About

Emily Wilkerson is a writer and curator based in New Orleans. Deeply engaged in the concerns and issues of her community in the city of New Orleans, she enjoys writing about contemporary art as a departure point for exploring our shared social and cultural experiences around the globe. She is also a RYT 200 yoga instructor.

Wilkerson has contributed to publications including ArtForum.com, Art in America, Pelican Bomb, Art Papers, Burnaway, and the exhibition catalogs for 'Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,' 'Prospect.3: Notes for Now,' and 'Out of Easy Reach,' and her ongoing research focuses on socially engaged art practices and the alternative educational strategies of international artist and curatorial residencies, the latter for which she was awarded the 2011-2012 Neely Macomber Travel Prize. She most recently served as Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at Prospect New Orleans, and has worked on exhibitions and projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Chinati Foundation, and the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, among others. Wilkerson is currently the Writer and Editor for Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. She completed her Masters at the University of Southern California in Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere in Los Angeles in 2012 and holds a B.A. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

To reach out about yoga, curatorial projects, writing, or anything else exciting, please email me at emilywilk1[at]gmail[dot]com.