She/ Her
Favorite food: Guava pastelitos with cafe con leche
Emily Llamazales
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT, DEVELOPMENT
Emily is a creative and fundraising professional with a background in membership development and grant writing for arts and culture organizations. She previously served as the Program and Development Coordinator at Burnaway, a non-profit magazine of contemporary art criticism from the South. In her time with Burnaway, she relaunched and managed the membership program, planned fundraising events, oversaw all advertising sales and contracted artists and writers for creative projects. Emily has also aided organizations like the Judith Alexander Foundation in the establishment of emergency relief grants for artists across Georgia.
Emily is also a visual artist working in ceramic sculpture and photography. She has exhibited her work around Atlanta and has been awarded a 2022 Idea Capital Grant for the expansion of her ongoing body of work, Mörk Materia. She is a recipient of the 2022/2023 Emerging Artist Award from the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and a lover of all things orange.
Emily has worked with: The Judith Alexander Foundation, The Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio Art and Design
Interdisciplinary Certificate in Music Business
Skills
Grant writing
Membership
Fundraising plans
Project management
Annual reports
Database conversions, interventions, set-ups
System skills: MailChimp, Squarespace, WordPress, Bloomerang, Airtable, Quickbooks, Eventbrite, Stripe, BigCartel, Later.com, Survey Monkey, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom
Accolades
2023 Emerging Artist Fellowship Finalist, Atlanta Celebrates Photography
2022/2023 Emerging Artist Award, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
2022 Idea Capital Grant Awardee
Emily has been featured in:
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
WABE 90.1FM