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

See Black Women emphasizes ‘who gets counted,’ in Census and beyond

May 25, 2020

A two-part conversation called See Black Women, part of Art+Action’s Come to Your Census campaign, is calling attention to Black women's often overlooked contributions to...

Asian American women artists on creativity, activism—and COVID racism

May 25, 2020

While the Asian Art Museum, like other arts institutions, is closed during the COVID crisis, the staff is stepping up its museuming from home,...

The museum’s closed, but ‘The de Young Open’ poises for launch

May 6, 2020

Starting June 1, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will welcome submissions from any artist over 18 years old from the nine Bay...

Wendy Macnaughton’s #DrawTogether brings art (and needed supplies) to kids

May 4, 2020

When people were asked to stay at home as much as possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wendy Macnaughton wanted to do something to...

Culture

Science Snack, anyone? Exploratorium goes DIY to help teachers

April 30, 2020

Exhibits at San Francisco’s Exploratorium are meant to get kids and adults thinking about science and art. The museum has a 40-year relationship with...

Culture

‘Hip-hop to Hamilton’ urges youth to pursue arts careers, despite COVID

April 22, 2020

Lily Ling, the music director and conductor for the tour of Hamilton, says we need the arts now more than ever. She saw that working...

Movies

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

April 16, 2020

In 1970 and 71, Jim LeBrecht attended Camp Jened for teenagers with disabilities in upstate New York. The camp had a profound effect on his...

Lit

So, what do kids say about living in San Francisco?

April 12, 2020

Katie Burke grew up in a family of five children in Phoenix, Arizona. She felt, like she thinks many children do, that she was...

‘Change the dynamics’: Dawoud Bey on photography, place, and history

April 7, 2020

On February 15, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened An American Project, a retrospective, of the work of multi-award-winning photographer and teacher...

Onstage

In ‘Please Don’t Eat the Mangos,’ this Mami has secrets

March 11, 2020

When Wilma Bonet first read Ricardo Pérez González's script for the play Don’t Eat the Mangos (through March 22 at Magic Theatre), she liked it right away. “First...

Emily Wilson

See Black Women emphasizes ‘who gets counted,’ in Census and beyond

Asian American women artists on creativity, activism—and COVID racism

The museum’s closed, but ‘The de Young Open’ poises for launch

Wendy Macnaughton’s #DrawTogether brings art (and needed supplies) to kids

Science Snack, anyone? Exploratorium goes DIY to help teachers

‘Hip-hop to Hamilton’ urges youth to pursue arts careers, despite COVID

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

So, what do kids say about living in San Francisco?

‘Change the dynamics’: Dawoud Bey on photography, place, and history

In ‘Please Don’t Eat the Mangos,’ this Mami has secrets

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