Emily is currently the Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City. She also serves as Editorial Manager for the International Journal for Digital Art History (DAHJ) and is Assistant Curator of the DAHJ VR Gallery.
Alongside Dr. Kate Mondloch, Emily is guest-editing a special issue titled “Framing the Virtual: New Technologies and Immersive Exhibitions" for Arts.
Emily has wide-ranging experience in the museum field. She has worked in curatorial, collections, and publications departments at institutions including the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, Oregon), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York), Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, California), and the National Japanese American Historical Society (San Francisco, California).
Emily has curated a number of exhibitions, including a solo exhibition featuring installation artist Yasuaki Onishi and a retrospective of Dr. Don Bendel's ceramics at the Coconino Center for the Arts (Flagstaff, Arizona). Emily has also curated a digital exhibit of her research on Fluxus artist Mieko Shiomi.
Before attending UO, Emily earned her MA in Museum Studies at the University of San Francisco and her BA in Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University. She has sought additional coursework in curating new media art at the University of Sunderland and Japanese arts and cultural heritage at the University of East Anglia.
Outside of academia, Emily is an accomplished musician, specializing in voice and violin. Emily recently held roles in the Yavapai College Performing Art Department's productions of Chicago and Hello, Dolly! starring Toni Tenille.
Alongside Dr. Kate Mondloch, Emily is guest-editing a special issue titled “Framing the Virtual: New Technologies and Immersive Exhibitions" for Arts.
Emily has wide-ranging experience in the museum field. She has worked in curatorial, collections, and publications departments at institutions including the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, Oregon), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York), Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, California), and the National Japanese American Historical Society (San Francisco, California).
Emily has curated a number of exhibitions, including a solo exhibition featuring installation artist Yasuaki Onishi and a retrospective of Dr. Don Bendel's ceramics at the Coconino Center for the Arts (Flagstaff, Arizona). Emily has also curated a digital exhibit of her research on Fluxus artist Mieko Shiomi.
Before attending UO, Emily earned her MA in Museum Studies at the University of San Francisco and her BA in Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University. She has sought additional coursework in curating new media art at the University of Sunderland and Japanese arts and cultural heritage at the University of East Anglia.
Outside of academia, Emily is an accomplished musician, specializing in voice and violin. Emily recently held roles in the Yavapai College Performing Art Department's productions of Chicago and Hello, Dolly! starring Toni Tenille.
