Emily Jean Miller Nostro
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| Born | June 6, 1988 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 2025 (aged 36) Scilla, Italy. |
| Alma mater | Reed College, Florida State University, Stetson College of Law |
| Occupation | Artist, Performance Artist, Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, Orientation and Mobility Specialist |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work | Women's Work, Nostro Collection of Blind Kid Art, Entierrame En Miami |
| Website | emilynostro |
Emily Jean Miller Nostro was a visual artist and performance artist. Her work draws on her experiences as a public servant and her unwilling participation in the civil court system in the United States. She was best known for her traveling performance art piece, Woman's Work, which opened at Attorney General Pam Bondi's alma mater in October 2024.
Early Life and Career
Emily Jean was born in Miami, Florida in June 1988.[1] Emily Jean has a twin brother. She is the granddaughter of Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Gene Miller.[2] As a child, she frequently ate dinner with Joan Didion. [3]
Emily Jean graduated from Reed College in 2010 with a B.A. in History. While at Reed, she conducted research on Operation Pedro Pan and the effect of the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement's affect on public education in the United States. Upon graduating from college, she worked at the HistoryMiami museum
Emily Jean completed a master's degree in Visual Disabilities from Florida State University in 2015.
While based in Miami, Emily Jean has been living in exile due to the city's hostile political climate since 2021. In October 2021, after the death of Trevor Bazile, Emily Jean agreed to testify against fellow Miami artist, Lucas Leyva in his civil slander suit against his alleged rape victim. [4][5] Emily Jean never testified in the civil suit after the defendant's lawyer was arrested and convicted of possessing child pornography. [6]. After the civil suit was dismissed, Emily Jean enrolled herself in law school to learn more about the type of people who willingly take on slander suits as their main source of income.
Woman's Work
Woman's Work explores the four years of Emily Jean's life where she was in exile due to gender-based violence and intimidation. During this time, Emily Jean worked odd jobs, including nannying for an Olympian and code editing on STEM books. Women's Work is described as an "interactive performance art exhibit exploring the undervalued domestic labor of women in a world dominated by Lean In Weirdos who would rather conform to a grueling and violent patriarchal system. This exhibit invites viewers to see 'what happens next' to the girl bosses whose husbands drop dead on a treadmill while on vacation."[7] Women's Work has been touring in undisclosed locations that prioritize the patriarchy.[8] Emily Jean uses embroidery and textile art to highlight the sentiment of being undervalued and overlooked by connecting her work to the larger history of women's fine art being relegated to a craft or hobby.[9]
Death
Emily Jean died on March 25, 2025 in Scilla, Italy. A cause of death is pending.
References
- ↑ "Emily Nostro". www.emilynostro.com. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Gene Miller, 76, Pulitzer-Winning Reporter, Dies". The New York Times. New York Times. June 17, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ Didion, Joan. Miami. Simon & Schuster. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-88 619-175-7.
- ↑ Bernstein, Joseph (March 3, 2022). ""Look At What We're Doing With Your Money, You Dick": How Peter Thiel Backed An "Anti-Woke" Film Festival". www.buzzfeednews.com. BuzzFeed News. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Leyva v. Kimsey". trellis.law. Treliis. February 5, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Palm Beach Gardens Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Pornography". www.justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. December 19, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Emily Nostro". www.emilynostro.com. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Emily Nostro". www.emilynostro.com. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
- ↑ Parker, Rozsika (April 15, 2010). The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine. IB Taurus. ISBN 978-1848852839.
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