Emily Wilson

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Emily Wilson lives in San Francisco. She has written for different outlets, including Smithsonian.com, The Daily Beast, Hyperallergic, Women’s Media Center, The Observer, Alta Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, California Magazine, UC Santa Cruz Magazine, and SF Weekly. For many years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco. She hosts the short biweekly podcast Art Is Awesome.

Art

Chanel Miller, artist and ‘Emily Doe’ in Stanford assault case, speaks at Asian Art Museum

September 21, 2021

Writer Esmé Weijun Wang interviews Miller, whose 75-foot mural hangs in the new Wilbur Gallery.

Art

Shimmying fish and flowing Kanji immerse viewers in myth at ‘Continuity’

August 24, 2021

Innovative, interactive digital teamLab exhibit inaugurates new pavilion at Asian Art Museum.

Art

Guerilla projections battle Asian hate in ‘Dear America’

August 5, 2021

After Atlanta massacre, artist Christy Chan was determined to take up space with urgent messages.

Culture

No, these LGBTQ, POC science workers aren’t ‘diversity hires’

July 27, 2021

'New Science' exhibit at Cal Academy highlights wave of minority workers thriving in STEMM fields.

Art

Welcome home: Striking neighborhood murals come to SFO airport

June 25, 2021

Artist Emily Fromm contributes four new pieces to the Harvey Milk Terminal, showcasing local flavor

Art

Artists partner with Asian elders to produce gorgeous, personal posters

June 22, 2021

The Great AAPI Elder Print Off aims to reflect the complex feelings and stories of seniors in a time of rising hate.

Art

Pregnancy shaped artist Kimia Ferdowsi Kline’s new show “Mother Tongue”

June 17, 2021

On how her body's own shifting capabilities—and complex relationship with maternal messaging—colored the Marrow Gallery exhibition.

Arts + Culture

Porchlight, Bawdy Storytelling take stage at newly Mint-ed al fresco series

June 14, 2021

Courtyard Cabaret was the result of COVID downtime—but an outdoor drink and show sounds smashing for summer.

Art

A new gallery uplifts contemporary Asian art to counter misconceptions

June 7, 2021

Curator Abby Chen on how the Asian Art Museum's Hambrecht Contemporary Gallery connects antiquities to urgent current concerns.

Lit

Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

June 2, 2021

Lenny Duncan's 'Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope" isn't the usual redemption story.