Emily Rena Williams
630.660.6348 | williams.emily15@gmail.com | erwilliamsphotography.visura.co 

Education
2022-PresentMFA Candidate in Photography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2021MA Candidate, Southern Studies, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2020 BA, Fine Arts and History, Concentration in Photography, Departmental Honors in History, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Teaching Experience
2022-PresentInstructor of Record in Photography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 
2021-PresentPhotography Lab Monitor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2021-2022Photography Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2022Public Programs Intern, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans, LA
2021Southern Studies Teaching Assistant, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2021Darkroom Monitor, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2017-2020Photography Teaching Assistant and Lab Monitor, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2023Jewish Alabama Folklife Fellowship, Alabama Folklife Association
2023Graduate Student Scholarly & Creative Activity Support Fund, LSU School of Art
2022Rabbi Allen Krause Endowment Grant, Southern Jewish Historical Society
2022Project Grant, Texas Jewish Historical Society
2021Excellence in Inclusivity Fellowship, University of Mississippi
2020Fotofika 2020 All-Star, Reviewed by David Hume Kennerly and Leah Ollman
2020, 2019The Student Arts Fund, John B. Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College


Solo Exhibitions

2023We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t, Temple Beth Or, in partnership with the Alabama Folklife Association, Montgomery, AL
2023the in between, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2022We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2021Finding Home, Hey! Cafe (as part of PhotoNOLA), New Orleans, LA


Group Exhibitions
2024Home Sweet Home, VanDernoot Gallery at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, Curated by Jessica Burko
2023Society for Photographic Education South Central/South East Member’s Show, Schley Gallery in the Corn Center for the Visual Arts at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, Juried by Erin Dunn
2023Home Sweet Home, Analog Forever Magazine (online), Juried by Jessica Burko https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/online-exhibitions/home-sweet-home-september-2023
2023Slow Exposures, Stricklands, Concord, GA and The Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, GA, Juried by Aline Smithson and Alexa Dilworth
2023Reveal, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2023TPS 31: The International Exhibition, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery at The University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, Juried by Charlotte Cotton
2023Louisiana, Gallery 229, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Juried by Jessica Just and Gabi Magaly
2023LSU Graduate Open Studios, Baton Rouge, LA
2022 Society for Photographic Education South Central Student Showcase, Donna Service Gallery at Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA, Juried by Stefan Nodarse
2022Why LSU from an Artist's Point of View, Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Curated by Cecelia Mosely
2022With A Little Help From My Friends, Yes We Cannibal, Baton Rouge, LA
2021Southern Studies Fall Student Showcase, The Powerhouse, Oxford, MS
2020 Love In All Forms, Analog Forever Magazine (online), Juried by Rashod Taylor
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/online-exhibitions/love-in-all-forms-december-2020
20202020 Senior Thesis Exhibition (online), Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2018Stories That Live, The Rohr Center for Jewish Life, Haverford, PA

Additional Professional Experience
2022-PresentPresident of Shutterpunks (LSU Photography Club)
2023Photography and New Media Fellowship Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts
2023Photographs commissioned for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
2019-2020Student Photographer, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2018Photography Intern, Muslala, Jerusalem, Israel

Publications
2023“A River of Time: Jewish Memory Practices in Alabama,” Tributaries Vol 16, Journal of the Alabama Folklife Association, Images published alongside an essay by Dr. Daniel Levine
2023“Louisiana,” Shutterpunks Volume 5, publication of the LSU Photography Club
2023“Meet Emily Williams,” CanvasRebel, Online Publication
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-emily-williams-3/
2023“Blue,” Shutterpunks Volume 4, publication of the LSU Photography Club
2023“Feature: Emily Williams,” Deep Red Press, Online Publication
https://www.deepredpress.com/features/2023/emily-rena-williams
2022Parish Epiphany: King Cake Bakers of South Louisiana, The Southern Foodways Alliance, Online Publication
https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/parish-epiphany/
2019“West Philly, Baby!”  Margin Journal, Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College

Workshops, Lectures, and Panel Talks
2024Invited Speaker, "Art at Lunch: Photography and Protest," LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2023Invited Speaker/Guest Critic, “We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t and the in between,” Temple College, Temple, TX
2023Invited speaker, “Lunchtime Lagniappe” Series, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
2023“Outside the Archival Boxes: Art and Oral Histories Enriching Jewish Studies Scholarship” Panel with Jillian Glantz and Gabrielle Lyle, Southern Jewish Historical Society Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX
2023Invited Speaker, “We had to know who we were; We had to know who we weren’t,” Online lecture, Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center Sisterhood, Pasadena, CA
2023 Invited Speaker/Guest Critic, “The Photographer as Historian,” Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA 
2022“Jewish Race and Place in the Deep South,” Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA
2022“Current Research - Photographer and Oral Historian Emily Williams,” Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans, LA

Emily Williams Photography

Emily Rena Williams is a photographer living and working in Baton Rouge. She is a current student at LSU who documents Jewish Life in the Deep South
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