Emily Mendelsohn is a Brooklyn-based director. As a member of Waypoints, an ensemble of US/East African artists, Emily directed Erik Ehn’s Maria Kizito and Deborah Asiimwe’s Cooking Oil through residencies in Kigali, Kampala, New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Emily co-curates Border Labs, a process and performance exchange between artists in Los Angeles and Tijuana. She is a recipient of the TCG Global Connections In the Lab program and a Fulbright Fellowship in Uganda. Affiliate artist New Georges, member Theater Without Borders. MFA CalArts.
Emily Mendelsohn
Citizenship as Listening
Essay
Citizenship as Listening
Cooking Oil in Kampala, Kigali, and Los Angeles
14 July 2013