EMILY   NOLA



Emily Nola (she/they) is a curator, writer, and researcher based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Working in research-based and cross-disciplinary methodologies, her work is interested in technology, mediation, and contemporary culture. She is deeply invested in alternative pedagogical strategies and collective practices.


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ASSUME FORM
EXHIBITION
2026
23
IN CONVERSATION WITH 0RPHAN DRIFT
WRITING, INTERVIEW
2026
22
SPEED POLITICS
PROGRAM
2026
21
ASSUME FORM READING GROUP
PROGRAM, RESEARCH
2026
20
THE LIVENESS OF THINGS
PROGRAM
2026
17
NOTES FROM OBLIVION
EXHIBITION
2025
19
ON BECOMING WATER AND WATER
EXHIBITION
2025
18
BIRDSONG BLUES
PROGRAM, PERFORMANCE
2025
15
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
EXHIBITION
2025
9
A HAUNTED HOUSE
EXHIBITION
2024

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THIS SITE WAS LAST UPDATED ON 06.14.26
13    GOLDEN DAYS
TYPE: EXHIBITION, PUBLIC ART
2024
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golden days
Kelsey Renko
Collar Works, NY
March-August 2024
roaming around the streets, walks along the hudson, the light that hits the windows at magic hour…

Inspired by the artist’s nostalgia for her time as a young artist in the city of Troy, golden days is an ode to community and belonging. Having spent much of her early career in the city of Troy (2011-2022), Renko recalls her time here with love and gratitude, rendered here in playful brushstrokes and brilliant color. Renko’s paintings dance carefully along the border between figuration and abstraction, exploring memory and an intimate connection to place. Imbued with the burgeoning possibilities and hopefulness of springtime, golden days offers the viewer a place to pause and experience the same warmth and beauty the artist found here.