Emily Stokes is an artist, educator, and writer based in Omaha, Nebraska. She holds an M.F.A. in printmaking from Arizona State University and a B.A. in studio art and English from Wellesley College. Stokes has over 14 years of experience in higher education with roles as a tenured art professor, gallery director, and full-time grant writer. Currently, she is a resident assistant professor of art at Creighton University.
Achievements include a Northwestern College Endowed Research Fellowship (2017), a Purchase Award at the 29th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Juried Exhibition (2016), and an Alice C. Cole ’42 Alumnae Grant from Wellesley College (2014). Stokes has had solo exhibitions at: the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota; the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan; the Evanston Art Center in Evanston, IL; Belmont University in Nashville, TN; Upper Iowa University in Fayette, IA; the Duluth Art Institute in Duluth, MN; and Creighton University in Omaha, NE.
Contact: emilyjstokes@gmail.com
Current/upcoming events and news:
Print juried into 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition. Peoria, IL. February 3 – March 31, 2025.
Essay to accompany Yun Shin’s exhibition “Record-Keeping,” Austin Peay State University. Clarksville, TN. January 21 – February 7, 2025.