Emily Endo (they/them)

Emily Endo was born and raised in San Diego, California. They received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2006 and a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2010. Emily served as a faculty member at the Oregon College of Art and Craft from 2010-2018 and as the Chair of the OCAC Fibers Department from 2013-2018. From 2010 - 2018 they worked as a mentor and committee member in the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art and Craft Applied Craft + Design MFA program. Emily has worked with students of all ages and backgrounds - from 2010 - 2012 they taught visual arts classes at PHAME Academy for adults with developmental disabilities and children’s wilderness survival and craft classes at Trackers NW. Recent workshop venues include Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, ME), Pilchuck Glass School (Standwood, WA), Museum of Craft + Design (San Francisco, CA), Northlands Creative (Lybster, UK), WildCraft Studio School (Portland, OR), and Caldera Arts Center (Sisters, OR).

Endo has exhibited and lectured internationally at institutions including Bullseye Projects (Portland, OR/Latheronwheel, UK), Neutra VDL House (Los Angeles, CA), Harkawik (Los Angeles, CA), LVL3 (Chicago, IL), Bellevue Museum of Art (Bellevue, WA), the Scottish Glass Art Society (Glasgow, UK), the Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, OR), the American Craft Council (Minneapolis, MN), Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY). Their work has been featured in American Craft Magazine, Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, Art Ltd. Magazine and Frontrunner Magazine. 

Classes include: Woven Baskets and Natural Dyes, Dyes of the Desert , Perfumery and Hollow-Core Cast Glass Vessels

To learn more about Emily Endo’s work visit:
www.emilyendo.com / @emily__endo