project for my MFA which was held in the Black Box Theater on SIUC campus. A one time performance encapsulating three separate cinema screens, a live performance and reading by me and a live musical ensemble.
2021 - Cedarhurst Gallery - Open exhibition for students and local artists. Submitted a Gum Bichromate Photo entitled Uncle Jack and was accepted.
2021 - SloRadio Paducah - Another sound performance using FM transmission. This iteration was hosted by Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY and was printed in the Paducah Times.
2021 - Here & There Artspace 304 - Carbondale, IL - Created an installation for my film Dead Flowers For Bev. Played on a continuous loop set as an interactive art piece.
2020 - SloRadio Carbondale - Sound experimental group who uses low wave FM transmission to stream sounds into the public sphere with synthesizers, guitars, poems and more.
2019 - You Are Here - Collaborative Media Arts Show at Southern Illinois University
Films
2015 - Blind - Narrative Film - Producer, Editor & Writer
2016 - EOP Dutchess Community College Promo - Promotional Video for the Educational Opportunity Program at Dutchess Community College.
2016 - Familiar Stranger - Experimental Documentary film about Galesburg, IL.
2017 - We Save Everything - Documentary film using the last conversation I had with my father before he passed away at the young age of 45.
2017 - Labyrinth - Student Television Show that interviewed faculty at Dutchess Community College - Producer, Director, and Host.
2018- Through The Eyes of Carl - Experimental Poem Film
2019 - Hands For Now - Experimental Documentary film about life after the start of COVID.
2019 - Alter - Experimental film about an alter I created for my dead family members.
2019 - What Good is Dead? - Poetic Film about life & death.
2020 - Ode to Silverstein - Experimental film using Shea Silverstein poems.
2020 - When Is It Ok To Kill? - Experimental Film using a DVR Camera & Poems written by me.
2021 - InstantTea - Experimental Film made using only instant film.
2021 - Dead Flowers for Bev - Documentary about my Grandmother Bev who died of COVID in April of 2022.
2021 - Where Were You? - Experimental film about a bad dream.
2021 - Cody Tracy Eats a Croc - Based on Werner Herzog’s Herzog Eats a Shoe I performed prepping, cooking, and eating a Croc.
2022- Light & Death - Film that ran during my Thesis Performance.
2022 - A Place Where We Can Live - Experimental Film using images of Clouds and Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Rilke.
2022 - For a Place That Is Here But Still Very Far Away - Experimental Poetic film.
Publications
2023 - Iron - Poem in Protean Magazine
2020 - 2022 - Alternative Photography in Aeonian Magazine - Issues #1, #2, & #4.
2018 - Cheese Danish Priest - Poem in Catch Magazine
Musical Acts
2013-2015 - Cody C. Tracy - Solo Acoustic Singer Songwriter Act
“She Thinks You’re Crusty” EP - 2014 - Written, Recorded & Produced by Cody C. Tracy
2014-2015 - Hey Allyson - Solo Acoustic Singer Songwriter Act
“From Hometown to Port Town” EP - 2015 - Written, Recorded & Produced by Cody C. Tracy & Kon Karne - Circulation of Tapes were produced
“People Like Pictures” EP - 2015 - Written by Cody C. Tracy - Recorded & Produced by Nick Isher
2021 - Current - Worthless Scarecrow - Alternative Country Band
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” EP - 2021 - Written by Cody C. Tracy - Recorded & Produced by Andrew Beyke
“Worthless Scarecrow / Guitar Rabbit” Split EP - 2023 - Written by Cody C. Tracy & Andrew Beyke - Recorded & Produced by Andrew Beyke
Awards & Honors
2019 – 2023 - Fully Funded Scholarship at Southern Illinois University
2018 - 2019 - Scholarships in Arts & Music at Knox College in the sum of $30,000
2018 - 2019 - Dean’s List Knox College
2018 - Davenport Prize for Non-Fiction First Place - Knox College
2016 - Denton Writing Prize for Non-Fiction First Place Award
2016- Denton Writing Prize for Poetry First Place Award
2015-2017 - Dean’s List Dutchess Community College