Emma Welty is an artist and educator with a textile centered studio practice. Welty completed a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Fibers and Art History and an MFA/MA in Visual Art and Art History at Purchase College.
Welty’s work utilizes ancestral traditions of Armenian carpet weaving and janyak, an ancient knotted needlelace technique. She makes woven and lace works that include text, still life and landscape to explore ideas of labor, land, cultural survival and heirloom in the digital age. Welty has taught a variety of fiber and sculpture techniques, with a focus on lacemaking and tapestry weaving.
emmarwelty@gmail.com ig: emma_welty