Emily Schubert

Emily Schubert was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduates from the Maryland Institute College of Art this spring with a BFA in fiber and textile arts. Her current work focuses mainly on costume and performance with an interest in puppetry. She is inspired by myths and folktales and how these have long helped people make sense of their world. She has studied and participated in ritual theater and contemporary puppetry in Indonesia, as well as political puppet theater with Bread and Puppet and processional events in the United States. Treewoman is a character she created as part of her senior thesis performance, “Kisah Baru Lama.” This roaming performance is her attempt to give the character a life and purpose in the greater world.