Photo by: Dory Dinito
"In my own work, I do everything by hand...
my hand will always be imperfect, because it's human...
If I spend a lot of time going over the line and over the line trying to make it straight, I will never be able to make it straight. You can always see the line waiver,
and I think that's where the beauty is.
-Margaret Kilgallen
Emily Manning-Mingle was born in New York. She moved to Boston to attend the College of Fine Arts at Boston University and graduated with a BFA in Painting and an MFA in Studio Teaching. She has exhibited her work in Massachusetts, New York, Texas and Italy and has received several awards, including the Constantin Alajalov Scholarship and the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award. Her work is in a permanent site-specific installation at Boston University and in several private collections. Throughout the year, Emily teaches art to elementary, middle school and high school students. She is an active member of the Boston Critique Group, the Cambridge Art Association and a junior varsity member of New Craft Artists in Action (NCAA). She is currently a member of Space.us in Cambridge, MA.
Inspired by observations, memories, and daily routines, Emily creates work that reinterprets traditional patterns and describes her experience of inhabiting domestic spaces. Born into a family of resourcefulness, thrift and industry, she enjoys collecting, altering, and re-purposing scraps; turning discarded paper, clothing, paint, magazines, letters, and other supplies into improvisational new compositions embedded with personal history. Employing various techniques, including painting, sewing, collage and assemblage, she explores themes associated with domesticity, routine, gender and consumption and draws attention to spaces and objects that are typically overlooked.
Inspired by observations, memories, and daily routines, Emily creates work that reinterprets traditional patterns and describes her experience of inhabiting domestic spaces. Born into a family of resourcefulness, thrift and industry, she enjoys collecting, altering, and re-purposing scraps; turning discarded paper, clothing, paint, magazines, letters, and other supplies into improvisational new compositions embedded with personal history. Employing various techniques, including painting, sewing, collage and assemblage, she explores themes associated with domesticity, routine, gender and consumption and draws attention to spaces and objects that are typically overlooked.
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