Opening Night Reception
About Emie Hughes of Blue Jar Studio:
Emie is a mixed-media artist, choreographer, and educator. She has always been an artist, dancing and making things since the time she could walk. Trained as a modern dancer, Emie graduated with a B.A. in Dance/Theatre Arts from Dickinson College, where she won the Emil R. and Tamar Weiss Prize in Creative Arts. After graduating, she lived and worked in NYC for 6 years in the arts, arts administration, and fundraising.
She has exhibited her mixed-media pieces in Brooklyn (NY) & West Chester (PA), and she has presented her choreographic works at venues including the Delaware Art Museum, Brandywine River Museum, Triskelion Arts, the EstroGenius Festival, Dixon Place, and the Bowery Poetry Club. She has taught workshops in art and dance at the Delaware Art Museum, Brandywine River Museum, the Girls Can Do Anything! 2019 Conference, and Movement Research, among others.
Emie dances professionally in the Greater Philadelphia Area & Delaware. Currently, Emie is a teaching artist at the Main Line Art Center, Community Arts Center, Rockdale Art Center, and the Rehoboth Art League, among others.