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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    PROJECT     TYPEYEAR
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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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CURRICULUM VITAE


EDUCATION
2024-2026



2016-2020 Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies
Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY


Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers, Minor in Painting
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Magna Cum Laude



WORK EXPERIENCEAPR 2023-DEC 2025











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MAY 2022-APR 2023








FEB 2022-MAY 2022



JUN 2020-AUG 2020





APR 2019-MAY 2020





JAN 2019-APR 2020 Artistic Director
Collar Works, Troy, NY

Led research, production, and coordination of all exhibitions, events. and public programming. Fostered organizational and community parterships, and co-led a $3 million capital campaign. Led operations of the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR), FLOCKart educational program, Window Works public art program, and in 2024, developed the 50 4th Street Studio Residency in partnership with ChaShaMa, bringing in the microcinema collective Picture Lock One. Managed temporary staff and interns, as well as all public communications.


Curatorial Fellow
de Appel, Amsterdam, NL

Assisted with the production of Mercedes Azpilicueta’s CaccHho CucchhA (2025) and led the reading group for the exhibition in discussion. Collaborated closely with participants in the lumbung practice program and conducted interviews with each collective. Conducted independent research in the institutional archive.


Gallery Program Coordinator
Collar Works, Troy, NY

Led research, production, and coordination of all exhibitions, events, and public programming. Mounted 7 exhibitions including Parables for Proxies (2024) and Soft Play (2023). Developed and maintained an organizational archive. Managed temporary staff and interns, as well as all public communications.


Curatorial Intern
Collar Works, Troy, NY


Intern
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center; Hartford, CT
Assisted in developing an archive of the Artisan’s work and finding digital modes of display.


Curatorial Intern
Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
Assisted in daily operations of the space, including preparation of the gallery and exhibition installation.


Fibers Peer Tutor
Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah, GA



PROJECTS: CURATOR2026





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2019
Assume Form
Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), Lendl Barcelos, Oneohtrix Point Never, and 0rphan Drift
Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (April 4 – May 24, 2026)


On becoming water and water
Odessa Straub
Collar Works, Troy, NY (October 11 – December 1, 2025)

notes from oblivion
carrick bell
space n.n, Munich, DE (August 8 – 31, 2025)

The Mountain Before the Monument
Boryana Ruseinova-Ina
Window Works, Troy, NY (February - June 2025)

While You Were Out
Tom Burr, Paul Chan, Tacita Dean, Robert Gober, Lyle Ashton Harris, David Koloane, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Gabriel Orozco
Co-curated by Ray Camp, Michael Curran, and Truth Murray-Cole
Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (December 5 – 15, 2025)

prove your humanity
notpaulsimon
Window Works, Troy, NY (October – January 2025)

golden days
Kelsey Renko
Window Works, Troy, NY (June – September 2025)


Sister, Sister, Sister
Catherine, Meara, and Theresa McTague
The Green Lodge, Chatham, NY (July 20 – August 17, 2024)

Absolute Viscosity
Alicia Barton and Christian Henry Wechgelaer
Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY (July 19 – July 21, 2024)

Body Ajar
Z. Cecilia Lu
FlockArt, Rensselaer, NY (April 19 – June 2, 2024)


a haunted house
Hannah Alsdorf, Ian Cotter, Echo Goff, Cecilia Lu, Masha Morgonova, and Grace Rawden
The Green Lodge, Chatham, NY (October 30 – November 15, 2023)

Parables for Proxies
Jordan Vinyard
Collar Works, Troy, NY (January 27 – March 5, 2023)


Soft Play
Olivia Baldwin, Melissa Dadourian, Sidney Mullis, and Kelsey Tynik
Collar Works, Troy, NY (August 25 – December 11, 2022)


AT ALL: a virtual exhibition
SCAD Fibers, Class of 2020
Online, (May 29 – December 30, 2020)


homespun
Madison Kline, Emily Renee Stockwell, Allie Mosley, Alison Lopez, and Sarah Mabry
co-curated by Christian Miguel-Gutierrez
Sulfur Studios, (July 13 – 20, 2019)




PROJECTS: MANAGER



2024




2023
Painting at Night: an Exhibition by Caregivers
curated by Sean Desiree and Alisa Sikelianos-Carter
Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY (September 3 – October 12, 2024)


Art Like Love (ALL!)
Pioneers Go East Collective
Collar Works, Troy, NY (August 25 – October 7, 2023)

EAT ME!
Curated by Natalie Kates
Collar Works, Troy, NY (June 2 – July 15 2023)




SELECTED PROGRAMMING2026
















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2021
CCRU: Speed Politics
in collaboration with CCS Bard and Rhizome
Aria Dean,Tomi Faison, and Emily Nola
EARTH, New York, NY (May 22, 2026)

Assume Form Reading Group
Session 1 with Ed Halter (April 16, 2026)
Session 2 with Lendl Barcelos (May 7, 2026)
Session 3 with Audrey Min (May 21, 2026)
Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

On the liveness of things Symposium
with Molly Soda, Coleman Collins, and Franklin Furnace
co-organized with Gladys Lou, Lila Gould, and Bruna Grinsztejn
Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn, NY (May 3, 2026)


IRDEKWIHRNAIGRS
Performance by Immanuel J.
Collar Works, Troy, NY (October 24, 2025)


Birdsong Blues
Immanuel J.
Collar Works, Troy, NY (June 25, 2025)

Upstate Translated Lit Reading Group
Kiddie Pool Albany, NY (bi-monthly meetings)


Upstate Translated Lit Reading Group
Kiddie Pool Albany, NY (bi-monthly meetings)


Curator’s tour: a haunted house
The Green Lodge, Chatham, NY (November 18, 2023)

Collard Greens Dinner and Dialogue, Episode 14: EAT ME! Panel
Collar Works, Troy, NY (June 3, 2023)

In conversation with Jordan Vinyard, Parables for Proxies
Collar Works, Troy, NY (February 23, 2023)

In conversation: PHYSICALLY DISTANT, SPIRITUALLY CLOSE
Wolfgang Lexington and Hannah Alsdorf
Instagram Live (November 11, 2021)




WRITING2026ASSUME FORM: 0rphan Drift in conversation
Do Not Research 
June 2026

Differential Speeds: On the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit
Graduate Thesis 
May 2026




PRESS2026
















2024 Everything That Happens Will Happen Today at CCS Bard
Jonah James Romm
Impulse Magazine
May 25, 2026

10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This May
Talesin Thomas
Hyperallergic
May 5, 2026

Twelve Bard Student Curators Take on the Meaning of “Now” at Hessel Museum Showcase
Matt Moment
The Daily Catch
April 13, 2026


Upstate Art Weekend 2024 Recap
Talesin Thomas
Chronogram
July 23, 2024