Maria Emilia Duno
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)
Mentors: Mari Carmen Ramirez (Latin American Art)
Maria Emilia Duno is a writer, curator and educator based in Baltimore, MD studying in liberatory pedagogy and expanded notions of research that validate subjugated knowledge through play and exploration. In 2017, Maria Emilia co-founded The Menial Collection, a small arts library and collective research space in Baltimore, and continues to work producing exhibitions and programs in collaboration with their various community partners. The Menial Collection was developed through her MFA in Curatorial Practice which she completed at the Maryland Institute College of Art in May of 2019. Through her research, she has been awarded the Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Travel Fellowship (2017), the Mellon Curatorial Undergraduate Fellowship at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2015-2017), the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2017-Present), and was named a 2017–18 MICA Graduate Curatorial Fellow. Maria Emilia is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Art History department at the Maryland Institute College of Art
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