Emily Orling

Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: New York
Parent, Artist in Residence
Attended Camp: 2025

This is my first summer working at Ballibay and I am very excited to be a part of the team. I am an artist, mother, queer, neurodivergent human who has spent my life looking for spaces and places to deep dive into a creative practice that is woven into to the daily work of being human in community. I seek out safe spaces that honor different bodies, different minds and different ways of making things. When I stepped onto campus last summer to dropping my own child at camp, I could tell that Ballibay was exactly this sort if space. So it feels pretty dreamy to roll up my sleeves to make some weird, messy, provocative, beautiful, magical art with the campers. I hope to share my particular approach to creative practice as a place of solace, regulation, connection and belonging. I believe these tools can keep us safe and make a difference in the world.

Professional Bio:
EMILY ORLING (she/her) is New York-born, Massachusetts-based visual artist, designer, poet and performance maker with a background in sculpture, painting and installation. Emily works and collaborates across the fields of contemporary art, folk art, dance and theater as a painter, sculptor, designer, writer, dramaturg and creator of visual worlds. Since becoming a mother in 2011 Emily has worked extensively with textiles and ceramics to build art objects and garments that live and function alongside children. Along with her partner, Solo Exhibitions: Lo River Arts Gallery, 473 Broadway Gallery, Dactyl Gallery. Group Exhibitions: 95 1/2 Main (Nyack, NY), Cal State Fullerton, Corridor Gallery. Performance: egg in collaboration with César Alvarez at Dartmouth College and Lincoln Center's Atrium.