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

Wall-to-wall de Young Open offers up Bay’s creative bounty—and supports artists, too

August 30, 2023

More than 7,000 artists applied for this year's edition. What trends do jurors see in their work?

Onstage

At Fringe Fest, a tale of bullied young immigrants ‘Dancing Home’

August 10, 2023

Dyana Díaz's play was inspired by a children's book—and her own experience at the San Francisco Youth Theatre

Art

Feeling out ‘What’s that about’ with curator Saif Azzuz

August 7, 2023

From Coyote tales to AstroTurf, show at Anthony Meier aims to build community rather than impose meaning

Art

Black queer art made visible: Speaking with gallerist Jonathan Carver Moore

July 31, 2023

'The element of surprise and learning about what's behind the painting, the photograph, the sculpture—I love that.'

Lit

In ‘Pedro & Daniel’ and ‘Gordo,’ cracking open the young queer Mexican American experience

July 4, 2023

Two books set in the '70s detail the lives of young boys—two brothers and a farmworkers' son—vividly and loving

Art

Taravat Talepasand will not be silenced

June 24, 2023

She's made it through censorship and the Trump administration—and the Iranian American artist is still telling her truth.

Art

“Resting Our Eyes” taps the power of Black women in repose

June 20, 2023

Sadie Barnette, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Lava Thomas, more pay homage to beauty and respite.

Onstage

A ‘Frida y Diego’ opera that ditches clichés (and castanets)

June 13, 2023

'We bring our vision as contemporary Mexican artists and avoid all this noise,' says Lorena Maza of SFO's first production in Spanish

Art

Binding craft to concept at Center for the Book, from Yoko Ono to Reginald Walker

June 12, 2023

Curator Megan N. Liberty's latest show highlights a surprising artistic intersection of materials and ideas.

Art

Munch’s ‘Madonna’ and a Marina Abramović rose quartz dragon on which to rest

May 11, 2023

With surprising range, "Rituals of Devotion" explores the many languages of love.