Emily Martin is a textile artist, weaver, painter, and educator working on Long Island, NY. She is currently the Arts & Education Consultant at the Heckscher Museum of Art (Huntington, NY). Emily started her artistic journey as a student at Huntington Fine Arts and went on to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber with a concentration in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Emily was an instructor and college portfolio advisor at Huntington Fine Arts (Greenlawn, NY) teaching drawing, painting and sculpture. Emily has taught floor loom weaving and block printing at the Textile Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY) and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (Norwalk, CT). Drawing inspiration from textures found in the world around her, Emily strives to create abstract, multimedia work that incorporates mundane, natural textures with her faith.
To see updates and in progress work, check out @martie_art on Instagram.
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