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About Emily
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Emily Bagley has also had the opportunity to live in Ohio, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Maryland, and Arizona before calling Utah her home. Ever since she can remember, Emily has been drawn (no pun intended) to all things creative- drawing, painting, music, and any other mixed media she can get her hands on.
Over time, art has been a vital tool to her well being as she’s used it to explore themes of identity, loss, mental and physical health issues, and accepting the highs and lows of being human. Based on these personal experiences, she has become an advocate for art’s ability to heal, connect with others, and inspire social change.
PAST PARTNERSHIPS
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2024 Body Image Resilience: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event with artist Lilian Agar, Full Circle Yoga Therapy, and the Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2024 Hope & Healing Gala Featured Artist The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2024 Healing Arts Group Facilitator, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2024 Identity Project: Coffee & Cocoa with The Rape Recovery Center and Mestizo Coffee House, Salt Lake City, UT
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2024 Community Artist with Making Waves for the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
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2023 Community Artist with Making Waves for the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT
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2023 Healing Arts Event for Mobile Response Team, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2023 Hope & Healing Gala Featured Artist The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2023 Drawing Connections: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event with The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2022 Empowering Your Reproductive Health: Finding Ground and Connection after the overturning of Roe vs Wade with artist Sarah May, Salt Lake City, UT
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2022 Healing Together Utah: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Community Art Show with DRAW INC, Visual Arts Institute, Urban Arts Gallery, and The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2022 Healing Arts Group Facilitator, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2022 Holding Space Art Event for bereaved parents with Chapters and Seasons, Sandy, UT
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2021 Created group gift for Woke Words with Group Facilitator Sarah May and YWCA, Salt Lake City, UT
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2019 Healing Arts Group Facilitator, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2019 Kintsugi Art Event, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2019 Expressions of Pride with DRAW INC and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
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2019 Be Embodied: Community Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event with Full Circle Yoga and the Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018 The Identity Project with the Decker Lake Detention Center and Voices for Utah Children, West Valley City, UT
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2018 In It Together: Art Breakout Session, Utah Infertility Conference, Sandy, UT
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2018 Embrace Your Voice: Healing Through Art Event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month with The Downtown Artist Collective and The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018 The Identity Project: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event with Safe Harbor Crisis Center and the Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful UT
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2018 Coppice: An Art Exhibition with the Downtown Artist Collective and the Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018 Presenter at Utah Sexual Violence Conference with The Rape Recovery Center, The Healing Group, DRAW INC, and Art Access, Sandy, UT
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2018 Arches in Perspective Family Art Piece with The Utah Infertility Resource Center, Urban Arts Gallery, and Sarah May, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018 Works and Wonders: Art inspired by Infertility and/or Pregnancy Loss Art Event with The Utah Infertility Resource Center and Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT
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2017 The Identity Project: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Community Art Event with Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Safe Harbor Crisis Center, Kaysville, UT
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2017 Healing Through Art: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event with The Downtown Artist Collective and The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2023 - Present Watercolor Instructor with Bountiful Davis Arts Center, Bountiful, UT
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2016 - 2020 Creator, Facilitator, and Group Coordinator for WeCAN Women's Support Group
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Setting Goals Through Art
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Galentine's Day Art Event
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Mindfulness and Meditation with Jendar Morales-Stevens
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Body Image Resilience with Amethyst and Aspen
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The Identity Project
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Period Positive: Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle with Miracle Midwifery
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Bottoms Up: Understanding how past and current stress can affect the mind and body with Serenity Wellness, Dragonfly Family Therapy, and Debbie Coleman
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What Do You Need to Heal Your Relationship with Your Body? With Terra Care Health Collective and Full Circle Yoga Therapy
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2018 - 2019 Watercolor instructor with DRAW INC, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2017 - 2018 Summer Watercolor Instructor with Salt Lake Arts Academy, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2017 - 2018 Summer Acrylic and Mixed Media Instructor with Salt Lake Arts Academy, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2016 Healing Through Art Refugee Group Instructor, Midvale, Utah
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2016 Classroom Aide with the Children's Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
ACCOLADES AND CERTIFICATIONS
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2022 Featured Artist and Guest Speaker at Hope and Healing Gala for the Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2021 Resilience and Recovery: Completed custom Bachelor of Arts in prevention, intervention, and treatment of sexual violence through the arts
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Created hybrid internship with the Rape Recovery Center on both the clinical and prevention teams
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Shadowed Victim Advocates in Montezuma Creek and Monument Valley
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Shadowed Public Health workers, sex ed program in Hopi Health system
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Selected to be on a research team for the effects of sexual violence on college campuses
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2019 40-hour Crisis Advocacy Certification, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2019 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Committee Member The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2018 40-hour Rape Advocacy Training, Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2018 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Committee Member, The Rape Recovery Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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2017 Mountain West Arts Conference scholarship awardee, Salt Lake City, UT
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