Emily Carol Burns

Exchange Topic: Getting Published
October 2023

Emily Carol Burns (b. Warrenton, VA) is an artist, designer, and curator. She holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting and an MFA in Graphic Design from The Pennsylvania State University. She is the founder and curatorial director of the arts organization Maake, which publishes Maake Magazine, an independent print magazine featuring the work of contemporary artists and artist-run projects. She is also the founder of Maake Projects, an exhibition space in central PA.

Curatorial projects include Linger Still, a solo show by Kaveri Raina at Assembly Room in New York City, and group exhibitions Biophilia at Unpaved Gallery in Yucca Valley, CA, Zip City at Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA, Garden School at Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, Imprint the Air at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Charm Phase at Maake Projects.